In a labor of love, novice golfers and professionals alike take to the practice tee to pursue the most coveted element of the game: the perfect swing. But even with a wealth of pros to model your swing after, the secret of the swing remains elusive. Should you grasp the club with a neutral grip likeContinue
In a labor of love, novice golfers and professionals alike take to the practice tee to pursue the most coveted element of the game: the perfect swing. But even with a wealth of pros to model your swing after, the secret of the swing remains elusive. Should you grasp the club with a neutral grip like Jack Nicklaus, or use a traditional Vardon grip like Nick Faldo? If only someone would compile the best elements of the pros' swings to show you how to master the techniques for yourself. Dr. Ralph Mann and Fred Griffin did, and now they're sharing the secrets in this groundbreaking book.
Joined by premier golf instructor Fred Griffin, Dr. Ralph Mann captures the essence of the skills of golf's greatest champions in Swing Like a Pro. For seventeen years, CompuSport International's biomechanics expert Dr. Ralph Mann devoted himself to studying the swings of more than 100 PGA and LPGA Tour players to uncover the keys to a better game and a lower handicap. The results: a breakthrough learning tool, the computer-generated composite Pro.
Drawing on CompuSport's extensive research, the Pro embodies the mechanical elements of the holy grail of the golf swing--efficient, effective, and now achievable. Illustrated with 175 animated 3-D stills of the Pro that pinpoint the exact motions of a body executing the perfect swing, Swing Like a Pro provides accurate, consistent information about how to play the game properly. Dr. Ralph Mann and Fred Griffin break down the exact steps you can take to develop and refine your skills at performing every aspect of the shot. They examine and explain the setup, how to grip the club properly, the seven characteristics of a great backswing, how to impart energy to the club via a powerful transition move, and achieving distance and accuracy through a perfect downswing and timing following the Pro's example.
With its unique cutting-edge, scientific approach and the expertise of its authors, Swing Like a Pro promises to be the best golf Pro you ever consulted to help you improve your swing and shave strokes off your handicap.
Swing Like a Pro ushers in a new era of sports instruction that combines the traits of every golfer's unique, individual swing with the subtle, techniques all great golfers have in common. Featuring CompuSport's computer-generated "Pro," who shoots a 50 every time, Swing Like a Pro embodies the best tactics known to golfers today. Readers match the Pro's scientifically proven tips with their own movements to create a swing mirroring golf's most talented players. Topics include:The Pro Setup, with the secrets of body balance and club alignmentThe backswing's seven essential elements, with drills for improvementThe downswing for distance and accuracy, and how you can have bothTiming and tempo, when the Pro puts it all togetherSwing Like a Pro's dynamic 3-D images far surpass traditional sports photography, making this an unrivaled approach to golf instruction and proving there is such a thing as a perfect swing. -->
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Let's face it, every golfer will like to bomb a long, straight drive 300 yards to the fairway...but for a lot of us (excluding cyber golfers and a few elite amateurs) that remain to be a distant dream
I realise my physical limit right from the start, so even in my wildest dream I didn't th ... (continue)
Let's face it, every golfer will like to bomb a long, straight drive 300 yards to the fairway...but for a lot of us (excluding cyber golfers and a few elite amateurs) that remain to be a distant dream
I realise my physical limit right from the start, so even in my wildest dream I didn't think of 300 yards - actually if I can achieve 240+ consistently the game will be much more gratifying to me. Needless to say, I'm in constant search of the right book to get me the perfect swing. I'll try to cover them one by one, but today starts with 'Swing like a Pro'.
I accidentally bumped into this book while browsing Amzon - of course while searching book books otherwise what in the heck do you think I'll run into it!
Again this book is written by a scientist, Ralph Mann, who claimed to have spent 17 yrs in the lab analysing the swings of some 100 professional golfers (incl Jack nicklaus, Greg Norman, Davis Love III etc) and developed a model golf swing for us amateurs. Is the book useful? Yes indeed - I think it's very good for beginners. It's an easy read, and the book splits a typical swing into several key components:
* Grip
* Setup
*Backswing
* Transition
* Top of the Swing
*Downswing
* Impact
*Follow through
* Timing and Tempo
Each section is aided with good graphical illustration on model swing and some good drills. The chapter on Transition is among the best and quite illuminating.
It won't turn you into a pro overnight, but the author certainly know how to teach golf. It deserves a 5-star ratings.
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