Comments on: Hip Slide: Good or Bad?

By: An

An — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:09:25 +0000

What an awesome tip, thanks Andrew! The first time I tried it on the course today, I added 25 yards to my driver. I’ve been playing only for 4 years but am in a phase where this tip is so timely and will be a big keeper for me. May I ask if this side move should apply to all clubs but in different degree (i.e. not so much with a 60-degree, and increasingly more pronounced as it comes to longer clubs?). Thanks again.

By: Andrew Rice

Andrew Rice — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:31:38 +0000

Are you for real? Do you know who Ben Hogan is? He moved forward about 8 inches!!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:35:33 +0000

this is all incorrect. hogan had no lateral slide in the downswing – all of his lateral movement towards the target with his hips occurred during his backswing.

By: Andrew Rice

Andrew Rice — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:22:46 +0000

Hi Larry,
I’d have to say there are few correct ways and many incorrect ones. The only great player I’ve seen who had any significant “sway” in the backswing was/is Colin Montgomerie.
I would agree that as the clubs get longer and the stance wider there is a more noticeable shift in the hips to start the swing, but almost no great players who do this with a 7 iron for example….

By: Larry St Peter

Larry St Peter — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:47:31 +0000

No correct way. Look at Tom Watson’s swing. Lateral hip movement to the right starts his full swing. This is less pronounced as clubs get shorter. Of course lateral movement to the left begins downswing. He does not mention this in his video but it is quite apparent if you watch his swing. He does not however move outside his feet, it is not a sway. George Knudson also advocates this same weight shift what Watson uses to get the club swinging, not levering.

By: Andrew Rice

Andrew Rice — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:57:01 +0000

Many thanks John – I hope my thoughts can help you enjoy this game a little more!
Andrew

By: John W Durkin

John W Durkin — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:52:00 +0000

Andrew,
Your dialogues on the slide of the hip are excellent and serve to clear many issues on my swing..In the Philippines,I do not know of many pros who teach this method as they prefer to use hip or sholder rotation as the method of initiation……..

Many thanks Andrew,
John W Durkin
Makati City
Philippines

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By: Andrew Rice

Andrew Rice — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:42:41 +0000

My pleasure Sunil – thanks for reading!

By: Sunil

Sunil — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:31:15 +0000

Great write-up. My first golf intructor always focussed on the lateral move. Since then, as you point out, I lost it along the way. After last weekend, after reading your article, it was like an a-ha moment. I went to the range, and played a round which just felt fantastic. Many thanks to you Andrew.