The most popular question asked at PurePointGolf.com is what does the left hip do during the golf swing. Watch this helpful little video for the answer!
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PurePoint Golf Video Lessons – The All Important Left Hip – What does it do?
Posted on 29 April 2010 by admin
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April 29th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
i do agree with some of the comments. The hip should first move towards the target, not sway, but sort of “bump”. It help me to actually drop my club and right arm into the “slot” in order to swing from the inside. When the hip rotate too soon or “clear” too early, unless you are an extraordinary atlthlete, you could end up over the top……
not sure why he suggested that, he hit like a great golfer…
April 29th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
look at hogans hips shift before they start turning. this is a spin out.
April 29th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Great illustration Bobby, simple and to the point.
April 29th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
This is a great video. Not understanding why there is so much fuss over what he is saying. Makes perfect sense to me. My mishits are pushed shots, and what he is saying will help me keep my club going straight down the target line resulting in my shots going where i want them too.
April 29th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
This is an example of a good player not knowing how to teach. He talks about weekend golfers turning their hands over, which virtually NEVER happens in high handicappers.
More important, he is explaining a dangerous swing thought which will stop all progress towards the target. Notably, the instructor himself does a very small, but needed “hip bump” prior to spinning his hips. Without that little bump at 1:51 in the video, his swing wouldn’t look so nice and fluid. I like his videos on timing.
April 29th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
That would be a spinout, no thanks bud.
April 29th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Bobby Jones. not booby jones. lol
April 29th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
ben hogan actually had slight hip slide although it seemed dramatic. but if you see his swing, his head still remains in position meaning his upper body stayed behind and caused greater tilt as with most good ball strikers. and that is NOT very easy to do. but for average golfers, his method is very good to get the correct feel. if you want to add more power, you need to have the fundamentals down first. I personally find Booby Jones’s swing much butter like.
April 30th, 2010 at 12:08 am
He’s not wrong. If your hip moves toward the target, bottom of your swing goes forward as well. What you mean is, your abdomen should go toward the target. What you described will cause imbalance and certainly can’t be effortless. your arms swivel around your spine. and what is connected to your spine? your hips. remember it’s weight shift, not center shift.
April 30th, 2010 at 1:00 am
This guy could not be more wrong. The left hip should go toward the target and UP. Weight shifts to the outside of the left foot and rotation occurs.
Don’t know what the heck he’s talking about but he’s way wrong.
April 30th, 2010 at 1:01 am
Lol tell this tip to ben hogan, see how quick he knocks you on the noggin
April 30th, 2010 at 1:01 am
Great tip thank u it helped me today.
April 30th, 2010 at 1:39 am
actually,hogan had a pronounced hip slide,tiger not so much.Tiger dips his head and then snaps his left leg for clubhead speed.
April 30th, 2010 at 2:04 am
This seems to go against most instruction which teaches “hip bump”. This seems to be preaching hip spin.
April 30th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Comments so far indicate a dangerous misunderstanding. There are a million methods of swinging a golf club, and this one is eminently valid. It’s not a Hogan/Woods swing. It’s a Vardon/Goosen swing, right arm powered. The body follows, it does not lead. This video is misleading, to a spin out. In this swing the first move is an attempt to uncock the right elbow, on plane, before any other body motion. That left hip turn is to be allowed, in coordination and response to the right arm.
April 30th, 2010 at 3:02 am
Comments so far indicate a dangerous misunderstanding. There are a million ways to swing a golf club and this is one of them. It’s not a Hogan/Woods swing. It’s a Vardon/Goosen swing. It is a right-arm swing. The body follows, it does not lead. The video is misleading, to a left hip spinout. That left hip movement has to be allowed in response and coordination with the right arm uncocking as the first move in the downswing.
It’s a beautiful method, nearly effortless. The body follows.
April 30th, 2010 at 3:13 am
Its not an arm swing,what happends,when you move your hip to left ? you take away your arms, all good players do this,the downswing start from ground and up, the hip is more up against the sky, not a bump to the left, as a first move….
Try to TURN your left hip to left hard on the way down (as a first move down),and see what happends, no arms ,no hand swing at all,you will be surprised….
April 30th, 2010 at 4:06 am
I think he makes sense. But difficult to execute.
April 30th, 2010 at 4:09 am
I found this advice great for me since my problem is too much lateral movement and not enough hip rotation at the start of the downswing and then my club comes way too much from the inside.If there is correct weight shift back to the left side there will be lateral movement
April 30th, 2010 at 4:23 am
while I know that this is great stuff, I must agree that it’s for better players. I have been suggesting to anyone that asks advice of me that they put correct hip actions into their swings – but no one is physically capable of doing it. It’s beyond the average golfer to develop this hip rotation, sometimes, sadly.
April 30th, 2010 at 5:10 am
This guy is basically advocating an arms only swing. Take your clubs and run. Your handicap will thank you for it. All better golfers start with a small bump of the left hip which drops the club and gets the weight shifted to the left. Without this small move, the club won’t be able to drop into the correct plane in a 2-plane golf swing.
April 30th, 2010 at 5:24 am
See footage of Hogan, Woods, to name two decent golfers who both have lateral movement in the hips. How can you get your weight to the left without moving to the left side? JMO…
April 30th, 2010 at 6:13 am
I disagree. there is a small amount of shift towards the target at first. Then the left hip moves out of the way. all pga players have lateral hip movement. You can see it if you draw a line down on their swing and watch their position.
April 30th, 2010 at 6:55 am
this (left) hip rotation is very important and it would also keep you on the tush line (95% of the amatour golfers i see on my golf course are dropping over the tush line).
April 30th, 2010 at 7:12 am
its good advice for the better player-but for the weekend golfers who mostly come over the top this could make it worse!proper alignment is key here+right shoulder down at impact would help alot.