Pure Greatness !
Golf Tips - Technique Example 1 Balance during the swing
A great clip of Fred Astaire dancing and playing golf at the same time. It takes great balance to achieve this and also the firm planting of the left foot prior to the start of the downswing. Listen and you will hear the tap of the plant and then the start of the downswing. The original Happy Gilmour???
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wennieJay
September 22, 2009
lagpressure
September 24, 2009
Fred had a great golf swing..
His use of vertical and horizontal ground pressures is better than most tour pros we see today. The heavier clubs of the past required more force grounding into the feet, and who better to do that than Astaire!
Bravo Great One!
onebaud
September 27, 2009
Tiger could not do this. But no one else can either. Fred was one of a kind and has no equal. I miss him along with a slew of others.
Mi5oMi6o
September 29, 2009
Thats is bloody brilliant..I love how he really gets his front heel lifted and then plants it down through impact…
For sure that should be a NIKE commercial.
Seattle470
October 2, 2009
Tiger who???
THAT, my friends, should be a Nike commercial!
GhostofAutumn
October 2, 2009
It’s still not as impressive as that video of Milton Berle hitting a ball WITHOUT a club.
bobebrownmaui
October 4, 2009
Amazing!!!!
jnkhd
October 6, 2009
Talk about poetry in motion!
YouzTube99
October 8, 2009
This is one time when the overused word “amazing” really applies! Yet another demonstration of Astaire’s perfect coordination and sense of rhythm. And NO cgi . . .
BTW, YouTube resolution is too low to show it but when he’s driving that series of balls at the end, he is really booming them. Mr. Astaire loved to play The Game.
lpgahf9
October 12, 2009
Stunning … and clever too! Wonder if Tiger could do this?
Rudis66
October 13, 2009
Absolutely brilliant!!
MGS39
October 14, 2009
no wonder he was sucha great golf as well as dancer.
