Keeping your lower body still.
- Use 2 ¾ inch tees barely put in ground.
- Tee up ball forward in stance at left heel or toe. ( Right handed golfers)
- Put outside of feet at shoulder width.
- Straighten right foot. Do not toe out right foot. Left foot is OK to toe out a little.
- Take club straight back, low and slow.
- Initiate down swing at the ball with your upper...
How to have a stable lower body in the golf swing?
Jan 10, 2021 · Jack Nicklaus said golf is played "inside the feet"—meaning your weight should be stacked over your feet during the swing. There are a number of drills desi...
Do you have over active or quiet legs when you swing?
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How do you Keep Your Knees stable on a golf swing?
Jan 13, 2021 · How To Keep Your Lower Body Quiet In The Golf Swing. Jack Nicklaus said golf is played “inside the feet” — meaning your weight should be stacked over your feet during the swing. There are a number of drills designed to quiet the lower …
How do your hips affect your golf swing?
Jan 21, 2013 · Keeping your lower body still. 1. Use 2 ¾ inch tees barely put in ground. 2. Tee up ball forward in stance at left heel or toe. ( Right handed golfers) 3. Put outside of feet at shoulder width. 4. Straighten right foot. Do not toe out right foot. Left foot is …
What is the best part of a swing?
One component of the perfect swing is quiet hips on the backswing. Your hips—the core pillar of your body—are the ultimate source of power and body control in your swing. How you use them will have an enormous impact on the overall result of your swing.
Why do you have to keep your hips in position on the backswing?
Keeping your hips in position during the backswing will also allow for longer, straighter drives and fairway shots. Proper hip control allows you to explode through the ball at the point of impact with your entire body on the downswing.
How to prevent a ball from slicing?
Keeping your hips closed and minimizing their movement during the backswing will prevent the awkward motion throughout the rest of your body that, in general, will send your ball slicing away from you.
How to get your clubhead back?
To practice this, use a piece of tape to fashion a straight line on the ground in front of you. Straddle the line with your nose directly over it, and practice bringing your clubhead back in a smooth, easy motion. Is your nose still directly over the line? If it's not, it's likely that you've allowed the unnecessary movement in your hips to throw your upper body—and ultimately your head at the top—out of alignment. Try again, but this time, be sure to keep those hips quiet.
How to practice backswing?
To practice this, use a piece of tape to fashion a straight line on the ground in front of you.
What does it mean to master a swing?
Mastering the perfect swing means nailing down many different components one by one—and then putting them all together in harmony to send your ball its farthest and straightest.
How does opening your hips work?
Opening your hips forces your weight to your front foot. If your weight is focused primarily on the front foot, you will have to shift your weight back and then forward again in order to drive properly through the ball.
How to play quiet golf?
The following is a step-by-step overview of what we call QUIET GOLF. 1. Use 2 ¾ inch tees barely put in ground. 2. Tee up ball forward in stance at left heel or toe. ( Right handed golfers) 3. Put outside of feet at shoulder width. 4.
What should your left shoulder feel when hitting a golf ball?
7. At impact of ball your left shoulder should feel a little shrugged to help you keep square to the target and your right heel should be on the ground or no more than one inch off the ground. Remember we are trying to eliminate pushing off the right foot, which causes your hips and lower body to slide prematurely to the left during your down swing.
What is a feel swing?
Feel verses Technical: The first is a Feel Swing: This golf swing has a lot of motion during the entire swing. The lower body is in full motion during the down swing and relies on your ability to control and coordinate all that motion so that it meets up at the ball at the right time. An example of a Feel Golfer is John Daly.
What is technical swing?
Technical Swing: This swing has very limited lower body motion. That doesn’t mean that you don’t take a full swing, just that your lower body, starting with your feet, doesn’t fire, jump and push ahead of your upper body. This swing is a controlled swing. It looks effortless. It looks Quiet.
How is power created in golf?
Not to get too scientific but power is created by resistance, compression and velocity. By staying connected to the ground and eliminating all the unnecessary motion that most golfer mistakenly think is important, accuracy and power is created.
How to hit straight and long?
Not out in front of your left hip. The more you slide your hips to the left during your swing the more difficult it will be to hit straight and long.
Gadster
I've been golfing for 2 year this past March. I bought clubs and immediately hired a Pro. I take lessons every 4 - 6 weeks and practice almost daily. I skipped my last lesson because I thought I was hitting pretty good. As a matter of fact, I've done nothing but work on getting my clubhead speed up at this indoor practice facility.
KMeloney
Wait... By keeping the lower body quiet, does he mean that he wants you to stop SLIDING your hips forward (as opposed to turning them)? Is that your problem? (Do you come into the ball steeply and hit a lot of pop-ups with your driver?)
mikpga
Here is a drill which may help develop the sensation of 'quieting the lower body'...
Gadster
Not sure if my problem is the same as yours by the description (it get so complicated translating back to right-handed) but this week my instructor told me to practice swinging with a basket ball between my knees and not letting it fall to help me keep my lower body more quiet.
bigpopper81
Not sure if my problem is the same as yours by the description (it get so complicated translating back to right-handed) but this week my instructor told me to practice swinging with a basket ball between my knees and not letting it fall to help me keep my lower body more quiet.
scores
You need to initiate the swing with your lower body but to quiet it you will need to shorten your swing.
iCollector
My teacher wanted me to quiet my lower body, in the sense that I keep from turning my hips too soon (and ultimately too much) in my backswing.
How to keep your knees stable in golf?
Next, try using a range basket or ball such as a soccer ball to help keep your knees stable. Place the basket between your knees and keep the front of the basket pointing at your golf ball while you coil your shoulders on the backswing. Make sure to keep your feet flat on the ground.
What is the job of the lower body during a backswing?
During the backswing your lower body's job is to provide a stable base for which the upper body can coil around. The legs and hips should be reactive, reacting to the coil of the upper body. They should not be proactive and move on their own.
Why are your feet and legs important?
We get a lot of energy and force for our golf swing from the ground. For this reason your feet and legs are important power transmitters. The key is to use them in the right way. Like everything else in life, too much of something can backfire. This couldn't be more true of the legs in the golf swing. Sure we need to move our legs and drive them ...
How to keep your knees stable when playing soccer?
This means your hip sockets should be inside of your knees and your knees inside of your ankles. Next, try using a range basket or ball such as a soccer ball to help keep your knees stable.
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Is golf played on your feet?
Or perhaps you heard Jack Nicklaus say golf is played inside your feet. Either way, skilled players know that it's important to not sway side to side outside of your stance and to keep grounded during the golf swing.
Do you fire your hips on a downswing?
Remember on the downswing you do want to fire your hips, but then they need to slow so the upper body and club can accelerate through. If you are having big problems with overactive legs on the downswing check out our section called Diagnosing Problems for drills to help correct this.
Caddyshack
Does anyone have any good drills for keeping the lower body steady? i have been working on getting more width in my swing and as a result i have started sliding the hips (there is always something!!) also it feels like my back leg is movinig which i know is not good... any suggestions to stop this?
Caddyshack
yes i mean on the backswing, sorry i should have put that in there , thanks for the tip
brgolf
Put a bucket between the legs, don't touch it with the left leg on the backswing. Put a chair with its back facing the right side of your body. Move your weight over the chair but don't touch it by incorrectly sliding your hips. I look for genuine tension in the muscles on the left side of my chest at the top of the backswing.
PingGKEN
I always felt that the "feet together drill" helped to keep things quiet and keep you in balance. My instructor gave me that as a drill to practice when he saw my hips flying around throwing me off balance.
soloredd
I always felt that the "feet together drill" helped to keep things quiet and keep you in balance. My instructor gave me that as a drill to practice when he saw my hips flying around throwing me off balance.
enduro
I always felt that the "feet together drill" helped to keep things quiet and keep you in balance. My instructor gave me that as a drill to practice when he saw my hips flying around throwing me off balance.
Zeph
I like working on the feeling that I'm rotating around the tips. Not moving the body out, but pivoting on the hips. Feet together drill is kind of strange at first, but it's a good drill if you get it down.
What are the forces that golfers should know about?
There are three forces that golfers should know and understand: Horizontal (pressure shift from side-to-side), Vertical (up and down pressure shift) and Rotational (movement around your body).
What are the forces that drive a long driver of a golf ball?
Long drivers of the ball have large amounts of all of these, especially what is considered vertical and rotational forces . What these opposite and equal actions and reactions create in the golf swing is lots of torque and twisting.
Why is it bad to use your lower half?
The problem with using your lower half to generate all of your power is that it effectively compromises your form which erodes your consistency. I am all for getting the correct kinetic link but it doesn’t require as much twisting and spinning as you might imagine. In my experience it is golfers who are leg driven that hit it all over the planet and it is those that are top half and arm driven that are far more consistent.
Why do students have to add vertical force to their swing?
The biggest problem I see when students try to add a lot of vertical force into their swing is that they “early extend” or straighten their body as they move the club into impact. In their effort to hit the ball harder they compromise their hitting position leaving no room for the arms to swing into. Pushing up with your feet and then trying to stay over with the body don’t really go together.
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