You guys are the first people that I've seen explain the transition between backswing and downswing as a fluid motion. Every video and drill I've seen have made me think I need to stop, shift, and then swing. It's made every swing feel very stiff and awkward. My swing feels so much more natural now.
I’m 71 with a current 12.1 index. This video regarding hips and how they should work in the swing is great. Applied your advise today and shot 37-39 with windy, chilly conditions. Thanx for your superb explanation.
Yall are wonderful teachers/explainers of the golf swing. Understanding the dynamics of the swing is first and foremost and yall do this so well. Of course applying all of this is the tricky part and takes time and patience. Now to unlearn 50 years worth of my miserable golf swing!! Lol!
Thank you for the explanation! I’ve battled through every other kind of temporary fix for my early extensions. I spent a hour against the wall and it changed my golf life! It’s a shame I’ve wasted more than 3 years of lessons.
After a lot of work on my swing I thought I had the take-away and back-swing looking pretty good. I hadn't realised that I still get to that good looking position by rotating too much from the left side. The Swiss ball drill in particular quickly highlighted my misconceptions. The turn feels so much more 'loaded' and powerful using the drill and it automatically forces the "squat-to-square" move and a full weight shift onto the left heel in the follow-through too. This will make a big difference to my club path and attack angle. Thanks for the 'good oil' gentlemen. :) Cheers.
This is so enlightening. Getting the hips working correctly stabilizes the swing and gives us a chance to get the rest working properly. Thank you. Thank you.
Just want to thank you guys for these videos! I’d taken about 7 years off from the game and just starting back...was having all kinds of issues with open club face, hitting it off the heel, etc. Doing these drills at home and at the range the last few weeks have totally transformed my swing and game. Still have a long way to go, but my confidence to hit good solid shots is back!! My analytical brain loves your scientific approach :)
This is so good for the understanding of the feel of the downswing and seel of the hips. I wish I'd come across this early in my golf but never too late!!!! Thank you so much. The correct understanding is so important.
This was the 'one'. Over a hundred videos in from being a complete beginner only 2 months ago, putting this into practice finally gave me consistency on the range. Took it to the course and was 7 shots worse than usual over 9 holes, work to do still! Thank you for the lesson, amazing stuff
Guys - this connected for me when I paired it with another video of your's that talked about the shift-rotate-shift-rotate pattern from Dr. Kwan. Once I shift slightly to the right at the beginning of the backswing I find it much easier to get the hip moving back. Without that initial shift left, it's impossible for me. Then when I shift left (or re-center) half-way back, the whole thing came together for me.
In another more recent video you compared pros hips to ams. The one thing that resonated with me was that the pros left hip goes lower (due to knee flex) on the backswing. I tried just focusing on that and voila, the back hip goes into the right position without thinking about it, also gave me better balance to launch off my left leg during downswing, what a game changer. You guys are absolutely heads and shoulders above other teaching videos, thank you.
Thanks guys. I think I've learned more about the golf swing in the last few weeks/ months' watching your videos than in the previous 30 years of lessons. The left hop is a blocker, I've felt that for ages and also that my timing is off for the reasons you say, my hip has moved too far. Can't wait to take it to the range this weekend.
Great drill to overcome a lifetime of R hip forward thrusting on the downswing. Bonus is keeping the club on shallow plane while keeping the face neutral to closed for more solid strikes. This will now be my off season focus. Thank you.
You guys are always so incredibly solid: what, why and how in concise yet comprehensive detail. I think moving the hips right correctly more than anything else I've seen to create a smooth repetitive swing. Thanks so much.
yea those hips are tough...guys i been actually starting back with legs almost locked and left foot on tippy toes and pushing forward and just pulling my right lat and shoulder back as land my left foot on the ground...now i am in a great centered spot to COVERBRACEPULL over the ball my right shoulder and the face of the club almost work as one feel...my right hand shoulder face of club feels like i slam the tray full of drinks upside down....an over feeling.......feels awsome and should work under pressure. thanks for the free vids guys i appreciate them.
As an early extender, I've compensated by sticking my butt out way beyond my heels causing right hamstring strains. Your simple instruction to look over the fence is taking the strain away and keeping me in posture and allowing me to clear my left hip. You guys ROCK!
I love watching your golf videos. Using the ball and wall is best hip rotation drill I have seen along with shallowing of club. I struggle with both. My left hip rotation is a mess on down swing. Thanks both of you..
Just tried this in the living room up against a smooth stanchion. Kept the rear end in contact throughout a super slow motion swing, taking the time to exaggerate the shallowing. It feels right.
Great video guys. I found you guys when searching for videos on using your body mobvement to get into the proper hitting positions without trying to produce lag manually. After watching an awesome video you posted (Unlearn lag), I've been watcvhing all your other video on various other aspects of the swing and love the focus of body movement over technical angles mumbo jumbo. It winter here in Canada so will practice this indoors for the next month. Can't wait to take it to the course adter that! I'm a 10 handicap now. This body movement/positioning is what I was needing to take it to the next level. Any way. Thanks so much!!
Great information, especially for someone who gets a little too armsy in my swing! My swing thought currently is hip movement until it becomes habit to do so. Thanks guys!
When my left side feels like it's coming down in the initial stages of the backswing, I feel like I can more easily make the transition/centering move that you guys talk about so much. From there, if my left leg isn't "activated" to move that left hip out of the way and beyond where it started, the blocker comes into play. My old coach used to say, "hit it with you buns" a lot that what feels moves my left hip out of the way. That sound close? You guys have really covered this so many times and it's great that you have. I've seen this same info from many different angles...that's master level instruction boys...great, great work.
Its crazy that you guys aren't bigger than you are. I've never been able to comprehend lessons that focus on the club head hitting the ball. The way you guys explain the minor things that translate to major improvement is insane. "Right hip gets deeper, not left hip comes around" is the simplest way to explain it. You can tell your body that, and it will listen.
The 'squat' position has been recommended by golf instructors for decades, sitting on the edge of a bar-stool was the simile often used. Plenty of good reasons were offered why. Good to see some sense prevail, it never added up for me.
Great explanation 👍 of the hips move. My left shoulder goes out from the top of the swing causing shanks. Dropping the arms while turning the hip is the challenge.
This is a great video guys I get my right hip going out to the golf ball from the start of the down swing and really struggle to get any distance and power into it plus my club face is open so I use a lot of hands to square up the club face. Hopping this could fix my problems Thanks for a great video Paul 👍🏼🏌️♂️
I love it. This is the exact issue I've been fighting for years and never really knew how to correct it. I always tried to feel like I stay centered and tried to aggressively clear the left hip. When I did that I could do anything any I want with the ball. I could never consistently do that. Meaning I would think about it for a few holes hit it great. Then as the round progresses I forget about it and revert back to the hip thrust as you call it.
Is the right hip first moving sideways and about a inch some then the right hip turning back and around and moving towards the target a little with the right hip higher than the left late in the backswing is whats considered re centering more simply put is feeling the right hip moving around and towards the target just a LITTLE after approximately left arm parallel is whats considered RE CENTERING i am not sure just much of that turning is enough to get recentered and if that turn is the major part of recentering tks you guys are amazing
David Lee saids "you need a counter fall to offset the arms being swung around".. Just like hammer thrower, soccer kicker, baseball throw. This allows you to clear hips very easy.
Wow what a great drill for me! I power my swing with my hips and have trouble maintaining width in transition. I think ting of my turn is also inconsistent. Anyway i think this combo drill will help me.
The rear end thing..I finally gave in yesterday to it as I couldn't keep the center of my hips more still and it felt wrong..but I checked it and checked it, and then it clicked. Now I see how the pros do more with less. It's not like swinging easy or anything, but it's like everything becomes in tight in a smaller area. My God if I would have known this 25 years ago.... The way I see it ..if you don't do that?..you might as well as not do anything else. Holy Grail.
Mike, would you be so kind and show how you blend the right hip turn and the fall back in the transition to start the downswing. I am struggling with this on how it is done. I would really appreciate it very much.
Have you guys measured anyone who has a more defined pause at the top of the downswing? I can't remember his name now but there's a Japanese pro I think who noticeably pauses at the top. When my sequence or timing gets a bit off during a round I often visualise a small pause at the top, and it really helps me. I wonder whether it is because it gives you a little time to shift that weight back to the front before you start down? Would be really interested to see a comparison of what the hips are doing in that transition phase between a "blended backwing" type pro and a "pausing backswing" type pro.
This is really good information, thank you AMG. The right hip needs to replace the left hip in the down swing is the key takeaway for me, and it seems that if done correctly you get the proper amount of right side bend through impact for free. In the Dr. Seuss drill with the Swiss ball, how far do you move club down the wall before it comes off the wall? I would think that it would move down the wall until it reaches the elbow plane (aka money line)?
This seems to partially contradict your other videos where you mention to shift your left hip and left shoulder forward (righty player) How can you shift your body forward without having to lose connection to the wall you're mentioning?
@@lsamparkl yes, the entire pelvis shifts forward. The left side of the pelvis isn’t on the wall at the top, so I’m not sure why you’re thinking it should stay connected. We’ve shown the his happening in many videos since we start the channel. You might be misunderstanding something (I’m happy to help) if you think any of our videos contradict this fact.
@@AthleticMotionGolf Thank you for the reply. In your video titled : "Should You BUMP YOUR HIPS To Start The Downswing?" you guys mention shift your body forward as the first step to the downswing but in this video you guys mention reconnecting both hips to "the wall" can you clarify the connection between theses two videos
@@lsamparkl The shift forward starts in the backswing. There is an initial shift away early in the BS, and then as the club starts to point back towards the target, there's a shift/fall in that direction - recentering. That all takes place before the club starts down. So the pelvis is still closing as it's happening. Once the club changes direction, that forward shift continues. Now the pelvis is opening with the left hip gaining depth. That's when both cheeks "fingerprint" the wall. Then the right cheek works off the wall as the left continues to move into it.
What they fail to tell you is that eventually the upper body cannot stay in this impact posture forever while the left hip is attempting to turn back away from the target The most common injury among golfers in the right Sacro Iliac joint as the golfer attempts to stay in posture as long as possible thus stressing this joint to the max then you start see the jump moves i.e. Justin Thomas Bubba Watson and a really pronounced version of it in Lexi Thompson as they dig into the ground for more force but avoid some of the stress placed on the back by leaving the ground and the left foot pivots open similar to the baseball players swing This also saves the stress on the left knee as well Ben Hogan said the golf swing is an unnatural act and must be practiced So depending on repetitions a lot of wear occurs Ask Tiger about his back!!! And many more pros that have fallen victim to this Tiger is giving in much earlier now days and still manages to get it around Augusta at one under today And the more you age it becomes almost impossible without hours of dedicated stretching!!! As an example contrast Joaquin Niemann at and passed impact to right arm parallel and then todays Tiger Woods doing the same keeping an eye on posture Gears and all the other great Tech toys as well as pros who are willing to allow Mike and his team to suit them up give us great insight into commonalities that exist between these men but remember you are unique and elements of your swing will be unique to your physical self Be careful to understand your limits and enjoy this great game
Question for you guys regarding the way the hips move. I watched the video on hiP rotation and thrust with the golfer John who had the problem of the wrench pivot in regards to how he perceived his hip movement. You said he needed to feel the center of the hips as being the pivot point. What confuses me a little is watching Shaun in this video talk about pushing his right hip back in the backswing and in transition he pulls the left hip back to match up with the right hip. Would that not be considered pivoting around his right hip and left hip and not pivoting from the center of the hips?
Nope. If he was pivoting around his right hip it wouldn’t go deeper. Same for the left side. You’ve got pivot around the center to do what he’s showing here.
What do you guys think about Sean Clement at wisdom of golf he seems to be teaching a very upright and handsy golf swing. He's got a lot of followers I personally think it's a gnarly looking swing thanks for the videos guys
I was early extending for a while I worked hard on this drill and now I crush the ball off the tee with barely any curve to the ball. I had a tendency before to pull golf shots before im pretty sure it was because of me early extending and not having any room for my hands to get thru so I probably had an out to in swing path 🤷🏻♂️
Oops sorry i needed to study the video more you do cover the recentering motion and its timing beautifully explained i think i finally got it tks Slow learner here uggh lol
Excellent video! For me, a key point in shallowing the club is to have relaxed arms so they can drop. If muscles are involved too soon you’re over the top. Keep up the good work 👍
Should we be actively posteriorly tilting our pelvis to achieve the right stance? I find that if I don't do then I can't prevent my pelvis from going backwards
I have been doing the drills on the AMG Academy web site. A question I have is the blending of the recentering and fingerprinting in the downswing and the timing of these movements. As I am recentering and bumping a little left after the recentering am I matching that left hip up to the right hip all in the same motion as the weight shift or is it shift then match up the left hip? I guess I understand the recentering and the fingerprinting on their own but in blending the two I am slightly confused.
As you recenter and during the start of the downswing, the right cheek is fingerprinting. Both cheeks will be on the wall around left arm parallel, then the right comes off as the left stays on.
@@AthleticMotionGolf well, two months have gone by and though I don’t think my knowledge and concept of how the hips move has ever been better thanks to you guys, I am still early extending. On video , my right hip almost always stays on the tush line yet I think that left hip like you guys talk about is blocking my right hip and all it can do is move that right hip out towards the ball. I cannot get my left hip back to the wall in time. My next move I think is to do what Mike talks about doing. Doing the moves slowly at first without a club and then work the club in, then hit balls after that. On a side note, I know you guys have done a video or two on shanks. What about the opposite issue, toe shots. In addition to the early extension, I also tend to hit off the toe when things are going bad. I am at a loss with that. How bout a video on stopping toe shots?
It’s quite simple really. As your finishing your backswing hip turn, they move back toward the target. Not sure how to explain it much easier than that 🏌️♂️
Thanks for the reply i think i finally get it iam starting the recentering when my hands are hip high i dont know why i got into that habit years ago but from watching your instructions it appears that is much too early i have felt out of sink forever hands and arms going one way body going the other way no power and horrible contact its been a nightmare tks for your responses and videos iam feeling hopeful that i finally get the recentering concept and timing of it love the game
I hear what you're saying but I guess I get hung up on this left hip, right hip movement you're talking about. The hips don't move independently of one another anatomically speaking or I'm I just getting hung up on semantics?
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You guys are the first people that I've seen explain the transition between backswing and downswing as a fluid motion. Every video and drill I've seen have made me think I need to stop, shift, and then swing. It's made every swing feel very stiff and awkward. My swing feels so much more natural now.
Keep that flow👊
That little comment on "looking over the fence" at 2:45 is so helpful. Thanks you!
I’m 71 with a current 12.1 index. This video regarding hips and how they should work in the swing is great. Applied your advise today and shot 37-39 with windy, chilly conditions. Thanx for your superb explanation.
This is probably one of the best videos I’ve seen explaining hip rotation. Thanks chaps.
The exercise ball drill is by far the best "catch-all" drill for early extension I've seen. great job guys.
Yall are wonderful teachers/explainers of the golf swing. Understanding the dynamics of the swing is first and foremost and yall do this so well. Of course applying all of this is the tricky part and takes time and patience. Now to unlearn 50 years worth of my miserable golf swing!! Lol!
Thank you for the explanation! I’ve battled through every other kind of temporary fix for my early extensions. I spent a hour against the wall and it changed my golf life! It’s a shame I’ve wasted more than 3 years of lessons.
After a lot of work on my swing I thought I had the take-away and back-swing looking pretty good. I hadn't realised that I still get to that good looking position by rotating too much from the left side. The Swiss ball drill in particular quickly highlighted my misconceptions. The turn feels so much more 'loaded' and powerful using the drill and it automatically forces the "squat-to-square" move and a full weight shift onto the left heel in the follow-through too. This will make a big difference to my club path and attack angle. Thanks for the 'good oil' gentlemen. :) Cheers.
This is so enlightening. Getting the hips working correctly stabilizes the swing and gives us a chance to get the rest working properly. Thank you. Thank you.
Just want to thank you guys for these videos! I’d taken about 7 years off from the game and just starting back...was having all kinds of issues with open club face, hitting it off the heel, etc. Doing these drills at home and at the range the last few weeks have totally transformed my swing and game. Still have a long way to go, but my confidence to hit good solid shots is back!! My analytical brain loves your scientific approach :)
This is so good for the understanding of the feel of the downswing and seel of the hips. I wish I'd come across this early in my golf but never too late!!!! Thank you so much. The correct understanding is so important.
Really like the new location. It feels less industrial and more classy. Great content 👍
y’all are great teachers, appreciate the interwoven humor as well, keep it up
This was the 'one'. Over a hundred videos in from being a complete beginner only 2 months ago, putting this into practice finally gave me consistency on the range. Took it to the course and was 7 shots worse than usual over 9 holes, work to do still! Thank you for the lesson, amazing stuff
Guys - this connected for me when I paired it with another video of your's that talked about the shift-rotate-shift-rotate pattern from Dr. Kwan. Once I shift slightly to the right at the beginning of the backswing I find it much easier to get the hip moving back. Without that initial shift left, it's impossible for me. Then when I shift left (or re-center) half-way back, the whole thing came together for me.
In another more recent video you compared pros hips to ams. The one thing that resonated with me was that the pros left hip goes lower (due to knee flex) on the backswing. I tried just focusing on that and voila, the back hip goes into the right position without thinking about it, also gave me better balance to launch off my left leg during downswing, what a game changer. You guys are absolutely heads and shoulders above other teaching videos, thank you.
Great job adding that move to your 🏌️♂️👏
Thanks guys. I think I've learned more about the golf swing in the last few weeks/ months' watching your videos than in the previous 30 years of lessons. The left hop is a blocker, I've felt that for ages and also that my timing is off for the reasons you say, my hip has moved too far. Can't wait to take it to the range this weekend.
@@kmrk4055 awesome! Let us know if there’s anything else we can cover to help you out 👊🙂
Great drill to overcome a lifetime of R hip forward thrusting on the downswing. Bonus is keeping the club on shallow plane while keeping the face neutral to closed for more solid strikes. This will now be my off season focus. Thank you.
You guys are always so incredibly solid: what, why and how in concise yet comprehensive detail. I think moving the hips right correctly more than anything else I've seen to create a smooth repetitive swing. Thanks so much.
Absolutely loved this and it made so much sense!!! Thank you the visual cues!
yea those hips are tough...guys i been actually starting back with legs almost locked and left foot on tippy toes and pushing forward and just pulling my right lat and shoulder back as land my left foot on the ground...now i am in a great centered spot to COVERBRACEPULL over the ball my right shoulder and the face of the club almost work as one feel...my right hand shoulder face of club feels like i slam the tray full of drinks upside down....an over feeling.......feels awsome and should work under pressure. thanks for the free vids guys i appreciate them.
There are so many unbelievable tidbits in this. Keep up the great work, guys!
As an early extender, I've compensated by sticking my butt out way beyond my heels causing right hamstring strains. Your simple instruction to look over the fence is taking the strain away and keeping me in posture and allowing me to clear my left hip. You guys ROCK!
That's always the first thing golfer do to try to fix it, and it always makes it worse. Glad this helped get you back on track!
I love watching your golf videos. Using the ball and wall is best hip rotation drill I have seen along with shallowing of club. I struggle with both. My left hip rotation is a mess on down swing. Thanks both of you..
It is amazing how you always know tips of what I need to work on.
Just tried this in the living room up against a smooth stanchion. Kept the rear end in contact throughout a super slow motion swing, taking the time to exaggerate the shallowing. It feels right.
Great video guys. I found you guys when searching for videos on using your body mobvement to get into the proper hitting positions without trying to produce lag manually. After watching an awesome video you posted (Unlearn lag), I've been watcvhing all your other video on various other aspects of the swing and love the focus of body movement over technical angles mumbo jumbo. It winter here in Canada so will practice this indoors for the next month. Can't wait to take it to the course adter that! I'm a 10 handicap now. This body movement/positioning is what I was needing to take it to the next level. Any way. Thanks so much!!
Launch the right hip is my favorite move. Thanks for the great video.
One of your best videos so far. Thanks!
This video is well timed as this is exactly what I am currently struggling with
The bonuses at the drill segment is invaluable!! Don’t miss those! 👍🏻👍🏻
Great information, especially for someone who gets a little too armsy in my swing! My swing thought currently is hip movement until it becomes habit to do so. Thanks guys!
When my left side feels like it's coming down in the initial stages of the backswing, I feel like I can more easily make the transition/centering move that you guys talk about so much. From there, if my left leg isn't "activated" to move that left hip out of the way and beyond where it started, the blocker comes into play. My old coach used to say, "hit it with you buns" a lot that what feels moves my left hip out of the way. That sound close? You guys have really covered this so many times and it's great that you have. I've seen this same info from many different angles...that's master level instruction boys...great, great work.
What do you mean it’s coming down in the backswing?
This is a fantastic explanation! Thank you so much for these videos.
great work as always boys
3:46 That's me to a T!!!!! Thanks for explaining the correct concept!
Sounds like great drills. Thanks.
As a chronic goat humper, this is gold. Thanks, guys!
Its crazy that you guys aren't bigger than you are. I've never been able to comprehend lessons that focus on the club head hitting the ball. The way you guys explain the minor things that translate to major improvement is insane. "Right hip gets deeper, not left hip comes around" is the simplest way to explain it. You can tell your body that, and it will listen.
great!! Thanks for the kind words
Great video Again !!! The drill with the Swiss ball is excellent!!! I’m gonna buy one tomorrow! 😉👍🏻
Love it👊
Best instruction on net by far.
thanks so much:)
Thanks boys, great video, one of your best 👍
The 'squat' position has been recommended by golf instructors for decades, sitting on the edge of a bar-stool was the simile often used. Plenty of good reasons were offered why. Good to see some sense prevail, it never added up for me.
Great video and the importance of the chest staying down while keeping the club on plane cannot be understated.
Couldn't agree more
This is the video that fixed my swing
Great explanation 👍 of the hips move. My left shoulder goes out from the top of the swing causing shanks. Dropping the arms while turning the hip is the challenge.
This is a great video guys
I get my right hip going out to the golf ball from the start of the down swing and really struggle to get any distance and power into it plus my club face is open so I use a lot of hands to square up the club face.
Hopping this could fix my problems
Thanks for a great video Paul 👍🏼🏌️♂️
Wow! Thank you so much guys. This is the one I need, one drill can fix everything ive been working on!
Soura Homsombath awesome! Glad it helped. Thanks so much for watching 🙏🏻
great explanation and great drills :) thx guys
You guys are awesome! GREAT INFO
I do this drill with the bag stand behind me at the range very helpful!!
This is a homerun for me. Thanks
Thanks guys!
Great drill right there. I'll have to try it.
Thank you for the drills to address my bad habits.
I love it. This is the exact issue I've been fighting for years and never really knew how to correct it. I always tried to feel like I stay centered and tried to aggressively clear the left hip. When I did that I could do anything any I want with the ball. I could never consistently do that. Meaning I would think about it for a few holes hit it great. Then as the round progresses I forget about it and revert back to the hip thrust as you call it.
Is the right hip first moving sideways and about a inch some then the right hip turning back and around and moving towards the target a little with the right hip higher than the left late in the backswing is whats considered re centering more simply put is feeling the right hip moving around and towards the target just a LITTLE after approximately left arm parallel is whats considered RE CENTERING i am not sure just much of that turning is enough to get recentered and if that turn is the major part of recentering tks you guys are amazing
Awesome video. My go to drill and my clients hit balls doing it
David Lee saids "you need a counter fall to offset the arms being swung around".. Just like hammer thrower, soccer kicker, baseball throw. This allows you to clear hips very easy.
Another great piece of content guys. Keep it coming! I hope the average golfer gets us much out of your videos as us teachers do 🍻🏌🏻♂️
Thank you pro! I hope so too😊
Gents this is gold!
Wow what a great drill for me! I power my swing with my hips and have trouble maintaining width in transition. I think ting of my turn is also inconsistent. Anyway i think this combo drill will help me.
great!
The rear end thing..I finally gave in yesterday to it as I couldn't keep the center of my hips more still and it felt wrong..but I checked it and checked it, and then it clicked. Now I see how the pros do more with less. It's not like swinging easy or anything, but it's like everything becomes in tight in a smaller area. My God if I would have known this 25 years ago.... The way I see it ..if you don't do that?..you might as well as not do anything else. Holy Grail.
That Damn exercise ball has been in storage for 3 years! Finally, I have a use for it! Awesome!
😂 could you see the dust on the one in the video?😂
Excellent Video!!! Thanks!
Wow that’s a lot of information!
Mike, would you be so kind and show how you blend the right hip turn and the fall back in the transition to start the downswing. I am struggling with this on how it is done. I would really appreciate it very much.
I actually have one of those balls, bought it from Roger Fredericks when I purchased his flexibility DVDs, but never used it. But now... 👍
So nice, I watched it twice.
Great drill well done 😁
That’s a lot of information wow!
This is gold!
🙏👊
Good stuff guys!!! thanks in advance
Thanks brother!
Have you guys measured anyone who has a more defined pause at the top of the downswing? I can't remember his name now but there's a Japanese pro I think who noticeably pauses at the top. When my sequence or timing gets a bit off during a round I often visualise a small pause at the top, and it really helps me. I wonder whether it is because it gives you a little time to shift that weight back to the front before you start down? Would be really interested to see a comparison of what the hips are doing in that transition phase between a "blended backwing" type pro and a "pausing backswing" type pro.
Ty Guys great stuff!!!!
This is really good information, thank you AMG. The right hip needs to replace the left hip in the down swing is the key takeaway for me, and it seems that if done correctly you get the proper amount of right side bend through impact for free.
In the Dr. Seuss drill with the Swiss ball, how far do you move club down the wall before it comes off the wall? I would think that it would move down the wall until it reaches the elbow plane (aka money line)?
Making the right hip deep to allow the hands a path on the inside is missing from almost all instruction. Well done guys!
Brilliant.👍
This seems to partially contradict your other videos where you mention to shift your left hip and left shoulder forward (righty player)
How can you shift your body forward without having to lose connection to the wall you're mentioning?
@@lsamparkl yes, the entire pelvis shifts forward. The left side of the pelvis isn’t on the wall at the top, so I’m not sure why you’re thinking it should stay connected. We’ve shown the his happening in many videos since we start the channel. You might be misunderstanding something (I’m happy to help) if you think any of our videos contradict this fact.
@@AthleticMotionGolf Thank you for the reply.
In your video titled : "Should You BUMP YOUR HIPS To Start The Downswing?"
you guys mention shift your body forward as the first step to the downswing
but in this video you guys mention reconnecting both hips to "the wall"
can you clarify the connection between theses two videos
@@lsamparkl The shift forward starts in the backswing. There is an initial shift away early in the BS, and then as the club starts to point back towards the target, there's a shift/fall in that direction - recentering. That all takes place before the club starts down. So the pelvis is still closing as it's happening. Once the club changes direction, that forward shift continues. Now the pelvis is opening with the left hip gaining depth. That's when both cheeks "fingerprint" the wall. Then the right cheek works off the wall as the left continues to move into it.
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What they fail to tell you is that eventually the upper body cannot stay in this impact posture forever while the left hip is attempting to turn back away from the target
The most common injury among golfers in the right Sacro Iliac joint as the golfer attempts to stay in posture as long as possible thus stressing this joint to the max
then you start see the jump moves i.e. Justin Thomas Bubba Watson and a really pronounced version of it in Lexi Thompson as they dig into the ground for more force but avoid some of the stress placed on the back by leaving the ground and the left foot pivots open similar to the baseball players swing
This also saves the stress on the left knee as well
Ben Hogan said the golf swing is an unnatural act and must be practiced
So depending on repetitions a lot of wear occurs
Ask Tiger about his back!!!
And many more pros that have fallen victim to this
Tiger is giving in much earlier now days and still manages to get it around Augusta at one under today
And the more you age it becomes almost impossible without hours of dedicated stretching!!!
As an example contrast Joaquin Niemann at and passed impact to right arm parallel and then todays Tiger Woods doing the same keeping an eye on posture
Gears and all the other great Tech toys as well as pros who are willing to allow Mike and his team to suit them up give us great insight into commonalities that exist between these men but remember you are unique and elements of your swing will be unique to your physical self
Be careful to understand your limits and enjoy this great game
Question for you guys regarding the way the hips move. I watched the video on hiP rotation and thrust with the golfer John who had the problem of the wrench pivot in regards to how he perceived his hip movement. You said he needed to feel the center of the hips as being the pivot point. What confuses me a little is watching Shaun in this video talk about pushing his right hip back in the backswing and in transition he pulls the left hip back to match up with the right hip. Would that not be considered pivoting around his right hip and left hip and not pivoting from the center of the hips?
Nope. If he was pivoting around his right hip it wouldn’t go deeper. Same for the left side. You’ve got pivot around the center to do what he’s showing here.
Great information
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What do you guys think about Sean Clement at wisdom of golf he seems to be teaching a very upright and handsy golf swing. He's got a lot of followers I personally think it's a gnarly looking swing thanks for the videos guys
I was early extending for a while I worked hard on this drill and now I crush the ball off the tee with barely any curve to the ball. I had a tendency before to pull golf shots before im pretty sure it was because of me early extending and not having any room for my hands to get thru so I probably had an out to in swing path 🤷🏻♂️
Would this drill be applicable for the driver? Great vids! Thanks
100% my problem. Because of lower back problems....😬
Is the feel that you are pulling the right hip/side around and towards target while the left hip/side goes along for the ride?
Can I ass you a question about this move?
Oops sorry i needed to study the video more you do cover the recentering motion and its timing beautifully explained i think i finally got it tks Slow learner here uggh lol
do you restrict the left hip?
Excellent video! For me, a key point in shallowing the club is to have relaxed arms so they can drop. If muscles are involved too soon you’re over the top.
Keep up the good work 👍
Should we be actively posteriorly tilting our pelvis to achieve the right stance? I find that if I don't do then I can't prevent my pelvis from going backwards
I have been doing the drills on the AMG Academy web site. A question I have is the blending of the recentering and fingerprinting in the downswing and the timing of these movements. As I am recentering and bumping a little left after the recentering am I matching that left hip up to the right hip all in the same motion as the weight shift or is it shift then match up the left hip? I guess I understand the recentering and the fingerprinting on their own but in blending the two I am slightly confused.
As you recenter and during the start of the downswing, the right cheek is fingerprinting. Both cheeks will be on the wall around left arm parallel, then the right comes off as the left stays on.
@@AthleticMotionGolf well, two months have gone by and though I don’t think my knowledge and concept of how the hips move has ever been better thanks to you guys, I am still early extending. On video , my right hip almost always stays on the tush line yet I think that left hip like you guys talk about is blocking my right hip and all it can do is move that right hip out towards the ball. I cannot get my left hip back to the wall in time. My next move I think is to do what Mike talks about doing. Doing the moves slowly at first without a club and then work the club in, then hit balls after that.
On a side note, I know you guys have done a video or two on shanks. What about the opposite issue, toe shots. In addition to the early extension, I also tend to hit off the toe when things are going bad. I am at a loss with that. How bout a video on stopping toe shots?
Do you guys charge to look at swings?
Is the butt ag8nst the wall the same on a driver shot??
Where is the recentring move in this beautiful description iam so confused about this recentering move guessing many others are too tks
It’s quite simple really. As your finishing your backswing hip turn, they move back toward the target. Not sure how to explain it much easier than that 🏌️♂️
Thanks for the reply i think i finally get it iam starting the recentering when my hands are hip high i dont know why i got into that habit years ago but from watching your instructions it appears that is much too early i have felt out of sink forever hands and arms going one way body going the other way no power and horrible contact its been a nightmare tks for your responses and videos iam feeling hopeful that i finally get the recentering concept and timing of it love the game
At impact, your left hip is still in "contact" with the "wall"?
I hear what you're saying but I guess I get hung up on this left hip, right hip movement you're talking about. The hips don't move independently of one another anatomically speaking or I'm I just getting hung up on semantics?