Perform the club-behind-the-spine test

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Perform the club-behind-the-spine test as follows:

1. Stand upright while holding a golf club behind your back.
2. In one hand, hold the head of the club flat against your tailbone. In your other hand, hold the grip of the club against the back of your head. (See the first Figure.)

3. Bend your hips and knees slightly (10 to 15 degrees) and contract your lower abdominal muscles, as needed, to press the small of your back into the shaft of the club.
4. While keeping your lower back in complete contact with the clubshaf straighten the middle and upper portions of your spine and neck.The goal is to make as much complete contact between the shaft andthe entire length of your spine and back of your head as possible. (See the second Figure)
5. Try to bend forward from your hips and proportionately from your knees while maintaining club contact with your spine and head. Keep bending forward until you’re able to comfortably see a spot on the ground in front of you where the golf ball would normally be at
address. (See the following Figure).



6. Remove the club from behind your back and grip it with both handsin your normal address position while trying to maintain all the spine,hip, and knee angles that you just created. (See the following Figure).