The other day I received a really good question from one of our newest members of The Surge Nation, Mike Campanale or CampyM as he is known on the blog. Mike's a lefty in his early 60s and has bursitis in his hip. After playing a round he experiences some pretty severe hip pain and he would like to know what he can do to minimize it. Well, Mike, you've come to the right place! The Peak Performance Golf Swing, or the Surge Swing as I sometimes call it, is the most body-friendly golf swing on the planet. If you commit to learning this swing, I am certain your hip pain will significantly diminish or go away completely.
Mike's bursitis is probably being exacerbated by the way he is setting up to hit the ball. If your feet aren't flared outward by at least 30 degrees while remaining on the toe line, Mike, your forward knee can't rotate properly as you transfer your weight during the forward upswing. As a consequence, you end up rolling over your forward foot, causing your knee to lock up, putting enormous stress on your knees, hips and back as you complete your swing. After 18 holes it can feel like hitting a brick wall. By flaring both feet out 30 degrees or more, your knees will remain flexed and will rotate enough to allow for a smooth transition to your forward side.
I would like to finish today's thought with a message to the thousands of new Surgites who, like Mike, have subscribed to this blog this year. If you haven't figured it out already, The Peak Performance Golf Swing is unlike anything you've ever been taught about how to swing a golf club. So if you are going to learn it, you have to jump in with both feet, so to speak, throw away most, if not all, of what you were previously taught.
To those who have not explored it, the Surge Swing flies in the face of conventional wisdom--at least as far as the rest of today's golf industry is concerned. They would have you believe that the only "proper" way to swing is with a full-turn rotational swing that brings the club shaft nearly parallel to the ground at the top of the swing. After all, they say, doesn't nearly every player on the PGA and European Tours swing that way? Yes, that's true, but we need to remember that the few hundred players good enough to be on tour are elite athletes that have a God-given skill that most do not possess. They also have access to the best coaching, physical training and equipment money can buy. And despite all this, a week doesn't go by without one or more players suffering a knee, hip or back injury that can be directly related to the high-stress rotational swing.
So if you are tired of having to "play" for slice or a hook rather than just hitting the ball straight down the fairway, or if you suffer from golf-inflicted aches and pains, or if you just plain don't enjoy the game as much as you used to, dare to be unconventional and commit to completely learning the Peak Performance Golf Swing. If you do, I can promise you will be amazed at how good your game can be.
Keep it vertical!
The Surge
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