PurePoint Golf Video Lessons - The All Important Left Hip - What does it do?

The most popular question asked at PurePointGolf.com is what does the left hip do during the golf swing. Watch this helpful little video for the answer!

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[odysseusinkl]

2.15 : you move towards target, sir.

[criswelljody]

spinout city

[Jeremitch]

@shortstop20 Are you kidding me??? Hogan and Woods rotate their hips to the target. Their rotation is so quick that their lag in their swing makes it seem as if their sliding. Don't talk if you don't know what you're talking about. If you're not a pro then you have no right to make any corrections to this lesson. You want more distance and straighter shots listen to this guy

[helenathena]

yes very good vedio,this is very athletic move though, if you cant make that turn on a one pivot then use the bump technique where you bump your legs to the left and you hips will follow with a good turn, bu this is how golf was taught with the full hip rotation back then when it was more athletic then today

[viola128]

i do agree with some of the comments. The hip should first move towards the target, not sway, but sort of "bump". It help me to actually drop my club and right arm into the "slot" in order to swing from the inside. When the hip rotate too soon or "clear" too early, unless you are an extraordinary atlthlete, you could end up over the top......

not sure why he suggested that, he hit like a great golfer...

[shortstop20]

This guy is nuts. Most weekend golfers to not move their hips towards the target like he shows. Most weekend golfers end up never getting their weight back onto their left side. They stay on their right side, go over the top and then flip at the bottom which leads to a high, pull slice or just a slice.

Look at Hogan and Tiger, they both have a fairly substantial hip slide toward the target before starting the downswing.

[sulakleo]

look at hogans hips shift before they start turning. this is a spin out.

[1cleandude]

Great illustration Bobby, simple and to the point.

[jamesgolfs]

This is a great video. Not understanding why there is so much fuss over what he is saying. Makes perfect sense to me. My mishits are pushed shots, and what he is saying will help me keep my club going straight down the target line resulting in my shots going where i want them too.

[kbkesq]

This is an example of a good player not knowing how to teach. He talks about weekend golfers turning their hands over, which virtually NEVER happens in high handicappers.

More important, he is explaining a dangerous swing thought which will stop all progress towards the target. Notably, the instructor himself does a very small, but needed "hip bump" prior to spinning his hips. Without that little bump at 1:51 in the video, his swing wouldn't look so nice and fluid. I like his videos on timing.