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Is the key core rotation or hip rotation?


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I'm back on this section- once again haha.

This time I'm wondering if the key to power and clearance is hip rotation, or core rotation. In my quest to increase the quality of my irons, I've tried time and time to get my hips cleared faster, which won't work. I was hitting practice balls yesterday when it hit me - instead of using my hips to rotate, what if I just used my abdominal area?


Green=Core
Red=Hips

I'll use that fantastic 3D model just to rid my question of any confusion.

Thanks!


 
 

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Pushing the hips forward, or hip slide forward and spine extension at impact are more important than quick/fast rotation of the core or hips.

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In the video of Jamie Sadlowski, he has what I would consider a setup error that results in a swing fault.

With the ball teed high, it appears that he rests his clubhead on the turf directly behind the ball, and then starts his backswing from there. That puts him too close to the ball. Then he bends his left elbow through impact to get his clubhead up to the ball. However, if he is consistently accurate with that setup and swing, then there may be no need to change it.
He also uses a strong grip. The strong grip could be necessary to get the clubface to square at impact because he is too close to the ball. Whatever works.

As for the OP question: I do not key on my hips or abdomen. I key on my lead shoulder. This makes all of my other body movements automatic, including making my lower body lead my downswing perfectly. See, "The Golf Swing and Its Master key Explained" by Noel Thomas.
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Hi,

I think power comes from the core, check out Gary Edwin and his Right Sided Swing method.

http://www.garyedwingolf.com.au/

There are a few videos on YouTube as well
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...rch_type=&aq;=f

I'm working on this right now

Hope this helps

Nick

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I'm back on this section- once again

I'm not clear on what you mean by "quality" and if you are equating that to "power." I am no teacher, but I find my best iron shots are when I am not trying for power at all.

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