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Summary: An excellent, essential book.
Review: A remarkable book. Ralph Mann, scientist, offers "reality, not fantasy"; Fred Griffin, teacher, provides useful advice on how to apply, practically, Dr. Mann's computer generated "pro" to a reader's golf swing. Together they repudiate the myths of the golf swing with fact-based research. This accessible book takes a step by step approach to the swing; like all good prose, it is intelligently written without being self-consciously intellectual. "Having the right information is essential to having a good swing," they say in the preface. Swing Like a Pro has the right information. This book is essential for any person who cares about the game of golf.
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Summary: Great for answering the questions your Pro can't
Review: A++++. This book can be difficult at times but if you don't try to read things into what it is saying it's great. The section on grip and shoulder position alone should have you striking the ball solidly after a couple buckets. The grip section is by far the best explaination I have read on the grip to date. And the shoulder section exposes the need to have your shoulders slightly open so your can move easily through the ball. Slicers beware, that is shoulders slightly open and you still have to learn to release the club head. But the new grip should help that. Basically I have quit lessons at a Jim Flick golf school after two years of being taught his "developmental swing" and in two months dropped my handicap index from 19.7 to 11.7 and I should break 10 with another good round. For me this book answered the questions my Pro couldn't or wouldn't. My favorite new trick is backing the ball up on the green. With the grip taught in this book hitting the ball with a descending blow is now easy and almost natural.
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Summary: True refinement seeks simplicity- An easy to understand book
Review: After lessons with various teaching professionals I bought a copy of Swing Like a Pro and found all the answers to questions that even they couldn't provide. With just a few adjustments to my set up and after watching the screensaver (free on the Compusport website) I went out a few days ago and shot a 75-my best round ever. I will continue to review the book and look forward to getting a copy of the latest version of their teaching software. Way to go Compusport- now we (the everyday golfer) can understand how to swing like a pro!Bruce A. Langeries
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Summary: Glad I Didn't Pay Full Price
Review: Anyone that rates this book less than 5 stars is just not dedicated to the effort involved in changing their existing swing. As a teaching pro I have to say this is the best book on the long game I have ever seen. Get the CD that goes with this book - the swing drills are all animated, and you can see the swing you're trying to develop.
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Summary: Great Book - Even better with the CD!
Review: Anyone that rates this book less than 5 stars is just not dedicated to the effort involved in changing their existing swing. As a teaching pro I have to say this is the best book on the long game I have ever seen. Get the CD that goes with this book - the swing drills are all animated, and you can see the swing you're trying to develop.
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Summary: Get rid of your slice! Works for recreational golfers!
Review: Are you struggling with hitting slices? According to this book, 85% of golfers they see struggle from slices. For years, I was one of these unfortunate people, but after reading this book and a couple of trips to the driving range, I am proud to say I do not slice any more. No more slicing! How? Well, rather than suggesting "a single motion" that can miraculously solve your slicing problems, as is claimed in so many golf magazines and other golf books, this book breaks down the swing into various parts and talks about problems in each of those parts that can cause a slice. The various parts include: grip, address, backswing, top of the swing, transition, downswing, and follow through (there might be some others - I don't have the book in front of me) And it doesn't just describe them with hard-to-picture words alone; it CLEARLY describes them with photographs that show how it should be done. For example, in the first instructional chapter of the book, the authors show how to properly set your grip on the club. Why is that important? Well, it turns out that one major cause of slicing is a poor grip. A common myth suggests that a 'neutral' grip, like a handshake, is the proper way to grip the club. After reading the 'Grip' chapter and examining the pictures, it was clear that my 'neutral' grip was dramatically different from the grip that the pros use. The problem with the neutral grip is that it causes the club to face outward or be 'open' when striking the ball. This is tricky to understand since setting up with this grip puts the clubhead squarely behind the ball at address. But as you swing through the ball, your hands move in front of the ball. Since your hands are in front of the ball at impact, the club head, originally square with the ball at address, is now open, which causes the slice. To demonstrate this to yourself, setup with a neutral grip and then move your hands forward in front of the ball. You'll notice that the clubhead naturally opens up. To combat this problem, the book recommends a 'strong' grip, which is what the pros use. Now, a 'strong' grip doesn't refer to a tighter grip; rather it describes rotating your hands counterclockwise before you grip the club (or clockwise for you lefties) It's hard to describe this grip using words alone, and that's where the book is so well-designed. In an their easy-to-follow manner, they describe how to repeatedly setup using the strong grip. And ever since then, I have been able to follow their easy steps to get it again and again. More importantly, my slice is gone. The 'Grip' chapter is only one of many. I am looking forward to the other chapters' insights to improve my distance and consistency. If you want to get rid of your slice, try reading this book, especially the chapters on 'Grip' and 'Address'. It worked for me.
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Summary: Great book
Review: As a former PGA Professional who's been a student of the golf swing for over 25 years, my advice for anyone who truly wants to improve their long game (Pelz is the short game guru of choice): BUY THIS BOOK!! No guesswork, great drills, well illustrated.
As for the few somewhat less than glowing reviews, I found them absolutely hilarious in the sheer ignorance ("swing the hands", "WSU is a party school", "I'm so confused") of the absolute boneheads who wrote them. Classic.
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Summary: Excellent, well formulated, break down of the swing.
Review: As a golf instructor I was delighted when this book hit the stores. So much of the instruction we see in magazines and books is opinion based. This book takes a scientific look at the modern golf swing (the one we see most often on television) and picks out the common denominators. Biomechanics is utilized to isolate each movement in the swing of a professional golfer so it can be compared to the same point in the swing of many other golfers to find those commonalities. With the drills at the end of each chapter the reader can strive to duplicate the common elements of the most successful golf swings in the world. This may be the last instruction book you will ever buy.
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Summary: Swing like A Pro
Review: Best golf book on the market. I not only bought the book but also the screen saver and the complete program. Not a quick fix. Do the drills and you will improve. Use the teaching shaft. They have also set up a new web site at modelgolf.com. A complete program is now available. Most of what we read about golf is what the instructer feels is happening, not what is actually happen. Last summer stayed in the mid to low 70"s. If you are willing to work to improve you swing this will help you. Most important part of the swing is the set up and movememt to the top. Would not have believed how important this is.
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Summary: The final word, the real deal
Review: Complexity sells, but simplicity is truth... and the simple truth is that the best players in the world have better swing mechanics than the rest of us. The research behind this book proves this empircally, and the results obtained through this astounding transfer of knowledge--fact, not opinion--are immediate. Ralph Mann has provided an incredible service to serious students of the game. I can't tell you the struggle it's been for me to learn this game. I'm reasonably athletic and coordinated, but I could not hit a golf ball. In hindsight, the problem was simple: I had no basis of reference for understanding precisely what I was doing wrong, relative to what I am SUPPOSED to be doing. This book provides that basis. The results? I've gone from scoring in the 100's to the 80's, and can now begin to focus on my short game for even greater improvement. I submit that until you are given a means of SELF-diagnosis (rather than a "pro's" diagnosis based strictly upon his knowledge of what works for him), you will see little improvement. If you are not 100% certain that you know the proper swing mechanic and have the ability to diagnose your problem areas, I wholeheartedly suggest that you invest in your game by studying and implementing the concepts in this book, and stop buying all of those silly golf training gimmicks, videos, and singular-opinion books & lessons. I'm proof that ANYONE can master the fundamentals of the correct golf swing--including you!
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