TheNewBrad
Who's ya caddy?
I mentioned in another thread that I had viewed a recent interview of golfing coach, Steve Bann. The following is my transcription of the interview. I have gone to the trouble of posting this information in case some readers find it useful.
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"The golf swing is broken into 4 steps.
(1) Set up
Set-up is made up of:
There is no point in progressing to step 2 (pivot) until there is some order in the components of the set up. Nearly everyone of those 5 things has an influence on pivot.
(2) Pivot
Pivot is everything in the golf swing without arms. That is, feet, knees, hips, shoulder & head. Pivot influences 'plane & position'.
(3) Plane & Position
P & P is basically wrists, elbows, club shaft & club plane throughout the swing. Governing this is 'dynamics'.
(4) Dynamics
Dynamics is timing, balance, & tempo.
Having said all of that, the only 3 things important in golf is (1) target (2) club face, & (3) path of the club.
The ball is irrefutably programed to do whatever happens at impact. If the ball goes left, no matter what you think, the club face was aimed left. If the ball goes right, the club face was aimed right.
It is important to teach beginners from day one that the club face is the most important thing. if you learn that early on you don't develop nasty habits like slicing or hooking or whatever may be.
I [Steve Bann] get my pros to do a 9 shot drill everyday. It is the old Ben Hogan drill. I get them to hit a (1) draw, (2) fade (3) straight, on a low, high & middle trajectory. If you do that swing, you can never fall into bad habits with the face & path because you've always got control over the club. Every one of those shots is a solution for every bad swing that you can make."
- Set up
- Pivot
- Plane & position
- Dynamics
(1) Set up
Set-up is made up of:
- grip
- stance
- ball position
- posture
- aim
There is no point in progressing to step 2 (pivot) until there is some order in the components of the set up. Nearly everyone of those 5 things has an influence on pivot.
(2) Pivot
Pivot is everything in the golf swing without arms. That is, feet, knees, hips, shoulder & head. Pivot influences 'plane & position'.
(3) Plane & Position
P & P is basically wrists, elbows, club shaft & club plane throughout the swing. Governing this is 'dynamics'.
(4) Dynamics
Dynamics is timing, balance, & tempo.
Having said all of that, the only 3 things important in golf is (1) target (2) club face, & (3) path of the club.
The ball is irrefutably programed to do whatever happens at impact. If the ball goes left, no matter what you think, the club face was aimed left. If the ball goes right, the club face was aimed right.
It is important to teach beginners from day one that the club face is the most important thing. if you learn that early on you don't develop nasty habits like slicing or hooking or whatever may be.
I [Steve Bann] get my pros to do a 9 shot drill everyday. It is the old Ben Hogan drill. I get them to hit a (1) draw, (2) fade (3) straight, on a low, high & middle trajectory. If you do that swing, you can never fall into bad habits with the face & path because you've always got control over the club. Every one of those shots is a solution for every bad swing that you can make."
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