Right shoulder motion

Slo mo of Hogan

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[bohs1984]

The most important tip you can get from Hogan (other than grip and set up which are great in 5 Fund..) ; is to realize that the hips and trunk of your body swing the club. The arms come along for the ride and that right elbow stays tucked against the body. If you can learn the forearm rotation secret move then great, but it is a minor point. Get the arms OUT of the downswing.

[cebukid70]

The lag, the hip turn and leg drive are incredible! I gotta try to copy that!

[telescope3]

@bohs1984 You got it. In the "one-plane" swing-type favored by most players, a rocking action of the upper torso (shoulders) combined with a lower-torso (hip) turn is the mechanism which brings the club down from the high, shoulder-based plane established in the late backswing. Surprisingly little independent arm-action is required for this swing type. The lower body shifts a bit toward the target first to provide a stable platform for this action.

[ggkolar]

Luke Donald #1 in the world is a arm swinger.There are many ways to hit that little round ball.

[emncaity]

@telescope3

You're right--the arms are not out of the swing...but I'm not sure good arm mvmt flows from good torso movement any more than the other way around. It's undeniable, because it's kinesiologically provable, that the arms don't literally "go along for the ride," but it can look that way when everything's working as one single movement as it should. It is also true that without the right kind of turning motion, the arms have nowhere to go and will get disastrously out of plane.

[golfzoner001]

What a fantastic clip and thanks. Many people can get different things out of this. What I get is the how right shoulder stays back and how the Master keeps the angle in the right wrist to for such a long time - maintaining the lag. The best swing ever, masterful; thanks again.

Love it.

[telescope3]

I mostly agree with you. While the arms are not OUT of the swing, they defintely don't INITIATE the swing. Good arm movement flows from good torso movement. Many don't realize that the right hand doesn't THROW the clubhead at the ball, but rather projects out toward the ball AFTER the upper trunk (right shoulder) has moved around toward the ball on a steep plane.

[DASH1ful]

My comments were really a reference to another video on You Tube. My comments were romoved from the page. The video states that a player should turn your left elbow to the left at impact. But if a player addresses the ball with the pocket of their left elbow pointing slightly towards the sky the arm will then stretch itself out in the hitting area and activate this rotation naturally, without causing the hands to supinate, allowing a player to release freely through the ball

[DASH1ful]

If you take your gip before taking your address position with your arms hanging by your side and the club pionting in the air, and then stretch your arms out, the position that your arms are in will be the position in which the arms will have maximum flexibility. Otherwise you would not be able to stretch your arms into this position. You should find that the pockets of you elbows point slightly towards the sky following this exercise