[purehitter]

I understand the purpose, but I would question the precision.

When talking strictly about generating speed and "purposely braking", I think it's snake oil.

I stand corrected.

Keeping the right foot on the ground through impact does slow down the hips.

Could this be a key for golfers to "snapping the kinetic chain" for more distance?

Here is a slow motion video of the late great Sam Byrd, Jimmy Ballard’s teacher.

Notice Sam's pivot which is nothing like Jimmy teaches or as I call it the flat footed pivot through impact.

I can see in this video that there is defiantly a “Snapping the Kinetic Chain” going on here. I did some testing on it a little tonight and I did produce a little more club head speed working with this pivot. The swing did feel more in sequence as well.

Sam Byrd learned this action from Bill Mehlhorn. I have seen video of Bill hitting balls doing it as well. Both Sam and Bill were long ball hitters.

I can remember just before I started working with Jimmy Ballard in the early 90's I use to have this flat foot pivot that I learned from my dad. I could hit my wood driver 270-280 down the middle. Then I changed my pivot to Jimmy Ballard's fire the right side pivot lifting the right heel of the ground well before impact and I was only hitting it 250 -260 with a slight pull. I even had a new Taylor Made bubble driver as well.

I have never gone back to the flat foot pivot but I think I will now.

Could this flat foot pivot be a key for golfers to snapping the kinetic chain better and add distance? I will find out. I will do some more testing with golfers and my swing and see.

It is amazing how much you can see with this old time footage!

Count Yogi has a flat foot pivot through impact too! Check out this video