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Search for the Perfect Swing | 
 enlarge | Authors: Alastair J. Cochran, John Stobbs
Publisher: Triumph Books
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 25324
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Pages: 242
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 9.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 1572437294
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781572437296
ASIN: 1572437294
Publication Date: April 2005
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A great scientific study reported way beyond it's worthy date April 13, 2007
antthegolfer (UK)
I must point out that I'm a scientist (a couple of degees in physics) and held-out high-hopes for this book based on its reviews). This book is based on empirical evidence from, amongst other events, several professional tournaments. It is quite dated but I suspect not much has changed. It draws several interesting conclusions including the one that putting doesn't really matter so long as you can send your ball close to the hole. It suggests that (and this was many years ago) that developing a rescue-type club (with a heavy and smooth sole) would be a major benefit to most hackers such as myself. Fascinating reading and worth every penny. It features several early photos that are worth their weight in gold to demonstrate how some of the myths of instruction are counter productive (keep your head still etc). It isn't really a book on golf instrction because it separates inputs from outcomes and in this way it is brilliant. I am reading this book in parallel with "Swing like a pro". The differences are wide, and the outcomes (from a hacker's viewpoint) favour history by some margin, but SLaP has some golden niggets conceadled within.
BEGINNERS START HERE April 18, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Being new to golf in practice, I have listened to club golf instructors, freinds and read different articles. Ben Hogan's book is the first I have read which explains more than just the mere mechanics. This book is excellent for the beginner or novice golfer (having not had the chance to gain a lot of bad habits?)
I have found a lot of fundamental flaws in my play and gained more confidence as a result of reading and practicing the techniques in this book.
The definitive text March 27, 1999
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
When I worked at Ping 27 years ago -- when Ping was single-handedly revolutionizing the golf industry -- this was the only book I remember seeing in Karsten's office. That should tell you something. I read it about six times. It is fascinating and full of weird insights that I still manage to work into conversations today.
This is the mother of all golf books. September 29, 1998
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Search for the Perfect Swing is the most definitive book written on what actually happens when a golf club is put in motion.Read this book and then go into your local golf retail shop or just listen at your favorite local course to the ridiculous explainations and profound words of wisdom people perpetuate about the golf swing and its effects on the golf ball and its intended target.Best fast fact-FYIO-ball and club stay in contact for 1/2millisecond(.0005).HHmmm, that doesnt seem like we can have much effect after impact- FYIO-fact#2-"in any full shot,acceleration through impact is a sure sign of wasted effort which could have been used to produce greater speed at impact if it had been applied earlier."I know my pro told me to accelerate to a full finish.-Honestly, the book is a must for serious golfers or anyone looking to have the golf swing explained without the myths-9 out of 10 golf pros dont recommend this book-I wonder why?
This is the clearest book on the engineering physics of golf December 10, 1997
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have a first edition of this book. It is a very clear and pratical explaination of what happens in the golf swing and what you can and can not do to change your game. My favorate part is a series of photos of Ben Hogan's swing. This is a very good book for the person interested in learning more about the mechanics on the swing and club design. Many ideas outlined in this book in 1968 have just come into the equipment market market in the past few years.
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