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“Good afternoon Mr. De Francesco: I hope you are well. I love your work and think it is awesome I am a teaching professional from the United Kingdom who has been out of the game for 5 years due to major surgery. I’m looking at working a bit on my game and I am interested in doing some online lessons with you. I have no intention of playing full time again due to my back issues. I’d like to be able to play open qualifying And one day pro events ….”
“Hate my transition, stuck on left leg, no catch of club. I have 6 metal screws in my back. Misses push right and a little high. Hit my 7 iron 172 yards”
Being quite familiar with major back problems I see some similarities in the problems Chris is experiencing with his swing and what I constantly fight in my own swing, which is initiating the forward swing with proper sequence. The change of direction from clockwise to counter-clockwise must be initiated by the muscles of the right hip, and as the rotation works against the stabilized right leg the pelvis advances to the left as it unwinds. It is a must that the upper body not move forward in advance of the lower body, but the ground pressure must move from right to left and if the lower is not going to cause that to happen the upper body will lean to the left to shift the weight. You can see in Chris’ swing that his right leg remains stationary in transition while the upper body leans forward, causing a serious sequence problem. When the back muscles are weak due to the type of surgery Chris has gone through it is very difficult to use the ground properly since when the right hip muscles initiate the forward movement the lower back is the next thing in line to be torqued, twisting rather violently while the spine is remaining bent over or even gaining more bend. After years of pain the body the demanding movements are simply hard to accomplish, no matter how much you focus on it. However, it is possible to re-train, but it does take time. I can attest to that.
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