A little of this and a little of that!

I played 9 holes today, yes it was a little cold (about 42 degrees). I have not played in over a month, but I just wanted to see what my swing felt like before I headed for Florida.  I have been working out twice a week with my TPI certified trainer Jason Meisch.  He recently did a assessment to see if I was improving my physical condition since my last assessment.  One of my limitations has been the range of motion with my thorasic spine (upper torso).  Jason said that I had improved my range of motion.  While I was playing today it occurred to me that if I improved my posture at address I would improve my range of motion.  Yes, this is the very thing I have been telling my students for years!  If you sit down and round your back and try to rotate, then compare it to making your back straight and rotate, voila! you can rotate fartherwith you  back straight.  So, yes I need to keep training to improve my T-spine rotation, but I also need to train and be aware of impoving my posture.  The two operative words here are "train" and "aware".  I don't think you can improve your posture just by thinking about it (although most of my students think this is the case) and maybe you cannot improve your posture just by training.  As in most of my experiences in golf it takes some of this and some of that to improve.  The some of this and some of that are the Six Success Factors of Golf: Swing Technique, Physical, Mental, Equipment, Course Management, Special Knowledge.  This was great info that I learned from PGA Professional, Dr. Gary Wiren in a PGA seminar about 15 years ago!