HOW TO CLEAR YOUR HIPS/PELVIS IN THE GOLF SWING | Paddy's Golf Tip #24 | Padraig Harrington

u/Long-Assistant-895 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Hitting anything longer than a 7i, I hook the ball more often than not. Anything obvious stand out to you?”

I was in love with my big swing, and I'm not as coordinated as yourself. Tried no turn cast to load those hands .... It was great fun. Couldn't shorten, until I mastered this lesson. ▶ this video, Then Paddy showed how to give up my desire to control with the hands and ▶ this video.

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u/C0smic_sushi 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “20 HC, Want advice on backswing.”

I used to lock out the trail knee as well. This ▶ this video by Padraig Harrington really helped with that. Long story short you need to internally rotate your trail leg while rotating in the opposite direction with your torso. Keeps a sturdy base and creates a lot of torsion that will help with power

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u/95BULL 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Help with casting and/or lack of hip rotation. Any advise or drills?”

Instead of focusing on your hips rotating, focus on your right hip going straight back in the backswing and your left hip going straight back in the downswing. If you can do that correctly, your hips will naturally rotate and will keep that right hip from poking towards the ball. These two videos helped me more to understand pressure in my feet more and what the hips should actually be doing in the golf swing: ▶ …

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u/Substantial-Plenty44 2022 · r/golftips · in “Alright...let's hear it.”

▶ this video if your watch your right foot, this is the drill and footwork that really has helped me.

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u/FtWorthHorn 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Here’s what I think’s wrong with my swing, let me know if I’ve missed anything.”

I'm here for the comments because man do we have some similar issues. One feel thing that helped me with the straight leg thing was feeling that your right hip is going to be higher than your left in the backswing - once I unlocked that idea I am much more able to make a full backswing without locking the right leg. ▶ this video Start about 5 minutes in for that part, but whole thing was very useful to me for …

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u/Calm-Ingenuity2880 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “8 handicap. About to give up on ever fixing my early extension. ”

I've gotten rid of it, but it's always something you may need to work on. The chair drill is useless IMO. Sometimes EE is swing related and setup related so the brain can hit the ball, sometimes it's not, i.e. just a pattern from ground forces. These are the changes I made, but I encourage you to seek a coach to help you so you don't mess up your swing and back. 1. Number one mental change I made was to completely …

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u/rainareddits 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “How do I stop striking my irons off the toe and getting a weak ball flight?”

Hand path and arm structure in backswing are great. I think youre failing to use ground forces properly and try to generate speed with your arms and hands on the way down. Speed comes from the ground up. Check out this Padraig Harrington video about how to load into trail side on takeaway it has helped me tremendously. ▶ this video Basically right thigh needs to internally rotate more on backswing, you will feel a …

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u/VVinstonVVolfe 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Typical 5i swing and toe shank. What did I do wrong? ”

Agree - - I found Padraig harrington's video on getting the hip underneath to be super helpful. When I'm struggling I focus on his point about feeling a "pinch" in the crease of your leg around 9:00 mark ​ ▶ this video

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u/schomminator88 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips? Struggling with consistently fading/slicing my drives ”

I surprised it took me this far down to find a comment about the hips. OPs hips are still parallel to the ground through the whole swing and doesn’t turn back to the right nearly enough in the backswing. I learned how to get my back hip higher than my front in the backswing and it totally changed my whole swing. This was the video that did it ▶ this video

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u/eternalbogey 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Driver swing”

You say left heel, but I’m assuming you mean right/trail heel? If so, I have a similar issue. Came across this video from Padraig Harrington and really like what I’m seeing after implementing in practice sessions for the past month or so. Pretty counterintuitive feels, but feels and looks great on camera. ▶ this video

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u/Slow-Atmosphere9626 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Need help. Cant get consistent good contact.”

▶ this video You early extend and get stuck, i was in the dame boat. Stop trying to time it. Turn through the ball to square the face. Let your lower half do the work and keep your hands and wrists relaxed

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u/elandrieljr 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Lower Body through Impact”

Maybe ▶ this video with the hips? It was one of the ‘aha’ moments where I realized I was rotating with the hips well enough, but my lateral shift wasn’t creating the right energy nor was it pulling my core through in the way he explains it.

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