Rotation of the Hips Getting Off to the Right Start

Tip: Rotate Back, Around, Perpendicular to the Spine

Hi Dave Cahill here with Cahill Golf, another beautiful day here in Palm Springs. One simple little tip is to rotate the hips on the backswing not slide them out to the side! To observe this look in a mirror, watch your shadow or have someone observe you on the backswing. To get this going a very simple thing to do is as you begin to rotate your hips and shoulders make sure you just start a little bit of a turn (the right hip turns back, around and perpendicular to the spine). Once the hip is turning it will not be sliding out. We can make a good, consistent, powerful swing.

Tip: Maintain a Balanced Center of Gravity

Hi Dave Cahill here with Cahill Golf. Today we are going to talk about our hips and the way in which they move during the backswing. It is very important the hips do not slide out to the right on the backswing. As sliding the hips out to the right will disrupt our center of gravity points of the sternum and hips. Tilting the sternum and hips in this way makes it very difficult to get back to the ball correctly. You would have to make a wobbling motion to get back to the ball, which makes it very hard to generate power through the swing. So, to swing with power, just a little bit, a nuance of a turn will get you started. Now, you are going to be in the right place to effectively load up the left side on the forward swing, without having to gravitate back and forth with your body.

Tip: Feel the Beginning of a Turn

Rotation and Hips on Takeaway C Hi Dave Cahill here with Cahill Golf in beautiful Palm Springs. One of the great interrupters to a good swing even if you have all the principles right (maintaining correct spine angle, loading up the left side and, turning through the golf swing) has to do with the takeaway and what happens to the hips. If the hips are accidentally moved laterally during the backswing you will end up in a very stuck position. Now what happens is the hips are behind, the sternum far ahead and when you try to get over to the left side you cannot do it. You will either crash into the ground or wobble through the ball with a loss of power. A simple way to correct lateral hip slide is to feel at the beginning of your backswing that there is just a turn, just feel the beginning of a turn. Then you can make that weight transfer, loading up the left side and turn around it.

Instructor Mike Cahill and PGA Master Instructor Dave Cahill are here to help you play better and enjoy the game more. To learn more about the fundamentals of the golf swing and correct rotation of the hips please come see us in Palm Springs for golf lessons or visit us for a Palm Springs a Golf School.

PGA Instructor Mike Cahill 612-501-9015 mikecahill@cahillgolf.com

PGA Master Instructor Dave Cahill 952-994-0387 davecahill@cahillgolf.com