I just can't rotate my lower body!! (videos)

[Golfaway]

Here is a video of me swinging a 3 wood. (My old trusty Wilson Ultra).
I just seem to not be able to rotate my lower body, however hard I try. I lose a lot of power because of that and my average distance off the tee using that 3 wood is no longer than 210 yard at best.

I just don't know what's the problem. My swing is too much arm and no body rotation and I just can't get my lower body to rotate. I have the same problem with irons. My distances are much shorter than my playing buddies.

Here is a video of me swinging the 3 wood. This one went about 200 yards only.




And here is another video of one of my buddies. Even though he seems to be having the same problem as I do (not much lower body rotation) he always outdrives me by at least 20 yards to say the least.




And finally, my own 6 iron swing. Again you can see, no or minimal lower body rotation resulting in very poor distance.



I apologize for the poor quality of the videos (cell phone) but they still show what I'm talking about.

[Zeph]

Swing while conciously trying to not do anything with the arms. Just swing back and from there, focus on not swinging with the arms. To get anywhere, you'll have to move the lower body. In the beginning, overdo it to get the right feeling.

Also think about late acceleration. The arms don't pick up speed until they are at waist height. Let them drop from the top as a reaction to the hips turning, from there you can speed up.

[Ed_Bighead]

I'm no expert, but maybe try focusing on turning your hips away from your target during the backswing; it doesn't look like your hips move at all, especially in that last video.

Here's an example: (The first 10 seconds show it)

[shankapotamus]

Start the downswing from the ground up. Shift your weight to your front foot, which will cause a hip bump, which will turn your hips, which will turn your shoulders, turning your arms, turning your hands, with the club leading until impact, when they should be about even I believe.



Notice how he starts the downswing. You don't necessarily need that much lag, but it will improve your distance. Watching your friends video, looks he at least tries to have some lag. Also, don't drop your wrists. I use to have that problem because I thought it would give me more power, it doesn't. You lose power and accuracy.

[Nikonut]

look at your left leg and foot in the 6i video. at the time when you are about all the way into the backswing.

[wrx_junki]

Looks like your buddy just swings harder than you resulting in more yards. Your swing looks nice and smooth though. Can't imagine that you are actually a 28.

[Golfaway]

Looks like your buddy just swings harder than you resulting in more yards. Your swing looks nice and smooth though. Can't imagine that you are actually a 28.

My problem is consistency. I am never consistent. I can never repeat the same good move twice. I just have to do something that will screw over the hole for me. Sometimes I make a GIR, then I proceed to 3 or even 4 putt. I'd hit a nice straight tee shot, then shank the 2nd shot out of bounds, etc..

Last time I played (the round these videos are from) I was hitting fairways like I never did before. I was really amazed. We played 13 holes, 10 of them were par 4's, and I hit the fairway in 9 of them. But then what? I either shanked the 2nd shot, topped it, hit it fat or hooked it. Apparently I am starting to get better with woods, on the expense of my irons. I swear I haven't hit 5 good iron shots yesterday. I can never continuously be good. And that's my main problem.

[ks8829]

Easy solution!

practice swing a golf club 50 times with your feet together everyday for a week.