Swing Like a Pro
by Ralph Mann, Fred Griffin
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Author: Fred Griffin, Ralph MannEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-12-29
ISBN: 076790236X
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Crown Archetype
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Book Review: Book is great - CD and ScreenSaver was icing on the cake!
Summary: 5 Stars
What I have been searching for, yearning for, was a book that explained how I should swing the club - and explain it in a way that I grasped. All of the other 5 star and 4 star rated books that sell on Amazon promised it, but didn't deliver it. I know, because I bought them.
What I ultimately realized, and what you need to realize too, is that you need a book that will talk to you - that you 'get' - that will finally switch on the golf light bulb in your head and you go YES! THAT'S IT! I don't know what you need to flip that switch, because I'm not you. And maybe it's one of the books that didn't do it for me. However, I can finally say YES! Because this book, Swing Like a Pro, did it for me.
It explained the swing in a way I understood, and used great photo's that verified what they were explaining. It broke down the swing into components that I could grasp, and give me exercises that backed up what they were saying. I've been playing since I was about 9 or 10. Did a package of 6 lessons about 2 years ago with a local pro and couldn't tell you what I learned. Am finishing up a 10 pack of lessons with GolfTec and did learn some excellent stuff, but this book has really brought the swing full circle for me.
What really did it for me was purchasing the CD and the ScreenSaver that they sell at modelgolf.com to accompany the book. They show the 'pro' model swing in action, from many different angles, with different clubs. They have and continue to be invaluable resources for me.
I went golfing about 2 weeks ago and shot a 93. For me, a decent game. I've dipped into the 80's twice in the last year but a 93 is good. I normally fight a fairly decent slice, but I am happy to report that the slice was gone! Absolutely gone, nowhere to be found - thanks this book. If I had any kind of short game I would have been in the 80's again.
Anyway, while we were playing a friend brought along his flip video camera and shot a few tee shots of the 4 of us. When I got the clips of my swing downloaded I brought them up on my computer and then also brought up the ScreenSaver of the 'pro' and compared the 2 side by side. B I N G O. That was it. I could go frame by frame and see what I should be doing and what I am actually doing. It opened my eyes and showed me several things right off the bat that I was doing horribly wrong (like a way too vertical backswing and lifting my back heel before impact).
If I was you, I would get the book, get the CD, get the ScreenSaver - probably a total of around $80 - and devour them. Then, shoot some video of yourself and get a realistic view of what you're doing. It's sobering, and it's not fun, and you'll probably wince, but you WILL see the truth in your swing. And isn't that what you want? Admire the good things and fix the bad things? Get the video, then bring it up on your computer and compare it to the 'pro' swing. If you do that I guarantee that you will benefit from it.
Do it !
Summary of Swing Like a Pro
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. -->
Golfers, as a breed, are willing to pry their unwilling bodies into any ungodly position if they think it will help their game, even more so if that position mirrors the languid power of, say, Sam Snead's, Fred Couples's, Payne Stewart's, or Tiger Woods's. Swing like a Pro tees up a new model, a computer-generated composite of more than 100 swings of the world's best golfers. The theory behind it is to isolate and emphasize those parts of the swings that all good swings have in common--the parts that every golfer, regardless of the entirety of motion, can adapt to his or her own. While the theory may be sound, the presentation is technically complex, as dry as a pot bunker on an August afternoon. If you already play the game, this may help shave a few strokes. If you're just starting out, head back to the range for a lesson. --Jeff Silverman
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