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A Little Goat Humping Not Always Bad


A little early extension - "goat humping" - isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Justin Rose with a mid-iron:

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Zach Johnson with a Hybrid:

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Charley Hoffman with a hybrid:

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Tiger with a Driver:

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Rory hitting an iron:

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Goat humping goes awry when:

  • It becomes excessive.
  • It prevents the hips and torso from opening up at the proper rates.

But no, your hips and head do not need to stay absolutely flush against their "walls."

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coachjimsc

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You posted this just to make me feel better didn't you? 

I am considering changing my name to "Goathumpjimsc"! ;-)

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nevets88

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There's just your head coming "off the wall", just your derriere, and both head and derriere. Are the three about the same? 

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billchao

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A well-timed entry for me. I started wondering about this in my own swing.

Though TBH I already knew the answer, but this helps reinforce it and keep me from working on something stupid and unnecessary.

bm85

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Thanks for this!

It was one of those things that was cloudy for me, because 1.) Seems like I hit the ball great lately, and 2.) my goat was a little bit humped.

Only solution was to exaggerate sucking my left hip back on the down swing (often pulling my head with it), or changing my back swing entirely which I didn't like the idea of, having worked on it now for a solid year (I prefer modifying at this point, not going full tabula rasa). 

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iacas

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3 hours ago, nevets88 said:

There's just your head coming "off the wall", just your derriere, and both head and derriere. Are the three about the same? 

No. The head alone would generally be the "better" of the set.

2 hours ago, billchao said:

A well-timed entry for me. I started wondering about this in my own swing.

Though TBH I already knew the answer, but this helps reinforce it and keep me from working on something stupid and unnecessary.

Yeah. A lot of golfers have a little of this.

2 hours ago, bm85 said:

It was one of those things that was cloudy for me, because 1.) Seems like I hit the ball great lately, and 2.) my goat was a little bit humped.

Only solution was to exaggerate sucking my left hip back on the down swing (often pulling my head with it), or changing my back swing entirely which I didn't like the idea of, having worked on it now for a solid year (I prefer modifying at this point, not going full tabula rasa). 

Glad it could help!

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