The Back Leg And Hip Movement During The Golf Back Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch
The Back Leg And Hip Movement During The Golf Back Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch

After building that solid foundation using the takeaway effectively helping that back leg stay in position and allowing that hip to turn. As you approach the top of the back swing and as you start into the downswing transition period, the movements that you make within this part of the body are going to be essential to help delivering the club down into impact successfully. So we've got that foundation. We started to take the club away keeping that right knee in and allowing that right hip to rotate out of the way. As the body turns and as that right knee and hip stay in that same position, as we’ve reached the top of the backswing it's here where this solid build -- this big foundation that we've managed to construct is going to be tested to its most extreme. That’s what a lot of golfers do from this position is then start to move the hips this way.

Start to move the hips towards the ball. So the first movement and the top of the backswing after it’s being held in this beautiful position is to start moving the hips towards the target by bumping them off to the left. So the top of that backswing and then the transition is those hips start to move left towards the target. If those hips start to move forwards, if that right leg starts to straighten down towards the ball all the good work that you've done in the takeaway. And then as you've built into the top of the backswing will be wasted. So using the backswing properly and then starting into the transition of the downswing is going to be very important to make sure that you're striking good shots. Now what you want to be seeing or what you want to be feeling from this position at the top is that you are moving up that takeaway right knee braced, right hip rotating around is from here that you feel that that right hip is staying pretty much where it is back. But then the hips are moving towards the target. So the right hip stays in the position it is, but then the hips move towards the target. If you can get into that position then the arms will be allowed to drop into a nice neutral position here. And then you can continue to turn through the ball towards the target. So we’ve got the solid foundation. We've got the takeaway and now we've got the top of that backswing, moving the hips down into the transition as well. And it’s just going to allow you to rotate and turn much more fully throughout the shot. And you can see here that my spine angle is still tilted over the ball. Because my hips haven’t move forwards, I'm not having to alter that spine angle around. So we've got the setup. We've got the takeaway. And now we've got the top of that backswing controlling that right knee and hip position. 2016-10-31

After building that solid foundation using the takeaway effectively helping that back leg stay in position and allowing that hip to turn. As you approach the top of the back swing and as you start into the downswing transition period, the movements that you make within this part of the body are going to be essential to help delivering the club down into impact successfully. So we've got that foundation. We started to take the club away keeping that right knee in and allowing that right hip to rotate out of the way. As the body turns and as that right knee and hip stay in that same position, as we’ve reached the top of the backswing it's here where this solid build — this big foundation that we've managed to construct is going to be tested to its most extreme. That’s what a lot of golfers do from this position is then start to move the hips this way.

Start to move the hips towards the ball. So the first movement and the top of the backswing after it’s being held in this beautiful position is to start moving the hips towards the target by bumping them off to the left. So the top of that backswing and then the transition is those hips start to move left towards the target. If those hips start to move forwards, if that right leg starts to straighten down towards the ball all the good work that you've done in the takeaway. And then as you've built into the top of the backswing will be wasted. So using the backswing properly and then starting into the transition of the downswing is going to be very important to make sure that you're striking good shots. Now what you want to be seeing or what you want to be feeling from this position at the top is that you are moving up that takeaway right knee braced, right hip rotating around is from here that you feel that that right hip is staying pretty much where it is back.

But then the hips are moving towards the target. So the right hip stays in the position it is, but then the hips move towards the target. If you can get into that position then the arms will be allowed to drop into a nice neutral position here. And then you can continue to turn through the ball towards the target. So we’ve got the solid foundation. We've got the takeaway and now we've got the top of that backswing, moving the hips down into the transition as well. And it’s just going to allow you to rotate and turn much more fully throughout the shot. And you can see here that my spine angle is still tilted over the ball. Because my hips haven’t move forwards, I'm not having to alter that spine angle around. So we've got the setup. We've got the takeaway. And now we've got the top of that backswing controlling that right knee and hip position.