FedEx Champ winner Justin Rose talking about how he uses his body and the ground for speed in the golf swing!
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Justin Rose attributes generating power with his driver primarily to leveraging his connection with the ground and a specific downswing sequence.
Key elements
Ground Connection: Rose emphasizes generating power from the connection between his feet and the ground, stating it’s the most important part of his driver swing.
Backswing:
Setup: He sets up with the ball positioned forward in his stance, allowing for an upward strike on the ball, crucial for distance.
Weight Loading: He loads his weight into his right (trail) leg and hip during the backswing, engaging his glutes, similar to a squat or deadlift motion.
Developing the Swing: He focuses on letting the swing “develop” naturally, ensuring proper synchronization rather than rushing to the top.
Top of Backswing: At the top, he feels pressure in his right big toe, maximizing leverage from the ground.
Downswing:
Storing Power and Maintaining Height: A key moment is at the halfway point of the downswing, where he focuses on storing power and maintaining his height, keeping pressure through his feet.
Leverage and Release: With this stored leverage, he pushes off the ground and powerfully releases the club into the ball.
Staying Connected: Maintaining connection to the ground throughout the swing is crucial for consistent power and accuracy.
Feel vs. Real: Rose employs a unique rehearsal drill where he exaggerates dropping the club far behind him during a practice swing. He describes this as a “feel versus real” concept, explaining that while the club looks too far behind him in the feel, when he adds full rotation and speed, the club gets “thrown out” into a neutral path at impact. This motion helps shallow the club, ensures proper sequencing, and promotes a square clubface at impact, leading to consistent, powerful strikes.
Additional details
Rose emphasizes avoiding spinning the hips out too early, instead maintaining weight pressure under the right foot as the left hip pulls back.
He also focuses on keeping the lead arm connected to the chest during the downswing, driving through with body rotation, and avoiding an “over the top” motion.
In essence, Justin Rose’s approach to driver power focuses on a controlled, ground-up power generation, prioritizing sequential body movement and a precise “feel” to achieve optimal club delivery and ball striking.
trying to feel like I’m reflexing as much as I can. And obviously the back the down swing happens so quickly that it’s imperceivable to even see the effect of that feel. Um but also what it gives me is the ability then to jump and turn on the way through. So you’re moving your head down. Yeah, that’s what it feels like to me. Yes. I’m moving my chest down. You know, you won’t see it when you watch them, but theoretically, theoretically, I’m moving my chest down and trying to open up. That would be but I’ve got split seconds to to actually make any
8 Comments
I love listening to him teach
Always a class act, this is really great advice
Itās excellent how the feel/real works out!!šš
I get what he's saying, in his actual swing he does squat down slightly what looks like a couple of inches but if he is coming back up its hard to see.
Congrats on your recent win! Golf has so many great people, you are definitely included that group. Also, I love the fact that you are trying to help us hackers. Thank you.
Love JustinšWhat he says is so true. You donāt notice in a real swing as much but it works. I feel as though Im squashing springs into the floor then it forces me up as I swing through
Another great video!
I see this move in many pga instructor vids . Itās hard to execute and counter intuitive but I know itās the right thing to do. š