Need help with power in my hips.

First, I'd recommend looking at warmups. I use KB swings in warmups for squats and deads to get my hips firing explosively before I start my working sets.

Swings, romanian deadlifts, reverse hyper, hip thrusts and monster walks will all help build strength.

A simple tweak to swings is to loop a band anchored behind you around the front of the hips. As you swing, you'll have to fire the glutes. You can use this in squat warmups to focus on activation patterns for the glutes/hips too. Just do air or goblet squats with that band position.

Speaking of the over the shoulder throws, y’all ever use a Bulgarian bag? When I was gearing up for my national championship in grappling that I won, I’d do a series of exercises with it for a killer core and hip workout. I used the 36lb bag, but they have sizes from 17lbs to 54lbs.

Quick suggestion, from the Strength Check In thread, you do a lot of power cleans.

Subbing KB Swings for power cleans could be a simple programming change. For my money, KB swings are much better at developing hip power than power cleans, even though they work a similar movement pattern.

People get limited by form in power cleans where KB swings, you just go until your hip hinge and core stability give out.

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I also think sandbag over the shoudler throws are very underrated as it forces you to open your hips big time.

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I've done them lately and would agree. If you do it from the lapped position, you also have to produce power from a static start, which also helps with power output, IMO.

Another thought, I'd ensure your breathing and bracing is on point, too. Nothing kills power output and positioning like core instability.

All good stuff mentioned so far

Keep your hip flexors stretched out. Having that mobility helps keep a good length-tension relationship for your glutes to be able to work as effectively as possible

Don’t underestimate the use of single leg exercises as that’s gonna put extra work on your glutes. Single leg bridge/hip thrust, step ups truly isolating one leg and not using your opposite leg to propel you up the step, Bulgarian split squats, even easy ones such as the clamshell but you have to make sure you do them right

Also helps to incorporate some sprint work to help open up your hips and that’ll also get you some power too

If you do your squats right, you don't need any of this.

You want power, do the work and do it right. OP just doesn't know how to squat and deadlift right.

Usually you would be right, but not in this case.

Front squats will definitely help in this situation

Hitting the hole in a front squat will do wonders for hip mobility and power

What did he teach you?