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Summary: Great DVD to put one to sleep
Review: It so happened that whenever I watched the video, I ended up sleeping.
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Summary: SIMPLE ANSWERS TO THE "GREAT MYSTERY"...
Review: I found it interesting that the DVD was rated either 1 or 5 by other reviewers. I think de la Torre is challenging us to see the power of simplicity. And that too much mechanics might be a bad thing. So that might go to explain the differences in opinion on this one.
It appears that de la Torre's concepts have proven themselves over six decades and stand unchanged. I think de la Torre makes it clear that when golf gets simpler, I'll get better faster and have fewer things to think about when on the course. I have read the book by de la Torre and think the DVD works well as a complement to the book. I encourage others to view the DVD with an eye to the truth in simplicy that is offered. And by the way the idea that my body is more a follower than an initiator of the action was a real eye-opener for me and my game.
I side with those who rated five!
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Summary: Great DVD to put one to sleep
Review: Manuel de la Torre has a simple way to approach the golf swing based on Earnest Jones and de la Torre's father. The DVDs are very complete in covering Setup and each of the clubs used from putter to driver. The approach is to visualize the target and swing the club in its direction. The details are also simple. You SWING the clubhead back over your shoulder with your HANDS and swing the ENTIRE club forward with your UPPER ARMS towards the target in an uninterrupted SWING to the end and let the body respond. De la Torre defines the arms as from the shoulder to the elbow and does this only once. So it might be confusing if you miss this critical notion. In the forward swing the hands and forearms simply hold on to the club. Its that simple and It works too. The key is actually allowing your body to respond to this simple swing. The swing controls the body not vice versa. These DVDs would be a bargain at twice the price.
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Summary: Simplified and Wonderful
Review: Manuel de la Torre has a simple way to approach the golf swing based on Earnest Jones and de la Torre's father. The DVDs are very complete in covering Setup and each of the clubs used from putter to driver. The approach is to visualize the target and swing the club in its direction. The details are also simple. You SWING the clubhead back over your shoulder with your HANDS and swing the ENTIRE club forward with your UPPER ARMS towards the target in an uninterrupted SWING to the end and let the body respond. De la Torre defines the arms as from the shoulder to the elbow and does this only once. So it might be confusing if you miss this critical notion. In the forward swing the hands and forearms simply hold on to the club. Its that simple and It works too. The key is actually allowing your body to respond to this simple swing. The swing controls the body not vice versa. These DVDs would be a bargain at twice the price.
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Summary: The Worst
Review: Should have taken the other reviewer's advise and saved my money. Worst golf DVD ever.
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Summary: The Worst
Review: Should have taken the other reviewer's advise and saved my money. Worst golf DVD ever.
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Summary: Read the book first!
Review: The DVD is a little vague on the actual swing mechanics. As simple as de la Torres principles are, in this DVD he does not tell you what and how the actual swing should be made....at least not clearly enough. "Swing back with the hands and down with the upper arms" is the basic swing, but this physical act is well hidden in the dialogue on the video. I believe reading the book first will help you absorb what the DVD is detailing. Having said that, I'm not sure you actually need the video, but it does cover his concepts in great detail and perhaps someone who gets more from being shown will benefit from the video. The production is adequate, but the voice pickup was not always good and sometimes the voices dropped and were hard to understand.... at least to these old ears
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Summary: Uninformative
Review: The DVD starts by telling you what Mr. DeLaTorre thinks is the key to the golf swing, but never tells you how to do it. He makes it sound simple but after watching the DVD for two hours you walk away say "so how do I do it". I thought it was a waste of money
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Summary: As good as it gets.....
Review: The more you understand the golf swing, the more you will appreciate how elegant Manuel's approach to the game is.Quite simply, one of the best teachers ever. I highly recommend this DVD. Give the concepts their due time, absorb them, see them, and you will be playing great golf. Well done Manuel, well done.
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Summary: As good as it gets.....
Review: The more you understand the golf swing, the more you will appreciate how elegant Manuel's approach to the game is. Quite simply, one of the best teachers ever. I highly recommend this DVD. Give the concepts their due time, absorb them, see them, and you will be playing great golf. Well done Manuel, well done.
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