If you don’t notice much posting in the next couple of weeks, that’s just because I’m working on the upcoming MCS – The New Perfect Pivot golf swing video.
I’m calling it The New Perfect Pivot because I had already released a video titled “MCS – The Perfect Pivot” video back in 2016, but in that video, I was showcasing the still-great pivot action that Ben Hogan was using before his near-fatal wreck.
Here I am in that previous video, showing old-time WAX Nation citizen DKondo in his backyard in Arizona, how it went:
It was still a great pivot – tell me you can see something wrong with this pivot action, I dare you:
I’ve already outlined how dominant Hogan was at the time of his near-fatal wreck – it’s not as though he found something new afterward that made him a legend.
It was his successful return to dominance after possibly never being able to walk again that made him the legend he became.
Because of his lower body issues as the time passed, he adopted a subtle change that still gave him a fully hip turn without having such a vigorous leg action and high leading heel lift, and that is the pivot that I want to showcase now.
The beauty of using this pivot action with the neutral setup is that it requires no shifting whatsoever, and if you think I’m kidding you, I’m dead serious.
See the four frames below.
1 – Take this swing from 2018, which isn’t even perfectly neutral (to show that you don’t have to be absolutely perfect to perform a good swing), as I’m a shade biased to my right side as you can see from my right shoulder line basically in line with the toe of my right shoe as opposed to inside it, and my left shoulder a touch inside the ball line:
2 – At the top, you see that I haven’t shifted one iota, as my hips are sill touching my left shoulder line (or the ball line, if you will).
3 – Upper body still within the ball line and finally,
4 – Even on the finish, my upper torso and shoulder are still within the ball line.
The only parts of my body that have crossed that ball line are my hips, bringing with them a slight portion of the lower torso and above the left knee.
But what about this?
So, you’d be tempted perhaps to say, “But DJ, you’ve crossed the line here with the hips, so how is there no shift in the swing?”
That’s what I’m going to explain in the video – there is no shift in the optimal MCS Golf Swing using Ben Hogan’s Perfect Pivot action, and the hips having crossed the line are due to only one thing, and it’s not an attempt to shift the hips toward the target.
It’s what I earlier called “swinging in the box.”
Back to work.
WAX Golf 
So in the optimal swing the entire body should stay inside the box throughout the swing from start to finish? Thanks.
My guess is there’s no shift because C7 is stationary, the hips moving is a result of the weight shifting leverage action
as long as C7 remains steady through impact, the club will contact the way you setup at address
“He’s got it!”
That would be the winning answer, my friend.
Contrast this theory with a comment I saw on YouTube regarding a critique of Rory McIlroy’s swing (his head was moving):
Me:
Thanks for the responses. Something I’ve ran into when trying to stay inside the box the entire swing is the backswing is fine then on the downswing to the finish my hips like to bump forward on their own (maybe my brain is compensating or programmed that way) while my head stays back/neutral. According to what you’re saying, my head staying back/neutral is fine but the hip movement forward is incorrect creates a slight reverse c finish. Or maybe I’m swinging too much left-dominant and that’s creating the reverse c. also How would you recommend I correct my hips bumping forward? Instead of any lateral hip movement, all of the hip movement should just be rotational, correct? Thanks either way.
Tou are correct, Michael. You shouldn’t have a conscious effort to shift the hips in one direction or the other.
If you are set up correctly, you simply pivot back, then swing down and through to the finish. Any lateral motion means either an improper setup or mechanics.
michael are you releasing your trailing foot? hips have a tendency to move forward unnaturally to retain balance “reverse c” if the trailing foot doesn’t release
I was reading your piece on patty sheehan’s swing and was curious about the “hips being slightly turned to target”
is this setup a natural result of the leaning A setup (since the lead shoulder is up and trail shoulder is down which naturally causes a slight opening of shoulder / hips at address?) with a slightly open lead foot for torque relief (preventing spinning lead foot finish)?
You nearly had it, Kaushal! Yes, the slightly open hip position goes with the Leaning A setup but the shoulders are square to the target line.
You’re going to love the video – I have always explained in detail how to create this optimal setup, and this time will be as if not more succinct in this area.
thank you! and yes counting the days until the release haha
You were right. The trail foot release is what I was missing. I was doing it, but I was forcing it instead of letting the natural leverage move it. Is there a consensus or opinion on what the correct moment in the swing is the optimal time to commence the trail foot release? Should it be before, during, or after impact? Thanks either way.
Just focus on getting onto that leading foot on the down swing, Michael – when the hip turn makes releasing the trailing foot necessary, it will do so.