SEPARATE THE HIPS IN THE DOWNSWING FOR LONGER DRIVES
2 golfers recommended it · ✓ 1 said it fixed their problem · 2025–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains separating the hips from the shoulders in the downswing for longer drives.
Why golfers recommend it
- Hips initiate downswing sequence
- Shoulder-hip separation video helped my wrists
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
2 comments from Reddit
u/MickeyKae 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “What’s Next?”
Basically. One thing that helped me establish flow-ier wrists was to learn about shoulder-hip separation. Here's a video that walks through it, but essentially I instinctively held stiff wrists in my downswing to correct what was going wrong with my shoulder/hip disassociation (or lack thereof). Once I figured out keeping them disassociated, there was no need for a rigid grip, as the club traveled on a much more …
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u/Natural-Albatross997 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “God I need help. Someone tell me how to stop hitting short slices.”
Your sequencing is off. This makes the path difficult to manage and reduces power. The hips, independent of the chest, need to initiate the downswing. The arms are next, and the chest starts only as it gets pulled through. At that point you rotate as hard as you want but gotta go in the right order. Video below, but you can also look up drills to separate hip turn in the golf swing to find a bunch of helpful videos …
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