Rocco and Jimmy are filming a new instructional DVD at the
end of March, unlike anything you have ever seen! Availability will be posted first on this site.
Congrats to Joe Durant for his 2nd place finish in Mexico. Good
work Joe! From Yahoo Sports: Joe Durant says a session with Jimmy Ballard last fall has
helped him work out some kinks in his swing. Rocco Mediate actually suggested
Durant go see the instructor and the advice has proven invaluable.
"I thought I was more of an upright swinger," Durant explained. "I had really
gotten flat and around, and Jimmy, he just kind of took a couple looks at me and said, hey, let's see you get the club a little
more up instead of around. I feel like I'm tracking the club down a much better plane now. I'm still working on it, got a
ways to go, but I'm hitting a lot better shots."Durant, who tied for second last week in Mexico, said he feels like he's on the right track now. The
four-time PGA TOUR champ spent a lot of time on the range during the offseason with a "plan and a purpose" and the
dividends show in rounds like the 66 he posted Thursday. "It does feel very familiar," Durant said. "I was getting to the point where I was thinking
that my body was starting to hurt. It had never hurt before, but because of the swings that I had been making, I couldn't
keep doing it. It feels pretty good."—
Nice mention in Golf Magazine's 50th Anniversary
Issue crediting Jimmy's work with Curtis Strange, "Applying Jimmy Ballard's connection-based teaching philosophy, which
stresses the use of the big muscles to control the little muscles, Strange built one of the most accurate swings of his generation
and bagged back-to-back U.S. Opens ('88, '89). . ."
Rocco has just released his new book with John Feinstein,
"Are You Kidding Me?" a fun read about his 2008 US Open journey. He and Cindi have a website for any
additional info and up to date news, go to http://imediatebalance.com
Rocco also guided Ryder Cup Captain Paul Azinger in to see Jimmy, and they are currently working together to connect
his swing.
