Lesson #3

Here you can see not a lot of hip rotation and because of this we see excessive sliding which causes the arms to collapse out of extension.

This really shows how important “clearing” or rotating the hips are. If the hips don’t rotate around on the downswing then the arms will always want to collapse instead of extend and then you lose control of your low point in the golf swing. Don’t neglect the importance of rotating fully on the backswing because a short rotation back will lead to a quick rotation forward which can then trigger a slide.

Here’s your ideal posture after doing the dynamic posture test by resting your hands on your thighs and bending from your hip joints while letting your knees bend slightly and keeping your back fairly straight.

We found your dominant right right hand grip and anchor point to pivot around. Remember…we want to rotate our body more rotary which means the right shoulder and right hip need to turn behind you without shifting your weight back and then turn the left hip and and shoulder back around while keeping your weight slightly forward of center.

Here we were reinforcing a more rotary pivot that keeps the head centered over your dominant anchor point, which for you is a few balls forward of center. You get a better rotary action here but could still get more turn.

Here’s a well struck iron shot with a better pivot. However, you can still see how little hip and shoulder turn you create on the back and through swing.

Good hit here due to good rhythm and timing but given a little pressure or anxiety and its chunk/top city because the left arm is shortening. The left arm is shortening because the hips are not rotating around and behind your body enough to allow the arms to stay extended as long as possible through impact. Feel like someone is pulling on the clubhead and you have to resist it.