We're going to look at some of the key flexibility issues to help with your golf now, and there are a couple of reasons for addressing flexibility and making yourself more supple. One is that we need to be able to get into positions for the golf swing technically, and we may need to loosen off the body to achieve that. The other is that if you're standing bashing balls off the driving range, you may need to help correct your body afterwards. 

One of the first areas we're going to look at is the front of the hip. Standing over the ball all day, you can imagine that the hip flexors get tight. Carin's going to show you how you would stretch your hip flexor.

Carin's tilting her tummy button upwards, to get a nice stretch on the front of the hip. We're trying to get the stretch on the front of the hip, not down the leg and the thigh. Hold this stretch for 20-30 seconds, relax and do it again. It's always worth doing a stretch twice, because the second time you'll find that you can get that little bit more movement. 

Cross one leg across the other, pull one up, and use your elbow to push that one down. This exercise is great for stretching the outside of your hip. You can use a wall if you want to to add a little bit more stretch. For any of you who have swing faults like swaying and sliding in your golf swing, this is going to be a tight muscle. Stretching it out will help you to turn easier over the ball. 

This stretch is just helping to loosen out the low back. If you've spent a long time leaning over on the driving range, or if you've been out on the course and you've been picking up your ball without bending your knees on the putting green, then you may find that this helps to loosen off your low back. You can either hold it, as Carin is doing, or you can loosen your back off by just moving through, down to the floor and back up.

So that's the lower body - now we're going to look at the upper body.

Sometimes you find that if you're leaning over the ball, the front of your chest can get very tight. The tighter this is, the harder it is to turn. So, to open up the shoulders, Carin's going to show you her stretch. She'll hold that for 30 seconds, ad you should feel it right though the front of your chest. You can play with the amount of elevation you have through the club, just to get the tightest position for you. 

Bring it forwards now, put one leg behind the other, and lean to the left with your arms overhead. We're now stretching through the side of Carin's body. If you stretch the side of your body you will turn much better. Without stretching the sides, you will not get a turn. Most right handed golfers will find it much harder to lean to the left, away from the right side, than they will to go this way.

It's all very well doing static stretches, but golf is dynamic. So once we've stretched out, then we need to start incorporating some movement - because we're going to be playing golf. So Carin will just show you what she does. So now we're putting it all together and bringing in some rotation into the body.

Those are some great stretches that will help your golf game, and they will also keep you fit for golf - so you can keep playing for as long as you want.