drill to stop swaying hips and rotate them instead

[clearwaterms]

I believe that I have a problem this is my newest problem. On my down swing, instead of turning my hips back to the ball, I sway them foward.

I believe this is the reason why my misses tend to be low tradjectory slices and the reason that I tend will sometimes skull short clubs.

I think what is happening is that my hips sway forward and that moves the bottom of the swing arc forward just enough that I have not released yet (slice) and am hitting everything before the bottom of my swing. I think that this is further evidenced by the fact that my wedge misses are either left (left handed, open club face) or more often skulled straight over the target (because the bottom of my swing arc is now 2-3" further forward)


Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

I truely believe this is one of the culprits of my slice that I have with the driver.

[mc0388]

During your backswing, focus your weight on the inside of your left thigh (I believe you said you were a lefty). This should help prevent your hips from 'sliding' back.

As long as you have a proper shoulder turn, you should be able to uncoil without your hips swaying.

Hope this helps

[akgolfnut]

I posted this on another similar thread, but it bears repeating here. Watch this video...it has helped me tremendously.

[lobsterzilla]

great tip

[jambalaya]

One thing I have been thinking about is the direction of the forward shift. When you make your backswing your hips turn so that the front hip is actually not pointing straight down your target line but at an angle. I think one has a tendency to sway if one tries to bump the hips down the target line rather than on that angle the hip is facing which should help with roation. I think of the weight shifting more to the inside of the front foot and slightly forward at the beginning. I think this promotes more of a rotary swing. Then again I may be really wrong. I really didn't read this anywhere in particular.

[Cussin hacker]

Exellent tip. He was every good at getting the idea across.

[bjw181]

Try starting your downswing by turning your right knee towards the left knee.

[clearwaterms]

  bjw181 said:

Try starting your downswing by turning your right knee towards the left knee.

does this apply given the fact that I am left handed?

[bjw181]

  clearwaterms said:

does this apply given the fact that I am left handed?

Haha, no I would not try that. Sorry should have saw that. Start down with the left knee towards the right.

[kurtwainwright]

Hey that might just work! I went to GolfTEC earlier this summer and they told me that I sway my hips on my backswing, instead of rotating. You have the problem of swaying on your downswing, but it's the same principle.

I don't have a 22" club, but I'll improvise somehow.

[Ringer]

I have to disagree with Shawn on this one. I don't like that hip action at all as it make your hips twist instead of bump and turn. Twisting your hips is a major cause of off plane swings.

Instead, think of your right hip as a door hinge. You want it to stay right where it is while your left hip rotates around it. Like a swinging door. It rotates, but does not leave its position.

Then on the forward swing, the left hip goes back to it's original position. Once it does that, it should stay right where it is as the right hip starts to rotate around the left hip now. So the hips reverse rolls once the left hip re-establishes it's original position.

I put together a video on this a while back.

[squaddie]

Ringer, that was an awesome video. I've been having lots of problems figuring out the hip movement, and after trying this a few times with practice swings it seems to help with my hip-sliding issue, where I drop my spine and head during the downswing. Will try this out on the course tomorrow...