Why Most Golfers Lose Power Through Poor Hip Rotation
How limited hip mobility and poor sequencing steal clubhead speed — and what to train instead.
By Joseph Hafner, golf performance coach in Dubai
The hips are the engine room
If hip internal rotation or dissociation is limited, the body finds range elsewhere — often through early extension, lateral slide without rotation or excessive hands. Each workaround can create the illusion of effort without efficient speed production.
Train rotation you can use
Effective mobility work integrates breathing, foot pressure and light load so new range becomes controllable under swing-like timing. Passive stretching alone rarely survives the dynamic demands of transition.