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Hip Turn is Spine Turn
This video focuses on the relationship between hip turn and spine rotation in the swing. Tyler addresses common issues like early extension and lack of rotation at impact. Achieving proper hip turn relies on sufficient spine rotation and keeping the shoulders closed longer. By focusing on spine rotation rather than just hip movement, golfers can improve their impact position and overall swing consistency.
This video focuses on the relationship between hip turn and spine rotation in the swing. Tyler addresses common issues like early extension and lack of rotation at impact. Achieving proper hip turn relies on sufficient spine rotation and keeping the shoulders closed longer. By focusing on spine rotation rather than just hip movement, golfers can improve their impact position and overall swing consistency.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720
This concept video is hip turn is spine turn.
2
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:14.060
So this concept video was kind of inspired by a question that I got on one of
3
00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:15.280
the pages.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.230
About a golfer who's early extending and doesn't have a lot of rotation, kind
5
00:00:19.230 --> 00:00:19.600
of looks
6
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:24.900
more like this at impact, which a lot of us struggle with, where the body is
7
00:00:24.900 --> 00:00:25.500
not turned
8
00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:29.800
facing the target and they're asking, "Do I need a little bit more hip turn?"
9
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:35.140
What I often see is that golfer, they had plenty of spine rotation in the back
10
00:00:35.140 --> 00:00:35.920
swing,
11
00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:40.830
but then the spine tended to rotate, or the shoulders rotated kind of like this
12
00:00:40.830 --> 00:00:41.880
, and the
13
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:46.460
spine basically caught back up to neutral where the pelvis and the shoulders
14
00:00:46.460 --> 00:00:47.360
are pointing
15
00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:48.880
in the same direction.
16
00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.970
If you're pelvis and your shoulders are pointing in the same direction, then if
17
00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:52.640
you got an
18
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.640
appropriate amount of hip turn, your shoulders would be way too open.
19
00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:02.140
So this is where the big aha for a lot of people is that in order to get a look
20
00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:02.600
of hip
21
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.200
turn, you need to have a certain amount of spine turn.
22
00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:11.540
So if I was to have my shoulder, square, and my hips, or my pelvis rotated
23
00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:12.040
appropriately
24
00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.490
facing closer to the target kind of like this, if I brought my hips back to
25
00:01:15.490 --> 00:01:16.280
square, you can
26
00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.000
see that my shoulders are rotated more out to the right.
27
00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.100
So that's what I mean by in order to get the hip turn, what you really have to
28
00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:23.760
focus on
29
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.040
is the spine turn, and ultimately the shoulders staying closed longer.
30
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:33.180
In order to keep the shoulders closed longer, I'm going to have to power this
31
00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:33.840
downswing
32
00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.710
more by the rotation of my legs, my feet, as well as my lower core, kind of the
33
00:01:39.710 --> 00:01:40.400
bottom
34
00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:44.660
part of my rib cage all the way in the spine here, as opposed to rotating it
35
00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:45.280
more with
36
00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.960
the shoulder girdle and just the lumbar spine.
37
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.300
If you get that recipe, it'll often feel like a little bit more lag or the back
38
00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:55.000
staying close
39
00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:59.640
to the target longer, or the hips and the core really getting open.
40
00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.080
So I've got a bunch of videos over on the right that kind of relate to this
41
00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:02.680
concept,
42
00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:08.020
but as a major takeaway, if you are struggling with getting into a tour impact
43
00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:08.840
position where
44
00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.220
you can kind of see the two cheeks and your hips are turned, it's really about
45
00:02:12.220 --> 00:02:12.680
what's
46
00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.560
going on at your spine more so than what's going on at your hips.
47
00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.900
So focus there with your drills, that'll help you overcome that look and get a
48
00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:21.540
little bit
49
00:02:21.540 --> 00:02:26.850
more twisted, which helps with a lot of things such as low point, power,
50
00:02:26.850 --> 00:02:27.480
dynamic loft, a
51
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:31.410
lot of good things that help with consistency, as well as power for your all
52
00:02:31.410 --> 00:02:32.000
swing.
53
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.080
All right, so let's run through.
54
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.950
I'm going to do a little preset impact, maybe a little push ball, where I'm
55
00:02:37.950 --> 00:02:38.760
getting into
56
00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:42.200
that impact position that I want, where my shoulders are square, my hips are
57
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:42.800
turned,
58
00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.120
and from there, just kind of get a good release.
59
00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:51.460
Now I have a sense, in that position, it felt like I felt more of the hip turn,
60
00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:52.000
but it was
61
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.620
really more of that left side clearing, which is a common thought that golfers
62
00:02:56.620 --> 00:02:57.620
will discuss.
63
00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:01.960
So now we're going to try to do a little bit more dynamic, so a little bit of a
64
00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.800
9 to 3,
65
00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:09.270
where there it felt like I got that left side out of the way, felt a nice kind
66
00:03:09.270 --> 00:03:09.800
of whip
67
00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.300
type action, where I felt like I had a lot of speed at the bottom instead of at
68
00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:13.960
the top.
69
00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.080
That's a common trait when you're getting the spine more involved.
70
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.760
So I like that feel now, let's apply it to the full swing.
71
00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:26.320
Here we go, up to the top.
72
00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:29.950
Tiny bit chunky, mostly because of the release, but the sequence felt pretty
73
00:03:29.950 --> 00:03:30.440
good.
74
00:03:30.440 --> 00:03:33.430
So if you're struggling with getting your hips more open, look above the hips,
75
00:03:33.430 --> 00:03:33.680
look
76
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:39.320
more at the spine, that's the real secret to getting that tour impact look.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720
This concept video is hip turn is spine turn.
2
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:14.060
So this concept video was kind of inspired by a question that I got on one of
3
00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:15.280
the pages.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.230
About a golfer who's early extending and doesn't have a lot of rotation, kind
5
00:00:19.230 --> 00:00:19.600
of looks
6
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:24.900
more like this at impact, which a lot of us struggle with, where the body is
7
00:00:24.900 --> 00:00:25.500
not turned
8
00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:29.800
facing the target and they're asking, "Do I need a little bit more hip turn?"
9
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:35.140
What I often see is that golfer, they had plenty of spine rotation in the back
10
00:00:35.140 --> 00:00:35.920
swing,
11
00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:40.830
but then the spine tended to rotate, or the shoulders rotated kind of like this
12
00:00:40.830 --> 00:00:41.880
, and the
13
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:46.460
spine basically caught back up to neutral where the pelvis and the shoulders
14
00:00:46.460 --> 00:00:47.360
are pointing
15
00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:48.880
in the same direction.
16
00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.970
If you're pelvis and your shoulders are pointing in the same direction, then if
17
00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:52.640
you got an
18
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.640
appropriate amount of hip turn, your shoulders would be way too open.
19
00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:02.140
So this is where the big aha for a lot of people is that in order to get a look
20
00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:02.600
of hip
21
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.200
turn, you need to have a certain amount of spine turn.
22
00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:11.540
So if I was to have my shoulder, square, and my hips, or my pelvis rotated
23
00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:12.040
appropriately
24
00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.490
facing closer to the target kind of like this, if I brought my hips back to
25
00:01:15.490 --> 00:01:16.280
square, you can
26
00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.000
see that my shoulders are rotated more out to the right.
27
00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.100
So that's what I mean by in order to get the hip turn, what you really have to
28
00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:23.760
focus on
29
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.040
is the spine turn, and ultimately the shoulders staying closed longer.
30
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:33.180
In order to keep the shoulders closed longer, I'm going to have to power this
31
00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:33.840
downswing
32
00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.710
more by the rotation of my legs, my feet, as well as my lower core, kind of the
33
00:01:39.710 --> 00:01:40.400
bottom
34
00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:44.660
part of my rib cage all the way in the spine here, as opposed to rotating it
35
00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:45.280
more with
36
00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.960
the shoulder girdle and just the lumbar spine.
37
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.300
If you get that recipe, it'll often feel like a little bit more lag or the back
38
00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:55.000
staying close
39
00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:59.640
to the target longer, or the hips and the core really getting open.
40
00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.080
So I've got a bunch of videos over on the right that kind of relate to this
41
00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:02.680
concept,
42
00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:08.020
but as a major takeaway, if you are struggling with getting into a tour impact
43
00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:08.840
position where
44
00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.220
you can kind of see the two cheeks and your hips are turned, it's really about
45
00:02:12.220 --> 00:02:12.680
what's
46
00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.560
going on at your spine more so than what's going on at your hips.
47
00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.900
So focus there with your drills, that'll help you overcome that look and get a
48
00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:21.540
little bit
49
00:02:21.540 --> 00:02:26.850
more twisted, which helps with a lot of things such as low point, power,
50
00:02:26.850 --> 00:02:27.480
dynamic loft, a
51
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:31.410
lot of good things that help with consistency, as well as power for your all
52
00:02:31.410 --> 00:02:32.000
swing.
53
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.080
All right, so let's run through.
54
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.950
I'm going to do a little preset impact, maybe a little push ball, where I'm
55
00:02:37.950 --> 00:02:38.760
getting into
56
00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:42.200
that impact position that I want, where my shoulders are square, my hips are
57
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:42.800
turned,
58
00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.120
and from there, just kind of get a good release.
59
00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:51.460
Now I have a sense, in that position, it felt like I felt more of the hip turn,
60
00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:52.000
but it was
61
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.620
really more of that left side clearing, which is a common thought that golfers
62
00:02:56.620 --> 00:02:57.620
will discuss.
63
00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:01.960
So now we're going to try to do a little bit more dynamic, so a little bit of a
64
00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.800
9 to 3,
65
00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:09.270
where there it felt like I got that left side out of the way, felt a nice kind
66
00:03:09.270 --> 00:03:09.800
of whip
67
00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.300
type action, where I felt like I had a lot of speed at the bottom instead of at
68
00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:13.960
the top.
69
00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.080
That's a common trait when you're getting the spine more involved.
70
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.760
So I like that feel now, let's apply it to the full swing.
71
00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:26.320
Here we go, up to the top.
72
00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:29.950
Tiny bit chunky, mostly because of the release, but the sequence felt pretty
73
00:03:29.950 --> 00:03:30.440
good.
74
00:03:30.440 --> 00:03:33.430
So if you're struggling with getting your hips more open, look above the hips,
75
00:03:33.430 --> 00:03:33.680
look
76
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:39.320
more at the spine, that's the real secret to getting that tour impact look.
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Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Hip Turn is Spine Turn
This video focuses on the relationship between hip turn and spine rotation in the swing. Tyler addresses common issues like early extension and lack of rotation at impact. Achieving proper hip turn relies on sufficient spine rotation and keeping the shoulders closed longer. By focusing on spine rotation rather than just hip movement, golfers can improve their impact position and overall swing consistency.
This video focuses on the relationship between hip turn and spine rotation in the swing. Tyler addresses common issues like early extension and lack of rotation at impact. Achieving proper hip turn relies on sufficient spine rotation and keeping the shoulders closed longer. By focusing on spine rotation rather than just hip movement, golfers can improve their impact position and overall swing consistency.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720
This concept video is hip turn is spine turn.
2
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:14.060
So this concept video was kind of inspired by a question that I got on one of
3
00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:15.280
the pages.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.230
About a golfer who's early extending and doesn't have a lot of rotation, kind
5
00:00:19.230 --> 00:00:19.600
of looks
6
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:24.900
more like this at impact, which a lot of us struggle with, where the body is
7
00:00:24.900 --> 00:00:25.500
not turned
8
00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:29.800
facing the target and they're asking, "Do I need a little bit more hip turn?"
9
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:35.140
What I often see is that golfer, they had plenty of spine rotation in the back
10
00:00:35.140 --> 00:00:35.920
swing,
11
00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:40.830
but then the spine tended to rotate, or the shoulders rotated kind of like this
12
00:00:40.830 --> 00:00:41.880
, and the
13
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:46.460
spine basically caught back up to neutral where the pelvis and the shoulders
14
00:00:46.460 --> 00:00:47.360
are pointing
15
00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:48.880
in the same direction.
16
00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.970
If you're pelvis and your shoulders are pointing in the same direction, then if
17
00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:52.640
you got an
18
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.640
appropriate amount of hip turn, your shoulders would be way too open.
19
00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:02.140
So this is where the big aha for a lot of people is that in order to get a look
20
00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:02.600
of hip
21
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.200
turn, you need to have a certain amount of spine turn.
22
00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:11.540
So if I was to have my shoulder, square, and my hips, or my pelvis rotated
23
00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:12.040
appropriately
24
00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.490
facing closer to the target kind of like this, if I brought my hips back to
25
00:01:15.490 --> 00:01:16.280
square, you can
26
00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.000
see that my shoulders are rotated more out to the right.
27
00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.100
So that's what I mean by in order to get the hip turn, what you really have to
28
00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:23.760
focus on
29
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.040
is the spine turn, and ultimately the shoulders staying closed longer.
30
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:33.180
In order to keep the shoulders closed longer, I'm going to have to power this
31
00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:33.840
downswing
32
00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.710
more by the rotation of my legs, my feet, as well as my lower core, kind of the
33
00:01:39.710 --> 00:01:40.400
bottom
34
00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:44.660
part of my rib cage all the way in the spine here, as opposed to rotating it
35
00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:45.280
more with
36
00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.960
the shoulder girdle and just the lumbar spine.
37
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.300
If you get that recipe, it'll often feel like a little bit more lag or the back
38
00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:55.000
staying close
39
00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:59.640
to the target longer, or the hips and the core really getting open.
40
00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.080
So I've got a bunch of videos over on the right that kind of relate to this
41
00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:02.680
concept,
42
00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:08.020
but as a major takeaway, if you are struggling with getting into a tour impact
43
00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:08.840
position where
44
00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.220
you can kind of see the two cheeks and your hips are turned, it's really about
45
00:02:12.220 --> 00:02:12.680
what's
46
00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.560
going on at your spine more so than what's going on at your hips.
47
00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.900
So focus there with your drills, that'll help you overcome that look and get a
48
00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:21.540
little bit
49
00:02:21.540 --> 00:02:26.850
more twisted, which helps with a lot of things such as low point, power,
50
00:02:26.850 --> 00:02:27.480
dynamic loft, a
51
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:31.410
lot of good things that help with consistency, as well as power for your all
52
00:02:31.410 --> 00:02:32.000
swing.
53
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.080
All right, so let's run through.
54
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.950
I'm going to do a little preset impact, maybe a little push ball, where I'm
55
00:02:37.950 --> 00:02:38.760
getting into
56
00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:42.200
that impact position that I want, where my shoulders are square, my hips are
57
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:42.800
turned,
58
00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.120
and from there, just kind of get a good release.
59
00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:51.460
Now I have a sense, in that position, it felt like I felt more of the hip turn,
60
00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:52.000
but it was
61
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.620
really more of that left side clearing, which is a common thought that golfers
62
00:02:56.620 --> 00:02:57.620
will discuss.
63
00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:01.960
So now we're going to try to do a little bit more dynamic, so a little bit of a
64
00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.800
9 to 3,
65
00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:09.270
where there it felt like I got that left side out of the way, felt a nice kind
66
00:03:09.270 --> 00:03:09.800
of whip
67
00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.300
type action, where I felt like I had a lot of speed at the bottom instead of at
68
00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:13.960
the top.
69
00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.080
That's a common trait when you're getting the spine more involved.
70
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.760
So I like that feel now, let's apply it to the full swing.
71
00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:26.320
Here we go, up to the top.
72
00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:29.950
Tiny bit chunky, mostly because of the release, but the sequence felt pretty
73
00:03:29.950 --> 00:03:30.440
good.
74
00:03:30.440 --> 00:03:33.430
So if you're struggling with getting your hips more open, look above the hips,
75
00:03:33.430 --> 00:03:33.680
look
76
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:39.320
more at the spine, that's the real secret to getting that tour impact look.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720
This concept video is hip turn is spine turn.
2
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:14.060
So this concept video was kind of inspired by a question that I got on one of
3
00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:15.280
the pages.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.230
About a golfer who's early extending and doesn't have a lot of rotation, kind
5
00:00:19.230 --> 00:00:19.600
of looks
6
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:24.900
more like this at impact, which a lot of us struggle with, where the body is
7
00:00:24.900 --> 00:00:25.500
not turned
8
00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:29.800
facing the target and they're asking, "Do I need a little bit more hip turn?"
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What I often see is that golfer, they had plenty of spine rotation in the back
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swing,
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but then the spine tended to rotate, or the shoulders rotated kind of like this
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, and the
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spine basically caught back up to neutral where the pelvis and the shoulders
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are pointing
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in the same direction.
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If you're pelvis and your shoulders are pointing in the same direction, then if
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you got an
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appropriate amount of hip turn, your shoulders would be way too open.
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So this is where the big aha for a lot of people is that in order to get a look
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of hip
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turn, you need to have a certain amount of spine turn.
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So if I was to have my shoulder, square, and my hips, or my pelvis rotated
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appropriately
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facing closer to the target kind of like this, if I brought my hips back to
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square, you can
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see that my shoulders are rotated more out to the right.
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So that's what I mean by in order to get the hip turn, what you really have to
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focus on
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is the spine turn, and ultimately the shoulders staying closed longer.
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In order to keep the shoulders closed longer, I'm going to have to power this
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downswing
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more by the rotation of my legs, my feet, as well as my lower core, kind of the
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bottom
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part of my rib cage all the way in the spine here, as opposed to rotating it
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more with
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the shoulder girdle and just the lumbar spine.
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If you get that recipe, it'll often feel like a little bit more lag or the back
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staying close
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to the target longer, or the hips and the core really getting open.
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So I've got a bunch of videos over on the right that kind of relate to this
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concept,
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but as a major takeaway, if you are struggling with getting into a tour impact
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position where
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you can kind of see the two cheeks and your hips are turned, it's really about
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what's
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going on at your spine more so than what's going on at your hips.
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So focus there with your drills, that'll help you overcome that look and get a
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little bit
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more twisted, which helps with a lot of things such as low point, power,
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dynamic loft, a
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lot of good things that help with consistency, as well as power for your all
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swing.
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All right, so let's run through.
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I'm going to do a little preset impact, maybe a little push ball, where I'm
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getting into
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that impact position that I want, where my shoulders are square, my hips are
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turned,
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and from there, just kind of get a good release.
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Now I have a sense, in that position, it felt like I felt more of the hip turn,
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but it was
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really more of that left side clearing, which is a common thought that golfers
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will discuss.
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So now we're going to try to do a little bit more dynamic, so a little bit of a
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9 to 3,
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where there it felt like I got that left side out of the way, felt a nice kind
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of whip
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type action, where I felt like I had a lot of speed at the bottom instead of at
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the top.
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That's a common trait when you're getting the spine more involved.
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So I like that feel now, let's apply it to the full swing.
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Here we go, up to the top.
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Tiny bit chunky, mostly because of the release, but the sequence felt pretty
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good.
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So if you're struggling with getting your hips more open, look above the hips,
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look
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more at the spine, that's the real secret to getting that tour impact look.
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