Circle The Left Knee For PROPER Leg Action And Golf Hip Turn!

Let's circle the left knee (moving out and around) as we change directions in the golf swing! Proper leg action and golf hip turn awaits.
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By properly using the legs in the golf swing, this action will set up rotation keep our left hip inside our ankle (a topic you have seen me cover before to cure sway and slide). As I work into the golf downswing, I like to feel as though my knees flex and widen out with the pressure falling into my left foot. Maybe you've also seen my Sam Snead squat videos on this topic? Watch the whole video as we discuss a couple parts that run in tandem with this subject. Enjoy!
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[@nreifer04]

Good stuff! This definitely helps sequencing as well and gets the lower body moving first. You start swinging with your legs instead of throwing your hands.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching!

[@bjohnson515]

You're the best Milo! Rotate around the trail leg in the backswing, and rotate the lead leg in the downswing...clearing hips. Hogan's kneecap rotated on that braced trail leg.....He thought he kept it pinched, but the kneecap rotated in that trail leg. And maybe the thought for the lead knee is the knee cap pointing...kinda like the logo on the glove imagery. Do you subscribe to the "spinning on the bar stool" analogy?

[@guitar1950]

a couple of comments: 1. others are commenting that this would cause an injury. I'm 71 years old and this doesn't seem to be a bad thing at all. I tried it and it works for me. 2. recently I was focusing on moving my lead hip/pocket behind me on the down swing. Circling the lead knee makes the hip move backward and increases power. thanks for posting

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Helps to begin the sequence, yes!

[@steveperry1344]

i'm 71 also and i can do and use this action too. it hasn't been bothering me a bit, i might not be doing it as fast as milo looks but i try to move the left knee and hip first, kind of leading the way. my 150 club is a 5 hybrid and i'm a 12 hdcp. and always working at it. good golfing to ya.

[@guitar1950]

@@steveperry1344 Excellent! I'm hitting my 54 degree wedge 75 - 80 yards easily. By the way, I always liked Journey! Lol!

[@adamfisher8592]

Lol I just rewatched this and heard you correctly predict brysons wrist injury. Great video

[@MiloLinesGolf]

I'm not a big fan of weak left hand grips. It's possible he injured it without swinging a club like his team says.

[@jclemish]

Was also curious what made you say that. But yeah, you’d never hold a heavier object like an axe with a weak left hand relative to the force of impact, puts to much stress on the ulna

[@593summersound]

Milo and Henry-if the pressure moves to the front part of the left foot, how do you keep the left hip back and away from the target? Keep your hip from moving toward the ball…I’m a website member and love your content!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Good question. From the top of the backswing down to lead arm parallel the body is opening and reflexing which creates the additional depth in the pelvis. It’s like going from standing straight up then dropping before you jump. When you do that your pelvis gets deeper but pressure under foot doesn’t go back to the heals

[@simmo5071]

All that jazz! Learning as fast as you put them out!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Much more on our site, but we'll do our best to put at least one video out a week. Thanks for watching!

[@simmo5071]

@@MiloLinesGolf changed almost every swing today to body (foot) initiated instead of arm swing today. Hit the ball with draw practically every shot, applaud yourself for getting me to play better.

[@themusketeer9458]

Okey, how HARD do we push? I have been doing this, but i think i havent pushed hard enough. I never understand how to actually use the legs to create power, because i push to recenter and then my body sort of drops down towards the ground, and i JUMP up to get some sort of leg power, but i never hit it further. Now i realised, maybe the speed isn't in the jump, but in the pushes to create body rotation.. is this right? That we should push pretty hard with the right leg, and then the left, to create maximum leg power?

[@wayned7702]

Milo, great video and Im a huge fan of yours and Im also living in Arizona. I have been really struggling on transitioning my back swing to my down swing with any type of athleticism type movement. I felt very awkward and usually hit behind the ball even with good rotation until I put together a few of your videos and I think I finally got it. I like to explain this to you and get your overall thoughts and maybe this could become be a good idea for a future video. First I found it was nearly impossible for me to initiate my downswing and rotate my left hip and left knee to come to the impact position while trying to keep my arms passive until I made a move that you casually said in one of your other videos. This was one of the most important keys that put the entire swing together and in sync! As I move the club back in the back swing and prior to fully coming to the top of the back swing , I made a "buggy whip" type movement with my wrist. This movement alone naturally helped me rotate my hips and knees to the left in a natural athletic movement without any type of swing thought, even before my backswing was complete. A baseball swing. The reason Im writing this long drawn out comment is that i could never make this move with stiff and rigid wrists. The wrists and the whipping motion of the wrist set it all in motion, before my backswing was complete. I hope you understand what Im trying to say. It was your casual comment in one of your videos that really help me develop this.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Yes, some softness in the wrist will allow the COM to get behind us more naturally as we turn out of the way. Good stuff Wayne! Be sure to check out our academy as well if I can help any further: milolinesgolf.com.

[@tinytoons2517]

Love da video, keep up the great work guys . .

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks!

[@canefan17]

Milo, aren't you gripping the ground with your feet (clockwise trail foot and counter clockwise lead foot) to rotate your hips open?

[@donlopezi2578]

Great video. This also seems to help with my swing path - and bringing club from inside. Does that make sense?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Sure could.

[@johnhue8933]

Milo, Was the left knee move something you were taught by a golf instructor or something you brought with you from baseball?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Baseball and something you also see in many of the greats and other athletic movements.

[@jacobr4558]

Wouldn't this motion start with the foot and end with the hip? Wouldn't there be a sequencing to it? So in other words in transition the weight gets out into the lead toe then into the lead heel then the knee starts to extend then the hip can really fire? I'm just curious cuz I don't understand how you can start turning that hip without your foot or knee doing something before that happens. Obviously I was going to feel it different but I'm just saying mathematically, mechanically

[@kcd2630]

Great Video... Can you please do a video on how to hit long iron.. 4 and 5 irons . Thank you

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Will keep it in mind, yes, thanks for watching!

[@mariomendonca7059]

Lift left heel in backswing. Then stomp left heel to start the downswing. Makes a world of difference to timing and power. Coincidentally - BD out with a wrist injury 8 months after this video came out.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Ha ha I kind of saw a wrist injury as a possibility for a myriad of reasons.

[@russtobacco9520]

I enjoy your videos and some of the tips are hard to implement. Videos featuring other amateur hackers have been enjoyable to watch and can apply to my game. My two cents.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks for the feedback, Russ! Will try and do more lesson videos in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@xemnhe5525]

Thanks so much

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Any time!

[@kangja9338]

6:42

[@mikepuzzo5959]

Thanks Milo. As a mentee of Mike Malaska, doesn’t this concept upend his concept of pushing back away from the ball vs rotating?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Mike talks about a circular push away constantly pushing away from the golf club. For me the push is always away from where the club will be not where it is.

[@johnhue8933]

Milo can you do a video on how you trained yourself to use your legs and hips so well to use the ground to create leverage. It is something you can see in your swing that you do really well and it would be great if you could go into the training you did to create that. I have noticed you bend your knees a lot at transition a video in how you train that would be a good place to start. Thanks

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Will see what we can do, in the meantime here is a video that could help kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIXRqoSChLWDfNE

[@johnhue8933]

@@MiloLinesGolf That is a good video, but I would like to know how you or anyone gets those movements deep in you like they are in you. I get the feeling those movements were already in you before you transferred to golf as your main sport. It looks to me if you get those leg, hip and pivot movements in deep the bulk of the work is done and good swing is inevitable and that is where the really important bit is.

[@swisstrader]

Good one!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks!

[@Murray75605]

Left knee replacement! Any work arounds? My knee might not be able to tolerate such a violent move.

[@izgubicu]

Why is this sound different than many of your previous videos where you're saying to squash something underneath your left heel? Now you're suggesting just to turn your left knee out?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

I don’t think you quite understood the knee circles as a byproduct of other movements. Also the pressure moves into the lead heel later (as a byproduct of continuous rotation) not first thing.

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

The kings of the "throwing the left knee" are Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead. Most people only see their front heel coming off the ground but that's not what's really happening. In order to start the downswing by throwing the left knee and thigh around in a circular motion, you have to create some weight in the knee and you do that by bending it. A straight leg has no little inertia when rotated, but a bent leg does. Throwing the lead knee is a lost art. It yanks the hips and body through the swing when done properly - simply lifting the left heel off the ground without know why is pointless. If you understand the concept you'll really feel it when you do it properly.

[@factual6591]

Gold description of the dynamics

[@youtubehandyman951]

Rotation in my swing is my biggest problem. I tried focusing on this rotation movement in yesterday’s round, but towards the end of the round my top left side of my pelvic was hurting, and this morning feels really sore. Do you think I’ve finally learned to rotate correctly and I’m really sore from never using these muscles, or maybe something else?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

I can’t give you an answer without seeing you in action.

[@sergio_lelevier]

For me, flexing the lead knee is the only way I’m able to push up the left leg on the downswing.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Yeah, we’ve have to flex before we can extend

[@mikeschick8461]

I wish they would tell you what muscles are being used to do this.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

If i told you which muscles would that make it easier to coordinate. I find most humans need to see and feel the proper movements which is why I have created a process to help people improve fast.

[@mikeschick8461]

@@MiloLinesGolf I guess it is the quads.

[@bswartz1960]

you don't believe in pushing down on that lead leg to create leverage to be able to create more speed?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Yes the push is needed but after the fall and land left. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqCmqpmCgL6MjKs

[@swisstrader]

How far is the knee rotating? In my case, my knee doesn’t swivel all that much.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

A little foot flare could help with that or you are not working into the ground in transition. Thanks for watching!

[@davecohn6407]

Maybe also slightly opening your stance by pulling back your lead foot an inch or two away from the target line

[@billenright2788]

What if your knee can take this?

[@RobertPriestEsp]

Milo you and Henry mention that the ankle can easily take the flex but as Bill above and others have indicated can the left knee handle that rotation or will the rotation move but extra stress on the knee joint?

[@555Trout]

"In reality my left leg is rotating internally...." Incredibly astute here Milo. But I highly doubt your aspiring golfer fans have any idea what you meant. Might want to expound on this. Because if they take the knee around like that while not internally rotating it's a trainwreck.

[@16treeguy]

I have absolutely flushed more golf balls with every club because of this lead knee move.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Sweet!

[@marthawilson7551]

Milo you’re the best but the combo with Henry I’m not really a fan. He seems to suck a little energy out and the dialogue between you two is mildly annoying inside baseball stuff. You have enough attitude and I mean that in a good way, you don’t need an assistant

[@patg4246]

I think they are a "Dynamic" Duo! Both work together well. Sorry to hear Martha.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

We appreciate feedback, no matter good or bad, and we will do our best to provide the best content we can and continue learning together. Thank you Martha and Pat!

[@patg4246]

@@dirt_nWater Lol

[@masonkim7]

change the title to: 'Circle the Left Knee to destroy your acl'

[@canefan17]

That's goofy. My knee naturally circles and I've never even had so much as an ache after playing golf. My guess is that if you are trying to force the movement it might cause you problems. If you make the correct pressure shifts in transition, then rest happens naturally and with no pain.

[@richgrisham]

Milo and friend, you need to invest in some public speaking lessons. I think you have a lot of great info in regards to the golf swing, however, presentation is a little on the bland side. I'm not suggesting you start having explosions in the background or rap battles, but a little personality would go a long way to in getting some more subscribers - in my humble opinion. You guys are already great, but a little razzle dazzle might just take ya to the next level of KZbin immortality.

[@kd6507]

I am suggesting explosions in the background and/or rap battles.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks for the feedback Rich. We are always looking at ways to improve our content and online academy. Viewer feedback, good or bad, is always appreciated. Thanks for watching!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Henry would have no chance at a rap battle.

[@billyt9921]

Content over presentation 👌 keep up the great work.

[@chekyerego]

I don't like B.S. I come here to watch golf instruction not Hollywood crap.