No question, Jimmy Ballard is the best golf instructor in the business!

Back to back US Opens for Curtis Strange…. Ouch that hurt Rocco losing to Tiger in 08. Love Jimmy and Rocco!

Simply the greatest golf instructor I ever worked for. It was so great to see Rocco working with Jimmy. The greatest thing about Jimmy was he presented it like a hustler but it was the golden truth. Sam Byrd to Bill Mehlhorn to Jimmy to me. Simply the best golf swing education I ever received. As Bob Hope would say Thanks for the Memories!!!

I've been using the Ballard back swing triangle connection teaching method with what "feels" like a flat level in balance finish with 90% of your weight in on the ball of your foot being able to pick the right foot up effortlessly. I was teaching this about 10 years before my combination of his and martial arts philosophies became mainstream. The LPGA girls picked it up faster than the men because their miss-hits went straighter (key) the ball went further,( because they weren't coming up and out of the swing trying to swing "down the line" as they say), and it was repeatable & easier on the back. I just wanted to give Jimmy credit for using his name in my teachings for 26 years. The video with Rocco was great BTW

This dude explaining to this lady his technique of how he would back hand her is priceless! haha

" Keep your elbow down during the entire swing" One good swing thought. Make sure both elbows are pointing at their perspective hips. To do the correct set up imagine you are curling Dumbbells; straiten your forearms and you have you arms set up correctly.

Is this is the best golf instruction that I've ever had or seen in 35 years

I tried these fundamentals, which is something different from my prior setup and structure, and this works best...easy to remember too..grateful 🙏 Stressdr

Thank you Mr Ballard!

I used this method the last time I golfed and tied my best score of the season. My driver went farther and produced low trajectory ball flights with a lot of backspin and the ball got small quicker which means I got more carry due to a higher ball speed with more backspin, so the extra backspin caused the low shot to float over the fairway. This method also allowed my to hit low wedges with a ton of backspin and really compressed the ball on the clubface, which means no more golf balls sliding up the clubface. I will need to play a few more rounds of golf to understand this method more completely, but so far it passes the sniff test.

If you want your ball striking to improve, watch this video several times and study it carefully. Jimmy Ballard is a genius at conveying the best way to consistently hit a golf ball. I wish I had known about his videos years ago.

Great Instructor, and some great advice.

Loved this

I love Rocco’s swing. Easy moving and compact.

I like it it does have as much flash speed in more traditional method with spinning hips and quick hands however it's very consistent and of you happen to be strong in the upper body then I can see this working with only minor speed loss and less back pain.

If you want to learn to swing with accuracy, consistency, and more power than you likely ever experienced, listen to Jimmy Ballard. Listen to the simplicity of that left arm move that he talks about here. The simplicity of motion enables you to put all your energy into the bottom of the swing where you hit the ball, with total confidence of a square, center hit. I don't agree with allowing the elbows to bend at the end of the upswing. I think resisting that pull of the club momentum keys the muscles for change of direction better. I see no increase in power by doing so, and it seems to inhibit the incredible accuracy gained by keeping that left arm connected and elbow down (hard to learn for a past "arm lifter"). Great job though Jimmy and Rocco. It is so refreshing today to see someone actually teach how to swing in the simplest of terms. I would love for Tiger to pay you a visit Jimmy.

Connected Swing. Yes Rocco has almost a connected swing. The two PGA pros who I think have the connected swing are: Jason Dufner and Louis Ostisen (spelling?). For several years, I studied the Jimmy Ballard connection swing but the arm pit connection did not really provide the connection to the club from the start and end of the swing. I had to create the connection to the golf club. Imagery String. I connected the golf club to my body with an imagery string (the body connector is the golfer most sensitive part to maintain the string tension). I maintained the string distance and tautness from the start and end of the swing. It corrected the over back swinging, square at impact, over hip rotating on the downswing.... and so on. Return from vacation. Many times we suffer from being away from golf and it takes so much time to get back to golf form. With the connected swing, I was able to return to golf form almost immediate. Try it, have fun, enjoy golf and good luck..... Ed

I want to than Y'all so much,,, I look forward to immediate improvement in the way my body feels and in accuracy. Thanks.

I I LIKE THIS VIDEO THE MOST . I DO THINK IT IS A SMOOTH SLOW SWAY AWAY AND FORWARD . JIMMY SAYS IT IS NOT A SWAY ; HOWEVER IT HELPS ME TO THINK OF IT AS A SWING THAT KEYS ON LATERAL SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE TARGET AND THEN TOWARDS THE TARGET , THIS KEY IS TO MAKE THE TEMPO SLOW AND SMOOTH WITH A SLOW SMOOTH TEANSITION BETWEEN BACK AND THROUGH . PRODUCES STRAIGHT PENETRATING SHOTS THAT ARE VERY EASY ON THE BODY.

Thanks! I am 58 and working to change to this swing.

Arms play a big role than lower body in golf swing. People don’t know. Your right arm creates a power and left arm is for accuracy to square the club face. Once u bring club with left arm to the ball, use right arm to hit ball through the ball to target.

i remember this show and the golf fix back when all these people were on tiger woods nuts,lmao!!!!!

"Elbows down throughout the swing" ..... Guess am gonna try that this weekend

I'm really good at copying physical motion, playing golf over decades with several styles, Trevino, Nicklaus, Moe Norman, Ballard and others. All resulted with the best rounds in the 70's, my apparent genetic potential. I will say Ballard's approach was easiest on my lower back (2 herniated discs) as well as capable of great accuracy with irons. Lack of distance with that backswing? Nope, not at all. I know this method now in the dustbin of instruction, but if you're older, it can be scary accurate, just as long and definitely easier on your body. Just my experience.

Interesting at about the 6:00 - 6:30 mark Rocco explains how the club is "light" when the shaft is upright and "heavy", dragging the head down, when it's flat and behind you. Sounds a lot like Mike Malaska and trying to make the momentum of the club head work for you. Face it, if you just want to get around a course and play decently to well you can use this or any number of other swings. Whether this method can be used on Tour at all, much less win on Tour, is a separate question of interest to only a certain subset of golfers. As someone who would kill to be able to say I'm a 10-15 handicap, I'll try it.

Jimmy's voice is like whiskey syrup.

@Bryan Gould- I disagree with you on Rocco's swing. This is not a BS move, he is an amazing ball striker. It may be unique looking but it makes a ton of sense to me. Look at all of the back injuries on tour. The modern swing creates back injuries.

good info up to the swing harness gimmick

Downswing key 12.57 ....."push from... instep" of your trail foot.

@ 9:41 "You have to be Up to hit Down" - Percy Boomer "On Learning Golf" (1942)

Does this work? Good for seniors! Someone reply please 🙏

Tiger...make that call!

one question,where is the width in the golf swing,nowadays all good athletic players have wide takeaways.

Fanny...

Does this mean his left hand grip is neutral?

I think Tiger could use a lesson from this guy. Might be the only way Tiger's back will stay in one piece.

6:56 ish - “Arms are connected to the body at the elbows”

The only way

Manual de la torre? ???

Anyone know why Rocco left Jimmy?

looks like hes going fly fishing

when I pause this video when rocco is at the top of his backswing, his elbows are not pointing down. are they supposed to stay down throughout the entire swing?

Rocco's swing was good enough to force Tiger Woods into a playoff in the US Open

Manual de la torre method swing the club don’t swing your body let the club swing your body

What does this guy Rocco know. I bet he couldn't beat a guy with a broken leg.

Jimmy Ballert “The golf swing is a simple athletic motion” Rocco five seconds later “The gold swing beats the living shit out of your body!!!!”

first of all you all obviously do not understand Ballard's teaching method and do not understand the fact that it works it is easier on the whole body forget just the back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the connection is there it is the big muscles stay connected to the chest !! guess why Marciano and Tyson knocked everyone out with ease the upper body truly connected to the big muscles brace against right knee ?? yes and bam hit hard turn and bam no winding up reaching you were done you waited to long all wasted as in golf swing !!! CURTIS STRANGE WON TWO US OPENS SANDY LYLE WON MASTERS HAL SUTTON WAS PLAYING GREAT WON A PLAYERS WITH THIS SWING !!! AND ROCCO JUST WON SENIOR PGA TRY IT GOLFING AND NEXT TIME SOMEONE MESSES WITH YOU THEY WILL KNOW YOU AS ONE SHOT FRED!!!LOL but true!! slight lateral turn against right knee if you are right handed and bam never hurt my back after I learned his swing and could relate to it as I was a brawler as young man same theory brace right knee turn hard hit with big muscles never hit a man more than once just as I was blessed with distance flew it 300 yards with a persimmon driver x100 shafts ok I was 235lbs and full of strength and speed !! ok but and strong then now I am 64 but this move works try it

Ballard always said one thing and then did it differently

Interesting content For sure Worst pair of shorts I’ve ever seen

Ballard quotes Hogan often but Hogan dragged the club behind him (one planer) vs what Ballard advocates (2 plane upright swing). The 2 are like oil and water. They don't mix well

Ok, it was a different time, but Rocco didn’t Rock those shorts. Where was his wife when he bought them? She sure didn’t.

Jimmy Ballard refers a great deal to how great Hogan swing was and yet he teaches nothing like Ben Hogan actually did in his golf swing. Unlike what Jimmy says; Hogan kept both elbows pointing to their perspective hips. Hogan also employed his right arm by rotating it to the right on the upswing which forced his back to the target that gave him a flatter swing plain. Jimmy Ballard disagrees with this saying that anyone who uses a flat upper swing plain and has the feeling the club head is rapped around the body; makes it impossible for him or her to do a downswing. Well Hogan did not see it that way.. Hogan writes: " the turning of the hips inaugurates the downswing. This movement of the hips automatically lowers the arms and hand to a position just above hip level" Hogan further write: "By turning his hips first the golfer suddenly becomes aware of his tremendous stored up power" If it is good enough for Ben Hogan. It is good for me.

OK now how about the same lesson for us lefties

9:39 : "Hogan talked about being taller at impact..." Really? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o8doZ8xitNGXeWQ.html That's getting taller? How can they make these statements? You lose all credibility when the video of Hogan shows the opposite.

lots of lips tied instruction

My god he looks like such an amateur haha

I wonder if I should start smoking...

I don't understand any of this.

This is pros copying manuel de la torre Peny has dropped

What happened to Kelly t was horrible, golf Channel should be ashamed.

Rocco has been working with Ballard since 2004 and has three wins in that time. There is so much timing in that BS move. Guys on tour LAUNCH the ball...you can not hit the ball long with that move. That is not a coil, it absolutely is a slide and slides create a weak move. This guys method has gone the way of the dinosaur.

The instructor is just insufferable. But Rocco is fun to listen to.

didn't sound solid to me... sounded like he slapped at the ball. pros crush the ball making a smacking sound i thought. worst through impact. watch lee trevino forget this shit.

I meant to write "Jimmy would have ruined Ben Hogan if he had taught HIM.`"

Where is the "connection" in the whole movement? There is a lack of logic. All reminds me of the Emporer's new clothes, lot of words without direction. Jimmy would have ruined Ben Hogan if he had taught. Rocco mediate is making a classic amateur early release, that is why he looks like an amateur.Most higher handicaps do not need to learn how to release early Jimmy, they do it already.