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Member Question - Hip Turn Timing

Some videos focus on the rotation of the pelvis. Some videos focus on the straightening of the lead leg. In this video, I talk about the timing of those two movements and how they relate to each other.

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This content video is dressing a member question about hip turn.

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So the member was asking about the

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bracing or basically straightening the

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leg as it relates the hip turn. Does it start at

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the same time? Does it finish at the same time? Like do you finish

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your leg straightening as you're finishing rotating that can

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be a common confusion? So

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the simple answer is that

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They're they're connected. But the

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rotation starts before the leg

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straightening and finishes after the leg straightening.

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The legs straightening is more part of kind of the

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release where the rotation is more part of

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transition into release and all the way into follow-through. So

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if you look at a tour pro

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or if you look at the 3D data what you'll see

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is that the lower body is going to start rotating as

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we're changing direction. Now as we're changing direction,

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we're also getting this pressure into this lead foot. So

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I've already started to rotate but my

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left leg is actually still bending as I get into

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about left arm parallel kind of

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right around there.

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Now I'm going to continue rotating. But now that

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I've gotten into this position where

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I've I've shifted my pressure into that front foot now

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that leg is straightening as I'm going

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into the release that leg is going to finish straightening as

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I finish the release kind of right around

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here, but then I'm going to continue rotating

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through the shot mostly as

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a safe way of slowing down the club. So

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for all intent and purposes the

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straightening of the leg does kind

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of end the the feeling of the hit so

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it's not like I have a feeling like I spin my

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body through impact, but there is a feeling of

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continuing to rotate a wall

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around that straight leg that has

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where the straight leg has straightened during the release

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so

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for example, if I was to time that out if I was

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to make a smaller shorter swing and

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where I could finish at about the same time.

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Or finish kind of just in this nine to three

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then they would tend to finish around

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the same timer the same point so it

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would still be slightly delayed where I would feel

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like the straightening movement straightening of

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the leg.

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Was finishing but as I'm

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finishing, I'm also feeling that right side

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kind of continue to go through that's where I have a little bit more

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of a feel of this hip rotation. Now if

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I was to go even one notch

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further, so go to kind of three-quarter now, it's

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going to feel a little bit longer as

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far as that coasting or rotation movement.

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So

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so that one it feels like there's more of a hit through

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here and then everything is continuing to

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go through so the they're

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connected because they're both revolving around

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hip motion, but they're independent

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in a sense of this rotation is where

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we get more of the the feeling of kind of tempo and

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fluidity where I feel like the vertical movement is

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more of where we get some of this kind of

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positional lineman and stability and

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consistency of contact. So hopefully that

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helps clears it up. If you look at video you basically

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want to see if you're looking at do I

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need more verticals you're looking to see if this leg is kind of like buckling on

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the way through or some people

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will tend to just straighten it right away a common

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pattern would be to straighten early and then

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kind of buckle on the way through that's typically Associated more

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with a really big arm pull

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and and early side.

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Action as opposed to getting a little bit more pressure shift

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and a little bit later leg extension. And

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if you find that you're not rotating on the way on the

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way through check your hip range of motion, but also check

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to see if your arms aren't too early what'll often

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happen is if the arms are really early then they'll slow down

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you'll essentially finish your swing

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with a shorter finish and you'll often finish

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even short of facing the target as opposed

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to getting into a full body finish where your right shoulder is

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a little bit more closer to the Target so little hierarchy for

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checking your lower body rotation as it relates to

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the swing. Hopefully that helps a few of you clean up the timing and

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the way you're using your legs in the downswing.

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