Hip Deceleration: A Secret Key to the Golf Kinetic Chain

You’ve probably heard it a hundred times: spin your hips faster and you’ll swing faster, generating more clubhead speed and sending the ball farther down the fairway.

Don’t be so sure. The golf kinetic chain tells a much more nuanced — and powerful — story.

In the video below, you’ll witness three of the most explosive ball-strikers in history — Arnold Palmer, Dustin Johnson, and Rory McIlroy — absolutely crush the ball by mastering one counterintuitive move.

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Watch closely, because the secret isn’t just hip rotation — it’s their hip DEceleration. Understanding hip deceleration is the difference between spinning your body out of position and channeling every ounce of energy into a laser-focused energy transfer through impact.

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