Cure for Over Active Hips/Legs

[pbailey]

Looking for suggestions, drills for quieting down my hips/legs.   A few scienaros from past rounds have shown me how much better I strike the ball when I limit their role in my swing.  1.  Played a couple of rounds before a scramble several years ago.  During the first round I injured my right glute.  I couldn't get my legs and hips active as before.  I absoululty crushed it with accuracy.  2. Often hitting from lies that restrict solid footing, the same thing will happen.  Example would be, in the fairway bunker with my feet, bunker has no real lip and the ball is in the fairway, level lie.  Crush it.

I suspect I'm getting my hips out front with a slide and I increase my spine angle from address to impact positions.

Any thoughts would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks

[westcyderydin]

you would probably have to post a video of your swing to see whats up...

but some of the things you said remind me of a problem i think i may finally be over and that is swaying.  i used to sway back and sway forward without turning my hips correctly.  this hurt my back and made me incredibly inconsistent.  i would hit some good shots, but would pull out the big slice or pull hook at the worst times.

i worked at fixing this all of last season and i would have a really good first 2 holes but then would fall back into the swaying.  but now finally i think i found the solution to the swaying problem, which is something people talk about on here alot.  and that is the head still, staying centered thing.  you cant sway if your head doesnt move back.

also keep in mind that how you move your hips in your backswing will effect how they move in your forward swing.

[JackLee]

Feet Together Drill.  Hit balls with your heels about 1 inch apart.  See if that helps.  If it does, you might try playing with a very narrow stance.

[Steel]

Feet together works great, I used to tie my shoelaces together, works like a charm, great for balance and tempo, I used to be able to hit everything from PW to driver like that.  You will also be very surprised how far you can hit the driver with your shoelaces tied together!  I could knock it out there 230 with a nice easy well balanced swing.

[pbailey]

Originally Posted by pbailey

Looking for suggestions, drills for quieting down my hips/legs.   A few scienaros from past rounds have shown me how much better I strike the ball when I limit their role in my swing.  1.  Played a couple of rounds before a scramble several years ago.  During the first round I injured my right glute.  I couldn't get my legs and hips active as before.  I absoululty crushed it with accuracy.  2. Often hitting from lies that restrict solid footing, the same thing will happen.  Example would be, in the fairway bunker with my feet, bunker has no real lip and the ball is in the fairway, level lie.  Crush it.

I suspect I'm getting my hips out front with a slide and I increase my spine angle from address to impact positions.

Any thoughts would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks

Originally Posted by JackLee

Feet Together Drill.  Hit balls with your heels about 1 inch apart.  See if that helps.  If it does, you might try playing with a very narrow stance.

Originally Posted by Steel

Feet together works great, I used to tie my shoelaces together, works like a charm, great for balance and tempo, I used to be able to hit everything from PW to driver like that.  You will also be very surprised how far you can hit the driver with your shoelaces tied together!  I could knock it out there 230 with a nice easy well balanced swing.

Towards the end of the summer and through the fall, I used the feet together drill for warming up before playing.  I would start slow with quarter and half swings building to a full swing.  I was able to take that to the course and hit a lot of fairways.  One affect of building up to a full swing with normal stance was a nice tempo and balance.

I haven't done it with the irons, but I will start.

Thanks for the help.