Generally speaking, driver requires you to draw the club through a long range of motion on the correct swing plane.
This results in a greater number of possibilities for compensations to occur, an oversimplification of the process but ideal for our discussion.
In order to execute the mechanics of driver and limit the possibility of compensations: a number of physical components within the body require development.
The first of these is flexibility, which allows you to draw the club through the required range of motion of hitting driver.
The second component and the topic of this article is strength.
Just as flexibility allows you to draw the club through the long range of motion required of hitting driver.
Muscular strength allows you to maintain the anatomical positions and spine angle required when hitting driver.
Muscular strength can be defined as the ability of your muscles to exert the required levels of force to execute an athletic movement efficiently and effectively.
As it pertains to golf, strength is the ability of your muscles to exert the amount of force needed to execute the mechanics of the golf swing efficiently.
If the body is lacking the required levels of muscular strength for the golf swing compensations will result.
The most notable compensations will be viewed as changes in your spine angle and posture.
To eliminate the possibility of these compensations from occurring and provide you the opportunity to execute the mechanics of hitting driver effectively: We can utilize golf fitness exercise to build strength within the muscles used in the swing.
These types of exercises will develop the strength within your muscles to maintain a fixed spine angle and the required postural positions of hitting driver, not to mention this type of strength development is the precursor to power development in your swing.
The majority of exercises focused upon developing strength for golf swing center on the core.
The core is a reference to an anatomical area of the body, in which the majority of movements within the golf swing occur.
Essentially the core is all the structures in the body from just above your knees to just below your chest.
It includes all the muscles on the front, back, and sides of your body.
Notable muscles found in the core are your glutes, abdominals, obliques, and hamstrings.
It is these muscles and many more that make-up the core.
So it goes without saying we will want to utilize exercises that develop strength within the musculature of the core.
Remember it is muscular strength that allows you to maintain a fixed spine angle and the anatomical positions required of hitting driver.