Tips

As any red-blooded South African knows, the term kugel describes someone who is more concerned with the way they look than with their end result.

So what does this have to do with the physical dimension of the golf swing?

 Do you, like many golfers, feel uncomfortable hinging your wrists? Perhaps you are trying to create width and extension in the backswing, and not allowing the wrists to hinge naturally?

Try this at your next practice session at the World of Pitching:

Since your feet are your contact with the ground during the golf swing, it stands to reason a potential physical limitation is balance.

Some of your most obvious swing faults are referred to as “moving off the ball”, either by “swaying” (to the right) or “sliding” (to the left) and this can be corrected by improving proprioception, which is the very form balance takes in a golf swing.

You know you must hit the sand first, but you end up taking too much sand. Sound familiar?

Follow this simple prescription to get the ball out and put an end to your bunker woes: