Best Exercises for Golf?

What are good golf exercises to do at home to improve your game?

• I am a 15 year old male that loves golf. I just started a couple months ago. and I can't go golfing everyday even if it is to the driving range. I could use some exercises for me ...show more

• Answer:

  Work on core muscles with exercises like the plank, side plank, squats, tricepts dips, pushups, etc. Work on flexibiity, whether it's doing yoga or just simple exercises to stretch the back, hamstrings, shoulders and lats. You can always work on chipping and pitching in the backyard. You won't see how the ball reacts after it lands, but you can't control that, anyway. What you CAN control is the distance the ball flies. Work on hitting specific distances: lay towels or bricks out in increments of 20 or 30 yards (whatever your yard allows) and try to land pitch shots on the towels. Same for chips- if anything, you can always work on the mechanics with simple feedback. You can putt in your front room. It may not represent a real green, but you can work on putter path by putting through a "gate" you create with books or magazines. If you have a tall mirror, you can always work on full swing mechanics. Since you can see yourself swing, you'll see if you're hitting specific positions in the backswing (swing slowly at first- don't bust out a light!).