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Posture in Golf | Connect to Your Core For Power

The second phase in "Five Minutes to the Perfect Setup" is what has been referred to as "getting in the box." That is an excellent phrase because it provides a simple, intuitive explanation of what we are trying to achieve when establishing perfect posture in golf.

As you can see in the anatomical diagram, the shoulders, chest, and upper torso can be described as a horizontal, rectangular area, while the lower abdomen forms more of a box-shaped region.

When we talk about getting "in the box," we are referring to that lower abdominal core area.

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It is a simple way to describe the feeling of getting connected to your core muscles, while the shoulder blades remain in neutral alignment.

The phrase "get in the box" will remind you that being up in the area described by the rectangle is counterproductive.

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Chuck Quinton

is the founder of the RotarySwing Tour online golf instruction learning system. He played golf professionally for 8 years and has been teaching golf since 1995 and has worked with more than 100 playing professionals who have played on the PGA, Web.com and other major tours around the world.

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