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How to Ensure Your Hips Lead for Better Impact Position
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct separation between your hips and torso through the swing
- Practice maintaining hip movement that enhances your impact position
- Understand the importance of hip rotation for generating clubhead speed
In this drill, you'll learn how to ensure your hips lead your torso during your swing, creating a more powerful impact position. This adjustment can significantly improve your overall swing mechanics and shot consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.920
This video is hips lead the torso. Now when we're looking at a good impact
2
00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:09.280
position you'll tend to see that the lower body is pointing you know somewhere
3
00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:12.760
out in that 45 degree range and the torso is pointing somewhere in that 30
4
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:18.240
degree range. So what you'll see by that is that the hips are going to be open
5
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:24.040
compared to the shoulders for a full swing at impact. A great way to train
6
00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:28.080
that because a lot of golfers while they're aware of it and they do that when
7
00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:33.040
they practice in their impact position frequently what will happen is on video
8
00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:39.440
or 3D you'll tend to see that torso kind of matching up the lower body. So even
9
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:43.480
golfers who try to get their lower body started sometimes they don't lead long
10
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:47.840
enough with their lower body to kind of leave behind the upper body. So I've
11
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:48.000
got
12
00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.920
a little drill here to help you feel it. It involves two sticks. So I'm going
13
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:51.960
to
14
00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.360
take one and I'm going to place it through my belt loops. You could always
15
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.800
just hold on to it but this will make it a little bit easier for me to control
16
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:06.440
the torso stick with the microphone. So now I'm going to hold the torso stick
17
00:01:06.440 --> 00:01:11.760
across my chest just like so. Now I want to play around with just the movement
18
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.720
first so I can feel that there's my upper body close to my hips. There's my
19
00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:21.350
upper body open to my hips. From down the line there's upper body closed, there
20
00:01:21.350 --> 00:01:21.480
's
21
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.520
upper body open and I can do the opposite. I can open the upper body
22
00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:32.080
compared to the lower body from the lower body or I can close the upper body
23
00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:35.840
to the lower body from the lower body. So basically getting used to these
24
00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:40.200
different orientations. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to make a back
25
00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.840
swing where I'm going to create a little bit of a stretch in my rib cage and
26
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:44.200
then
27
00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:49.490
I'm going to try and keep that stretch all the way until impact. It's not
28
00:01:49.490 --> 00:01:49.880
really
29
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.120
possible and it's not really what you would want but for a lot of golfers they
30
00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:59.200
need to feel like they keep that stretch a lot longer. So from the face on view
31
00:01:59.200 --> 00:01:59.600
I'm
32
00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:04.320
going to make a backswing and then I'm going to try and keep that stretch as
33
00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:12.960
long as I can. So it would ultimately still have you know that 15, 20 degree
34
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.280
stretch amount kind of like so when I'm reaching impact. For a lot of golfers
35
00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.200
that's going to feel just like the lower body has led a long way into the
36
00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:26.560
downswing. So then what I can do is I can work on positional drills and I'm
37
00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:31.320
going to keep this one between my belt loops just as a little reminder. So I'm
38
00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:36.080
trying to get kind of back to here and I'm just going to feel like my hips lead
39
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.320
my upper body while I do some nine to threes. Once I have a good feel of that I
40
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:45.240
can take bigger and bigger swings. I can go from that nine to three up to three
41
00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:53.120
quarter again trying to feel like the lower body leads. Take out the belt shaft
42
00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.720
before I did do anything bigger than about nine to three. But then what I can
43
00:02:59.720 --> 00:03:03.600
do is I can get into some of these feelings of these pump drills where I'm
44
00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:08.760
feeling like the lower body leads the upper body well into the downswing or
45
00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:14.800
even all the way to impact. So if you tend to see on 2D video that your body is
46
00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.560
facing the golf ball that means that your chest and your hips are both
47
00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:23.960
rotated about the same amount and for a Tory impact position you're going to
48
00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:24.160
want
49
00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:28.800
to have your lower body rotated about 15 degrees more than the upper body. Use
50
00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:28.840
a
51
00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.040
couple sticks to help build an awareness of that and then try to take that
52
00:03:32.040 --> 00:03:37.560
awareness into your practice swing and ultimately your full swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.920
This video is hips lead the torso. Now when we're looking at a good impact
2
00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:09.280
position you'll tend to see that the lower body is pointing you know somewhere
3
00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:12.760
out in that 45 degree range and the torso is pointing somewhere in that 30
4
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:18.240
degree range. So what you'll see by that is that the hips are going to be open
5
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:24.040
compared to the shoulders for a full swing at impact. A great way to train
6
00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:28.080
that because a lot of golfers while they're aware of it and they do that when
7
00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:33.040
they practice in their impact position frequently what will happen is on video
8
00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:39.440
or 3D you'll tend to see that torso kind of matching up the lower body. So even
9
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:43.480
golfers who try to get their lower body started sometimes they don't lead long
10
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:47.840
enough with their lower body to kind of leave behind the upper body. So I've
11
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:48.000
got
12
00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.920
a little drill here to help you feel it. It involves two sticks. So I'm going
13
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:51.960
to
14
00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.360
take one and I'm going to place it through my belt loops. You could always
15
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.800
just hold on to it but this will make it a little bit easier for me to control
16
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:06.440
the torso stick with the microphone. So now I'm going to hold the torso stick
17
00:01:06.440 --> 00:01:11.760
across my chest just like so. Now I want to play around with just the movement
18
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.720
first so I can feel that there's my upper body close to my hips. There's my
19
00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:21.350
upper body open to my hips. From down the line there's upper body closed, there
20
00:01:21.350 --> 00:01:21.480
's
21
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.520
upper body open and I can do the opposite. I can open the upper body
22
00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:32.080
compared to the lower body from the lower body or I can close the upper body
23
00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:35.840
to the lower body from the lower body. So basically getting used to these
24
00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:40.200
different orientations. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to make a back
25
00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.840
swing where I'm going to create a little bit of a stretch in my rib cage and
26
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:44.200
then
27
00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:49.490
I'm going to try and keep that stretch all the way until impact. It's not
28
00:01:49.490 --> 00:01:49.880
really
29
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.120
possible and it's not really what you would want but for a lot of golfers they
30
00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:59.200
need to feel like they keep that stretch a lot longer. So from the face on view
31
00:01:59.200 --> 00:01:59.600
I'm
32
00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:04.320
going to make a backswing and then I'm going to try and keep that stretch as
33
00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:12.960
long as I can. So it would ultimately still have you know that 15, 20 degree
34
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.280
stretch amount kind of like so when I'm reaching impact. For a lot of golfers
35
00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.200
that's going to feel just like the lower body has led a long way into the
36
00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:26.560
downswing. So then what I can do is I can work on positional drills and I'm
37
00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:31.320
going to keep this one between my belt loops just as a little reminder. So I'm
38
00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:36.080
trying to get kind of back to here and I'm just going to feel like my hips lead
39
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.320
my upper body while I do some nine to threes. Once I have a good feel of that I
40
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:45.240
can take bigger and bigger swings. I can go from that nine to three up to three
41
00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:53.120
quarter again trying to feel like the lower body leads. Take out the belt shaft
42
00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.720
before I did do anything bigger than about nine to three. But then what I can
43
00:02:59.720 --> 00:03:03.600
do is I can get into some of these feelings of these pump drills where I'm
44
00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:08.760
feeling like the lower body leads the upper body well into the downswing or
45
00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:14.800
even all the way to impact. So if you tend to see on 2D video that your body is
46
00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.560
facing the golf ball that means that your chest and your hips are both
47
00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:23.960
rotated about the same amount and for a Tory impact position you're going to
48
00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:24.160
want
49
00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:28.800
to have your lower body rotated about 15 degrees more than the upper body. Use
50
00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:28.840
a
51
00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.040
couple sticks to help build an awareness of that and then try to take that
52
00:03:32.040 --> 00:03:37.560
awareness into your practice swing and ultimately your full swing.
Have questions?
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.
How to Ensure Your Hips Lead for Better Impact Position
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct separation between your hips and torso through the swing
- Practice maintaining hip movement that enhances your impact position
- Understand the importance of hip rotation for generating clubhead speed
In this drill, you'll learn how to ensure your hips lead your torso during your swing, creating a more powerful impact position. This adjustment can significantly improve your overall swing mechanics and shot consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.920
This video is hips lead the torso. Now when we're looking at a good impact
2
00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:09.280
position you'll tend to see that the lower body is pointing you know somewhere
3
00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:12.760
out in that 45 degree range and the torso is pointing somewhere in that 30
4
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:18.240
degree range. So what you'll see by that is that the hips are going to be open
5
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:24.040
compared to the shoulders for a full swing at impact. A great way to train
6
00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:28.080
that because a lot of golfers while they're aware of it and they do that when
7
00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:33.040
they practice in their impact position frequently what will happen is on video
8
00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:39.440
or 3D you'll tend to see that torso kind of matching up the lower body. So even
9
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:43.480
golfers who try to get their lower body started sometimes they don't lead long
10
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:47.840
enough with their lower body to kind of leave behind the upper body. So I've
11
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:48.000
got
12
00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.920
a little drill here to help you feel it. It involves two sticks. So I'm going
13
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:51.960
to
14
00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.360
take one and I'm going to place it through my belt loops. You could always
15
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.800
just hold on to it but this will make it a little bit easier for me to control
16
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:06.440
the torso stick with the microphone. So now I'm going to hold the torso stick
17
00:01:06.440 --> 00:01:11.760
across my chest just like so. Now I want to play around with just the movement
18
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.720
first so I can feel that there's my upper body close to my hips. There's my
19
00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:21.350
upper body open to my hips. From down the line there's upper body closed, there
20
00:01:21.350 --> 00:01:21.480
's
21
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.520
upper body open and I can do the opposite. I can open the upper body
22
00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:32.080
compared to the lower body from the lower body or I can close the upper body
23
00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:35.840
to the lower body from the lower body. So basically getting used to these
24
00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:40.200
different orientations. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to make a back
25
00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.840
swing where I'm going to create a little bit of a stretch in my rib cage and
26
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:44.200
then
27
00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:49.490
I'm going to try and keep that stretch all the way until impact. It's not
28
00:01:49.490 --> 00:01:49.880
really
29
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.120
possible and it's not really what you would want but for a lot of golfers they
30
00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:59.200
need to feel like they keep that stretch a lot longer. So from the face on view
31
00:01:59.200 --> 00:01:59.600
I'm
32
00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:04.320
going to make a backswing and then I'm going to try and keep that stretch as
33
00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:12.960
long as I can. So it would ultimately still have you know that 15, 20 degree
34
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.280
stretch amount kind of like so when I'm reaching impact. For a lot of golfers
35
00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.200
that's going to feel just like the lower body has led a long way into the
36
00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:26.560
downswing. So then what I can do is I can work on positional drills and I'm
37
00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:31.320
going to keep this one between my belt loops just as a little reminder. So I'm
38
00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:36.080
trying to get kind of back to here and I'm just going to feel like my hips lead
39
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.320
my upper body while I do some nine to threes. Once I have a good feel of that I
40
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:45.240
can take bigger and bigger swings. I can go from that nine to three up to three
41
00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:53.120
quarter again trying to feel like the lower body leads. Take out the belt shaft
42
00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.720
before I did do anything bigger than about nine to three. But then what I can
43
00:02:59.720 --> 00:03:03.600
do is I can get into some of these feelings of these pump drills where I'm
44
00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:08.760
feeling like the lower body leads the upper body well into the downswing or
45
00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:14.800
even all the way to impact. So if you tend to see on 2D video that your body is
46
00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.560
facing the golf ball that means that your chest and your hips are both
47
00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:23.960
rotated about the same amount and for a Tory impact position you're going to
48
00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:24.160
want
49
00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:28.800
to have your lower body rotated about 15 degrees more than the upper body. Use
50
00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:28.840
a
51
00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.040
couple sticks to help build an awareness of that and then try to take that
52
00:03:32.040 --> 00:03:37.560
awareness into your practice swing and ultimately your full swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.920
This video is hips lead the torso. Now when we're looking at a good impact
2
00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:09.280
position you'll tend to see that the lower body is pointing you know somewhere
3
00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:12.760
out in that 45 degree range and the torso is pointing somewhere in that 30
4
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:18.240
degree range. So what you'll see by that is that the hips are going to be open
5
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:24.040
compared to the shoulders for a full swing at impact. A great way to train
6
00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:28.080
that because a lot of golfers while they're aware of it and they do that when
7
00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:33.040
they practice in their impact position frequently what will happen is on video
8
00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:39.440
or 3D you'll tend to see that torso kind of matching up the lower body. So even
9
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:43.480
golfers who try to get their lower body started sometimes they don't lead long
10
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:47.840
enough with their lower body to kind of leave behind the upper body. So I've
11
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:48.000
got
12
00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.920
a little drill here to help you feel it. It involves two sticks. So I'm going
13
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:51.960
to
14
00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.360
take one and I'm going to place it through my belt loops. You could always
15
00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.800
just hold on to it but this will make it a little bit easier for me to control
16
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:06.440
the torso stick with the microphone. So now I'm going to hold the torso stick
17
00:01:06.440 --> 00:01:11.760
across my chest just like so. Now I want to play around with just the movement
18
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.720
first so I can feel that there's my upper body close to my hips. There's my
19
00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:21.350
upper body open to my hips. From down the line there's upper body closed, there
20
00:01:21.350 --> 00:01:21.480
's
21
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.520
upper body open and I can do the opposite. I can open the upper body
22
00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:32.080
compared to the lower body from the lower body or I can close the upper body
23
00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:35.840
to the lower body from the lower body. So basically getting used to these
24
00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:40.200
different orientations. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to make a back
25
00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.840
swing where I'm going to create a little bit of a stretch in my rib cage and
26
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:44.200
then
27
00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:49.490
I'm going to try and keep that stretch all the way until impact. It's not
28
00:01:49.490 --> 00:01:49.880
really
29
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.120
possible and it's not really what you would want but for a lot of golfers they
30
00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:59.200
need to feel like they keep that stretch a lot longer. So from the face on view
31
00:01:59.200 --> 00:01:59.600
I'm
32
00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:04.320
going to make a backswing and then I'm going to try and keep that stretch as
33
00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:12.960
long as I can. So it would ultimately still have you know that 15, 20 degree
34
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.280
stretch amount kind of like so when I'm reaching impact. For a lot of golfers
35
00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.200
that's going to feel just like the lower body has led a long way into the
36
00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:26.560
downswing. So then what I can do is I can work on positional drills and I'm
37
00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:31.320
going to keep this one between my belt loops just as a little reminder. So I'm
38
00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:36.080
trying to get kind of back to here and I'm just going to feel like my hips lead
39
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.320
my upper body while I do some nine to threes. Once I have a good feel of that I
40
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:45.240
can take bigger and bigger swings. I can go from that nine to three up to three
41
00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:53.120
quarter again trying to feel like the lower body leads. Take out the belt shaft
42
00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.720
before I did do anything bigger than about nine to three. But then what I can
43
00:02:59.720 --> 00:03:03.600
do is I can get into some of these feelings of these pump drills where I'm
44
00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:08.760
feeling like the lower body leads the upper body well into the downswing or
45
00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:14.800
even all the way to impact. So if you tend to see on 2D video that your body is
46
00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.560
facing the golf ball that means that your chest and your hips are both
47
00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:23.960
rotated about the same amount and for a Tory impact position you're going to
48
00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:24.160
want
49
00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:28.800
to have your lower body rotated about 15 degrees more than the upper body. Use
50
00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:28.840
a
51
00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.040
couple sticks to help build an awareness of that and then try to take that
52
00:03:32.040 --> 00:03:37.560
awareness into your practice swing and ultimately your full swing.
Have questions about this video?
Ask Mulligan for personalized guidance on technique, drills, or how to apply what you've learned.
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