How To Avoid Early Extension During The Swing

How To Avoid Early Extension During The Swing

It goes without saying that golf players need to learn basic skills thoroughly before getting good scores. And maintaining a proper gesture and position for all kinds of shots is really important. Otherwise, it may trigger inconsistent poor striking. One example of losing your posture is early extension during the swing.
What Is Early Extension During the Swing?
    Early extension, or thrusting, is defined as a loss of spine angle happening in the hitting area. It occurs when your lower body approaches the golf ball via either backswing or downswing, which is cited as one of the leading factors to the lack of power, accuracy, and distance of strikes.
As golfers gradually reach the point of contact, the distance between their hips and the ball is narrowed down, causing restriction of movement to hands. As a result, you can’t keep the swing in its orbit and gain desired scores, or in the event of worst scenarios, a shank is likely to happen.

Simple Steps to Adjust Your Posture for Making Improvements to Your Scores

•  Place an alignment stick onto the ground at an angle that one of its end will appear right in front of your right thigh top after you hit the ball. 
• Swing to the top while retreating into the right glutes and pushing down through the right heel. Remember to preserve the position of the flex in the right knee. As the pelvis begins to rotate, the right hip is likely to move away from the stick. 
• Shift to the left from the top and retreat into the left glutes while pushing down through the left heel. 
• Notice that the hips begin to bend when you move downwards from the top. At the same time, your chest is lowered a little bit to face the target line drawn behind the ball. As the hips are pulled back, the space between the stick and the right thigh tends to increase. 

Try again for several times and you’ll see the difference, thereby knowing how to get into the right posture.
Early extension is a common mistake that even professional golfers still encounter with, but it is by no means insoluble.