The golf swing as performed by Luke Donald illustrates in slow motion, the basic method of playing top quality golf.
As the back swing was performed the hips have pivoted so that the right hip is at its highest position whilst the left hip has dropped to its lowest position and the hips have rotated away from the frontal facing position.
In addition, at the end of the back swing movement the whole body has been twisted to its maximum whilst the left heel has remained firmly on the ground.
The down swing is initiated by reversing the pivotal action of the hips so that the left hip is forced to rise to its highest position whilst the right hip drops to its lowest position.
This pivotal action of the hips forces the whole twisted body to follow its movement, but importantly the hips are also beginning to rotate back to the frontal facing position.
However, there is a slight pause of the upper body movement whilst the hips begin to pivot and turn towards the target area, this slight pause allows the correct sequence of movements that is conducive to playing very good golf -- and that is, using the movement of the hips at all times to control the movement of the upper body unit throughout the down swing and the follow through movements.
Almost immediately the right elbow is forced into his waistline with the left arm remaining close to the right shoulder.
The action of pulling the right elbow into the waistline is the beginning of the Magic Move
Therefore as Magic Move is performed, the whole body is forced to adopt the impact position by the rotating /pivoting action of the hips so that the left hip is at it highest point a fraction of a second before the club head strikes the ball.
However once the right elbow is pulled into the waistline it remains in this position whilst the whole body rotates into the down swing.
You will note that the whole body remains in the fully twisted condition until the club head strikes the ball.
*** During the down swing movement, the pivotal movement of the hips and the rotational movement of the whole twisted body unit is moving as a single one piece unit as it rotates around the central core of the spine but equally important is that the complete down swing movement is performed in slow motion which enables him to correctly time the flaying of the club head into the contact area.
I cannot over stress how simple the whole down swing movement is, one flowing movement, the left hip rises and the twisted body unit rotates in complete synchronisation, and the complete down swing is performed at a ridiculously slow tempo but the hip action is totally controlling the rotational movement of the upper body unit at all times.
But importantly, at the precise moment the club head strikes the ball the left hip will have begun to pivot upwards and the hips would have returned to the frontal facing position, so that that point, the hips must be forced to fully turn to face the target area and whilst the left hip continues to pivot to its highest position - at the same speed the club head is movement towards the target area.
