In the Ben Hogan video, he does everything. Tilt and shoulder down and weight distribution. Here is my problem with Ben. It looks effortless. When I take the club back and tilt and turn with the shoulder down and head straight and do the weight distribution I am in a full size work out. I am sore afterwards and I feel like I have been to the Gym. Is it possible I am to stiff and need to loosen up a little? Or will that come as I get better? Look at Ben. He’s hitting the ball like he’s taking a walk in the park. So smooth. So easy. I realize this is all a new thing and yes I am a little older than most but I am in pretty good shape.
Thanks. Just a little bit mad at Ben right at the moment.
@Tom Holt I think this will help. I just watched it, I was watching videos just prior to this and my wife looked at me and laughed and shook her head and said, "I can't believe you are watching another golf training video."🤣
Hard work; true grit; correcting errors. I have learned that the golf course will
”eat your lunch and spit you out.” Go into the arena like a Warrior and slay the Dragon!
Its an interesting point that both Tom's make. Its been quite a while since I've spent a long time at the range. I do remember some of the longer sessions getting to a point of where the body got forced into being more effortless. I remember thinking, this is what has happened with the pros, but obviously long before they became pros. It was that "effortless" swing that is really the key. It can become a eureka moment. It is still a process of incorporating that into actual play. Getting on the course and having score matter and only one ball can cause really challenge what got discovered.
As they say, Tom, "the great ones make it look easy." But here's the back story: 1) they weren't always great, and 2) it wasn't always easy. What you don't see in Mr. Hogan's effortless motion are the countless hours of grind and grit that it took to get there.
So yes - you are learning something completely different and it's definitely going to feel like work for a while, but at some point you're going to make a move that feels like nothing and the ball is going to take off like a missile. That's when you take pause to assess what the heck just happened, recollect your senses, and then pat yourself on the back and say "welcome to the land of ball striking bliss..." 😎
(Just a tip in this regard: Scheduling a V1 Analysis on at least a quarterly basis will do wonders for keeping you on the proper track and will likely speed up your journey to nirvana.)