Right Knee Lock - How to Keep the Flex in your Right Knee

u/a2united111 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Appropriate hip movement? Any advice for executing consistently?”

Yes. Keeping flex in your right knee is critical and the reply above is correct that this is the death move. It is not uncommon and it is fixable but you can't lock a leg and make a consistent athletic move with weight transfer. This video explains it quickly and well and gives some advice for how to fix it: ▶ this video

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u/Smash_Factor 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Slow motion swing”

Golf should be a lot of fun for you with a swing like that. Only thing I can see is that you might want to maintain the flexion in your right knee during the backswing. Looks like you're straightening it to basically a locked position. You don't want to do that because it will spin your hips too far and out of sync. Keep the flexion. You can give up a little, but don't lock out the knee. ▶ this video

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u/Only-once-2024 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Third month golfing… I feel good but can’t stop swinging OTT”

It should have a little flex imo but there are people who straighten it but the they immediately flex it to start the downswing. The downswing should be instigated by the lower body and weight transfer. This means pushing off your right leg and getting your weight moving forward through the swing which is hard to do with a locked out back knee. Try jumping with straight legs. It is really difficult. What ends up …

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u/paradigmapc 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Why does my swing look so weird”

Keep your right knee flexed on your backswing. You’re just locking your knee to mimic a turn, but loosing all power and connection, which makes you just hit it with your arms and thus making it look weak. ▶ this video

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