the golf channel and Jimmy Ballard
- Thread starter jerry1967
- Start date
- Status
cmartingolf
New
No, I wish I would have seen it.
70's and early 80's he hung the moon.
Amazing. He has absolutely made some guys and buried others. Fascinating really. He has a phenomenal belief in his abilities and can get guys on the "Kool-Aide" better than most.
He sure helped Colbert, Strange, Sutton. I can think of a couple guys that his style didn't match their athleticism and the results were poor.
"Spring the shaft!!"
70's and early 80's he hung the moon.
Amazing. He has absolutely made some guys and buried others. Fascinating really. He has a phenomenal belief in his abilities and can get guys on the "Kool-Aide" better than most.
He sure helped Colbert, Strange, Sutton. I can think of a couple guys that his style didn't match their athleticism and the results were poor.
"Spring the shaft!!"
Nothing too important. They started by saying Harrington and Vijay Singh often practice with a towerl or glove under one (or both) of their arms - and that this harkens back to connection, from JB.
They talked with JB who said critics charged that he taught a sway, but none of his students ever lodged that charge.
Then they talked to some other teachers (Mogg, and Stenson's coach) who contrasted JB's stuff with Stack and Tilt, that today's swing ideas are more rotary (versus getting off the ball).
They went to Rocco who said JB's motion was great for his back. Others commented that the "sway" motion of JB was better for people with bad backs, and Rocco said a swing with a huge rotary element would be death for him.
They talked with JB who said critics charged that he taught a sway, but none of his students ever lodged that charge.
Then they talked to some other teachers (Mogg, and Stenson's coach) who contrasted JB's stuff with Stack and Tilt, that today's swing ideas are more rotary (versus getting off the ball).
They went to Rocco who said JB's motion was great for his back. Others commented that the "sway" motion of JB was better for people with bad backs, and Rocco said a swing with a huge rotary element would be death for him.
Chris Sturgess
New member
What show on the golf channel was this on?
ColinMB
New
It felt 'set up' to me.
They would ask JB a question, get his answer, then draw a completely (and I mean utterly) contradictory answer from a different teacher/player.
Of course a massive contradiction in JB and his swing teachings would be 'stack and tilt'. So they would run over to a stack guy and get some contradictory statement then run over to a JB guy and ask for more....
I just don't get stack and tilt. I'm not ragging on the concept because we've all seen some bizarre swings that work for some people. I'm fine with that, but stack and tilt appears to be Jim Hardy's One Plane swing with emphasis on weight forward (which most of them don't really retain on driver anyway).
I just got a sense of 'there is no right or wrong' in teaching golf from the piece. It wasn't really a piece on JB persay. Just jibber jabber about swing styles in the modern game.
They would ask JB a question, get his answer, then draw a completely (and I mean utterly) contradictory answer from a different teacher/player.
Of course a massive contradiction in JB and his swing teachings would be 'stack and tilt'. So they would run over to a stack guy and get some contradictory statement then run over to a JB guy and ask for more....
I just don't get stack and tilt. I'm not ragging on the concept because we've all seen some bizarre swings that work for some people. I'm fine with that, but stack and tilt appears to be Jim Hardy's One Plane swing with emphasis on weight forward (which most of them don't really retain on driver anyway).
I just got a sense of 'there is no right or wrong' in teaching golf from the piece. It wasn't really a piece on JB persay. Just jibber jabber about swing styles in the modern game.
swingobsessed
New
On the broadcast I heard them talking about how Azinger is working with him and credited him for his hitting the ball longer. They mentioned something about rotary golf, but I didn't fully get it.
What I saw was on their evening "Live from the PGA" show (Thursday).
- Status