All this talk of ball striking! just because you strike the ball well doesn't mean you're going to be a major winner or consistent tournament winner, go ask Sergio Garcia!!
Personally I think Tom waston was the greatest ball striker of all time not Hogan. But it's about winning, and lets face it Jackie was the greatest of them all and boy he wasn't too bad at hitting the ball either!
Nice swing, but get those hips moving laterally more. Push and slide. Don't turn. Get the right heel moving targetward instead of backwards. Then you'll look more like Hogan.
This kid may be a player; I cannot argue either way. One thing I do know is that his swing is ugly and has massive timing issues. He may be more like a young Hogan, but he is nothing like the Hogan everyone recognizes as the best striker of a ball ever. Fortunately, his kid still has room to grow and improve. I wish him the best, especially since everyone speaks highly of his character and work ethic.
Modern Ben Hogan....great! Please go out and take a Gray hound bus head on, then come back and win the US OPEN one year later. I think then we would all be happy to call you the Modern Ben Hogan. Until then, you are just a kid who can make a few good swings on the driving range.
not bad but his main problem is that he is too far right on the setup and too far on his right side at transition. you need to start moving your core toward the target before the transition begins, like hogan did.
Start of the downswing is great and very Hogan in the upperbody but the legs are too weak in comparison to Hogans leg drive and turn.This is probably due to lack of pressure between the adductors at the top of the swing.The left side is not fully in control here.
Shaft load is great,release of that potential could be better so work on connection between lower and upper body through the adductor pressure.
Spot on. This was taken almost a year ago. He has gotten a lot stronger. When it get sunny... I will make a slow mo in 300 fps and post it. He still needs better right leg motion through the ball to get that famous extension. Its coming. Check out the vid when I post it.
The biggest difference is in the pivot.Hogan's lowerbody worked back towards the target before his backswing was finished.Tiger really loads up his right side and is very stable to the top. It is not hard to say that Hogan would have swung a bit differently had he grown up with the current equiptment.Shafts load and unload differently now then then, and there is a enormous choice of options for each swing tpye.Tiger certainly model his arm motion through the ball to arc out his swing like Hogan.
I am saying that there is a correlation between how players swing and their equiptment. The amount of information regarding swings, biomechanics, and fitness available today is like comparing the old telephones to the internet. We live in a completely different world both on and off the golf course. I am old enough to remember the "old" days. I am glad to have lived to see the end of steel shafts and wood headed drivers. You have no idea what that was like - I hope!
The big difference today with regarding equiptment to downswing is, with the current equiptment we rely of launch angle to get the ball up with a driver. The old clubs needed backspin. Hence the ball spun much more. Shafts also loaded and unloaded much differently. With the ability to swing slightly upwards to level on the ball with a driver does impact the way your hip plane can look.
I wil try to put this in terms that you might just understand. You misinterpret "ballstriking" with a player's success. I was at the Open and watch Mateo, he is a very good player, no question. But as a ballstriker, there would be others even you might prefer.
Alex plays next to never at home. Unlike you, he is not stuck on some driving range mat. He has invitations all over the world to compete in international events. Look up the World Rankings and tell me where Stephan Gross is and then tell me where you are. I have taught Stephan since he was 5, this kid is in a different league. We will keep our eyes open for you, how do you spell nobody anyways?
The girl behind him has the cart. She was in the Woman's Finals. She has a +2 handicap. Look at the Evian Junior Masters Championships, Doral Publix, and now at the European U19 Championships. He is playing for Germany at the ripe old age of 15. When you can beat something more than your meat, come see us! I will be at the British Open next week with Martin Kaymer and Stephan Gross, and who the .... are you??
The ability to retain the wind in the right side while rotating the left leg back to its address position allows the player maximum time and space to lower the butt of the club back onto the shaft plane. With a driver, a lower right side allows you delay the release of your body and creates a slight upswing into the ball. All modern facts, "TRACKMAN", support this. Shafts store energy now, differently than in 1953 and the ball flys completely different!! Higher launch less backspin.
Just the latest "modern Hogan," like the latest "next Nicklaus"--a long list of them until Tiger came along. And we've already got "next Tigers" lining up.
All this talk of ball striking! just because you strike the ball well doesn't mean you're going to be a major winner or consistent tournament winner, go ask Sergio Garcia!!
thesheathdotcom 2 months ago
Personally I think Tom waston was the greatest ball striker of all time not Hogan. But it's about winning, and lets face it Jackie was the greatest of them all and boy he wasn't too bad at hitting the ball either!
ScruffyNick33 3 months ago
Nice swing, but get those hips moving laterally more. Push and slide. Don't turn. Get the right heel moving targetward instead of backwards. Then you'll look more like Hogan.
bunkerputt 6 months ago
This kid may be a player; I cannot argue either way. One thing I do know is that his swing is ugly and has massive timing issues. He may be more like a young Hogan, but he is nothing like the Hogan everyone recognizes as the best striker of a ball ever. Fortunately, his kid still has room to grow and improve. I wish him the best, especially since everyone speaks highly of his character and work ethic.
majorbama601 6 months ago
hogan played everything off his left foot, your ball position is well back of that, even with a driver
sportssycho101 8 months ago
Comparing kids to Ben Hogan...
Idiotic
mr75204 9 months ago
this is bad m8
Mrsovietgolf 9 months ago
Modern Ben Hogan....great! Please go out and take a Gray hound bus head on, then come back and win the US OPEN one year later. I think then we would all be happy to call you the Modern Ben Hogan. Until then, you are just a kid who can make a few good swings on the driving range.
thesoapydevil 9 months ago
Uh weird... its not a horrible swing, but nothing like Ben Hogan... dont get the relationship?
pauls064 10 months ago
Great swing. Good to hear a teacher using Trackman, BTW. Best of luck. Don't listen to the contrarians.
paulski5 1 year ago
not bad but his main problem is that he is too far right on the setup and too far on his right side at transition. you need to start moving your core toward the target before the transition begins, like hogan did.
sandwah9 1 year ago
smooth transition from backswing to downswing, kind of sergio rythm. good.
georgeread 1 year ago
This looks overall more Moe norman than Hogan.
Start of the downswing is great and very Hogan in the upperbody but the legs are too weak in comparison to Hogans leg drive and turn.This is probably due to lack of pressure between the adductors at the top of the swing.The left side is not fully in control here.
Shaft load is great,release of that potential could be better so work on connection between lower and upper body through the adductor pressure.
BillKelly13 2 years ago
Spot on. This was taken almost a year ago. He has gotten a lot stronger. When it get sunny... I will make a slow mo in 300 fps and post it. He still needs better right leg motion through the ball to get that famous extension. Its coming. Check out the vid when I post it.
bruderlong 2 years ago
awesome drive at the ball...whats the difference between a hogan downswing, and a more modern, tiger, o hair downswing motion?
pawndominance1 2 years ago
The biggest difference is in the pivot.Hogan's lowerbody worked back towards the target before his backswing was finished.Tiger really loads up his right side and is very stable to the top. It is not hard to say that Hogan would have swung a bit differently had he grown up with the current equiptment.Shafts load and unload differently now then then, and there is a enormous choice of options for each swing tpye.Tiger certainly model his arm motion through the ball to arc out his swing like Hogan.
bruderlong 2 years ago
r u saying there is an advatage between how tiger loads on his right side more, cause of the equiptment today?
pawndominance1 2 years ago
I am saying that there is a correlation between how players swing and their equiptment. The amount of information regarding swings, biomechanics, and fitness available today is like comparing the old telephones to the internet. We live in a completely different world both on and off the golf course. I am old enough to remember the "old" days. I am glad to have lived to see the end of steel shafts and wood headed drivers. You have no idea what that was like - I hope!
bruderlong 2 years ago
The big difference today with regarding equiptment to downswing is, with the current equiptment we rely of launch angle to get the ball up with a driver. The old clubs needed backspin. Hence the ball spun much more. Shafts also loaded and unloaded much differently. With the ability to swing slightly upwards to level on the ball with a driver does impact the way your hip plane can look.
bruderlong 2 years ago
Manassero makes this guy looks like a hack
GrandGuy555 2 years ago
You have no clue. But one thing we can both agree on, you don't.
bruderlong 2 years ago
I love how you give these paragraph long rebuttals, but can;t muster up more than 14 words for. Manassero is better and you know it.
GrandGuy555 2 years ago
I wil try to put this in terms that you might just understand. You misinterpret "ballstriking" with a player's success. I was at the Open and watch Mateo, he is a very good player, no question. But as a ballstriker, there would be others even you might prefer.
bruderlong 2 years ago
Alex plays next to never at home. Unlike you, he is not stuck on some driving range mat. He has invitations all over the world to compete in international events. Look up the World Rankings and tell me where Stephan Gross is and then tell me where you are. I have taught Stephan since he was 5, this kid is in a different league. We will keep our eyes open for you, how do you spell nobody anyways?
bruderlong 2 years ago
The girl behind him has the cart. She was in the Woman's Finals. She has a +2 handicap. Look at the Evian Junior Masters Championships, Doral Publix, and now at the European U19 Championships. He is playing for Germany at the ripe old age of 15. When you can beat something more than your meat, come see us! I will be at the British Open next week with Martin Kaymer and Stephan Gross, and who the .... are you??
bruderlong 2 years ago
I have worked with him since he started. Thanks, he is a great kid and an amazing talent!!
bruderlong 2 years ago
Holly shit, at 14 that is alot of clubhead speed,
probably caries the ball about 280yrds driver??
How did he develop his swing? help from dad? self then tuned up by a teacher?
better then most guys on tour, i really like how he can keep pressure on his right foot even past impact.
ichbindoppelbock 2 years ago
"He is the modern Ben Hogan."
Lol.. not with his weight hanging back on his right side at impact!
jpsartrean 2 years ago
The ability to retain the wind in the right side while rotating the left leg back to its address position allows the player maximum time and space to lower the butt of the club back onto the shaft plane. With a driver, a lower right side allows you delay the release of your body and creates a slight upswing into the ball. All modern facts, "TRACKMAN", support this. Shafts store energy now, differently than in 1953 and the ball flys completely different!! Higher launch less backspin.
bruderlong 2 years ago
Just the latest "modern Hogan," like the latest "next Nicklaus"--a long list of them until Tiger came along. And we've already got "next Tigers" lining up.
emncaity 2 years ago