Keeping your wrists soft and relaxed during the golf swing is crucial for generating club head speed. The Wrist Stretch Exercise is a great stretch that will prepare the muscles and tendons of your wrists and forearms before you play golf, hit the practice range, or undertake other physical exercise. It can also be performed after playing golf to maintain mobility, alleviate soreness and make your muscles feel better.
The Wrist Stretch Exercise forms part of the Golf Recovery & Regeneration series of innovative and dynamic exercises that will help to improve the health and quality of your muscle tissues and joints, helping you to perform better on and off the golf course.
The Wrist Stretch Exercise is a component of the Golf Loopy Perfect Warm Up, a set of exercises that has been scientifically designed to prepare your mind and body for playing golf to the best of your ability in just 7 minutes.
Figure 1. Wrist Stretch Exercise Video.
Steps
- Start by standing tall in good posture, your abdominal muscles engaged and your chest up.
- Place your palms together in front of your chest, fingers pointing up, your elbows out to the sides.
- Keeping your palms together and your elbows still, press your hands downwards, feeling the stretch in your forearms and wrists. Hold for 1 deep breath, in and out, and then relax.
- Now turn your hands so that your fingers point down.
- Keeping your palms together and your elbows still, press your hands upwards, feeling the stretch in your forearms and wrists. Hold for 1 deep breath, in and out, and then relax.
- Now place the backs of your hands together in front of your chest, fingers pointing down, your elbows out to the sides.
- Keeping your hands together and your elbows still, press your hands upwards, feeling the stretch in the backs of your wrists. Hold for 1 deep breath, in and out, and then relax.
- Return to the starting position and repeat.
Stand tall, in good posture, throughout.
Perform this exercise for 15 seconds as part of the Golf Loopy Perfect Warm Up routine. Combine it with the Forearm Stretch Exercise for a great wrist and forearm stretch.
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