Putting To Driver Swing Mechanics

Hi Buddy,
Happy new year to you, I think about you when I am doing the
vids and its 100+ degs right now, cant imagine how cold it would be in
your area at the present time, a JH practice tee video with ‘Snow’ on the
ground would be so funny.

Glad you like the vids, if my experimentation can help or be of interest to
others I am happy, hope they work for you.

Glad the Tip helped, I totally agree about ‘conventional’ thinking as
the Gospel of application, I am a ‘Whatever Works’ proponent, there are no
‘Absolutes’ in a Golf Swing because there are no Absolutely the same
physical dexterity Golfers, we all have an individual capability of body
component application.
You know I think the players from the 20’s/30’s swung the club
the wat they did because it ‘felt’ right..the introduction of swing
examination by camera’s and swing monitors have virtually eliminated
normal/natural body balance responses, and I personally think that is not
a good thing.
Greg Norman in his early days of stardom swung the club with
the most natural response process I have ever seen, he moved into his right
leg so naturally that it bent outwards at the top of his swing, a ‘sway’ as
would be categorised by most teachers.
He played amazing Golf with that swing, when he went
to Butch Harmon Butch told him he had to get rid of the bending of the
right leg, he did, and he never swung the club as good again, in fact I
believe it was the downfall of Gregs career.
What Butch didnt realise was the bending of the
right leg to the extent Greg did it was in fact a vital ‘timing’ mechanism
for his Golf Swing, when the leg was reduced in its movement/motion greg’s
timing lost its ‘automatic’ phasing, natural motion is a great thing if you
use it ‘correctly’..Greg did that better than anyone ever has when he was
at his top, I am doing a video on just this subject tomorrow, I think it
will make good viewing. regards JH

+rrasmussen32 Thanks for that… I am glad you got something from my
videos… at the end of the day I am like every other Golfer that is
looking for that ‘something’ that works for ‘their’ swing…we
club/recreational golfers are in the main not blessed with the type of
timing or physical dexterity that the Pro Golfers have nor can we spend
lots of time on the practice tee under guidance of World class teachers.
I do have the time to experiment with a lot of different swing mechanics on
behalf of people like yourself and if I find something that seems to work
ok I put it on video and let anyone who wants to try it out… I believe
everyone’s swing makeup and capabilities are ‘different’ and to that end I
think its worthwhile to explore ‘other’ methods of swinging a Golf Club.
The good thing for people like yourself is that there is no downside to
trying any of my stuff… if it doesn’t work for whatever reasons you can
always try something else… I like to have as much ‘something else’
available as I can . regards JH

Thanks Don,
I guess its all about individual perspective take-up differences… the way
I saw Moe’s swing and what he told me specifically is deciphered
differently to say someone like Todd Graves who spent a ‘lot’ of time with
Moe… but there I guess lies the difference… its not ‘how much’ time you
you are exposed to something but more how ‘perceptive’ you are in the
dissemination of the experience exposure.
I personally have a knack of seeing below the apparent surface indicators
of anything Bio-mechanical…as well the type of ‘probe’ questions I pose
compared again to someone like Todd…. I think get to the core issues more
effectively.
The other aspect that I am very cognizant of is that of being able to get
across to a student the easiest way of understanding a swing mechanics
application to their specific uptake capabilities…. to do that you have
to absolutely know what the ‘real’ mechanics of the swing in question
are….plenty of coaches ‘think’ they know the true mechanics but fall
short when it comes to applying those perspectives to the student.
At the end of the day no coaching can be considered effective if the
student is left without a ‘take home’ understanding of what they came to
learn about…that to me is simply being able to get the student applying
the swing methodology being extolled in a competent manner during the
lesson course/courses ….
regards JH

+Robert Bilardo Hi Robert,
The camera angles mostly are terrible , I have no idea about setting up
cameras for videoing, it looks as though I am square on with the camera
most times but when I see the videos I am not, my ball position is not off
my trail foot as a standard position.
Frankly I never think about a ball position as such , I just set myself to
the ball in the position that gives me a straight ball flight, if the ball
is going a bit right during my practice session I just move the ball up a
bit until the ball goes straight, conversely if it is going left a bit I
move it back a a bit, , everyone has a different correct ball position
because of their anatomic makeup.
The bottom of the arc depends on how wide your shoulders are and how long
your arms are etc, I never advocate ‘A’ ball position as a standard, you
just need to work it out yourself based on ball flight direction and divot
depths etc, ( divots for irons of course).
I do for the most part look as though the ball is back a long way because I
set up somewhat closed with my shoulders , if I ever suggested to anyone
where they should play the ball the drill of setting up with your feet
together and the ball in the middle of the feet then just stepping both
feet away to stance width always gave people a pretty good usable ball
position, I actually use that measuring for my own ball positioning.
Glad you like the videos, its all just part of the journey of the Golf
Swing and how we can fit it to ‘our’ needs.
regards JH.

+1atomicgolf Thank you for responding so soon. What you said made a lot of
sense in where our ball position should be, is right on. I went to the
driving range today to try out this way of hitting the ball. Wow! I was so
impressed with my shots, I never ever hit the ball so solidly and straight,
and also long, and I am 69 yrs old. While there I did experiment with ball
position, and found where it should be for my body makeup. Also, had a 25
mph headwind and it didn’t seem to bother the flight of the ball, in
penetrated straight through. I’m playing a round tomorrow, and I feel so
much more confident that I will play the best I’ve ever played. I can’t
thank you enough for your teachings. God Bless you!

+Robert Bilardo Hi Robert ,
So glad you are getting a good result with this specific process, there are
just so many different things that people can implement into ‘their’
specific’ swing type and physicality, and its great that people like
yourself are prepared to take the plunge and explore outside of
traditionally taught swing doctrines, and you will find as you are that
wind will not bother you nearly as much with this swing type.
Its really nice to see you post your picture with your wife, you look like
the perfect couple.
regards JH

+1atomicgolf Thank you for the compliments, I am truly Blessed to have her
for my wife. She played golf yesterday for the 1st time, she liked it, now
I can teach her what you taught me to make it much simpler for her. Thank
you again.

+glen riley Hi Glen,
Glad the vids are helping you, its opportune that you ask about ball
position because if you look at the reply underneath this you will see I am
doing a video today on stance which will touch on ball position as well, my
take on ball position generally is not cut and dried as such, which you
will see in the video.
cheers JH.. PS What part of England are you from, I may be getting over
there this year around July/August…not locked in stone as yet but it may
happen.

+1atomicgolf thank you so much JH for taking the time to reply,I certainly
will be checking out your latest post. I from Northampton but what ever
part of the U.K. You visit and indeed if you set up a work shop I shall
travel to you. Thanks again the pleasure is all mine.

+Steve Morgan Hi Steve, that’s a good result first time on the Golf course,
its great to actually feel your balance working for you instead of against
you isn’t it, the Putting is something that needs to be ingrained over some
fairly solid practice putting sessions.
cheers Jh

+Fred Bailey Hi Fred,
You can produce the same ‘structure’ of swing with Moe’s extended arms
address setup, the only difference in Moe’s general swing setup is that he
doesn’t set the feet/hips open then swivel them around as I do in this
video, he could certainly have his feet alignment the same as mine and have
his arms in the single axis configuration if he wanted to, he just didn’t
need to because he never had a problem of consistency’ in his swing attack
direction like club players invariably do.
Ok Moe’s actual personal swing did not have the same amount of ‘in to out’
attack direction that I am advocating because he didn’t need anything to
give him a consistent attack direction into the ball because he clearly had
that in his swing , so sure you can use Moe’s single axis arm setup address
configuration with this process.
cheers Jh

+Fred Bailey Hi Fred, my email address is ..jhensby1@gmail.com….send me
some video of your swing and I will be happy to give you some feedback on
it, it will be my pleasure to help you out if I can and of course no
payment is necessary, I help out players where I can which is my way of
giving something back to the game that has given me so much enjoyment over
the years.
People like yourself who find my channel by accident and take the time to
look at the videos and comment on them are invariably the true enthusiast
type golfers which I have empathy for and as a result I am happy to help
you guys out if I can.
cheers JH

Thanks Preston,
As long as something in the swing ‘types’ I advocate work for you I am
happy.
cheers JH

Hi Fredoc,
With the driver you may be playing the ball to far forward in your stance,
just try putting the ball back in your stance until you start to hit the
the ball solid , if the ball is a solid hit but pushes straight right just
release the club harder closing the face through the ball and you should
get a push draw shape shot.
If you have the ball to far up and forward in your stance with the closed
shoulder line you will not be able keep your shoulders closed through
impact because the club head will lose its ability to keep tracking in to
out because it has gone past its in to out radius movement by the time it
reaches a ball positioned to far forward.
cheers JH

Hi Preston,
Its hard to actually see ball flight with the videos I do because when you
upload them to You Tube you have to compress them otherwise they take hours
to upload and the compressing takes away probably 15% of the definition of
the video and the ball flight becomes difficult to see, I will however try
to do some videos when the sun is lower in the day , that seems to contrast
the ball to sky somewhat better.
cheers JH

Hi Edoardo,
Thanks for the nice words… I am just a ‘Golf Swing Nut’ that loves to
explore all avenues of swinging a golf club, what you see in the videos is
‘real’ time experimenting and my attitude is ‘it costs nothing to try ‘ the
stuff.
Glad you are having some success with this particular process.
cheers Jh

Hi Phil,
Mindy set all his weight forward into his legs and just stayed there in the
back swing…he did have a lot of the wrist hinge set and hold aspect as
well…..certainly components of his swing that have some relationship.
cheers JH

+1atomicgolf thats correct i am being coached by a pro called claude pesant
from canada.the swing emphasizes an extensor reflex action,open stance and
very strong left grip with no wrist rotation or hit of the hands at
impact.the result is a dead straight,to slight fade ball flight,and very
accurate and repeatable swing.

That sounds a lot like Zac Johnsons swing mechanics… he hits the ball
amazingly straight and solid, I like what your coach is teaching you, …I
hit the ball very straight and solid with exactly what your coach teaches.
cheers JH

+1atomicgolf thanks JH. i have just ordered golf-the technique barrier from
amazon.Mr Blake make several very relevant points about the complexity of
the golf swing and the need to simplify it,as your video states,from putter
to driver,the same style throughout.

You will find the optimum foot angle for your level of flexibility and
strength… it will vary player to player… I really dont pay any
attention to the angle of my feet because I only use them for balance …
the shoulder angle always dictates where the arms will swing which
determines where the club face will be taken, just experiment until you hit
the ball with the flight direction you want and then whatever that angle is
with your feet it will be the correct balance mechanism.
cheers Jh

Thx JH, found myself too static on some swings.