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I have a nasty problem of swaying in the backswing. Does anyone have any drills or good videos to watch to turn my hips more in the backswing? Cheers, Sandhills

Make sure your feet are flared out slightly and let your rear knee straighten slightly as you turn.

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How many different ways do you need? There's really only one way to do it.

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Is your right foot (trail foot) turned out?

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Feel does not equal reality.

I had a teacher that told me I need a bigger turn in my backswing.  So I tried it.  It turns out I hardly made more or a turn at all.

He then had me take my stance, put a hand on each shoulder, and physically turned me to the position he wanted.  It was a lot further than I thought.  For me (I'm not very flexible), I just need to turn as far as I can, until I feel the end of the stretch.  It's easy for me to now know how far to turn... as far as I possible can.

Try it, if you're like me, it feels a lot further than it is.

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An exercise to help you increase your shoulder turn is #4 in the thread below.  Many of us get less flexible with age. This exercise is a good warm up too and really helps making a centered hip turn as mentioned in the posts above.

4. One exercise for more flexibility and core strength.

This one move is not going to give you the body of Arnold Schwarzenegger but it will help in developing flexibility and core strength.

Get in your address position (with the proper posture that you’ve been practicing), hold your 5 iron at either end and lay it behind your neck, across your shoulders. From there, turn into your backswing, while keeping proper posture with a consistent spine angle, and hold the position at the top of your backswing. You should feel your core muscles being engaged at this point.

While you’re in this position, take note of the angle the shaft is in across your shoulders. When you make your downswing, make sure to emulate this same angle when you are at the point of impact. Your hands on either end of the shaft should be in the exact opposite positions that they were when you were at the top of your backswing.

Complete your swing to a balanced follow-through. Do this for 15 minutes a day and you’ll find you’ll have a little more core strength at the beginning of the season and a lot more flexibility.

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Are you doing the drill with the stick or something just outside your right hip?

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