Move Less - Get Good

You must understand this first: An athletic, unwinding downswing is just like throwing a ball. It is continuous and uninterrupted, and nothing happens halfway through. It unwinds around a dynamic axis that is just about where your front hip is. This is where the downswing rotation pivots. It is important that you understand what was just said because this post is about ball position—or, as I teach it, Body Position to the Ball . Everything up to this point was mentioned so we can answer this question: “Where is the bottom of the golf swing?” Is it in the middle of your stance? No! Does the bottom of the golf swing move around for different clubs? No! The bottom of the golf swing is just inside the front foot, where our dynamic axis always rotates. It is always there for every club, which makes this method more repeatable. “Okay, Ross, so what about ball position?” Well, there is no ball position—only an athletic setup and its position with respect to the ball. Essentially, we want to u...

Muscle memory takes many repetitions to overcome—daily practice for weeks or months. Your subconscious mind (where your current golf swing resides) does not want to let go of old habits until it is convinced that the new way is better. This takes time; you cannot fool yourself. It also takes many positive experiences before trust sets in. The real key to keeping your hands out of the swing is allowing the large muscles to control everything. You want your shoulders to carry your arms and club on the backswing and your entire body, unwinding, to control the downswing. Training these movements takes some time and many repetitions, but it is very doable. —Ross FYI: If your hands get active on the backswing, they’ll be active on the downswing. When the hands are active, THE BODY STOPS ROTATING (not good). It is one or the other. My method uses an athletic body rotation through impact, trapping the ball with the whole body as it unwinds. If the body stops turning to let the hands take over...