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Title: On Learning Golf by Percy Boomer, Ian Esmo ISBN: 0-7861-1567-X Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Must read for all golfers
Comment: This book will allow you to get the right conceptions for producing a good golf swing. And as Percy says, it is the swing rather than hitting the ball that is the thing. It is not a technical book but he does make technical points in it. Its key virtue is that it gets rid of several common misconceptions about how to swing a golf club. Percy's tone is absolutely wonderful and he has a nice sense of humor. It would have been a joy to experience his teachings in person. Buy the book, read it and then practice its concepts and you will find yourself capable of nailing every shot. Of course, the result is that golf becomes a very fun game again, as it should be. Best golf instruction book I have ever read and I have read a bunch, including Penick, Hogan, Armour, Leadbetter, Haney, Harmon, etc.
Rating: 5
Summary: Possibly the Best Golf Instruction Book Ever
Comment: Percy Boomer will probably go down in the annals of golf history as the finest teacher in the history of the game. He does this by explaining the proper conception of the golf swing as one athletic movement, not a series of positions to reach as in modern instruction. Boomer had the benefit of NOT having stop motion photography and video cameras - instead, he explains that the movement of the golf swing is a swing in the strict definition of Ernest Jones: that the club should be moved in a centrifugal motion, through the proper use of the core (center) of the body. Much like a pitcher or batter in baseball, a discus thrower, the golf swing according to Boomer employs the same physics, as the body generates this centrifugal force and imparts maximum velocity and accuracy through the clubhead, as the hands and arms act only as connecting agents to the club. All motion below the waist is active, while all movement above the waist is passive, or responsive to the hips, knees and feet. Jones, Hogan, Sarazen, Snead, even Moe Norman, arguably the greatest ball striker in golf history, employ this motion. While none appear the same in terms of setup, posture, grip, etc, they all utilize the body to swing the clubhead - the dog wags the tail!
Boomer is the seminal voice in golf instruction history. Jimmy Ballard developed his theories with much from this book. Ballard even took the term "connection" from Boomer. David Leadbetter and his "dog wags the tail" concept, was directly taken from the pages of this book. Modern instruction however detailed, somehow fails where Boomer excels. Modern gurus believe in positional instruction: lag the clubhead, width at the top and through the swing, clughead leans forward at impact, hit down and through, etc. If the golfer uses the motion described in this book, guess what happens: every one of the aforementioned positions are achieved! Does anyone really think that Ernie or Jack or Tiger try to lag the clubhead and in the last instant, snap it through impact? Of course not, they instead have and do use the motion of their bodies to achieve the centrifugal motion. Centrifugal force is the most powerful force that can be used in the golf swing.
Buy this book and revel in its incredible ability to convey to the read the conception and feel of a centrifugal motion in a golf swing. You will not be dissapointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Broke 80 for the first time
Comment: I first read the book 10 years ago when I was learning the game. Got to a 14 handicap. Reread it this spring and just shot my first 79 today!
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Title: Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf by Joe Dante ISBN: 0385477767 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Golf Swing by David Leadbetter, John Huggan, Nick Faldo ISBN: 0525946314 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Golf Swing Secrets and Lies: Six Timeless Lessons by Mike Hebron, Michael Hebron ISBN: 0962021431 Publisher: Learning Golf Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf by Ben Hogan ISBN: 0671612972 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 20 September, 1985 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: How to Feel a Real Golf Swing : Mind-Body Techniques from Two of Golf's Greatest Teachers by Bob Toski, Jr. Davis Love, Robert Carney ISBN: 0812930282 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 17 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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