The Golf Swing Is So Much Easier When You Do This

You can make the golf swing so much easier by using your hips correctly in the downswing. All great golfers have great lower body action and you can to by following these drills.

In the downswing the hips have 3 main functions, so shift your weight, help you rotate and produce power, missing any of those elements can make your swing less accurate and less efficient.

In this video I share with you 3 drills that can have you feeling like the golf swing is so much easier than in used to be.

#hips #golfdownswing #golftips

00:00 Intro
00:57 Weight Shift Drill
03:36 Rotation Drill
07:53 Explode Drill
11:27 Shot & Summary

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[Stekman]

This video hits me right in my soul - hip bump/slide with no rotation is my primary swing flaw. Also, completely unrelated: I put the alignment stick through the belt loops to practice this in the living room just now. Forgot it was there when I went for more coffee. And got stuck in the doorway 😂😂😂

[digitalshapes]

Chris, this has to be one of your best ever golf instructional videos. Very timely also for me. I was trying to understand the movement into impact and this drill with the alignment stick through your belt loops to simulate the hip rotation while at the same time demonstrating the shoulder pivot motion while staying on plane was sheer genius. For me it helps connect many missing dots around the entire release of the club as it approaches impact. Including links to the need to move from forward bend into Extension. Thus enabling that elusive pressure / weight forward, hands forward / shaft lean downward strike on my irons giving that great compression onto the ball with ball then turf connection. Supported by the trail shoulder pivoting downward as the hands exit left. Amazing 🎉

[jackgreer]

I'm a tired old Marine trying to improve my swing well enough to enjoy time with my son who is an excellent golfer. I've watched more videos online that I'd want to confess to but this may be the most overall significant video I've ever watched. This video addresses my problems of slide vs. turn, early extension, over the top downswing, lack of hip rotation and shoulder spin. I will watch this video more times than I will ever admit. Thank you very much for your efforts in composing and posting this video.

[marniepanasuk]

Just picked up a sport I thought I'd never be interested in and I'm enjoying it so much thanks to you.

[pohoresky]

A classic video on how the hips should move . Brilliantly illustrated.

[golfnutnz]

This is the very part of my swing that needed clarity... I now have it!
You are the best instructor I’ve come across Chris, thank you Chris.

[SammyP]

Chris, I can’t thank you enough for this video. The way you explained this just made absolute sense to me when I watched this last night. I went to the range today and had the best session of my life, and in the videos I took to review my swing it actually resembles a golf swing! It feels amazing and should be the start of some real improvement. Cheers

[neilw]

You have to be the very best person on YouTube, at explaining with clarity, what the correct moves in the golf swing should feel like, superb👍

[Bill-uocm]

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!
I never fully appreciated how the trail hip is supposed to rotate UP and then, after the hips rotate DOWN, the lead hip rotates UP, all in one smooth, continuous motion — at least, that's how I now see it. Mentally I had mistakenly broken my swing up into too many discrete pieces, and and as a result my hips weren't moving properly, but now they are. Thank you!!!

[ronanderson]

I feel like this video has given me a golf epiphany! Concise, to the point. Thank you!

[NotUpToPar]

This guy and Rick Shiels have helped me go from shooting high 90s to low 100s, to hitting mid 80s in about 2 months. Took a long break from playing golf, and now getting back into it. Love you guys.

[edwardbrown]

Chris this is the best video on hip rotation I have ever seem..very well explained..thanks well done

[Dreama]

Chris this may well be the best description of lower body hip transition on the downswing I've ever seen! Brilliantly explained!! 5 stars!!

[rizon]

Brilliant, brilliant video. So much of what is needed in the downswing is here.

[skt]

Excellent breakdown of a swing and demonstrated so well. Need to watch stop rewind video while practicing my swing looking into a mirror.

[Dreama]

I'll be using this as my swing thoughts for downswing(hips) 1- Down, 2 - Around, 3 - and Up, blended in one continuous move, based on your video.

[Ray-urei]

Great lesson Chris, I watched your right hip very carefully and it sort of moves on it's own little swing path. I've never thought too much about my hips, they just went along for the ride with my shoulder turn, but moving the right hip on it's own little swing path, moving down, around, and up makes it much easier to get back to the ball. I don't have to manipulate my posture or stretch my arms out to the ball in the downswing.
Thank you.

[JamesSmith-hnio]

Your videos are amazing, explaining subtle movements in detail that other instructors do not.Thanks again Chris!

[USAF_Vet_]

love this!! You have such a smooth swing. One thing that helps me on rotation is to push my front leg down forcing that hip socket back. That helps my rotation. This is a great video!! I was the guy who tilted back when throwing those hips lateral. Man, where have you been all my golf life?! Keep up the great videos!!

[stephenpeterson]

Got it. Fabulous instruction by a gifted teacher.