Fitness is a Key to Golfing Success

Fitness is a Key to Golfing Success

With the Rundle College mid-year exams in progress, the fitness programme has been slightly adjusted to fit the students’ exam schedule.Jaydon Liddell and Vuk Rankovic can be seen working on strength training with Fitness Expert Jan-Harm Venter in the KeNako Academy...
Joint by Joint Approach

Joint by Joint Approach

Mobility- The ability to produce a desired movement. Stability – The ability to resist an undesired movement. From a physical training stand point it is clear to me that each joint needs either more mobility training or more stability training.Even more interesting is...
Improving Poor Posture

Improving Poor Posture

The picture below shows how the KeNako Academy physical programme is able to improve a student’s posture and consequently their ability to improve their golf game. When swing problems with selected students are analysed, appropriate interaction between the golf...
Muscular Imbalance

Muscular Imbalance

Limitations to mobility can predict instability. Poor mobility leads to muscle imbalances through the following processes: 1. Reciprocal inhibition. This muscular phenomenon occurs when a tight muscle decreases the neural drive to its functional agonist. This leads to...
Deep Core Muscles and the Serratus Anterior

Deep Core Muscles and the Serratus Anterior

There is a connection between activating the body’s deep core muscles and activating another very important muscle that forms part of the swing called the Serratus Anterior. Let me explain: The Serratus Anterior muscle activates when performing protraction of the...