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| BODY AWARENESS GOLF: COUNTERBALANCE (Lynn Bernadett) | |||
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Lynn Bernadett - Golf Professional Counterbalance:
A
weight
balancing
another
weight;
and
equal
power
or
influence
acting
in
opposition;
counterpoise
(A
counterbalancing
weight.
Any
equal
and
opposing
power
or
force.
The
state
of
being
in
equilibrium:
balance).
To
oppose
with
an
equal
weight,
force,
or
influence. To
stabilize
your
balance
while
your
swing
is
in
motion,
you
have
to
start
with
a
true
counterbalanced
posture
position
in
set-up
(address
position):
left
to
right,
front
to
back,
top
to
bottom
and
all
angles
in
between.
When
you
discover
a
natural
posture
position
for
true
counterbalance,
your
golf
swing
will
automatically
receive
the
illusive
consistency
of
an
unforced,
fluid
motion
when
put
into
action. In
every
motor
skill
that
you
perform,
you
are
counterbalancing
and
stabilizing
your
body
against
gravity.
Golf
requires
the
same
body
awareness
skills
of
simply
shifting
and
turning,
but
in
a
more
concentrated
effort
because
you
have
to
control
a
club
traveling
around
you
at
high
speeds
that
can
quickly
knock
you
off
balance.
“Stability
with
mobility”
is
a
fact
of
the
golf
swing
in
motion.
You
need
to
prepare
yourself
in
true
counterbalance
at
the
beginning
(set-up)
before
your
swing
is
set
into
motion. Having
good
posture
in
golf
is
to
justify
the
natural
fluidity
of
your
golf
swing.
Your
posture
position
will
be
unique
from
another
persons
posture,
especially
between
gender.
I
wanted
to
present
you
with
the
bare
minimum
of
anatomical
facts
between
both
genders.
This
may
help
you
to
evaluate
the
maintenance
of
your
own
true
counterbalancing
of
posture. *
Men
are
born
with
70%
more
muscle
mass
than
a
woman’s
body
at
birth.
*
Men’s
hip
sockets
are
created
in
a
vertical
position
that
will
limit
a
natural
hip
turn.
Men
have
to
be
careful
with
the
width
of
their
stance.
Too
wide
of
a
width
can
restrict
hip
movement,
leading
to
the
loss
of
flexibility,
and
a
loss
of
balance. *
Men
have
to
“flare”
their
feet
for
more
hip
turn
and
for
more
stability
of
counterbalance.
The
more
you
flare
your
feet,
the
more
your
hips
will
turn.
(Flaring
your
feet
is
the
opposite
of
pigeon-toed.) *
Women’s
hip
sockets
are
created
differently
than
a
man’s.
Women
are
built
with
the
ability
to
turn
in
excess.
Opposed
to
men,
a
woman
may
want
to
widen
her
stance
more
than
"shoulder
width",
with
a
slighter
“foot
flare”.
Women
commonly
over-swing
their
back
swing
due
to
a
small
width
of
stance.
Over-swinging
causes
imbalance,
promotes
"yanking"
of
the
club
at
the
top
of
the
back
swing,
resulting
in
an
“ax
chop”
back
down
towards
the
ball,
and
also
eliminates
a
proper
weight
transfer
(dynamic)
in
the
golf
swing. There
are
so
many
factors
that
could
determine
how
each
golfer,
individually,
will
address
their
ball
in
order
to
remain
in
true
counterbalance
throughout
their
swing.
If
you
can’t
keep
your
balance
during
your
swing,
back-up
and
check
the
initial
counterbalance
of
your
address
position.
Feel
solid
in
all
directions.
Being
too
close
to
the
ball
is
a
better
mistake
than
being
too
far
(reaching
for
the
ball,
standing
too
far
from
the
ball,
causes
most
balance
problems).
Having
a
more
excessive
spine
angle
(over
the
ball,
butt
up
and
out)
is
a
better
mistake
than
standing
too
upright.
Stay
with
the
fundamentals
of
the
golf
swing. The
majority
of
time,
it
takes
a
second
pair
of
eyes
to
detect
your
disproportion
and
imbalance.
Learning
the
correctness
of
the
golf
swing
is
a
process.
If
you
are
a
beginner,
use
only
what
you
have
learned
during
your
lesson
time
…
Don't
try
to
reinvent
the
wheel
on
your
own.
For
the
established
swing,
tune-up
lessons
are
a
must
if
you
want
to
move
on
to
the
next
level.
For
complete
control
of
your
golf
swing
…
think,
"counterbalance". *
TRAIN
YOUR
MIND
TO
TRAIN
YOUR
BODY
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