Weight Training

I strongly suggest every potential player on the AW Boys Golf Team spend a minimum of 3 hours per week this summer in the weight room. Below are some ideas for you to gain distance and endurance for the season.

Below are two videos about Rory McIlroy that gives an idea of what he does to to get stronger to better control the club throughout the swing. The program I would like everybody to start with is the Kettle ball exercises for golfers, all gyms should have kettle balls available, start light until you have mastered the form of the exercise.

Double click the link/image for the pre-season workout routine. Read and scroll down to phase 1, do this workout three times a week until tryouts begin in August. We will have an in season workout option for you as well.

Weight Training Can Provide Golfers With a Strength AdvantageWeight training may provide a power advantage for golfers. This exercise program shows you how to start with the basics and build strength.

Watch this video to get an understanding how and why one of the best strikers of the ball decided to begin a weight training program. Understand, as he says, you have to start somewhere and he was not very strong in the beginning.

Watch this video on the mental side of golf, you have to stay in the game mentally on every shot.

These players are all in great shape as athletes!