Hip SLIDE to initiate downsing

[Monty_Brown]

My favourite line from that thread is "Plenty of pros have said to me it's a good job Phil Mickelson's talented because his swing is a mess".

I'd like that kind of mess in my swing. It's an interesting thought though about big Phil's action.

 

[Slicer30]

I was being custom fit for my irons in January and was in desperate need of a decent swing. Read the Hunter Mahan article in which he encouraged the hip slide.

He gave 5 points which have stuck with me since. One fault of mine was moving everything from the waist up to the left when I slid my weight over. So my whole top half would be in front of the ball.

had to work hard on shifting the hips left but making sure the head stayed over the ball.

one of the most interesting things I found with the shift to the left and hold head position is that by the time the shift is complete my arms had naturally dropped to around my knees so I had to just push through to impact and follow through.

 

[CMAC]

and hold head position is that by the time the shift is complete my arms had naturally dropped to around my knees

that sounds a tad weird and painful