[Daryl]

so your saying that the hips are controlling the left knee snapping then? cause ive found, if you dont swing with your feet, or kind of "plant" into the ground, golfs going to be alot harder.

All the great hitters have that squat, or at least most of them do. them kind of lowering down and then the hips spinning. In my swing, i can get the lower part...i kind of squat and turn, and my leg almost snaps straight, i can feel the sensation, but then it doesnt snap all the way. I must be doing something way wrong becuase, again, w players like AK, the leg is extended PRIOR to impact. So if he gets it straight that quickly, and i cant even do it post impact, i must have a big gap in my motion...i should upload my swing soon

AK doesn't straighten the Left Knee before Impact. Watch any of his Face-on video in slow-mo and you'll see his Left Knee straightening through the Impact interval as his Hips almost face the Target. His Hip Turn causes the Knee to straighten. The bent knee allows his hips to turn. As the Turn progresses, the less bent the knee becomes.

This is an example of Homer Kelley's "Standard Hip Turn" modified by the "Right Anchor" "Knee Action".

His Left Hip rotates away from the Target Line as his right hip travels down the line because AK Pivots around the inside of his Right Leg. His "un-centered" Pivot (ala Ben Hogan and AKA Homer Kelley's "Right Anchor") gives his Left Hip a wider range of motion than his Right Hip. His Left leg becomes straight as the distance increases between his left hip and left foot. This is very noticeable in any Down-the-line view of his swing. Notice that his Hip Turn is level-ish compared to Tigers (tigers is more slanted). Tiger uses muscular effort to "Snap" the Left Knee straight at Impact. Purposely straightening the Left Leg causes his left Hip to rise which causes his Hip Turn to truncate. A few years ago, Tiger said he used that procedure when he wanted a little extra yardage ( ya, that seems to be working).

Tigers Right Hip seems to "run into" his left hip. The Right Hip of AK and BH flow down the Target Line in-line with their right foot because their Left Hip clears out of the way.


Here's a little quote from the Ben Hogan book.

THE DOWNSWING. The shoulders finally catch up with the Hips at the end of the swing.

As regards the legs, a great many golfers think that classical style prescribes that, at impact and throughout the follow-through, the left leg should be as straight as a stick. Definitely not. If you keep your left leg straight, you prohibit your hips from making their full turn and restrict the whole free flow of your body.