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The RIGHT HIP Component
For months now, I have been pushing you.
PUSH downward! PUSH outward! PUSH forward!
Yes, for the better part of a year I have encouraged you to exert the directional force of PUSH on the golf club throughout your swing while discouraging any tendency to PULL.
Well this month I am going to encourage you to PULL. Now, before you say, "Ted, don't confuse me! I'm just getting the hang of this pushing thing," hear me out.
Pulling has nothing to do with your hands, arms, or even the golf club for that matter. The PULL is enacted by your body -- more specifically, the right hip.
Notice with an alignment stick how the hips are set up square and parallel to the target line as you address a golf ball for a full swing.
To initiate the backswing, from the perspective of the body, feel as though you are externally rotating your right hip away from the target line and over the right heel.
Be mindful here and
DO NOT sway!
Instead think
"PULL the right hip back."
The key here is to maintain the flex in the right knee throughout the entire backswing motion.
The right hip is then pulled to the finish of the golf swing by the momentum of
the club head in the through swing as well as the external rotation of the lead hip.
The right hip should feel as though it initiates the body turn in the backswing by
pulling
externally over the right heel. Again, it is paramount that the right knee maintains its flex to support the right hip. Then, with a cross line approach, it is right back to the push...push the club out; push the club down; and simply let the momentum of the club pull the right hip through to a balanced finish.
Next month, throwing the club head at the ball!
Ted Frick
Owner/Director of Instruction
The Classic Swing Golf School
2005 Carolinas PGA Section Teacher of the Year
TPI Level 1 Certified Golf Fitness Instructor
G.S.E.D., The Golfing Machine
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