Hip Action

[Daryl]

7-15 HIP ACTION The Hip Action Category is included to separate the “motion” of the Hips form any work they may accomplish.
The work the Hip Action does, is to lead and pull the Shoulder back and down in varying combinations. This has very valuable applications. Forgetting to shift the weight to clear the Right Hip is difficult if the Hips are initiating the Shoulder Turn – in either direction. Study 2-N and 7-3. With Swingers using the Arc of Approach (2-J-3), this actuation may be executed as a “throwing” of the Right Shoulder by the Hips as in 10-19-C.
Hip Action must not be haphazard. It is a Pivot Component that must be carefully timed and sequenced to sustain the continuity and spacing of the Pivot Train (of Components). Omitting the Hip Action unintentionally will disrupt the Feel as well as the continuity of the entire Pivot. See 6-B-3-O regarding Pivot Rhythm.

Hip Action performs work.
The amount of work Hip Action can perform is directly related to the amount of Weight Transfer. The amount of weight transferred to the right foot on the backstroke, determines the amount of weight that can be shifted onto the Left Foot (Heel) before and as Startdown. The amount of weight transferred determines the force generated by Hip Action. The speed of the weight transfer has little if anything to do with the amount of Hip Action. Be Deliberate, not Speedy.
Pitch Shots can have a soft Hip Action. Accomplish this by transferring almost no extra weight to the Right Foot during the Backstroke. Full Shots require the most amount of Hip Action Work and 80% of weight should be transferred to the Right Foot during the Backstroke and that much transferred to the Left Foot (Heel) during Startdown and Downstroke and Release as the Hips Slide, then Turn.

1. Hip Action sustains Pivot Lag (and Accumulator and Clubhead)
2. Hip Action Pulls the Shoulders and Arms at Startdown, during the Downstroke and Release and Impact
3. Hip Action precludes any Arm or Shoulder muscle involvement
4. Hip Action propels the Hands through to Low Point (without any perceived upper body muscle involvement)
5. Hip Action amount variation, varies the amount of pressure of the #3 Pressure Point.
6. No amount of Upper Body or Arm Strength can equal the Forces generated by an average amount of Hip Action.
7. Hip Action is effortless.