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Post by teeace on Jan 15, 2014 6:56:04 GMT -5
Ballard taught left side connection and putting a glove or towel under your left armpit a long time ago. Leadbetter took it from Ballard and then created the 'Swing Connection' training aid and Ballard has had a hatred for Leadbetter ever since. Interesting. I thought I heard somewhere that Leadbetter had asked for permission to teach connection, but I don't recall the source. Kel attended a Ballard seminar and says Ballard seemed to be motivated to contradict Flick and Toski, who were teaching steady head, "arms swing the club" and left side control. Jeff First book I had for golf was Leadbetters The Golf Swing. Two years later I read Ballard and found that DL was just copying Ballrads ideas and teaching. There is lot of great thoughts in Ballard's philosophy and "big view" about golf swing but also some missing points. But I give him full respect of being one of the firsts who talked about rotation and right side firing. |
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Post by dodger on Jan 22, 2014 12:17:38 GMT -5
I have never had a lesson from Ballard, but have read his book and watched his video from the late 1980's. He is pretty absolute in that instruction, but I understand in lessons like most great teachers, he can really focus on the individual. Interestingly, from 1970 thru 1990 he taught more touring pros than anyone else and I have never heard one of them criticize his teaching. Knudson, Player, Strange, Sutton, Jerry Pate, Jesper Parnevik all worked with him at one time. Not endorsing his teaching, but it is amazing you see all kinds of criticism of Ballard but not from tour pros who have worked with him. One thing that Strange does that he advocates is having the left wrist under the shaft at the top. Ballard refers to it as both thumbs under, Azinger shows it in his swing too. Player in his recent golf channel spot also discusses this position. It helps explain why the tour pros went to Ballard, particularly during the old ball, persimmon days, his method really minimizes hooks and the ball comes out pretty straight and in Strange's case always moved a little right.
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