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The Importance of Body Rotation

The best videos selected by Fred P on the importance of body rotation in golf

The “Body Rotation” Lessons”

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Feeling the Rotation: Basic Exercises

Ball between your forearms, one foot back, head against a wall: simple exercises to get your body to twist instead of raising your arms.

How to Turn Properly on an Uphill Section

Rotate your hips and rib cage to free up your arm, and extend your arms past the end of the grip: this will help you complete your backswing without locking up your lower body.

Hips and legs on the downhill

Push off the ground, regain your footing, let your left hip move backward: the downward rotation starts from the legs, not from a movement of the hips.

Continue spinning after impact

When your body stops rotating, your hands flip and you go into a hook: these are the cues for rotating all the way through to the finish.

Less flexible: regaining rotation

Left heel lifted, right foot back, elbow relaxed: solutions for seniors and stiff players who no longer can bend their bodies.

Insights from the Pros

How Rory, Tiger, Gary Player, Nicklaus, and Peter Cowen rotate their bodies—and what they have to say about it.

An Exercise to Understand Rotation in Golf

In a nutshell: How to Achieve a Good Body Rotation in Golf

Pros rotate their shoulders twice as much and their hips four times as much as amateurs

Understanding Whether You Are “In-Phase” or “Out-of-Phase” in the Rotation

For some people (those with dissociated knees), the knees can help improve rotation.

* Amateur competitions with guidance from the pros