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EP 1 - Body swing connection
Shannon and Wes help you understand how your body, movement and mobility can affect your golf swing.
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Daily CARs (Controlled Articular Rotations)
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This is a video collection of your daily CARs (controlled articular rotations). CARs help to improve your joint mobility, awareness and control.
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Introduction to Dynamic Stretch Class for Golf
This is an introductory Dynamic Stretch Class for Golf. This class will help introduce breathing, Controlled Articular Rotations (CARS) and dynamic stretches so that you can join any of our Dynamic Stretch Classes.
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Dynamic Stretch Class for Golf (50 minute)
3 seasons
Dynamic Stretch Classes are based on FRC and Kinstretch principles with a golf specialization. Each class starts with a warm up of CARs (Controlled Articular Rotations). CARs are used to warm up and improve the function of the joints necessary for an efficient golf swing. The class then progresse...
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Advanced Dynamic Stretch Class for Golf (50 minute)
1 season
This is a 50 minute advanced Dynamic Stretch Class. Classes will start with a CARs warm up and will add in more challenging positions and progressions. Classes will flow through a variety of stretches and will challenge end range strength with for improved joint mobility and capacity.
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Top 5 Hip Stretches to Play Better, Longer.
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This is a playlist of the top 5 hip stretches to help you improve your hip mobility for golf.
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3 Fundamental Exercises for a Healthy Spine
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Here are 3 exercises to get you on your way to a healthy spine. The spine is like any other joint and needs to be moved. Regaining movement and control over the spine is crucial to reduce lower back strain in the golf swing and to be able to engage the core properly. Its also important to unde...
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Train for a Healthy Back Golf Workshop
This is an 80 minute workshop specifically focused on improving your lower back health for the golf swing. You will learn the fundamentals of spinal mobility, spinal stability and rotation training.
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Seated ankle eversion stretch
This is a seated ankle eversion stretch to help your ankle mobility into eversion. You will need a yoga block and a small wedge for the outside of the foot. Align your hips, knees and feet with the yoga block between your knees. Slide the wedge under the outside of your foot. Hold the stretch...
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Calf stretch with yoga block
This is a calf stretch with yoga block to improve your ankle mobility. Find a position with the biggest line of stretch and hold for 1-2 minutes deep breathing (4 seconds in, 8 seconds out). Once you have held for a minimum of 1 minute your PAILs contraction is pushing the ball of your foot into...
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Runners calf stretch
This is a runners calf stretch to help you improve your ankle dorsiflexion. Find a comfortable stretch with your feet straight ahead and hold for 1-2 minutes. After your stretch begin your PAILs contraction by pushing the ball of the foot into the ground and ramp up slowly (20, 40, 60%). Hold ...
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Seated ankle inversion/eversion
This is an ankle mobility exercise to help improve ankle inversion and eversion. You will need a chair and a yoga block. Place the yoga lock between your knees and align your hips, knees and ankles. Press into the yoga block and keep your knees still while trying to move your ankles into inver...
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Mobility routine for better lower body rotation in the downswing
Join Golf Mobility Specialist Shannon Heffernan for this mobility and movement routine to imrpove your lower body rotation in the downswing. Learn how to mobility your hips and improve your lower body separation.
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Top 3 stretches to improve internal hip rotation
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This is a playlist of stretch videos that will help you to improve your hip internal rotation. Internal rotation is crucial to loading into your backswing and rotating though the ball into the downswing and followthrough. Restricted internal hip rotation can cause a lack of rotation through the...
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PAILs and RAILs Introduction (flexibility vs mobility)
We all know that stretching is important to gain optimal joint range of motion for golf, but what we don't know is that passive stretching will only increase our flexibility. What we need for golf is what we call, mobility. Mobility is flexibility + strength. Functional Range Systems have coin...
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Top 5 exercises for better thoracic mobility
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This is a playlist of exercises to help you improve your thoracic mobility. Thoracic mobility is crucial to an efficient and powerful golf swing as well as a consistent short game. When going through the exercises alway read your body. Keep stretches at a 5-6/10 effort and breath deeply. If y...