Why FIRING The Hips Might Be Hurting Your Swing

[@wobkgs]

Being an expert on the 205yd snap hook and pretty good at the 60 yd block I think he has a point.Will try these ideas tomorrow if it ever stops raining.

[@PorzakGolf]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Dude I’m just like you!

[@christabor8662]

Yup 👍. Best lessons ever thanks Adam !

[@omikenobi239]

What a beast of a coach/ instructor. I went to the range and hit the most consistent and flush shots after watching this video. No longer getting my arms stuck behind me like they have been. Utilized the hip bump and it’s been a game changer for flush shots.

[@MattSmith-kk4hp]

He's good. Everyone tells you to rotate, rotate, rotate. All that has done for me is exactly what he said and a lot of bad golf.

[@bobglorioso5422]

I was just talking about upper body rotation and keeping your back to the target as long as you can fire those arms and hands through the ball ! Sir you’re ability explain and demonstrate is phenomenal!

[@peterross8777]

Great thanks 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@philipboakes2974]

There will be some people who will never realise the quality of this teaching and still offer their advice to anyone who'll listen.

[@PorzakGolf]

I really appreciate your comment 🙏🏻

[@landonvanhorn592]

As someone who has hovered around 2 cap for the last few years, i figured out this very thing in January and played the best golf of my life. Am currently a +1 now. The words you are speaking are so right!

[@Jisooturtlerabbit]

I have been suffering the high slice drive, now I found the reason, thank you;

[@s2kane]

These swing thoughts of holding my back/shoulders to the target as long as possible has changed my game OTT. I am in play way more often from the tee and RARELY hit a slice anymore. I suffered from firing too fast which always resulted in bad contact or a slice 35-40% of the time. Basically, my swing thought now when stepping up to the tee is keep my head still and delay my shoulders. It "slows" me down and keeps my sequencing way better! Thanks.

[@justgetitdoneman]

so simple and solid... love to see a video on your thoughts with a routine and trigger ...

[@MJ-LazyBones]

Gives me cold sweats hearing that combo. High right and low left. Bad memories but now they are just memories thanks to this legend and his teaching videos!

[@PorzakGolf]

All golfer’s PTSD 🤣

[@ccfrombc]

Porzak is the king of golf instruction. No others come close. THANK YOU!!!

[@PorzakGolf]

You’re welcome!!

[@LuckyTheSaint]

3:36 now this is great advice

[@saucyjack77]

Great video. As someone who has basically learned how to play golf from KZbin (for better or worse), this channel has helped me the most. Thank you!

[@PorzakGolf]

🙌🙌🙌

[@pbode1]

Nice one, especially liked the Tiger snippet!

[@NickPage]

I literally need to watch this video a couple times a week. Straight block out to the right is such a typical miss for me and it’s always when I am being too passive with my hands. Absolutely love this video thank you man.

[@OscarGonzalez-vg3cp]

Good and really excellent video lesson. Thanks. Need to improve my driver. This video will help me, so I must go to the driving range now. Thanks

[@Pinhigh24]

You are the man Adam, been working on this a lot , great video

[@LouisMcCaffrey]

This is the perfect video for me at the perfect time. Totally confirms the issues I thought I was having. Body turns open too quick and hands and arms lag behind hence high right slice. Is it better to “feel” the weight on the lead leg or rear leg to stay centered?

[@thewarden549]

You are saving me and my driver. Thank you for the video!

[@PorzakGolf]

👊

[@ThinkingArmor]

Look forward to learning this!!!

[@JR40119]

Solid GOLD!

[@russellkoesters4501]

Awesome video explaining the reason for the high right and low left. Especially needed to be heard from a former baseball player. My question is are the same principles of the feels of hands first and not the hips used for wedges and all irons?

[@Qegurezi]

The point is great but the hips have clearly fired a fraction ahead of the arms, and hard. I get the feel vs real but the hips did contribute plenty. Having said this i will be going out doing this drill next visit to the course 😂...keep up the great content. Apart from semantics this clip is GOLD.

[@PorzakGolf]

Thank you! As far as the hips moving a fraction first…That’s not the point! I’ve been standing on a range, watching countless golfers, being told to fire their hips first who hit glancing cuts, and blocks to the right. This is because of golf instructions overall inability to teach the feeling of what the best players actually feel in order to create what actually happens. that’s the whole point to what Tiger and I are saying… the hands feel like they’re traveling first and faster from the top to remain connected and have the inside and outside horse hit the finish line together. Teaching what actually happens in the setup, the takeaway, the turn to top of the swing can be literally taught. 99 out of 100 players I work with when told to fire their hips from the top completely spin out and are way out of sequence. That’s why this instruction is so important to understand! I see the positive effects 100% of the time when I help my players understand hand speed and the importance of doing it…I then see how it actually helps people rotate their hips and open up more because they swing with freedom, don’t get stuck and have to wait for their arms and hands to have to catch up to their body!

[@Qegurezi]

@@PorzakGolf Brilliant. Keep up the fantastic work mate.

[@rodbiagtan4250]

Another amazing breakdown. Thank you!

[@LeoBeebe]

Omg i was just lost playing with driver. I can play iron wedge wood all solid and compress. But driver slice. This is really related to me. My swing is like body shift and my head was on the top of the ball / ahead of it (hitting like iron / hit down ) that cause me slice and very confuse wheres my fault. So the key is staying center while still shift weight. Dangg , thanks Coach! I will try it

[@RippleRelics]

Porzak- love the content always! Would you say technically the hands start the down swing then? I was always told it was the hips.. thanks!

[@PorzakGolf]

When you look at what literally happens, the hips start rotating first, but if you had to ask many of the best in the world what the feeling is to be able to make sure the hips and the hands work together, they would tell you that they feel their hands first and faster from the top! The problem with most golf instruction is they look at a video of a great player and try to teach what they see happening in the video, completely unaware of what it feels like for that player to actually look like that. I’ve been standing on a range teaching a lot of players for a long time who’ve been told to fire their hips first and most of them hit big glancing cuts and blocks especially with their longer clubs! Thanks for the comment and question!

[@systemoptimizer3542]

You move your hands, arms, and grip fast from the top until roughly what point before letting them decelerate? (rear hip? in front of rear leg?). What direction do you feel like your hands (or arms) move? Straight down (from where there were at the top toward the ground)? Towards a part of your rear foot or rear leg? Underneath the shoulders? Some other direction? Thanks in advance

[@ikojohansyah4363]

Thanks Adam, slow but sure my driver is now better n stable… hope later will be for wood n iron set which sometimes still have too much draw n suddenly aiming right 🤦‍♂️

[@CarltonSmith-j1b]

Your videos and instruction is the best. So clear and smart. I fire my hips as an ex-tennis player and am always stuck like your illustration. My right foot is always up and my right hip gets in the way, with my shoulders always too open at contact. Any ideas on how to stop it?

[@PorzakGolf]

A couple videos back talking about how to stop the shanks… we talk about early extension and how to rotate more in posture… even if you don’t shank it, this is a great video to show you how to not let the right hip get in the way!

[@shaynebernard]

Adam do you promote a right knee drive toward the ball at the beginning of the downswing? When you demonstrated swinging with your back to target it was a pronounced movement but i have not seen this discussed in your videos.

[@KevinGilbertDC]

Look at the replay slow motion on your first swing! You literally rotated your hips more than 90 degrees!!! ?

[@PorzakGolf]

…and that’s the point boys!!! Feel vs. real! I literally felt like I was only sending my arms and even set up to intentionally restrict the hips, and they still followed because they didn’t have to wait for my arms and hands to catch up!

[@BrentBoswellMLN]

@@PorzakGolf I have been initiating the downswing with rotation and i can strike my irons well enough, but driver is weak fade, slice, or pull hook. Resonates because everyone says don't use your hands, etc. Curious on why it doesn't impact the irons as much. I had seen a lot of videos prior that the rotation shallows the club.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Do you recommend that extra closed stance as a drill?

[@jefffifer9709]

Hi Adam, I'm 28 like a 7-8 hdc, and recently switched to your hip bump. I like the move but feel like when I do my hips get stiff some, how do I lower the pressure in the hips to get a better rotate after the hands go through? Thanks

[@PorzakGolf]

Great question! I would refer back to our previous videos talking about the hip bump, and how it unlocks your turn and the ability to rotate and what you can do wrong when bumping your hip… because if there is any restriction, it comes from just not quite doing it correctly

[@bubbajones1035]

Adam, do you have anything that shows how to use the hands for the driver swing.

[@todddavis5433]

Do you do the same thing with irons but just move the ball back in your stance so you can hit more down on the ball instead of up??

[@scottjeamel6561]

Great video as always. Given your horse race comparison i would assume you would teach the same philosophy with irons as well?

[@PorzakGolf]

Absolutely, but we find the feel of faster hands, and keeping the back to the target helps the transition with a driver the most and is necessary for a lot of players simply to remain connected in the swing.

[@mooseknuckle07]

Because of my lower back issues and injuries due to heavy labour, I have a pretty short back swing. Which leads to bad sync with the driver. Any tips for that?

[@JohnMoore-h7s]

It looks like you move your lower body more to set up a brace for your arms to actively swing the club through. Is that what you are feeling or is the lower body the trigger that starts your torso and arms through the ball? So the arms are not passively being carried through by the lower body move?

[@handeerandee]

Should we think about the back staying to the target longer only with driver, or irons and wedges alike?

[@PorzakGolf]

With the driver, the outside horse(club head) is much farther from the inside horse(body’s center) than a wedge, so naturally, a wedge swing is easier to stay connected and can feel that everything is moving together more than the driver. With the driver, this feel is much more relevant.

[@handeerandee]

@@PorzakGolf makes perfect sense. I appreciate your reply and concise teachings!

[@Rickwynne]

I am fighting this now and it’s so frustrating! I go from hitting 321 down the middle to 250 spinny heel cuts.

[@jmaltais100]

Is it possible to overdo the fast hands from the top? Like, getting them too much ahead of the body. Would that close the face too much in relation with the path? Or only if you stop rotating. You say to always be rotating, so Im assuming that in this case it’s not really possible to get the hands too much ahead? When I slow down my body and think fast hands sometimes I hit snap hooks so Im wondering if thats just me not rotating

[@tmc3980]

Yeah I do this too. My solution is short swings. Connection. You can’t rely on only the hands with a short swing.

[@PorzakGolf]

we’ve never seen anybody have their hands be too fast… if that’s what the player feels the mistake is, it is a misconception because their body has shut down through impact and as a result the player feels their arms and hands through impact hitting the ball isolated of the body. This is bc of the disconnection that happened going back or in transition. We have players say that to us sometimes and then they realize it’s never the case. Once they understand connection to the top and how to make sure their hands fire with their hips on the downswing they realize that sensation was bc the body was already out in front of the hands at some point before that!

[@jmaltais100]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation, it will help me work on this! You guys are the best

[@dansapp6619]

you mentioned in a few videos that playing golf under you is easier than around you I'm positive thats what I'm doing wrong as when I was playing well the swing felt under me. Can you explain what would cause you to start swinging around you? you also mentioned in another video of being bent over below the waist but stood up with the upper body? I'm thinking they relate but don't understand exactly what to work on?

[@PorzakGolf]

Playing golf underneath you versus playing golf around you is often dictated in the setup! When the player sits back in the heels and the upper body is too upright, they will start swinging around their body, but when they are on the balls of their feet with the shoulders tilted past the toes the player then has freedom to swing underneath them. This results in a straighter path, more square club face, and better angle of attack.

[@dansapp6619]

@@PorzakGolf Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question, I really appreciate it! your videos are extremely helpful.

[@DerhythM]

im also a person who fires hip quite fast, when i tried the back stay at target feel, my ball went push right but gain more speed, any suggestion? also should i do this feel for iron? or iron feels the hip lead still. Thank you !

[@cjschmitt4882]

I can't find a coach like this to save my life. :( Where are you? I'm in San Diego.

[@PorzakGolf]

We are in San Diego!

[@cjschmitt4882]

@@PorzakGolf Where is the sing up sheet!!!!?!?!?!?!

[@PorzakGolf]

[e-mail]!

[@cjschmitt4882]

@@PorzakGolf Thank you!!

[@bogey2528]

I feel as though I get really narrow when I fire my arms down first. Almost feels more steep, if that makes sense.

[@aslancpa]

Do you support the feeling of letting your arms feel like they drop in transition, or push hands away from you?

[@MJ-LazyBones]

The guys talk about getting your hands back to where they started. I'd say look up hand path videos with them. Personally I'd say hands out is the worst teaching on the internet. They might do that but intentionally taking your hands out is at a minimum a trip to shanksville. See what he's saying at 6:18

[@brianschultz7320]

I like the feeling of a nice patient transition with gravity taking the hands. My tendency is to rush my transition and it gets too fast. Just depends on ur tendencies.

[@PorzakGolf]

I support what they are implying but drop is not the correct word. The best players hands accelerate while the back remains to the target. This allows the hands to move down in front of the body before opening up, but just letting them drop is not the correct way as the arms and hands will still get stuck behind the body’s rotation when trying to execute based upon this terminology.

[@stanleycollymore1110]

@@PorzakGolfcan you expand on the line the hands drop down on then? Are you saying they don’t drop vertically down, more down towards 3 o’clock, if ball is at 12?

[@user-wm2zf8jp3g]

I have a hate/hate relationship with my driver! Unfortunately, I am in the lateral move camp.

[@nelsonjames1272]

Nice

[@bmartin9396]

This free advice is better than my goddamn swing coach. Thank you sir!!!

[@PorzakGolf]

🙌🙌🙌

[@stephenmiddleton8158]

Why do a lot of the top pro's appear to slide there hips quite a bit.

[@troyberghan6788]

Always wondered how far Adam can hit it😅??

[@PorzakGolf]

I can get it a little over 300. Always been very accurate which is much more of my strength!

[@LuckyTheSaint]

0:21 “definitely not turning my hips” turns his hips

[@Jackybug]

Ah at 2:12 your hips move first on the downswing.

[@xxthadeucexx]

Not rotating your body at all but your belt buckle went from almost facing the camera to almost facing the target? I get the idea but what you demonstrated was not what you said.

[@SmoothELands]

The hips will always go automatically. It's virtually impossible to not have the hips go first in a swing (despite what old golf instruction would say). It's the fact that your hips have a much shorter rotational distance to cover than your arms and hands, that most people need to feel like they start their arms and hands first. We're talking about milliseconds here.

[@xxthadeucexx]

@@SmoothELands I don't disagree at all but saying there's no rotation in a video where the rotation is readily apparent is a bit nuts.

[@SmoothELands]

@@xxthadeucexx I suppose language wise it's a bit misleading, I agree with you there. I think it's more the feeling he's describing. Rewatching that segment his hip only rotates back a couple of inches. At any rate, I wouldn't swing like that for fear of what it would do to my back lol.

[@PorzakGolf]

…and that’s the point boys!!! Feel vs. real! I literally felt like I was only sending my arms and even set up to intentionally restrict the hips, and they still followed because they didn’t have to wait for my arms and hands to catch up!

[@xxthadeucexx]

@@PorzakGolf Oh Adam, just go back to being a great instructor and leave the KZbin comments to us mere mortals. You know we're gonna have something to say about everything. 🤣

[@andreasjuchelka6063]

First third time 😃😃😃

[@PorzakGolf]

Keep it going!!

[@Blue_Dun]

Is it just me or is this contradictory to your previous teaching videos

[@rustyhoops]

Was thinking the same🤔

[@PorzakGolf]

Not at all! Connection…inside horse(body) and the outside horse (club) …the feel vs real of what it takes to have them synced up!

[@Blue_Dun]

From the "How to Open the Hips Through Impact" video: “Left pocket reaching its deepest point, to where it couldn't rotate anymore, before I even hear the sound of the golf ball.” This is no way an "I gotcha" question and I hope it doesn't come off that way. I genuinely want to understand and hope you can bring more clarification

[@PorzakGolf]

@Blue_Dun simply means get your hips opened up for somebody who spends their entire downswing facing the ball with their lower body

[@Blue_Dun]

@@PorzakGolf ok. So this video is for those doing the opposite. It's really relative to where you are individually in terms of sequence. I'm really studying this because I have issues getting my hips "out of the way." And I've been working on that concept from the video I referred to, which has sort of thrown off my upper body movement and club face control. 👍🏻 Thanks again, appreciate it