Laterial hip movement 'v' sway?

[vp27519]

Just reading the latest Aust Golf Digest. I am currently experiencing problems with weight transfer especially with my woods.

I have noted in both the instruction and Tiger sections' a solution, ie, a slight laterial hip movement to the left (I'm r/handed) to coincide with the start of the down swing.

I'm a bit confused. I used to sway and now have fixed the problem. Tiger says not get laterial movement confused with hip sway.

Can you clarify?

vp

[LowPost42]

Re: Laterial hip movement 'v' sway?

Hi VP,

What Tiger (and VJ, and a host of others) are referring to is a slight hip bump towards target.

So, the sequence would go:

Backswing: Turn
Downswing: Hip bump, followed by turn.

Now a bump is a far, far cry from a slide.

Usually with a slide, the player slides the hips backward on the backswing, often getting the hips outside the trailing foot. Then they slide forward and hit at the ball.

With a bump, there is NO SLIDE on the backswing, and just a tiny, tiny movement forward. It could probably also be described as 'unwinding the hips first' - which will feel like a bump or tiny tiny slide forward.

[Simon Woo]

Re: Laterial hip movement 'v' sway?

I'd have interpreted the difference simply based on the upper body. If upper body moves along with the hip, it's a sway/slide. If upper body doesn't move along with the hip, it's a bump.