AboutJohn Brott Expertise PGA Golf Professional willing to discuss your problems and offer suggestions. Particularly those golfers experiencing pain either during or after a round. Prior Head Instructor: Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation Winner: 1996 Naional Senior Club Professional Championship
Experience PGA Member since 1982
Winner 1996 Senior Club Professional Championship
Former Head Instructor- Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation
Will compete in the PGA Seniors Championship and
the National Club Professional Championshi this
year.
Question I video taped myself and found that some good and bad. Hard to describe but you know Tigers move once back swing is complete is down and towards that ball. He does a great job of transfer his weight. I on the other hand do not. I do a good job of staying behind the ball but I'm hitting the ball thin, on the toe, and my divots are really shallow. My right shoulder is really down low at impact and I just don’t seem to be transfer my weight. I’m staying so far behind the ball that I can’t release the club. Thoughts on drills to help my first move at the top be forward with the hips?
Answer Brian: Take another look at your video with special notice to your foot and leg work. Does your back foot roll to the outside? And does your back knee move to the outside of your right foot? My guess is that one or both of these are occurring. Once the weight moves to the rear of the back foot or to its heel, it must return to the inside before one can push off. In this split second that the weight is moving back to the starting position so it can be the basis for the drive forward, the upper body is well into the forward swing. Rather than drive through with the legs, the tendency is to stand or raise up because in essence, you are out of balance if you're rolling on your feet. As you see Brian, once the swing begins, about 95% of what occurs during the swing is controlled by your reflexes which are responding to what's going on.
Compare your foot & leg action to Tiger's and I think you'll see what I mean. You might also copy his profile which will put you in a position of optimal balance before the swing begins. Note how he bends from the hips to reach the ball, flexes his knees just to the point of unlocking them, plays the ball far enough from him to allow the arms to hang from his shoulders and has his weight on the balls of his feet. This position allows his reflexes to respond to hitting the ball instead of the struggle to keep his balance.
Good luck Brian; I'd be interested in being updated on your progress.
