The best players move their hips efficiently towards the target throughout the swing. The worst players move them away from the target.
Place a stick in the ground so it’s resting against your trail hip. Then simply move the hips progressively closer to the target during the swing.
The model is as follows:
P1 = 55% weight forward
p4 = 60% weight forward
P5 = 70% weight forward
p6 = 80% weight forward
p7 = 90% weight forward
p9 = 95% weight forward
Ben Hogan – weight forward at P4
Thanks for the info James particularly the weight movements. Im 73 and even after 3 rounds I have seen an improvement in length and accuracy
No problem Chris. Congrats.
So you don’t touch the stick in this video, there is a gap between the stick and your right hip, then you push into the ground with the left foot coming down?
Correct! at setup (P1) start with 55% weight over your lead foot, Then at the top (P4) try and get 60% weight over your lead foot. Then, move the hips progressively more over the lead foot on the way down and through. The hips are always swaying towards the target.
James, is this correct (above), pushing into the ground with the left foot starting the downswing?
Really compress the ball
Hi James,
Can you help me understand this concept. How does the weight move forward from P1 to P4 if we are loading (pressuring) our trail foot? Is it like if I stood on only my trail leg and then counterbalanced toward lead leg? So that would make S&T just a feel instead of real?
Thanks!
Hi Carsten, great question. I’d load (apply pressure under the trail foot) to P3 (if this involves a little sway over the trail foot so be it), then between p3-P4 start the transition to the lead foot. Then by p5 fully explode (apply pressure under the lead foot). Basically, the best players tend to start their downswing (with the lower body) before the club has reached the top. You can’t do this successfully with the mass (center) too much over the trail foot. Make sense?
Absolutely. Thank you and Merry Christmas!