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Summary: Makes all other swing theory books out of date. This works
Review: The one book I hope the guys in my foursome never discover. I love them, except on the golf course. The is no one correct golf swing for every player. Just check out what three different books tell you about the grip. None of them agree. With this book you match your body type to a basic swing type. Arc for the tall heaver player, width for the broad chested player and leverage for the tall skinner player. Book covers it all grip, setup, alignment, take away and downswing keys. As no one is a perfect body type gives you a map on what to add to your swing to achieve your goal. Now if I can just find a book to do for my putting what this one has done for my swing.
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Summary: A hidden gem
Review: This book does not get as much advance play as some written by top players or the "guru of the month", but it should be in every serious player's library. Too many golfers (myself included), have spent years twisting ourselves into pretzels trying to emulate Davis Love or Tiger Woods when we swing. If we are built more like Craig Stadler or Jeff Sluman, we are in for some heartache (and probably backache as well). This wonderful little book demolishes the myth that "your fundamentals" must be precisely the same as Faldo's...or Tiger's...or anyone who doesn't have your physical attributes. A brilliant primer on why you are your own best guide to building "your" swing. (Suttie has a degree in biomechanics and is a top teacher as well). Do your golf game and your back a favor and develop "golf your way".
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This book is excellent. There is so much depth and detail into each of the swing descriptions. The swing drills are very good and doing them correctly is easy as there is adequate feedback usually by using a prop such as a chair. Very few books explain the relationship between the hips and the arms the way this book does. The book tells you how to customise your swing so that your hips and arms do not out race each other - ie if the hips outrace the arms then the arms are late resulting in a slice, or if the arms outrace the hips the clubface will be closed resulting in a pull. It starts to become clear that most poor shots are caused when the timing of these two components do not match. I found some of the tests where you are supposed to determine what body type you are a little confusing. Therefore I was not totally sure what type I was, although the book says that the amount of flexibility you have should be the most important aspect in determining your type. There is so much depth in the explanations regarding how each swing type should swing the club. In particular the drill that made the biggest difference was the drill for starting the downswing for the leverage player. I do agree with the comments from the other reviews that more pictures would have been more helpful. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: The search is over!
Review: This system is the REAL deal. I picked up this game 2 years ago and have gotten lessons, read every magazine tip, and seen every Golf Channel Acadamey show and have experimented to the point of nearly giving up recently as nothing worked. I felt that I knew what to do, but my body just could not do it consistently. After discovering the proper swing for my WIDTH body type, I took it to the range, not even practicing the set up, and hit the straightest shots imaginable with ease. I highly recommend this book to those players who have limited flexibilty (your shoulder turn is less than 90 degrees). I must, however, agree with some of the other reviewers of the book who accurately note that the way the book is written is fairly poor. The lack of pictures and text that contradicts what the pictures show got me rattled at first, but if you do what the text says, it will work. The benefits of a new game far outweigh the lack of editing.
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Summary: Clears up the confusion
Review: With all of the tips found in books, in magazines, on TV, etc, a golfer needs help to decide which tips will help, which tips will hurt, and which tips will do nothing. This book is that helper. The book describes how physical attributes determine how each person is able to swing a golf club. Each body type (leverage, arc, width) is suited to a particular swing. The book explains why using a single model swing to fit all body types is a mistake. I'm primarily a width player, but all of the books and magazines that I read seem to be arc or leverage oriented. Even in my lessons my swing coaches would try to fit me into the leverage player mold. Now having read this book, I understand why some of their advice worked and why some didn't. I'm now better prepared to diagnose my own swing problems. Best of all this book gives every golfer a blueprint for the swing best suited for them and a way to customize that swing. The explanation aren't always crystal clear, and the authors should have spent a little more effort in describing how the various elements of each swing type feel. If nothing else more pictures in the swing sequences would have greatly enhanced the explanations in the book. However, after experimentation on your own or consulting with a swing coach (ie: take a lesson!), you should be able to figure out what's being described. I finally feel I know what I should be doing throughout the entire swing and know where to change things based on my ball striking. I'm hitting the ball better than ever, but better yet, when I make a mistake I know why and what to do to fix it! I don't feel like a failure now just because I haven't been able to duplicate everything my swing coaches have suggested based on a "perfect" swing model.
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