Round House Effect is NOT a hoax!
 

Taking Homer seriously about what he said about the importance of clearing the right hip to avoid the dreaded "round house effect" (which I believe to be factually based!) I made an observation about the connection of waistbend and knee bend to round housing that I am looking for confirmation on.

It seems that most golfers stand too tall to the ball with insufficient waist bend as well as too little knee bend, particularly with longer clubs. Most of course have no concept of what impact is supposed to look like, especially the on plane forearm, which neccessitates a lower head position...which would necessitate more waist bend, as well as more knee bend. So I guess what I am trying to figure out is if the waist bend and knee bend are sufficient enough to allow an on plane right forearm and a properly set head...would this degree of bend facilitate (at least on the backswing) a clearing of the right hip automatically? I find merely telling a student to clear the right hip unhelpful, but changing the amount of hip and knee bend (i.e. no thought of clearing anything) to be helpful. What do we think?

Under sets of circumstances, you can encounter Hip Clearing problems in any of the following four (4) Stations of the Golf Swing. Start-Up, Backswing, Startdown, Downswing.

To answer your question: “if the waist bend and knee bend are sufficient enough to allow an on plane right forearm and a properly set head...would this degree of bend facilitate (at least on the backswing) a clearing of the right hip automatically?”

Yes. :) The Address routine may include a Hip Preset. One or both. In fact, anytime you see a Player At Address and his lower legs (Shin Bones) are almost Vertical to the Ground, then he has Pre-set his Hips. This alleviates the need to Turn the Right Hip away so that it doesn’t interfere with the Arms (and Hands) proper path to the Top (this is normally done by Golfers using a Shoulder Turn Takeaway). For any Golfer using the Right Forearm Takeaway, no Hip Clearing needed at Startup.

Procedure for Pre-Setting both Hips at Address.

1. Stand Erect
2. Straighten the Legs
3. Bend at the Hips
4. Center the Weight toward the Heels
5. Lastly, Bend the Knees until your shin bone is Vertical to the ground.

This sets the Hips as far behind the Golfer as possible.

You may raise your Torso a little for comfort and as Golfing Posture dictates. Keep in mind that this only obscures the real problem. But it is a real Bandaid. :)

There is a connection . . . . not sure I'm super-qualified to give the answer though. Try to get them to straighten/stretch out the right leg or just show a row of spikes as they go forward rather than all the spikes popping up on the heel . . . going thru . . .

Clearing the hip on the backstroke is going to be easier with Standard Knee Action vs. Double Anchor. Straightening the right leg will allow the hips to turn more. So it's kinda like get the knee to lose it's flex and then try to straighten it out by moving the hips forward on the way down rather than just spinning them open.