Hip movement?

[AnalogAG]

Do you move your hips sideways during your swing to support "going trough the ball" ?

3-----1-----2

1) hips at adressing the ball
2) hips at backswing
3) hips at finish

To get me right, I am not talking about rotation, just side movement!

Thank you!

[Fried Egg]

You're hips will move slightly as you described, but to the point that if you think about it, you're probably overdoing it. Instead, focus on shifting your weight back over the inside of your back foot (while maintaining knee flex) and in your follow through your body should finish no further forward than directly over your front foot.

[MPS67]

You're hips will move slightly as you described, but to the point that if you think about it, you're probably overdoing it. Instead, focus on shifting your weight back over the inside of your back foot (while maintaining knee flex) and in your follow through your body should finish no further forward than directly over your front foot.

I'm working with a GolfTec instructor on this specific topic and agree with your post Fried Egg.

Think of it like this on the back swing . Rotate back with your arms and shoulders while keeping your hips quiet and passive. But allow them to be pulled around by the shoulders and upper torso to about 30° or so. If you have a 90° shoulder turn and a 30° hip turn, you'll achieve a powerful 60° 'X' factor. I know you only want to know about hip shift, and I'm going to talk about that next. Now, there's a critical move that must take place during this rotary transition. Looking from the perspective from above the golfer, if you simply allow the hips to rotate around in place 30°, the right hip bone will swing behind and forward, towards the target a little, and this is not good. Instead, the golfer should position their right hip bone over their right heel as it is rotated back by the pull of the shoulders. Don't allow your right hip to sway past your right leg though. This proper move shifts the weight onto the right side and over the right foot. It also positions the shoulder tilt forward a few degrees. Forward here means that the shoulders are tilted away from the target at the top 5-10° or so. This move will set you up to a powerful unloading position (power V) at the top. There's a drill you can practice for this. Place the top back edge of a folding chair up against your right hip at address. You can place the chair a little behind you so that you won't hit it on the ascent during your back swing. When you swing back to the top, make sure you maintain contact between the back edge of the chair and your body in the hip area at all times. Here's a great video that discusses correct hip/weight shift. CLICK HERE

[AnalogAG]

Thank you very much...
I will try to do what you say.

After my post, I noticed, that if you move your hips to much, you cannot keep your head still and that is important.
So rotating will work.

[MPS67]

AnologAG,

You're right about limiting the amount of hip shift as you won't want to over do it. But you'll still need some to transfer weight to the back leg with a combination of hip shifting and shoulder rotation. And then hip shift bump back to the forward leg on the downswing. As far as the head is concerned, I've seen many videos of PGA pros at Golftec allowing their heads to move back and forth a little. I don't know if a few inches each way will ruin the swing. But when you start the downswing, try to keep the head somewhat stationary as you bump the hips laterally 4-5 inches toward the target and on to a posted left leg, and then rotate through with the shoulders and torso around that posted left leg.