Dave, you have to look at Rickie from the front to nail what is happening. Rickie moves left as he rotates. His tail bone rotation is behind his left foot. Then it rotates back to the inside of his foot. You show the motion by moving off the ball in your drill. That's very different from what Rickie does.
The most important point Dave makes is staying on the line until your weight has shifted to the lead leg. This activates the left glute (which stabilises the pelvis) allowing controlled rotation. One thing not mentioned is on the downswing I find the major cause of the pelvis coming off the line/early extension in my clients is a dominant PUSH off the right foot/leg. The dominant FEELING should be that you PULL the left hip behind you (after weight transfer) and the right leg remains passive.
So to stop the pelvis sliding laterally on the backswing you needs to activate your right glute muscle (sense you are pushing your ankle into the ground). Also please remember on the backswing the pelvis should mostly be PULLED clockwise by the stretching of the oblique muscles as the shoulders turn. There should be no active turning of the hips in the backswing-in fact you should attempt to resist them turning a little for max pelvis/shoulder separation.
First of all let me say this is the best explanation of the motion of the pelvis in the golf swing I have ever seen. If you could only avoid the terms "turn" and "rotation" which have been around for so long and they are wrong. There simply is no "hip turn", as you actually demonstrate extremely well. The pelvis, being of an oval shape (seen from above) move along a curved or elliptical path to the right and then first slide back to the left and then continue along a more curved path all round.
Hello, This is Sam Shah President of PivotPro. I just want to congratulate you on this video, this is one of the best videos I have seen. Excellent illustration and explanation. Keep up the good work.
man, I wish I had the ability to rotate like Ricky but my screen while I "pass" for interior shows that is the hard part so I am fine going back but getting my pelvis to face the target is a challenge, great drills and vid.
Honestly, one of the best videos on youtube!
elnocho3 1 month ago
Soes this guy have spandex golf pants on?
GUTBUSTER79 1 month ago
OMG i have the weak movement of forceing my hips into the ball at transition. Check my swing videos. need to correct this asap!
DFPFTW 4 months ago
Dave, you have to look at Rickie from the front to nail what is happening. Rickie moves left as he rotates. His tail bone rotation is behind his left foot. Then it rotates back to the inside of his foot. You show the motion by moving off the ball in your drill. That's very different from what Rickie does.
TheBillygolfs50 5 months ago
The most important point Dave makes is staying on the line until your weight has shifted to the lead leg. This activates the left glute (which stabilises the pelvis) allowing controlled rotation. One thing not mentioned is on the downswing I find the major cause of the pelvis coming off the line/early extension in my clients is a dominant PUSH off the right foot/leg. The dominant FEELING should be that you PULL the left hip behind you (after weight transfer) and the right leg remains passive.
Tourswing 6 months ago
So to stop the pelvis sliding laterally on the backswing you needs to activate your right glute muscle (sense you are pushing your ankle into the ground). Also please remember on the backswing the pelvis should mostly be PULLED clockwise by the stretching of the oblique muscles as the shoulders turn. There should be no active turning of the hips in the backswing-in fact you should attempt to resist them turning a little for max pelvis/shoulder separation.
Tourswing 6 months ago
Good Stuff... Thanks Guys !!
RollYourRock 6 months ago
First of all let me say this is the best explanation of the motion of the pelvis in the golf swing I have ever seen. If you could only avoid the terms "turn" and "rotation" which have been around for so long and they are wrong. There simply is no "hip turn", as you actually demonstrate extremely well. The pelvis, being of an oval shape (seen from above) move along a curved or elliptical path to the right and then first slide back to the left and then continue along a more curved path all round.
cover5042 6 months ago
Can we also say simply that the center of gravity of the hips/pelvis complex should remain in a "fixed" location during the backswing?
gaggleofbombers 6 months ago
Great stuff guys, dont give out to many more secrets please!!!!
ChrisMossGolf 6 months ago
Hello, This is Sam Shah President of PivotPro. I just want to congratulate you on this video, this is one of the best videos I have seen. Excellent illustration and explanation. Keep up the good work.
resumep 6 months ago
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Great video guys. I need to constantly be maintaining my flexibility in my hips. Especially after being on my feet for 6-8 hours before a golf round.
Matt in Colorado, tech rep.
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corusa 6 months ago
man, I wish I had the ability to rotate like Ricky but my screen while I "pass" for interior shows that is the hard part so I am fine going back but getting my pelvis to face the target is a challenge, great drills and vid.
metamurph 6 months ago