To the clowns who brand Jimmy as teaching
a sway, feel free to bring in any physics professor, as Hogan said, "You can't change physics."
To those of you wondering about Rocco, he has an injury caused by lifting his golf
bag off the luggage carsousel at the airport after his win, causing him to
withdraw from the last tournament of the year, Disney. He keeps trying to play, only to withdraw after pain.
Will keep you posted!
Rocco
wins the 2010 FRYS.com tournament!! FOUR EAGLES - FOUR DAYS - RIDICULOUS!! (as he would say) How's that for ballstriking?
Maybe it is unconventional? Stay tuned to this site for more info!! Rocco and Jimmy filmed a new series
of instructional videos unlike anything you have ever seen before, along with an informercial for a new product
called the VHarness. You can take a look at www.VHarness.com Availability NOW!
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 released his new book with John Feinstein,
"Are You Kidding Me?" a fun read about his 2008 US Open journey. He has 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.
