[bts]

7-15 HIP ACTION ....................

1. Hip Action sustains Pivot Lag (and Accumulator and Clubhead)
2. Hip Action Pulls the Shoulders and Arms at Startdown, during the Downstroke and Release and Impact
3. Hip Action precludes any Arm or Shoulder muscle involvement
4. Hip Action propels the Hands through to Low Point (without any perceived upper body muscle involvement)
5. Hip Action amount variation, varies the amount of pressure of the #3 Pressure Point.
6. No amount of Upper Body or Arm Strength can equal the Forces generated by an average amount of Hip Action.
7. Hip Action is effortless.

"Hip action (rotate or slide or both)" is "Pivot-controlled hands" and releases "Pivot Lag (and Accumulator and Clubhead)", whereas "Hip reaction (to the hands and shoulders)" is "Hands-controlled pivot" and sustains "Pivot Lag (and Accumulator and Clubhead)".

To the eyes, the hip moves first and starts the down swing and seems like an action. But, in fact, it reacts to the actions of the shoulders and hands, despite of moving the first and seeming to start the downswing, and should be regarded as a reaction.

The reason it (or actually the knees) always moves the first is because the counterforce comes from the ground.

It moves first doesn't means you do the same way. As a matter of fact, you shouldn't.

You rotate and pull (or push), the "Law" takes care the rest, including "firing the hips".