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The Postural Release

Golf swing posture is created by bending backwards from the knees and forwards from the hips same time and same amount thus lowering down to the ball at setup. This lowering down puts the body in a balanced athletic position and makes room for arm swing. Ideally it puts the club shaft at a right angle to the spine and since the shoulders are always at a right angle to the spine they will now help deliver the arm swing back to the ball.

But all too often I hear the advice that one should stay in your posture when clearly such is not the case! If we look closely at any golfer at the finish of their swing they have all lost this forward bend from the hips. This means that it must be very important …