Impact!

[Chip Putterman]

kc8kir, here's a visual for you: Pretend that you have a hook in your right pants pocket. On the downswing, your right elbow catches that hook and turns your right hip toward the target. The hips should rotate, not slide.

 

[kc8kir]

Don't the hips still have to have the lateral movement to get the pivot to the left heel? So my swing has the slide, but needs more hip turn once it gets there and beyond?

 

[kc8kir]

Perhaps Brian's club stuck in the belt loop drill will help me? Keep the hips ahead of hands through the motion?

 

[holeout]

Perhaps Brian's club stuck in the belt loop drill will help me? Keep the hips ahead of hands through the motion?

I think you simply need to narrow the stance slightly, and feel your knees come together more through the ball. Then see what the results are, report back, and we'll work from there.

 

[Dan44GT]

narrow up, learn how to pivot better over your left leg (initial lateral motion with hips on the DS, then a strong pivot). You PROBABLY dont need to FEEL any lateral, just more lower body rotation over a braced left leg (pivot axis). To me your issue is the slight flip??? That may (I would guess) be happening because you get out a bit ahead of the ball and you try to catch up and add some loft. Also, when your pivot stalls too rapidly; transfer of energy occurs too early, thus the chance of flip. Think chip yips (body stops, hands take over).

 

[footwedge]

Your pivot stalls because it has to, so you have time to re-rotate your left arm flying wedge and square up the face, as you have over rotated it on the b.s. If you add more pivot sooner in the d.s. you won't be able to square up the face in time with the same over rotated l.a.f.w. that you now use in your b.s. Just my 2 cents, you might end up like Tiger.

If you do add more pivot sooner you might need some tumble with it. Or you can just leave it all alone if your striking it good the way it is now.