The beach ball is an excellent tool for keeping the upper body connected. Rafas backswing is initially quite steep, but his d.s. comes down inside plane a little, and smooth as fuck.
I saw this guy on TV for the 1st time @ the Sicilian Open this week. What a smooth, smooth swing! Great tempo, nothing hurried or rushed. That training aid @ 2:09 looks to simply be a soft rubber ball that he's using to keep his arms working together with his body turn. When you start your swing from the ground up, the arms just sort of come along for the ride. Also note that he's using alignment rods on the ground, alignment is one thing he said amateur should work on.
@michaeldevine123 All this time and no-one's responded? Lame on people. It's called a swingball. Basically, it has to indents that your arms slide into so you can take your address as Raphael showed, and you can swing. It helps greatly with co-ordinating the arm swing with the body, and isolates the wrists in the swing. Hope that helped :3
UNBELIEVABLE swing! but how he do it so smooth like that???
Funmichi 4 months ago
The beach ball is an excellent tool for keeping the upper body connected. Rafas backswing is initially quite steep, but his d.s. comes down inside plane a little, and smooth as fuck.
italodiscorevival 11 months ago
awesome swing,it is eve more impresive when you see it in person.
omerion 11 months ago
I saw this guy on TV for the 1st time @ the Sicilian Open this week. What a smooth, smooth swing! Great tempo, nothing hurried or rushed. That training aid @ 2:09 looks to simply be a soft rubber ball that he's using to keep his arms working together with his body turn. When you start your swing from the ground up, the arms just sort of come along for the ride. Also note that he's using alignment rods on the ground, alignment is one thing he said amateur should work on.
HeinekenPete 11 months ago
@michaeldevine123 All this time and no-one's responded? Lame on people. It's called a swingball. Basically, it has to indents that your arms slide into so you can take your address as Raphael showed, and you can swing. It helps greatly with co-ordinating the arm swing with the body, and isolates the wrists in the swing. Hope that helped :3
golfingpenguin 1 year ago