Posted by: Mike Z. (playblu@hotmail.com) on Tue Jun 17 14:49:42 2003

I fixed a problem in my swing last year- I
wasn't turning my hips hardly at all. A coach
told me to "squash the bug", so I started to
turn (more). When I found this site., I started
to think I might be turning them too late.

From watching the frame-by-frame swing on
the "mechanics" pages, it looks to me like the
hips are all the way open by frame #C. Isn't
that early, compared to the text about ?

Another post deep in the archives says the
hips should lead the shoulders by about 30
degrees; you don't want to have that
three-stage, stride-then-hips-then-shoulders
segmented thing going on. But sure looks to
me like this sketch guy has more than 30
degrees going on between his hips and
shoulders.

I ask because I want to know- how do I know
the proper time to open the hips? I think I had
been doing it too late (so I'd end up finishing
in about the right position, if a bit
McGriff-helicopter-swing-ish), but now I'm
worried I'm doing it too early, and I'll pop
everything weakly to right that I don't miss
completely. How would I know if I do it too
soon?

Mike