| Details | | Publication Date: | 1995-09-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 156 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
Golf uses a straightforward approach to give every player the tools to gain consistency and mental focus. Illustrations, charts, anecdotes, visualization techniques and reference summaries show how to overcome trouble spots in grip, greenside play, sandshots, putting and more. National print and electronic sports coverage.
There is no secret to proper physical and mental golfing strategy. Golf: The Body, the Mind, the Game answers the following (and many other) questions that will help you reach your full golfing potential. For distance, what is the one thing PGA Tour pros do that amateurs do not? Specifically, how do you replace negative feelings and perceptions with their positive counterparts? What is the single action that makes sand shots easy? Why should you learn to think about "turning" rather than "swinging"? What is a "gravity shot"? Why is it a key to scoring? What are the 5 Winning Rules for dealing successfully with mental pressure? Why do the vast majority of golfers who take lessons, read books and magazines, and buy high-tech equipment never improve? Why do the longest Tour hitters have most of their weight on the right side at impact? For practice to be meaningful, what three tenets should be followed? Why is it imperative to accelerate the putter head on the through stroke? How do you do this correctly? How important is it to have the same routine for all standard shots? What is the "Good Hit Instinct"? How do you learn to use one thought to the exclusion of all others during shot making?
Industry Reviews
This latest in an apparently never-ending stream of golf books comes from Beach, former Yale golfer and scratch amateur, and Ford, head pro at Oakmont and recipient of many PGA awards. They provide a synthesis of advice on the physical and mental aspects of golf, followed by a lengthy section on putting, some "final thoughts," and a welcome bibliography of 65 instructional books (1935-1990), plus a few recent videos. There are certain failings here, though: repetition of points made in other instructional golf books; not enough illustrations; and, finally, excessive emphasis on the (admittedly important) role played by the legs and trunk in the swing to the virtual exclusion of the arms and hands. Despite these defects, the book is well written and could be helpful to the intermediate golfer. For large collections. Robert L. Strong, Willington, Ct.
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