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Dan Sep 24, 2017
Hit the ball first and shaft in line with the arm. Well, I try to keep the shaft in line with the arm but my normal swing is a dragging motion – dragging the club through and almost sweeping the ball off the ground. So making sure I hit the ball first is sometimes a little difficult. I’ll work on it..thanks.Anthony225 Aug 07, 2016
Thanks Ross. I’m thinking that I was taking the club back to fat behind me making it difficult to keep the arms in front. So my arms had to play catchup leading to my body turn slowing down to wait for them. I will go back to short swings to work on ta king the club back with the arms in front.Dan Oct 30, 2017
Ross, I play the ball in front of my front foot i.e. the Ross method. I’m not going to change that. The idea of the ball going higher with more distance is tantalizing. But out here in the windy New Mexico desert a high flying ball is not as consistent as the lower trajectory with more roll. I think I will stick with the lower trajectory and more roll. Thanks for the response.Anthony225 Oct 30, 2017
Ross,
From review of videon, my backswing appears to be too flat. I try turning shoulders only and my shoulders still rotate flat and gets too far behind me. I’m strugging to fix it. I’ve done the large muscles drill many times and I believe I do it correctly. When I lower the club thing go awry.Hard to go bak to that swing after 30 years w Ballard. If I keep all the angles I set @ address things stay throughout the swing body and arms
gazzagtnz Dec 20, 2017
Yes you are right ….Watching the swing videos and practice, things are comming right…With our courses here in New Zealand now drying out with summer conditions would it be a good plan to revert to normal wedge clubs (4) in the bag, rather than the hybrid wood wedges with the extra wide sole making it a little more difficult to get the club under the ball…Your thoughts please…Gary NZ ..gazzagtnz Jan 05, 2018
Hi Ross ….Thanks for your info.. Still researching this topic. Will look for Mr Pelz book on this balancing of golf balls before play..I hope manufacturers are looking at themselves with regard to improving there product to eliminate these imperfections just as the club makers strive to give us the best of clubs to play this game.
Gary Nz…..Dan Apr 26, 2018
Ross, Lately I’ve worked on the “head move” you execute during your swing and what you describe in this post from years ago. This has always been a challenge for me but now my balance is better and I’m turning with less restriction. Constant improvement! Thanks.joecoz17 May 29, 2018
Ross,Still think I struggle with this. One setup thought that has seemed to help is to make sure I set up with a feeling of my weight pushing down into the ground as well with inward knee tension. Almost a feeling like I’m tensioning my knees in a little and pushing weight down into ground to get a real strong base to quiet hips. Then I keep that tension in my backswing to feel like I’m only turning my shoulders.
Then on the downswing I almost need to feel like I’m starting with my right shoulder if I concentrate on starting with my lower body I tend to get a head of it or end up flipping my hands.
Let me know if you think these thoughts work with what you “preach”
I will try to get some video to you in a few weeks
JoeDenisB Apr 19, 2018
I’m a new student and member. I’m having the same problem in that I have fast hips and my hips get ahead of my arms at impact. On one of your video you show the setup and impact position. The hips are only slightly open at impact as compare to where they are at impact. Since on the backswing the shoulder rotation is much bigger then the rotation of the hips, this would require much more downswing rotation of the shoulder then the hips. I’m a single digit player and have played where the hips really rotate hard open on the downswing to whip the club down (X factor?). I like your idea of giving the shoulder turn a head start to bring the ‘template’ back in front of the body so that everything can rotate to face the target. Thank you.joecoz17 Apr 02, 2018
Thanks I hit some balls over the weekend thinking about what you said. Would you agree that an early rotation of the hips on the back swing or an over rotation of the hips on the back swing could then cause this disconnection on the forward swing?Is it a good thought for someone like myself to focus on a shoulder turn while keeping my hips quiet/restricted on the back swing?
joecoz17 Mar 27, 2018
Ross,Thanks for the reply, I have watched all your videos including the Ross move. I just re-watched the Ross move for reinforcement.
Starting the downswing from the ground up and with my hips, keeping my hands passive and a feeling that the hands are “left behind” so they don’t engage I am able to get a good amount of separation between my hip angle and my shoulder angle (my hips can be what seems to be 45 degrees facing the target when my shoulders just return to square). So I am confused as to how the hips “pull” the elbows down back in front, I don’t see the connection.
For me when I think about passive hands it is also passive arms for me and maybe that is where there is a disconnect. You say in the Ross move that you need to feel the elbows pulling back in front. Is that something I need to actively engage my arm muscles to do (but not my hands). In other words the sequence of events are : weight more forward, knees slide, hips turn, elbows pull down in front (actively). Because when I feel passive and with my arms and hands I feel like they are left behind and honestly that is when I hit it the best using your method when I feel like my arms are just whipping through the target line as a result of my forward turn.
Mike4040 Jun 17, 2018
Thanks for clearing that up for me, I’m one day in and I’ve some of my best shots already!
