Right Hip Closed
Right Hip Golf Swing Drill: Keep Your Hip Closed
This right hip golf swing drill teaches you to keep the trail hip closed and stop drifting off the ball. Use the visual checkpoint to improve hip alignment and weight distribution.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to keep your right hip stable during the swing
- Visualize the correct hip position to improve your pivot
- Feel the difference in weight distribution when eliminating sway
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Video Transcript
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This is the right hip closed drill for helping you overcome your sway
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pattern. If you remember from the overview video when you sway your pelvis
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tends
4
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to shift into the trail leg and your weight tends to go to the outside of your
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00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:17.540
foot. Now what we're going to do here is we're going to pay attention to the
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space between your right hip. If I were to get in my golf posture and you were
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to
8
00:00:22.180 --> 00:00:27.700
look at the space between my spine and my leg when I sway that space kind of
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00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:32.410
increases almost like I'm showing my hip off to my neighbor over there, right?
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00:00:32.410 --> 00:00:32.900
When
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00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:37.860
you pivot around the hip or rotate through the hip what will happen is it
12
00:00:37.860 --> 00:00:43.020
will actually possibly increase in angle and it will stay very much closed as
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00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:47.400
opposed to open like I was pointing it over there. So this is just a little
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00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:47.780
kind
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of imaginary visual drill to help you with the concept of what it's going to
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look
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like for this part of your body when you make the proper pivot. You can combine
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00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:03.140
it with any of the other drills to feel weight or pressure but this drill can
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00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:07.580
help you overcome if the right hip is really the issue with why you're swaying.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.340
This is the right hip closed drill for helping you overcome your sway
2
00:00:04.340 --> 00:00:09.460
pattern. If you remember from the overview video when you sway your pelvis
3
00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:09.660
tends
4
00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.980
to shift into the trail leg and your weight tends to go to the outside of your
5
00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:17.540
foot. Now what we're going to do here is we're going to pay attention to the
6
00:00:17.540 --> 00:00:22.040
space between your right hip. If I were to get in my golf posture and you were
7
00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:22.180
to
8
00:00:22.180 --> 00:00:27.700
look at the space between my spine and my leg when I sway that space kind of
9
00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:32.410
increases almost like I'm showing my hip off to my neighbor over there, right?
10
00:00:32.410 --> 00:00:32.900
When
11
00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:37.860
you pivot around the hip or rotate through the hip what will happen is it
12
00:00:37.860 --> 00:00:43.020
will actually possibly increase in angle and it will stay very much closed as
13
00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:47.400
opposed to open like I was pointing it over there. So this is just a little
14
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:47.780
kind
15
00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:53.820
of imaginary visual drill to help you with the concept of what it's going to
16
00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.180
look
17
00:00:54.180 --> 00:00:59.100
like for this part of your body when you make the proper pivot. You can combine
18
00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:03.140
it with any of the other drills to feel weight or pressure but this drill can
19
00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:07.580
help you overcome if the right hip is really the issue with why you're swaying.
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Right Hip Closed
Right Hip Golf Swing Drill: Keep Your Hip Closed
This right hip golf swing drill teaches you to keep the trail hip closed and stop drifting off the ball. Use the visual checkpoint to improve hip alignment and weight distribution.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to keep your right hip stable during the swing
- Visualize the correct hip position to improve your pivot
- Feel the difference in weight distribution when eliminating sway
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.340
This is the right hip closed drill for helping you overcome your sway
2
00:00:04.340 --> 00:00:09.460
pattern. If you remember from the overview video when you sway your pelvis
3
00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:09.660
tends
4
00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.980
to shift into the trail leg and your weight tends to go to the outside of your
5
00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:17.540
foot. Now what we're going to do here is we're going to pay attention to the
6
00:00:17.540 --> 00:00:22.040
space between your right hip. If I were to get in my golf posture and you were
7
00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:22.180
to
8
00:00:22.180 --> 00:00:27.700
look at the space between my spine and my leg when I sway that space kind of
9
00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:32.410
increases almost like I'm showing my hip off to my neighbor over there, right?
10
00:00:32.410 --> 00:00:32.900
When
11
00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:37.860
you pivot around the hip or rotate through the hip what will happen is it
12
00:00:37.860 --> 00:00:43.020
will actually possibly increase in angle and it will stay very much closed as
13
00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:47.400
opposed to open like I was pointing it over there. So this is just a little
14
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:47.780
kind
15
00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:53.820
of imaginary visual drill to help you with the concept of what it's going to
16
00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.180
look
17
00:00:54.180 --> 00:00:59.100
like for this part of your body when you make the proper pivot. You can combine
18
00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:03.140
it with any of the other drills to feel weight or pressure but this drill can
19
00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:07.580
help you overcome if the right hip is really the issue with why you're swaying.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.340
This is the right hip closed drill for helping you overcome your sway
2
00:00:04.340 --> 00:00:09.460
pattern. If you remember from the overview video when you sway your pelvis
3
00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:09.660
tends
4
00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.980
to shift into the trail leg and your weight tends to go to the outside of your
5
00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:17.540
foot. Now what we're going to do here is we're going to pay attention to the
6
00:00:17.540 --> 00:00:22.040
space between your right hip. If I were to get in my golf posture and you were
7
00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:22.180
to
8
00:00:22.180 --> 00:00:27.700
look at the space between my spine and my leg when I sway that space kind of
9
00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:32.410
increases almost like I'm showing my hip off to my neighbor over there, right?
10
00:00:32.410 --> 00:00:32.900
When
11
00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:37.860
you pivot around the hip or rotate through the hip what will happen is it
12
00:00:37.860 --> 00:00:43.020
will actually possibly increase in angle and it will stay very much closed as
13
00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:47.400
opposed to open like I was pointing it over there. So this is just a little
14
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:47.780
kind
15
00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:53.820
of imaginary visual drill to help you with the concept of what it's going to
16
00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.180
look
17
00:00:54.180 --> 00:00:59.100
like for this part of your body when you make the proper pivot. You can combine
18
00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:03.140
it with any of the other drills to feel weight or pressure but this drill can
19
00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:07.580
help you overcome if the right hip is really the issue with why you're swaying.
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