Key takeaway: if you load the backswing correctly, you will be able to get the left hip out of the way without the right hip moving towards the ball. This is mind blowing, how are are you the only person explaining this on YT? By far the most thorough instructor perhaps ever!

@Russell - 4:35 to 4:45 perhaps the GREATEST golf instruction in the history of golf. I'm serious, it literally changed everything in my understanding of initiating the downswing and pelvis activation for proper rotation. I stood for 10 minutes attempting to do this move and activated muscles I never knew I had, breathing hard by the time I got done. Bloody excellent, if I may borrow a little English. All the best from TEXAS!!

Fantastic!!!! I am between a 1 & 4 hcp and fortunate to live by Pebble Beach to take lessons at Pebble Beach Golf Academy. No Golf Instructor except Laird Small (top 50 instructors in the US) and NOW Russell has been able to describe the way your hips are suppose to work and feel in a golf swing. WATCH this guy's lesson - we all will learn something!!!!!!

Wow! You did it again Russell, said something so profound and correct that it literally knocked me out of my seat. At 2:35 -- The reason you put so much pressure on the back foot is because it gives you the ability to pull the lead hip back without firing the back hip! That's why I watch every video you make. Thank you, sir.

After years of frustration I have just recently come to understand the relevance of truly loading the right hip for the purpose of being able to initiate an effective transition. Bravo to you and your great lessons. Pullo 8

I watched this when you first uploaded it and was a bit overwhelmed and couldn’t understand the concept you described. Came back to it today and it clicked instantly. I feel like I finally understand the movement that has eluded me for a decade. Time to go to the range! Thank you!

Hello Russell, in my opinion this video explains a VERY IMPORTANT concept for everyone that has sufferd from early extension as myself. What I have noticed is, it also increases the probability to finish stacked over the left foot in a well balanced manner.

Bottom line is you are a great teacher unbelievable clarity I think you might be a genius

I really like the way Russel focuses on the fundamental problem(s) that cause a bad swing and most of them are in the back swing. You have helped me improve my swing greatly.

AMAZING! for the last few years I've been trying in vain to gain a thorough understanding of the kinematic sequencing of the body in the swing...IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE NOW!!!! SINCERE THANKS for your videos...YOU'RE creating an understanding of the swing here that will help/enhance every golfer who takes the time to understand and implement what you teach! THANK YOU

Russell, Angel from Texas your videos are a game a changer I'am 65 only been playing a year I have seen a big improvement in my game thumbs up to you

I've watched a lot of Russell's videos on hip turn.... for some reason.. I kept trying to activate the turn with my right hip instead of pulling with the left hip... Today.. Russell reiterated it's a pulling back of the left hip... and a light just tutned on at the range.. I know i'm just in the honeymoon phase of this change.. but I finally started to feel the clearing of my hips.. while keeping my chest over the ball with improved posture.. Thanks Russell !!!

You are so consistently hitting the nail with a sledgehammer. Keep up the good work

I have taken so many lessons and tried everything to eliminate early extension, this was the the video and help that helped my finally eliminate this. Although everyone says try to keep your tush aligned to the line no one has ever given the tip to try and purposefully keep the hip back when starting the downswing. That tip has accelerated my swing to the next level finally!

Your explaination is so perfect, it just solves all the questions that I had!

You continue to amaze. In all my years of taking lessons no one ever explained or identified early extension issues with me. After seeing previous videos I've managed to strike the ball much better and now know just how critical the role of the hips are.

such good teaching, i wish everyone could see this

This is what I have been missing in my understanding of the down swing! I have been trying to properly shallow the club and get the trail elbow in the correct position. This hip movement done correctly takes care of all of that. Thank you very much!

this is so perfect. have to practice and spend the sweat equity in doing this. Hips are so important. i think it is the one thing to master and everything else will come together

I cant thank you enough. Seriously. Everything makes so much sense now that ive understood why i need to separate and what loading up is actually for. Please dont ever stop making videos ;)

The most comprehensive and best explained golf instruction I’ve seen on the internet so far. A big fan,Russell.

Have to add something here after reading the comments. I agree, it's lile russell is spilling all the beans for free that other instructors wont tell you. I just cant believe he is the only person to explain it that way.

Best video I've seen about hips how to create seperation. I had been for lessons and watched numerous videos but nobody explained it like this. After watching this video I'm able to create separation. Keep up the excellent videos Russell 👍

I have been working on this hip movement relentlessly for a few weeks now before seeing this video and the improvement to my game finally being able to transition with a lower body feeling first has been significant, thank you for the video it has check pointed my positions nicely. This is the BEST explanation I have seen on this rotation movement - thanks Russ! :)

Finally - you have demystified this concept for me. I did not understand the importance of right leg loading and how it plays into the start of the down swing . thank you

This helped tremendously with my early extension! No more heel shots. Well explained and thorough. Subscribed.

Your videos are fabulous! Your golf swing is amazingly graceful and when you perform it, I try to watch it over and over (trying to visualize and copy in my own practice sessions)...which brings me to my point. Back in the 70's (the days of VCR's and VHS...I'm dating myself) a video called Neuromuscular Training GOLF with Al Geiberger was produced. I found it immensely helpful to watch prior to playing a tournament or before even a casual round of golf when time allowed. If you are unfamiliar with it, it was simply about a 30 minute or so tape in which Geiberger's swing was shown over and over and over in down the line view followed by face on view with soft music playing quietly in the background to kind of match up with his swing tempo...not a word spoken in the video. It showed him hitting about an 8 iron ( I think) at first from the two views, followed by the same process with a Driver swing. It started out in SUPER slow motion with each succeeding video of the exact same swing speeding up very slightly until the final view of that swing being in full speed. Again, he did this first in down the line view and then face on view...first with an iron then with a Driver. The theory being that you could watch in SUPER slow motion the precise movements of the golf swing and gradually end up at full speed which got implanted in your brain/muscles. I found it to be immensely helpful when applying his moves/tempo to my own swing. I'm not saying you duplicate the tape in it's entirety (could almost lull you into sleep), but I would love to view your swing in that SUPER slow-mo continuing on to full speed...maybe in just a 10 minute video. Again, I find your swing to be as good as any I have seen or studied from even the best players in the game. You don't have to have the background music (though it was a nice rhythm) but I would love to view/immulate your moves/tempo. Judging from some of the other comments from your followers, I think they would also enjoy and gain benefit from seeing more swings from you in this manner. Thanks for sharing your knowledge...extremely helpful!!!

Good job Russ. From Your student Dave in Alaska.

Your videos on hip turn are extremely good and so informative. Excellent content

This is absolutely gold! I was finding rotation hard because I had more weight on my left side than I should have. You hit the nail square on the head. Thanks Russell!!!

Excellent lesson. Thank you

Great easy to understand instruction. Never really understood how the hips should work before this & your other videos on hip rotation. Thanks

Best way I've ever heard it explained. Thank you!!

Really Great video today Russ. Makes so much sense and really drills it home just how important that part is. I’ll be working on that consistently and make that pretty much the only mindset for a bit. Will update you next week

Russell, this is incredible information!!! I agree with Vegard. It feels like you are revealing the inner most secrets of golf to us. Thank you for sharing and making it so easy to understand.

This is such a helpful video Russell. So clearly explained. Thank you.

I didn't fully understand this video but went out and played a round trying to get that hip feeling on the backswing. To be honest I still don't understand why it works but my shots were longer and straighter. Played my usual club on our first hole (par 3 ) and went 20yds past the green. It worked for the entire round and I came in with 39 points. It worked best with the driver, pulled a few left a little but absolutely zero fade. I'm playing off 12.

This was a good explanation right hip depth will allow left hip depth . I like it thanks

Fantastic again - the best instruction video I have seen on hip movements. Thank You so very much..

@Russel Heritage you are ahead of the game bra. Underrated!

Great explanation thanks, now the bigger challenge putting it into practice.

So much sense again. Beautiful explanation

You make so much sense Russell gonna try this tomorrow 5hankylu👍👍🏌🏻‍♀️

Great explanation

This is so to the point, something I have always wanted to know more about: How do you work your hips (among other factors) to get a balanced, centered and powerful golfswing? It´s like you are revealing some inner secrets. Just wish I was thirty years younger and had the flexibility to fully explore these ideas. Thanks!

Brilliant video Russell, these correct movements are starting to sink in!

Makes sense hopefully I will,aster this skill.

Awesome video as always Russell! After over 20 years, I finally now know why my swing is great at times then goes bad and takes me awhile to find it again. It's because of what you just pointed out. Ensuring I get weight onto the back side. Everything can look the same in swing, but internally it is not without the added weight. Can't thank you enough! Cheers, and keep up the great work! P.S. I plan on sending you a video shortly of my swing to analyze. Maybe I can show two swings; one with weight on the trail leg and one without giving you a demonstration from an amateur that would be useful in your teaching or showing how your channel actually is helping making us better golfers!

Brilliant video, it is totally covering the issues I have. Thanks Russell

Fantastic advice,clear and concise and hopefully will work like a dream when I hit the range later👍🏻

Brilliant tutorial and coaching, thank you Russell

Super lesson Russell, thank you!

Gem video! Thank you!!

Hiya Russell Thanks for another very useful video I must admit I'm suspecting you're watching my swing because you pinpoint my major fault. I am a slider of the hips and inevitably end up ahead of the ball at impact with no clearance of my left hip This results in either a block thanks to an open cubface, a fat because of the steep attack into the ball or a smother when I try to save the shot with my hands. I must admit I was unaware of the problem created in my right hip by not loading my right leg/foot so I will get on the practice tee tomorrow and give your suggestion a go. Watch this space

Very good , good explanation

Defo the new GG buddy keep up the good work 👍👍👍

You are incredible!!!! Thanks

Great explanation; I would add really helpful for me (per Faldo) is to feel the tension in quads at address, weight “alive” on balls of feet and the feel of pulling right hip back so am rotating around my spine and feel I am sitting on my right hip/thigh lastly a 3/4 backswing as I am terrible at over rotating and nothing good happens then………. Those are my feels. Ps am a 9 handicap

You mention separation in the video. Is this the idea of the hips rotating independently first, then the upper body? Great video

Great instruction, keep up the great content, very helpful 🏌🏽

Your one of favorite online golf instructors....I am interested in what you think about this new teaching called Stack and Tilt....

Outstanding Info! 🥃👍

I've recently noticed that I've had trouble in this area. The key for me has been allowing my left knee to move out and back in my backswing, which then puts it in a position where I can initiate the downswing with my left knee and hip with a rotation. I've been thrusting my hips forward, causing the dreaded sh... sh.. shank, in addition to flipping the club.

Excellent!

Russ, when the pivot for the hips becomes the right hip (area) because of the pressure you mentioned we should create in the R hip, I can see how one can rotate the L hip back (counterclockwise) without rotating the R hip toward the ball. BUT does not the shifting of one's mass and weight toward the target move the pivot point more towards the middle of your torso (hips). Question is when should one start to pivot in relation to shifting one's weight toward the target?

Russell any chance you can put all this videos on the hips during the swing in one accessible playlist?

Perhaps it might be a good idea to think of the beginning of the rotate move as beginning at least to rotate around the right hip keeping it from moving toward the ball.

👍🏼 good job

Your all over it Russell. The Chicken or Egg question becomes What is driving the the Left Hip Back? Clearly most people would say it's the legs, but what if you maintained as much Internal pressure as possible and used your Core/Left Lat and created Lumbar Lordosis and Lateral Side Bend. Examples might be Jamie Sadlowski and Cameron Champ and many others.

I use the v1 app and Adam Scott is on there When comparing my swing to his and right hip positions his right hip is about 8” closer to the ball relative to address where my hip is back to where it was at address at impact. His hips are more open also. Maybe I’m focusing on the incorrect thing but keeping the hip back doesn’t seem as beneficial for me.

Question: To prevent the right hip from early extension, how important is it to both slide toward the target (slightly) and get the left hip lower than the right hip (making a "downhill golfswing" as I have heard it called) early in the swing?

Will appreciate small talks but show motions with full swing

Super video

My question is when right hip is on chair how are you getting weight shift slightly?

Russell: Do you feel the weight staying on rear foot as you move lead hip back? Thank you!

Are you pulling left hip back while you still have majority of weight on right side?

Hi Russ Another excellent video. l have been following your videos on correct hip rotation for some time and trying to implement this technique and and then videoing it for feedback and self analysis - some of these videos l have sent to you. l find at times that when loading on the right hip and then starting the downswing l tend to "spin out" quickly onto the left side and loosing balance and rhythm. l'm not sure if this is because l'm swinging too hard to hit the golf ball (l do cross the line at the top), sequencing, etc but the timing gets lost somewhere - particularly on the golf course under pressure. You make it look so easy with your slow rhythmic golf swing which never misses. Could speed, rhythm, incorrect sequencing be a killer in the correct hip rotation? Is there such a thing as the "correct speed" in a golf swing or do you err on the side of swinging slowly rather than fast or doesn't it matter? Interested in your thoughts.

when you said, which basically it means you are moving this way instead of this way, I think I got the difference but not sure.

Hi Russell...do you ever get to Florida and teach? Great Video's!

Hi mate are you taking any lessons yet many thanks

Russ so are you saying to open hips before you transfer weight to left? I had the thought for my entire golf career that there is a bump left ( laterally) and then an open? Can you clarify please ?

Brill 👍

I truly feel like this is my issue

Hi Russ Where do I send the swing in to be looked at? Thx Pete

I can do exactly what you said and still get no rotation on the follow through.

Freddy Couples slides quite a bit.

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What? No weight shift???

I’m trying to understand how you can move the left hip back and yet the right hip does not move forward as the pelvis is a one piece bone. There has to be a better explanation for the dynamics of the hip rotation

Great for tour players who practice hours and hours a week. Not the real world for the average golfer.

We all know the wrong way of hip turn. Please kindly show us your swing motion ~~how to use your hip and lower body when you swing down.

Russ you lost me at3:41 min in, the hip going back I clearly understand, it avoids the lateral movement and loads the right side, however what I don’t understand which was the crux of the video, is what the left hip dies and when, the objective was the hip in the downswing, you didn’t spend enough time on this. Sorry first video that’s left me wondering.

Simply not true at all!!!! Don’t be fooled by bad instruction and information. No one is pulling their left hip back to start the downswing. Does it happen? Yes! Are they trying to pull it back? Absolutely not!! The hip rotation is a by product of how the club comes down

Russell I'm disappointed... Your tag on the review was secret hip move .... If it's such a secret how did you find out and why are you revealing it ... Stop with the bullshit we like your reviews but to tag something as Secret is just False and a little Insulting......

You said something at around 3:08 in the video about feeling the same amount of load in your left foot coming around as you do on your back foot going back. I have never done this before, so I tried it, and the power I felt in hitting the ball was enormous. Every time I think I have heard this before, I hear something else I didn’t try before. My swing is really coming around. Thanks Russell!