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I can’t stop my right hip from firing early. I generally have trouble syncing my arm swing with my hip turn. Any tips or critiques are welcome!

I've been Playing Golf for: 13 years
My current handicap index or average score is: 0.7
My typical ball flight is: straight, or slight draw
The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: pulls, thin shots, chunks


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I'd look at a few things before I worried about that.

  • Grip.
  • Ball position.

But… yeah, your right hip fires too early, and it gets your right elbow in a bad spot.

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I’ve had success moving my left hand grip more into the fingers and significantly weakening my right hand. 

I’ve focused a lot on my pivot the past few months but still have a ways to go. Roughly, I’ve tried to stop pushing off early through my trail toes and extending through my trail side low back. Instead I’ve tried to stay in my trail heel longer, activate trail side external oblique, and externally rotate through trail hip from the top.

Putting this together with a shallow arm swing has been difficult. I’m searching for speed (currently ~107), and struggle most with driver.

Any comments or observations are welcome!

 

 


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