Golf Digest editors picks  The Instruction Blog  Fitness Friday:
Bigger Turn = Bigger Drives  mail01-fitness.jpgBy Ron Kaspriske
Some golf instructors will tell you the reason that amateurs
restrict their body turn during the backswing is because they're
afraid of not making solid contact, but there's actually a more
typical reason: A lot of amateurs simply can't make a full,
athletic turn.  "It's the most common physical limitation I
see," says Randy Myers (@RandyMyersGLC), a Golf Digest fitness
advisor who trains several players on the PGA Tour, including
Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker. "Even if they have the range
of motion to turn farther, a lack of stability or coordination
prevents them from doing it." The body moves in three planes:
Front to back (sagittal), side to side (frontal) and
rotationally (transverse). A big part of the swing takes place
in the transverse plane, Myers says, yet most people don't do
any exercises to improve their rotation.  The ability to rotate
the lower body while keepin