Even Luke Has Hip Problems

On GC's On The Range show Wednesday, they talked some more about the improvements Luke Donald has made in his driving. One of the things they specifically mentioned was that Luke had been "slowing down his hips" because they were "getting ahead of his upper body."

Funny, is not it? Instructors spend a lot time trying to get you to "start your swing together with your decrease frame," then they run a show to help you get higher that talks about slowing your decrease frame down! Is it any wonder weekend golfers are careworn?

I know what you're going to say. The pros are higher gamers, so they have the opposite trouble.

I disagree. Watch the display long enough and you will pay attention a number of pros who insist their decrease our bodies nonetheless turn too sluggish! The reality is that maximum gamers, regardless of whether or not they may be amateurs or pros, have trouble getting the proper lower body movement of their swings.

Most players believe that hip speed is the primary cause of clubhead speed. Your hips are indeed responsible for some of your clubhead speed, but not completely. Your whole body works to develop clubhead speed. But that's not the reason the pros worry about hip speed...

It's because hip speed -- at least the way it's being talked about by most of the pros -- has to do with club path. It's that weight shift problem I frequently talk about, where you push your hips too far ahead of your upper body (so you lean backward and push the ball) or you straighten your trailing knee (so you lean toward the target and pull the ball). When you do the former, you literally slide your hips too far forward; when you do the latter, you lock your hips in place so they can't turn.

Isn't it less complicated to just learn the proper movement from the start?

I've referenced this drill numerous instances earlier than and could hold to achieve this, simply because it's the high-quality drill I've discovered for studying proper weight shift in the course of your swing -- and, consequently, proper hip pace. So click here if you've forgotten it. I love it due to the fact you don't even want a club to use it, and yet it is able to virtually help you get an awesome manage on right hip movement in the course of your swing. So here it's miles once more.

In my opinion, you simply have to keep working on the fundamentals because they're so... well, fundamental. You never waste practice time when you work on the basics.