Ben Hogan : Antithetic Waggle

I called the waggle Hogan used "the antithetic waggle". The word 'antithetic' means 'in diametrical opposition' which describe perfectly what is going on with the body. When one waggles the club back one should move the legs and hips into the opposite direction, like one wants to maintain symmetry in the sagittal plane. Hogan said that the rear hip should even touch the rear elbow. And it can be done the easiest way if both arms and hips are moving in opposite directions on an arc.
Such a combination makes it almost natural to achieve properly the diagonality of the stance that is so useful and important. It naturally accompanies the rear foot being set perpendicularily to the target as well as prevents also naturally the shoulders from opening simultaneously when hips open in relation to feet (as we know shoulders should remain closed in relation to hips and more or less parallel to the target). The very Hogan underlined that shoulders cannot move during waggling and, of course, he was right as usually since one should not move what one uses for a correct dynamic alignment towards the target. One uses neither hips nor feet for this goal though, thus, there is no reason they should not be moving if waggling are to be treated as Hogan wanted, as preparation for the shot. Lastly, it should be stressed that this antithetic way of waggling prepares the body excellently for starting the motion with the initial trigger compression phase that we regard as optimal biomotoric scenario for starting the swing. Sort of pre-trigger adaptation for an optimal body motion.
Observe how Hogan's hips move targetwise while his clubhead goes in the opposite direction.

The images are taken from Ben Hogan's Five Lessons book.

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The music that accompanies this vid has been composed by a genial Polish contemporary composer - Zbigniew Preisner; the tiltle - Générique de fin; it is a part of the soundtrack for the Krzysztof Kieślowski's great movie "The Double Life of Veronique" - one of the best movies in history of film.