Hogan's pump...

[Bigvivec]

YouTube - Ben Hogan

I was hitting shots indifferently at the range today, trying out different setups, waggles, etc. until I remembered this video...I did his little pump a few times and then hit the ball...did this a few times until the pieces fell into place...hit the best irons that I have in 4 months...nice drill...

BTW there is a better version of this on youtube...only some idiot commentary on the bottom so I won't post it here and can't figure out the embedding hieroglipics to just post the video alone...

[larryrsf]

Originally Posted by Bigvivec

YouTube - Ben Hogan

I was hitting shots indifferently at the range today, trying out different setups, waggles, etc. until I remembered this video...I did his little pump a few times and then hit the ball...did this a few times until the pieces fell into place...hit the best irons that I have in 4 months...nice drill...

BTW there is a better version of this on youtube...only some idiot commentary on the bottom so I won't post it here and can't figure out the embedding hieroglipics to just post the video alone...

YouTube - Ben Hogan Golf Swing

I believe (with Hogan) that starting with lower body (the function of the pump move) is indeed "the most important thing" in the golf swing. In fact if we fail to start with lower body--we WILL start with shoulders, and that is OTT, bringing the club to the ball from the outside, imparting slice spin EVERY shot. Hitting fat nearly every shot.

Another great drill or even pre-swing routine is the "OTT Chop" exercise that Corey Pavin did when he won the US Open and still practices. Here Golf Digest repeats essentially what Hogan said 40+ years ago.

We who have "challenged" ability to separate hips from shoulders should do this while we play, before we play, and periodically as we work in our office!

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Larry

[jshiver15]

I have been working on an old Hogan tip recently. Basically just set up with your right knee flexed inward and at the same time, rotate your femur outward. It creates a nice stable set up and when you get to the top of your back swing, you're basically forcing yourself to swing with your hips and hit down on the ball with a square face.