Peter and I got together in the Atlanta Airport earlier this year. I was headed out west for our LBG Academy at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort and he was headed down south to Miami for a cruise with his daughter. Knowing that our paths were crossing, we made this meeting happen 'on purpose.'
We had a couple of hours together -- enough to get to know one another and still talk a lot of golf -- and determined that there should be more to come.
Would a pre hip bump (1-2" left hip bump at address) with a centered head be an acceptable option for pre clearing the right hip? I've been fooling around with it at my practice net with good results. Feels a little stack and tiltish. Seems impossible to hit fat.
Would a pre hip bump (1-2" left hip bump at address) with a centered head be an acceptable option for pre clearing the right hip? I've been fooling around with it at my practice net with good results. Feels a little stack and tiltish. Seems impossible to hit fat.
Very, very acceptable.
Now, could you practice that 10,000 times so that you'll never ever forget it?
Would a pre hip bump (1-2" left hip bump at address) with a centered head be an acceptable option for pre clearing the right hip? I've been fooling around with it at my practice net with good results. Feels a little stack and tiltish. Seems impossible to hit fat.
Daryl is the man, and certainly doesn't need my approval.
I feel compelled to add that his answer was perfect. I was lucky enough to spend a day with YODA this summer, and we worked on that very thing. You may have a little hip bump, in fact YODA recommends it for hitters, and still maintain hands controlled pivot.
Kevin
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Would a pre hip bump (1-2" left hip bump at address) with a centered head be an acceptable option for pre clearing the right hip? I've been fooling around with it at my practice net with good results. Feels a little stack and tiltish. Seems impossible to hit fat.
Do you mean you are pre setting or turning the right hip with an additional sliding of the hips towards the target? Or just the slide without the turn back? Yoda does the latter with mid irons anyways. If my memory serves me correctly he described it as being a 10-9-C Half and Half Address Position where the Body is in its Impact position and the Hands are in their Standard Address position and condition (bent right , flat left). Something he has added to my game as well. From there I personally clear the right hip prior to startup, actively, early, forcefully.
Another thing on right hip clearing from Yoda. You have to do it twice! You turn the right hip back prior to or during Startup, then in Startdown you need to Slide the hips towards the target with a Delayed Hip turn to clear even more room for the Right Elbow. 10-14-B SLIDE HIP TURN. There are Trigger Delay advantages to this too as the Right Elbow not only has an inside path to the ball but can also now be pulled by the Pivot or Shoulders into a deep position near or in front of the ball prior to any elbow unbending.
Per 12-3-0, point 13, the last point in Section 3 Adjusted Address. "Forward Press-Clear Right Hip". RFT isnt until point 17 in Section 4 Startup. Point 24, the last point of Section 6 The Top and prior to Section 7 Startdown reads "Clear Right Hip". So its in there twice and they are slightly different to my understanding.
I hope Yoda corrects me if I have misrepresented any of his teachings.
I am talking about taking my address with a 1-2" hip bump and centered head. So this would be something I would do in my setup.
That alone would not be a cleared right hip to my mind. But you can/should turn the right hip back from there quite nicely to get er done. Either prior to or during Startup.
Research "Hula Hula" for the relationship between Hip movement and a steady head. Im thinking that for a steady head the tailbone or hips need to move and vice versa. A steady tailbone can often lead to a moving head during full powered swings. The body swings the club and the club and its momentum swings the body.....so something has to give at full power to counter balance things. If you make it your tailbone via Hip Action then the Head can be steadied easier. Its sort of like one end of the pivot or body has to be anchored, ideally the Top, the Pivot Center, the Head commonly.
You can feel this if you do a swing with your butt up against a wall or door jam. When it holds its position things dont want to work properly. The hips need to move.
When you get your Hip Action happening you can then add some Right Hip Clearing to promote Arc or Angle of Attack compliance, an inside to out Delivery Path of the Hands. Two different concepts that work so well together in better swings. Like in this example below.
Hybrid Mode
