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How did Tony change his swing? 

Tony has been working hard on his swing over the past few months. In the past Tony has struggled with inconsistent ball striking. After initial analysis, we found that Tony had a 'reverse pivot'. This is when the left hip drops below the right hip in the backswing, which results an inefficient movement of the body away from the target in the downswing. 

As you can see in the 'before' picture, Tony's left hip has dropped considerably lower than the right. The K-Vest showed us that it was 19 degrees lower. 

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Now that Tony is in a better position at the top of the backswing, we are working on the correct sequence of body rotation in the downswing.

If you would like to change your swing like Tony, please get in touch!

How can the K-Vest improve your posture?

How has the K-Vest helped Leigh change his posture? 

Leigh recently came for a lesson to improve his consistency. The main area that needed to be changed to help him do this was his posture. As you can see in the picture below, Leigh has what is known as "C Posture", this is when the lower back and the shoulders are rounded. As seen in the picture below, the K-Vest showed us that Leigh's pelvis was 10 degrees bent forward and his shoulders were bent forwards by 62 degrees.  

After 

By getting Leigh to bend more from his hips whilst keeping his shoulders back has allowed him to get his back in a straighter position. As a result of him doing this, the K-Vest showed us his pelvis bend was 20 degrees (10 more than before) and his upper body bend was now 43 degrees (8 less than before). 



If you would like to change your swing like Leigh, please click here to book a lesson. We offer an introductory lesson for £9.99 for all new customers!

How has Karen changed her swing?

Karen has been working hard on her swing over the past couple of months and it is now paying dividends with her latest win in Lady Captain’s Day, lowering her handicap by two shots. In the past Karen has always had a tendency to hit the ball to the left due to a steep, out to in swing (see ‘before’ picture below). This also caused a loss of distance.

As you can see in the ‘after’ picture on the right, Karen is now swinging the club down on a good swing plane, leading to more distance and straighter shots.

If you would like to change your swing like Karen, please click here to book a lesson. We offer an introductory lesson for all new golfers for £9.99!

How can the K-Vest help you avoid lower back pain?

Today I thought I would write about the link between poor golf swing mechanics and lower back pain. A recent study of 31,000 golfers found that 28.1% of them had to deal with lower back pain after every round.  When I first saw this number I found it quite alarming that such I high number of golfers are swinging the club in a way that is causing them to suffer pain.

In this article I am going to focus on the swing fault that most commonly cause lower back pain – Reverse Spine Angle (RSA). This can be defined as any upper body backward bend (towards the target) during the backswing. This puts excessive extension into the spine at the top of the backswing, which causes the pain.

Below you will see a before/after picture of Michael, one of my students. He also suffers from lower back pain so it is a priority of ours to eliminate his RSA. As you can see in the K-Vest date below, his upper body bend at the top of the swing was -7 degrees (7 degrees towards the target). This can also be seen in the ‘before’ picture below.

To help Michael remove this fault from his swing, we placed a stability ball between his legs and encouraged him to ‘rotate’ his shoulders instead of ‘tilting’ them.

As you can see from the K-Vest data from the end of the lesson, Michael’s upper body was leaning 3 degrees away from the target, an improvement of 10 degrees!

Precise Practice Makes Permanent

Changing your swing within a golf lesson is not the end of the story; the majority of golfers will slip back into bad habits the next time they practice. Michael is using the K-Vest to practice to make sure that does not happen to him.

Hire the K-Vest to practice for as little as £5

For £5 you can practice for 30 minutes, if you are in the wrong position you will not be given the biofeedback (music playing). This is guaranteed to make your practice more effective.

If you would like to come and try the K-Vest, please click here to book a lesson or call 07951548042

How Sandra Changed Her Swing

Sandra came for a lesson last week and was the first person to benefit from using the K-Vest. Three days after using it she won a competition! Below is a description of how it helped her. 

Sandra's main fault is an 'over the top' downswing leading to a slice and a loss of distance. As you can see in the picture on the left, Sandra had a tendency to lift out of her original posture, causing the club to go back too far and her body to get out of position. The K-Vest helped her to see that she was over rotating her hips in the backswing by about 20 degrees, mainly due to a lack of right leg stability.

As you can see in the picture on the right, Sandra is now turning her hips less due to a more stable right side. This is now helping her to swing down on a better plane. 

If you would like to see the benefits of using the K-Vest, please click here to sign up for your free lesson today

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