HI. Just to clarify this as I am physics professor who plays golf. I have studied this video carefully and although I am not familiar with the teacher here I have watched the player before. The reason it may look like a sway on the backswing here is because he is standing straight up and not in a golf posture. If he got into his golf posture the hips would not slide as they appear to do in his demonstration. His description is actually perfect and corresponds with Physics. "You can't turn from two sockets and two joints but can only twist" is perfectly accurate (not a visceral ('feel') affect but a reality). The turning of the right foot in makes the most sense- as I have never heard that before- but again thinking logically it should be a fundamental to ensure resistance. The need to load the right side is again vital as we are standing on two legs and not one. If we had our feet together or had one leg only then you could argue that loading is not necessary. He is correct again in saying that you can only "twist" if you try to turn. I am curious now as this is very unusual for a golf professional to understand correct bio-mechanics--can anyone tell me if the man in the video is a biomechanist?
Well said Billy Rice. As confirmation, Jimmy Ballard was once approached after giving a talk, by an audience member named Joe Di Maggio -- who told him his explanation of the physics of the golf swing conformed exactly with his technique as a baseball hitter. Not only that, but Jimmy's mentor Sam Byrd was the man Ben Hogan enlisted to change his swing in 1945 - through connection and weight shift -- which turned Hogan into the greatest ball striker ever. Those are the same principles Ballard teaches today. A few more examples of why JB is correct: Sutton, Strange, Miller, Knudson, Player, Ballesteros, Lyle. Those below criticising Ballard's teaching should get a clue before challenging such a record.
Jimmy Ballard teaches the correct motion which is connectivity, loading to your right side to do an athletic swing, painless free golf.its not a sway... it’s a coil
@@RollYourRock coiling on the right side (maintaining the weight inside your right leg so as not to sway) is a better option than for golfers who suffer back pains. Coiling is pain free rather than turning. Back pain is normally a result from golfers who have poor posture at address . Unless of course the golfer has serious back pains caused by something else
@@gloriadejesus2659 Gloria, if you would, please go into more detail explaining the difference between coiling and turning in the backswing. Thank You! 🙂
Question: When I put my right foot perpendicular to my target line and turn/coil to make my backswing, I feel a lot more tension/stress in my right side, right hip and knee. If I turn my right toe out a little, I feel much less of the tension. Yes, I'm a senior golfer, golf instructor and coach. Thanks!
With my right toe turned out a little, my backswing is longer and tension free. Yes, I get more yards and better trajectory when I do that. With my right toe turned out, I feel as relaxed at the top of my backswing as I was at address.
I tried pointing my right toe at 12 o'clock this afternoon and didn't like it. I felt too much tension and stress in my right hip (no other hip problems) and knee. I turned my right toe between 1 and 2 and there was no tension. I made several golf swings with a sw and 5 wood and the ball went straight with good trajectory and distance. I'm turning my right toe out a little.
30 yrs playing golf two back surgeries at almost $100k; C6-7 ACDFusion and Micro Lumbar DIscectomy I am ready to adapt my swing. This video is a good start but I also think Matthew Wolff swing that uses the ground and is a constant dynamic fluid motion of force keeping the club head in front and left heal off the ground can help. I was taught to keep the left heal on the ground into the back swing. Now I think this creates a lot of pressure on the back.
Jimmy Ballard - The Connected Golf Swing - GolfWRX Discussion (Forum) forums.golfwrx.com/discussion/1623356/jimmy-ballard-the-connected-golf-swing/p1 Also check out Miller Barber's swing: ruclips.net/video/VQ2zf4X6PIc/видео.html & ruclips.net/video/yx8bVEovI3w/видео.html
When you turn that right foot in it adds pressure to the lower back and restricts your backswing. It is true that flaring your feet increases hip rotation but that's a good thing as long as it's not to much.
Jimmy got it right!...try swinging a baseball bat standing still with no load on the right side?.....guarantee you will have crummy stats!....it is not a sway! it's a turn or if you want to call it a pivot.....Ballard one of the last greats to teach this awesome game.
If you don't load your right side you are in reverse pivot. Your down swing would be a fall back motion with the hope that a wrist flip would save the shot. Even if you have this timing, your back will be shot very quickly.
@@KMAN10694 The golf swing is a transfer of weight. If your weight doesn't get to your back foot on your backswing, it can't get to your front foot on your forward swing and you lose a LOT of distance and control. I'm a senior golf and golf instructor and I find that turning my right toe out a little allows me to make a full backswing that is relaxed with no tension anywhere. It works1
Sway? Riddle me this: Is Rocco at ANY point in the backswing ouside his right foot? Never confuse a lateral weight shift while remaining inside your base(the inside of the right foot) with a "sway".
Not sure how Jimmy Ballard defines a fundamental. Maybe the place to start would be looking at what the greatest players of all time did or even the current top 50 on tour. Its easy to critique-I know. This is part of his "method", he's confusing a fundamental with "style" or "opinion". Not the facts. Fundamentals should be shared by all great players, what this video describes is not a "fundamental" its style. And the cause and effect relationships described are not absolutes....might happen some of time, but not always, as described.
You make the golf swing simple & it works! Less moving parts! Thanks Rocco & Jimmy!
HI. Just to clarify this as I am physics professor who plays golf. I have studied this video carefully and although I am not familiar with the teacher here I have watched the player before. The reason it may look like a sway on the backswing here is because he is standing straight up and not in a golf posture. If he got into his golf posture the hips would not slide as they appear to do in his demonstration. His description is actually perfect and corresponds with Physics. "You can't turn from two sockets and two joints but can only twist" is perfectly accurate (not a visceral ('feel') affect but a reality). The turning of the right foot in makes the most sense- as I have never heard that before- but again thinking logically it should be a fundamental to ensure resistance. The need to load the right side is again vital as we are standing on two legs and not one. If we had our feet together or had one leg only then you could argue that loading is not necessary. He is correct again in saying that you can only "twist" if you try to turn. I am curious now as this is very unusual for a golf professional to understand correct bio-mechanics--can anyone tell me if the man in the video is a biomechanist?
Well said Billy Rice. As confirmation, Jimmy Ballard was once approached after giving a talk, by an audience member named Joe Di Maggio -- who told him his explanation of the physics of the golf swing conformed exactly with his technique as a baseball hitter. Not only that, but Jimmy's mentor Sam Byrd was the man Ben Hogan enlisted to change his swing in 1945 - through connection and weight shift -- which turned Hogan into the greatest ball striker ever. Those are the same principles Ballard teaches today. A few more examples of why JB is correct: Sutton, Strange, Miller, Knudson, Player, Ballesteros, Lyle. Those below criticising Ballard's teaching should get a clue before challenging such a record.
Can i finally drive the ball 220 now? Stay tuned 😄🎉 thanks 👍
You can do it!
Kicking the right toe/knee in causes a LOT of torque, stress and pain in the right knee and hip of a senior right-handed golfer. Yes, it does.
no doubt it will ruin your hip, but it is very effective.
Jimmy Ballard teaches the correct motion which is connectivity, loading to your right side to do an athletic swing, painless free golf.its not a sway... it’s a coil
"Coiling" is quite often not an option for golfers who struggle with back pain.
@@RollYourRock coiling on the right side (maintaining the weight inside your right leg so as not to sway) is a better option than for golfers who suffer back pains. Coiling is pain free rather than turning. Back pain is normally a result from golfers who have poor posture at address . Unless of course the golfer has serious back pains caused by something else
@@gloriadejesus2659 Gloria, if you would, please go into more detail explaining the difference between coiling and turning in the backswing. Thank You! 🙂
Question: When I put my right foot perpendicular to my target line and turn/coil to make my backswing, I feel a lot more tension/stress in my right side, right hip and knee. If I turn my right toe out a little, I feel much less of the tension. Yes, I'm a senior golfer, golf instructor and coach. Thanks!
Coach, do you hit it any better one way or the other?
With my right toe turned out a little, my backswing is longer and tension free. Yes, I get more yards and better trajectory when I do that. With my right toe turned out, I feel as relaxed at the top of my backswing as I was at address.
I tried pointing my right toe at 12 o'clock this afternoon and didn't like it. I felt too much tension and stress in my right hip (no other hip problems) and knee. I turned my right toe between 1 and 2 and there was no tension. I made several golf swings with a sw and 5 wood and the ball went straight with good trajectory and distance. I'm turning my right toe out a little.
30 yrs playing golf two back surgeries at almost $100k; C6-7 ACDFusion and Micro Lumbar DIscectomy I am ready to adapt my swing. This video is a good start but I also think Matthew Wolff swing that uses the ground and is a constant dynamic fluid motion of force keeping the club head in front and left heal off the ground can help. I was taught to keep the left heal on the ground into the back swing. Now I think this creates a lot of pressure on the back.
Jimmy Ballard - The Connected Golf Swing - GolfWRX Discussion (Forum)
forums.golfwrx.com/discussion/1623356/jimmy-ballard-the-connected-golf-swing/p1
Also check out Miller Barber's swing: ruclips.net/video/VQ2zf4X6PIc/видео.html & ruclips.net/video/yx8bVEovI3w/видео.html
Personally I think it’s the impact that puts all the pressure on the back. That’s the fastest part and when the hips and shoulders are separating
When you turn that right foot in it adds pressure to the lower back and restricts your backswing. It is true that flaring your feet increases hip rotation but that's a good thing as long as it's not to much.
Jimmy got it right!...try swinging a baseball bat standing still with no load on the right side?.....guarantee you will have crummy stats!....it is not a sway! it's a turn or if you want to call it a pivot.....Ballard one of the last greats to teach this awesome game.
Eureka! I've been wrong for years,,,,fixing that tomorrow,,,,bad back - exit (hahahaha - let's twist again like we did last summer...) no more.
Love these guys as people but I gotta say I've seen this advice hurt more people than it has helped
How so? Would you care to elaborate, as I'm most interested...
This advice didn’t hurt Rocco as he almost beat Tiger in a US Open, or Curtis Strange and Hal Sutton either
cool video! but disagree with somethings, like the need to load into your right side
more or less an excessive load
If you don't load your right side you are in reverse pivot. Your down swing would be a fall back motion with the hope that a wrist flip would save the shot. Even if you have this timing, your back will be shot very quickly.
Rob Rishel haha agree now. Thoughts have changed!!!!
@@KMAN10694 The golf swing is a transfer of weight. If your weight doesn't get to your back foot on your backswing, it can't get to your front foot on your forward swing and you lose a LOT of distance and control. I'm a senior golf and golf instructor and I find that turning my right toe out a little allows me to make a full backswing that is relaxed with no tension anywhere. It works1
Every pga pro shop lesson guy will tell you … flair your feet 👣…. $$ 🚮 🚮- see a master or just watch RUclips
"Every"? "Master"?
This is not really accurate. It may work for them. When you sway that much the weight is no longer on the inside.
HOGAN said, weight on the inside of the feet, very little weight on the outside of your feet..attach to the ground...BALLARD FUNDAMENTAL!
Sway? Riddle me this: Is Rocco at ANY point in the backswing ouside his right foot? Never confuse a lateral weight shift while remaining inside your base(the inside of the right foot) with a "sway".
Not sure how Jimmy Ballard defines a fundamental. Maybe the place to start would be looking at what the greatest players of all time did or even the current top 50 on tour.
Its easy to critique-I know. This is part of his "method", he's confusing a fundamental with "style" or "opinion". Not the facts. Fundamentals should be shared by all great players, what this video describes is not a "fundamental" its style. And the cause and effect relationships described are not absolutes....might happen some of time, but not always, as described.
OK its a Ballard fundamental!
Curtis Strange who won back to back US Open's would disagree w/ you.
There are 7. They are universal in golf. Every single great and consistent ball striker in history has them.
nobody will know how ignorant you are if you stay quiet.