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Swing Like a Pro | 
 enlarge | Author: Ralph Mann
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 39452
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 076790236X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3523
EAN: 9780767902366
ASIN: 076790236X
Publication Date: December 29, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
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
Product Description
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. -->
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 this book will change your game October 6, 2008
I took up the game of golf two years ago at the age of 54 and though my short game developed quickly I struggled with tee shots and on the fairways. I'm not strong or flexible and just assumed that hitting the ball short and slicing came with the territory (my lack of flexibility limits my backswing to about two-thirds of the ideal). I bought this book six weeks ago and have gone from struggling to hit my driver 190 yards to hitting 220-230 and landing balls in the fairway about sixty percent of the time (although every golfer who writes anything on the net seems to hit the ball 270 or more and never misses a fariway, in actual fact I hardly ever see a golfer on the course who can do that). I haven't had that much time to practice over that six weeks so I'm hopeful that I will see more improvement yet. Even so, my long game is vastly better and more consistent. I believe people learn differently so this book might not be for everyone but it certainly has worked for me. I highly recommend getting the CD of the model golfer performing the model swing - I have studied this little man (he looks like the Silver Surfer having taken up golf) and his swing in slow motion from every angle and I think this has been almost as useful as the book. It's great to be able to slow the swing down and examine every little part of it. Struggling with a slice? Embarrassed at how much club you have to use compared with your golf buddies? Try this book. It certainly has helped me.
 Technical analysis of the the golf swing for effortless power September 20, 2008
Some people have no desire to read about the golf swing but the "Grip it and rip it" school has eluded me.
I have read other books such as "5 Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf" by Hogan, "The 8 Step Swing" by Jim McLean, "The LAWs of the Golf Swing" by Adams and Tomasi, "Total Golf" by Adams and Tomasi, "7 laws of the golf swing" by Nick Bradley, "The Plane Truth for Golfers" by Hardy and other books covering topics such as Natural Golf.
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf
MCLEAN'S EIGHT STEP SWING - Book
The 7 Laws of the Golf Swing
The LAWs of the Golf Swing: Body-Type Your Golf Swing and Master Your Game
Total Golf: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Golf and Golf Instruction Mike Adams, T.J. Tomasi, and Kathryn Maloney
Natural Golf Swing
The Plane Truth for Golfers
Search For The Perfect Swing: The Proven Scientific Approach To Fundamentaly Improving Your Game
I have watched several videos that teach the fundamentals of the full swing:
Dvd-8 Step Swing With Jim Mccl - Golf Multimedia
Golf Channel - Ben Hogan: The Golf Swing
For the past couple of years, I have read about the key elements which each golf instruction has given me. Reading this book is very similar in theory to Hogan's 5 Lessons and McLean's 8 Step Swing.
Each chapter covers the fundamentals of the full swing such as grip, setup, backswing, transition, top of the swing, downswing, impact, follow through, tempo, and swinging like a pro. The chapters give a vignette about each phase of the swing, describe the author's ideals, pitfalls, myths. At the end of each chapter, the author outlines drills on how to groove each phase of the swing. This is similar to the 8 Step Swing format by McLean. The illustrations are in gray scale with photographs and computer renditions of "the Pro" however, there is a relative paucity of illustrations in relation to the amount of text you are reading. The advantage of this book is that illustrations show the face on and rear perspectives in parallel.
There are some nuances that they cover in the golf swing such as the transition and ball position that are covered in more detail than other instruction books. There are many salient points worth reading this book for the knowledge of the secret of what appears to be an effortless swing.
This is more technical detail that would confound a novice/beginner. However, it is still an excellent book to fine tune your full golf swing. This book is complementary to the other books I have mentioned and complementary to instruction by a Golf Instructor.
For the intermediate and advanced golfer who has a grooved swing, this book is worthy of consideration.
best golf instruction book ever!! September 30, 2007
Quite simply the best golf instruction book produced. Easy to follow with simple exercises to turn the weak slice into a powerful draw. By using an average of 150 pro golf swings gives an insight on how to at least try an emulate the correct positions of the various parts of the swing. If you cant take at least 3 shots off your handicap by purchasing this book then you must already be a pro!
Technical ....No Doubt About It!!!! August 8, 2007
If you are interested in improving your game from a technical stand point, there isn't a better book for the cost. I have shown and or given away at least 5 copies of this book to my closest friends after they watched me play to a 4 handicap and wonder how I did it. Everyone of them has thanked me to no end (even the CEO of my work place). The results are astonishing and it won't take long to get it!!
It discusses every aspect of the game. Short to long, wedge to driver, chipping to putter. And more importantly, the wacky world of golf instruction...who knew?
Just recently I shot a round of 76! This included a triple bogey! And I just missed 10 birdy putts! An exciting day to say the least. If I have any bad practice days, I just watch the ball flight and adjust my machanics in the swing. It has been unbeleiveable transformation.
I hope The Mann Group writes Part 2!
The next level July 24, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been playing for 7 years and went through many lessons and own every video/ cd's and manuals out there...ran into a friend who loaned me this book to read. I shot a 75 after 2 buckets working on the concepts presented in this book, specifically the grip section, the ball position and most importantly the through swing drills. I was a 13 handicap, but it is dropping. One caution, the book starts out with simple concepts but turns increasingly in-depth, so take your time. Highly recommended!
This book will take you to the next level!
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