"The Bump"

You guys (and gals) are something. And your response has been out of sight. Here's my answer to William, who asked about “the bump.”

The first move in the downswing is the lateral left shift or slide of the lower body of the hips and a flexed left knee. I call it, “The Bump.” The bump happens a split second before the arms and club reach the top of the backswing. When the bump happens, the lower body is, in effect, running away from the upper torso, which causes the upper torso, spine and head to tilt a little backwards. That, in effect, gets the upper torso behind the ball.

We call this upper torso tilting backwards the “Secondary Spine Angle Tilt,” and also is the primary cause of initiating the change of direction. That is, stopping the hands, arms and club going up in the backswing and pulling them down to start the forward upswing. The fourth secret of “swinging up” to the T finish makes this lower body lateral left shift or Bump simple, easy, smooth, consistent and powerful and guaranteed,like you're on auto-pilot.

Having a backswing that loads the right leg properly is critical, as once the bump starts, with the weight on the right leg, it pushes off (pushing level to upward, not driving the knee downward toward the ball) adding to the secondary spine angle tilt. Once the weight hits the left foot and leg, which is almost instantaneous because the left knee is held close (due to maintaining outward pressure and resisting moving inward) to it's starting stance position, all you do is swing up and stand up to the T – Finish on the left leg.

Your question as to whether it will create too much slide is: No, as long as you keep your feet shoulder wide. The Bump, done properly, will have the belt buckle slide no more than 1 inch for irons and a maximum of 2 inches or less for the driver, with proper shoulder width stance. This is why swinging up and standing up to the T – Finish happens so smoothly and quickly in the PPGS.

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