The Rotation is significant, because it is how you go from the backswing to contact while gaining clubhead speed, without hindering form. It helps you build momentum, clubhead, speed, and yardage in your shots. 

 

These are the key steps to performing your Rotation:

 

Step One: 

• At the top of the backswing, pause to let your lower body rotate and catch up to your arms on the backswing. 

  • This will eliminate pushes in your swing as your body will no longer be behind the target.

• It gives your swing a reset, and let's all your limbs, and elements of your body work in harmony going into the backswing. 

• The pause can be short, or long, whatever is your preference. 

Step Two: Rotating your hips

• Once you have paused to let your body catch up to your arms, rotating your hips is crucial in your transition.

• If your swing is too fast to rotate your hips, it will result in an over the top swing path, because you can't swallow your club down beneath without the hip rotation. 

• The hips should be the result of your pause, and commence your backswing. 

  • As you have rotated away from the ball on your backswing, you want to drive them through the direction of the ball on your backswing. 

• Your forward hip should lift slightly in the air in rotation because you lift your knee and hip down at the top of the backswing. 

  • Lifting your forward hip up slightly will help your body drive forward into the ball. 

Step Three: Dropping the Hands

• Dropping your hands means to fully pull your hands to the ground while rotating, although not bringing the clubhead to the ground. 

• imagine “pulling a chain to the ground”

• This is significant because it helps you create lag, which means you're using your legs instead of your arms, and your power is fueled by the power of your rotating legs, rather then your arms.