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I also grew up learning the Jimmy Ballard method and it worked well for me as long as my timing was good. The things I never really got were his concept of "springing the shaft" and his idea of coiling behind the ball. Springing the shaft causes a lot of throwaway for me and I never really could hit down on the ball. His idea of the coil has too much movement, IMO. Jimmy says that the spine shifts over to the right leg and then unwinds to the left. For me that was way too much lateral movement and it was hard to time, (I still fight the crazy legs today because of this movement). I like the Manzella, Riggs, TGM idea of the spine staying over the ball and the upper body turning over the right leg. This gives me a much more stable pivot and my body is quieter in the DS. I will say that I really did like the Ballard method, I just really changed a few of his ideas for my swing. I like the idea of firing the right side. Ballard's ideas work when you can get all of the parts correct.
Mike
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