No Turning Back Golf Swing Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles
No Turning Back Golf Swing Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles

So we’ve talked about how important a transition is into the golf swing, and actually quite a few golfers understand that this transition is important and they start transitioning down. But then something happens and they end up still leaning back. So how did that happen? Got you to the top, that was good, you started your transition, and then you finished, and you’re still leaning back. And the problem here actually happens about halfway into the downswing. The hips change direction because what should happen, is from the top, the hips will drive across to the left, and they’ll rotate and they’ll keep turning left. What a lot of golfers get into the bad habit of, is transitioning a bit. But as the right hip turns forward, the left hip turns backwards and I actually like the left hip turns back and stops. So we see this shift turns back and the body weight still stays away from the left side and then body weight stays on the right leg too much. The transition should be to the top, move and go all the way through. So this concept is getting stuck on the right leg.

So you’ve got to question, you know the left hip needs to keep going this way but also the right leg needs to help out by keep pushing. Because from the top here, if the right side keeps pushing, it will get you across to that left side, if the right side stops pushing and starts rotating too much, the right leg drives forward, the left leg locks out backwards. We end up when we’re spinning after the shot with the hip in the wrong place. So we want a good lateral transition rather than a spinning out. So work on that concept in your hip transition probably just by facing onto a mirror. If you got a mirror where that camera is or a patio door or something and you can just watch into that door and you can start to see how your body weight moves through rather locking out. There should be no turning back with the hips. Once you’ve started them going, keep them going right way round to a big finish. That weight shift, that good hip transition definitely going to generate longer shots, and actually a much cleaner ball strike. 2015-11-05

So we’ve talked about how important a transition is into the golf swing, and actually quite a few golfers understand that this transition is important and they start transitioning down. But then something happens and they end up still leaning back. So how did that happen? Got you to the top, that was good, you started your transition, and then you finished, and you’re still leaning back. And the problem here actually happens about halfway into the downswing. The hips change direction because what should happen, is from the top, the hips will drive across to the left, and they’ll rotate and they’ll keep turning left. What a lot of golfers get into the bad habit of, is transitioning a bit. But as the right hip turns forward, the left hip turns backwards and I actually like the left hip turns back and stops. So we see this shift turns back and the body weight still stays away from the left side and then body weight stays on the right leg too much. The transition should be to the top, move and go all the way through. So this concept is getting stuck on the right leg.

So you’ve got to question, you know the left hip needs to keep going this way but also the right leg needs to help out by keep pushing. Because from the top here, if the right side keeps pushing, it will get you across to that left side, if the right side stops pushing and starts rotating too much, the right leg drives forward, the left leg locks out backwards. We end up when we’re spinning after the shot with the hip in the wrong place. So we want a good lateral transition rather than a spinning out. So work on that concept in your hip transition probably just by facing onto a mirror. If you got a mirror where that camera is or a patio door or something and you can just watch into that door and you can start to see how your body weight moves through rather locking out. There should be no turning back with the hips. Once you’ve started them going, keep them going right way round to a big finish. That weight shift, that good hip transition definitely going to generate longer shots, and actually a much cleaner ball strike.