Making a Good, Full, Hip Turn in the Backswing

[chrisd]

Go down the beach, pick up a pebble and throw it in the sea.

About that much.

That's easy for me Bob as I only live 15 mins from the coast, but what about someone living in Birmingham?

 

[One Planer]

Go down the beach, pick up a pebble and throw it in the sea.

About that much.

While I think the analogy is great, wouldn't the amount of turn depend on how far you want to throw the pebble?

I.E If I wanted to throw it 20 yards, there would be little turn. If I wanted to try and hit the French coast it would be a much bigger turn.

The main reason I started this tread was very simple. You often hear the words "Make a good hip turn" or "Make a full hip turn" or "Your hip turn isn't big enough", but what actually constitutes making a good hip turn? And the vice versa of not making one big enough?

The answers so far have been great :thup:

 

[bobmac]

If you dont sway, you will turn.
If you turn too much with a locked right leg, the shaft will get across the line and point to the right. Not ideal.
Keep the right knee flexed and turn into it but not too far as you could risk injury.

 

[bobmac]

That's easy for me Bob as I only live 15 mins from the coast, but what about someone living in Birmingham?

There's always one and it's always you :angry:

 

[Foxholer]

While I think the analogy is great, wouldn't the amount of turn depend on how far you want to throw the pebble?

I.E If I wanted to throw it 20 yards, there would be little turn. If I wanted to try and hit the French coast it would be a much bigger turn.

The main reason I started this tread was very simple. You often hear the words "Make a good hip turn" or "Make a full hip turn" or "Your hip turn isn't big enough", but what actually constitutes making a good hip turn? And the vice versa of not making one big enough?

The answers so far have been great :thup:

Surely the analogy holds up for all distances! For short shots (or throws), you don't need much hip-turn, but for 'full' swings (and throws) you need a 'full' turn.

 

[One Planer]

Surely the analogy holds up for all distances! For short shots (or throws), you don't need much hip-turn, but for 'full' swings (and throws) you need a 'full' turn.

Is there an echo in here :ears:

 

[CMAC]

how much 'hip turn' does Iron Byron have

 

[dsanders9944]

Hi Gareth

As a typical rule of thumb you should turn your hips 45 degrees around your torso. I would never reccomend you try to restrict your hip turn. Also pay attention to the axis your hips are turning on. When you turn back make sure the trail hip is turning on a steep enough angle and not turning flat as this could cause a flat shoulder turn and make you lose your spine angle through out the swing.