Stop Over-Rotating Your Hips to Maximize Your Power

Your Action Plan

What: Your goal is to create maximum power by limiting hip rotation in the backswing to maximize the stretch-shorten cycle (torque) in your core muscles.

Why: When your hip rotates too much, the back leg straightens and you “go beyond the muscle’s ability to keep that tension.” You lose the elastic resistance (torque) needed for a powerful, fast downswing.

How to Create Torque, Not Turn:

Shorten the Cycle: By maintaining a stable lower body, you create the necessary stretch-shorten cycle, which gives you the feeling of being ready to explosively unwind without having to manipulate a massive turn back into position.

Maintain Knee Width: Keep your knees wide throughout the backswing. Do not let your trail leg straighten significantly.

Avoid Over-Rotation: Actively prevent your trail hip from immediately going too far back. Limit the rotation of your hip line.

Feel the Tension: Focus on feeling tight and torqued up. You want to feel a stretch or “elastic resistance” in your muscles, knowing that this tension creates the power for the downswing.