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This video is discussing turn versus slide in the downswing.

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So I had a member question come in about look you see a couple different things promoted

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online and it can be quite confusing.

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You'll see some golfers talk about turning right away from the top and you'll hear other

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golf instructors talk about bumping the hips later later.

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So it can be quite confusing for a golfer to figure out which one to apply to themselves.

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I've got videos on both.

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I've got videos on turning your lower body and I've got videos on the Jackson 5 or getting

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a little bit of a hip bump.

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The important thing is more the amount and the timing and which one you need depends on

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where you are compared to the model.

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So when I'm going to strike the golf ball, I want to get my lead hip roughly

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in line with the ankle and I want my pelvis to be roughly 30 to 40 degrees open more

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so with the driver less so with the irons but roughly 30 to 40 degrees open kind of

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like this.

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So this is where I'm trying to get my lower body in impact.

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Some golfers, many amateur golfers, many beginners, higher handicap, will tend to be more

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in the middle of their stance or over their back foot, especially with the longer clubs.

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This can be a powerful feeling movement where I'm just spinning my body and pushing down

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but it really has a great big challenge with getting the path more from the inside out

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and the low point shallow enough.

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So they tend to struggle a lot with the longer clubs if you have more of this movement.

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So those golfers tend to have more of this spin straight from the top.

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Need to feel the timing of a little bit of pressure shift, a little bit more of this

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Jackson 5 or a little bit more of this hip glide or fall or hip bump prior to rotating.

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In fact, some of these golfers don't need to feel rotation at all.

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They just need to feel lateral movement and the rotation tends to just happen.

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Alternatively, a number of mid to low handicap golfers tend to have too much of this slide

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where compared to this angle, the center of the hip joint actually gets well to the outside.

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They would fall over unless they bent the knee so we will tend to have more of this slide buckle

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look as the hip gets past the ankle kind of like this.

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By shifting the knee forward, it now gives my brain a fixed point that's farther ahead

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of my foot to prevent me from falling.

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That issue there is oftentimes that causes some early extension or some tilt backward.

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Now I tend to get more, I can drive the ball pretty well that way, but I tend to get

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a lot of low point issues, especially with my shorter irons and wedges.

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So those golfers tend to do better feeling more of this hip rotation straight away.

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So how do I figure it out?

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I look at it on video or on 3D, but even if I'm just looking at it on video, if I compare

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where we're trying to get to, if I'm well past it, I probably need to feel more turn or

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maybe more vertical extension.

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If I'm well behind it, I have to feel more hip bump.

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If I'm more down, I'll probably have to feel like I'm getting more of this vertical movement

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or extension through my legs.

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So rather than just think that there's one perfect feel, I want you to get used to the

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habit of analyzing or looking at your swing on video and comparing where you are to the

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model of what you're trying to get to.

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That will help you figure out what you need to feel.

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So I'll walk through those scenarios real quick.

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If I tend to have more of this spin, that kind of like this, as my main power source,

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where I'm finishing on that back foot, well, I'm probably going to feel a little bit more

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kind of slow, gradual sliding forward movement or more of this Jackson 5 and bump.

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So on the other hand, my baseline is a little bit more kind of that one where again,

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like I said, this is a shorter iron.

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So the slide tends to have look some low point issues.

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With that pattern right there, I'm going to tend to feel a little bit better.

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Yeah, once I get into that kind of slide pattern, I will tend to hit a few more of these

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things.

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But I will to get out of that.

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I'm going to exaggerate feeling more of the rotation.

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But if I look at the reference here in the finish, I made it to that reference.

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So always compare what you're doing to the reference, that'll give you an insight as to

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what it might feel like.

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Otherwise, do the proper drills that will help move you closer to the model and as you

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do them, you're going to develop the feel.

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It'll help you figure out which you need, more of this slide, more of this turn, or the

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one we didn't really discuss would be more of this vertical push.

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There's a three-maintening new ways to use your lower body and you need to figure out how

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to coordinate the key ones for your golf swing.

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Now my lower body is off.

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Alright, I'm not scared to lose my swing because I can trust the drills will help me find

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it again.

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I didn't take too long.