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Ross Sep 03, 2018
as for your question:(Thanks for your prompt reply! I am pretty confident following your method as I found this move is repeatable.
The only thing that I am wondering about is whether the finishing posture should be same for any distance shot. I tend to stop my body rotation at around 1 o’clock to the target line usually when I shot for for the short distance within 100 yd. Do you think this should be fixed by rotating my body fully so my chest aiming to the target line?
Please advise the finishing posture related to the shot distance.)
Yes it should be fixed, because when you stop too soon, your arms continue and you pull the shot… or if your arms don’t continue and you block the shot… or, you’re aligned incorrectly to begin with. Sorry it is kind of complicated. Just finish completely. Let your rotation speed dictate the distance… just like tossing underhand.
Ross Sep 03, 2018
Yes they finish “at” or even “left” of the target. Always “complete” your rotation even if it is a short shot. To control your distance rotate faster or slower, but always complete your turn to finish at or left of the target. Don’t think about taking the club 1/4 back or 1/2 back (that does not work)… again it is about your rotation speed. Just let your shoulders take the club back a little then practice rotating through at different speeds. You can change the results with different length backswings and different speeds, but that is a very advanced discussion. It is not finishing drill it is the “Finish Drill” it is in the Practice Drills Section the second Drill.Ross Sep 02, 2018
First, watch in the Swing Section “Square Club Face”. Make sure you are setting up with the shaft in line with the front arm and the face is “square” before you take your grip. You may be gripping with the face already open a bit. Make sure you’re not “fanning” or “rolling” your face open on the backswing (keep it square and use only the shoulders to move the arms/club/hands on the backswing). Also, make sure on the downswing, the body unwinding, brings the arms/club back in front of the body, and around to the left, keeping the face exactly how it was at setup. You’ll feel like you’re “dragging” the handle/grip of the club around to the left (for a right handed golfer). Sometimes, gofers unwind on the downswing and leave the arms/club behind and this “opens” the face… keep the face square, with the shaft still in line with the front arm and a flat/bowed front wrist, as you rotate through impact and continue to the left.Ross Sep 04, 2018
You open or close the face before you take your grip. Then you align the face to the target by adjusting your stance. Opening the club face gives you more height and closing less height and more roll. There are advanced lesson videos on this.Ross Sep 07, 2018
I use it all the time and focus (a little) at the entire ball. I see the ball, but am more picturing (in my minds eye), my rotation to the finish. For my swing I picture a complete finish (the club/arms and body rotation) finish at the same time*.* Now the club/arms and body rotation must finish together to have been correctly aligned through impact, but they do not start or move together on the backswing. The shoulders move first and things windup from top down. Then as they unwind, they all should finish together with your body in balance. There should be no fall back or extra step to catch yourself if done correctly.
Ross Sep 14, 2018
Pretty much the shoulders and chest move as one, and the arms stay in front of the chest and between the shoulders. The arms should not drape across the chest.Ross Sep 17, 2018
That’s great Dan. I know that the feeling of improvement while you play is also part of the payoff. Golf is the hardest game.Ross Sep 16, 2018
Many golfers don’t keep their left (front) arm straight on the backswing and hit the ball great. It is a repeatability issue. Some can bend the front arm a bit on the backswing and get it back to straight by impact and have no problems.Yes there is tension in the backswing if done correctly. The shoulders turn around the spine and windup the back muscles. This should not affect the front arm being straight. Plus, the backswing should not be very long. It ends when the shoulders can’t turn any more. Jon Rahm is a great example of this.
Ross Nov 10, 2018
Yes Joerog! Working with a short chip shot will teach you so much. A little pitch shot is just a small version of the full swing. Remember, the shoulders always move first and hips are turned by the shoulders later if more distance is needed.Ross Nov 04, 2018
Hi Anthony
There is the “Ross Move” and there is the “Ross Move Drill”… two different lesson videos. The Ross Move Drill, is a much shorter version… meaning, the backswing is very short, so the back elbow has not gotten to the point where it starts to bend. Bending is not needed. We are just turning the shoulders a little so you can easily feel the body control the arms back down and through to the finish. Yes, the arms fall back in front due to gravity, but the feeling is the unwinding of the body accelerates, or kind of pulls the weight of the arms and club back down in front to speed them up. You do NOT have to actively rotate your elbows. Just let the arms/club return back down and around to the left (right hander).Ross Jan 05, 2019
Yes, we are trying to maintain this setup angle during the backswing, and back down into and through impact*. Watch The duplessisgolf Setup (in the setup section). Some of my students let their front wrist raise up a bit at setup and some don’t and are both successful.BTW, the shaft of the golf club bends down through impact raising the wrists up a bit due to inertia anyway.
* Many golfers feel the need to hinge so they can throw the club head at the ball for more power. Hinging and throwing causes many problems. If you learn to maintain the setup position on the backswing and back through impact you’ll be much more successful with solidness and direction.
Ross Jan 04, 2019
The initial setup is not a wrist hinge. It is just the shaft in line with the front arm* and the back wrist bent inward to help hold that shape. This is also how the shaft and wrists should look later on in the swing, moving through impact, for a solid golf shot. You don’t bend or hinge your wrists to get into this position. You just take your grip with the shaft in line.Yes, you just maintain the initial setup position in the backswing and back down through impact and it will eventually release on it’s own after impact.
* The shaft in line with the front arm, should create a flat front wrist. This may even increase to bowed out due to dynamics of the downswing.
Yes, pretty much or maybe a slightly larger step for 3 wood.
What we’re trying to do is meet the ball with a 3 wood, right at the bottom of the swing arc and then as the woods get shorter and more loft like 5 wood, we want to meet the ball just before the bottom of the swing arc… just a little. This will impart the loft of the club onto the ball so we’re not de-lofting (hitting down too much) or hitting the leading edge of the club face into the equator of the ball if the ball position is too far forward (after the bottom of the swing arc).
Sorry to be so technical, but that is the geometry of this. Either meeting the ball with an “angle of attack” descending … or straight into the ball …or ascending into the ball.