Paul G. Schempp
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Golf: Steps to Success, 2E door Paul G. Schempp
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.A well constructed, step by step book of golf instruction. While I wouldn't use the book to learn how to play golf, I think it works very well if an individual is trying to figure out what he or she is doing wrong in a certain aspect of the game and correcting it.
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.Golf-2nd Edition: Steps to Success by Paul Schempp is a Early Reviewer selection.
I have played "at" golf most of my life. I have never committed to the game at a high enough level to become accomplished at it but over the years have accumulated enough general knowledge and experience to enjoy playing and to avoid embarrassing myself most of the time. That said I wasn't expecting to gain much from this book since I have read many self-help golf guides in the past which didn't seem to help much.
Steps to Success was an interesting book. I have not read all of it cover to cover yet but I will say that even though it seems to be very comprehensive in its coverage of all of the aspects of the game, at the same time it is a bit lightweight in its detailed coverage of each individual technique. It would be a good book for someone who is new or inexperienced in golf to learn about the playing of the game but not a good instruction guide for learning to strike the ball or for improvement of an experienced golfer.… (meer)
I have played "at" golf most of my life. I have never committed to the game at a high enough level to become accomplished at it but over the years have accumulated enough general knowledge and experience to enjoy playing and to avoid embarrassing myself most of the time. That said I wasn't expecting to gain much from this book since I have read many self-help golf guides in the past which didn't seem to help much.
Steps to Success was an interesting book. I have not read all of it cover to cover yet but I will say that even though it seems to be very comprehensive in its coverage of all of the aspects of the game, at the same time it is a bit lightweight in its detailed coverage of each individual technique. It would be a good book for someone who is new or inexperienced in golf to learn about the playing of the game but not a good instruction guide for learning to strike the ball or for improvement of an experienced golfer.… (meer)
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.“Golf: Steps To Success, Second Edition” is comprehensive. It has more than 200 pages of instruction and drills on every aspect of the game, including etiquette and strategy. Chipping, putting, full swing, bunkers, and more. It even offers you the option of using the 10-finger baseball grip. Why, I don’t know, because if you go with a baseball grip you should quit before you start, you’re never making it to the tour. But that is how inclusive this book is.
If you work through every page, every drill (less difficult and more difficult), plan on spending the rest of your life. Certainly you will be a better golfer at the end of the journey.
The questions to ask yourself are: Am I a visual learner? Do I need photographs of great players to emulate? When I watch a tournament on TV do I pay rapt attention to the slow-motion swing studies of the pros?
If the answer is yes, my opinion is to look elsewhere. This book is not for you if you want to copy a beautiful swing, for example, Justin Rose or Adam Scott or Rory McIlroy. I was left wondering why “Golf: Steps To Success” devoted only 17 pages to Chapter 5, Taking a Full Swing. Arguably, the full swing is the basis of the entire game.
Even worse, this crucial chapter had only 9 photographs, and 3 of those, on Page 77, were duplicate pictures of the grip styles (overlap, interlock and baseball), which had already appeared on Page 29.
Two of the 9 photos were of the setup postion, a side and back view. That leaves 4 side-view photos of the “full swing”: (a) an exaggerated forward-press at address; (b) the position at the top of the swing; (c) halfway to the ball; (d) the finish. Not even a picture of the position at impact! An astonishing omission. For me, everything in the golf swing should lead to the position at impact, to a square clubface. I especially want to analyze the move through the impact zone. To not see that in this book was disappointing.
I will also mention that the golfer in the pictures of the “full swing” was not named. Is he a PGA tour player? I doubt it. Who wants to model their swing on an unknown player whose swing, in the few pictures there are of it, appears to be adequate, all right, maybe a little better than most weekend players? Give us world-class role models!
Of course, there’s more to a good score than the full swing, and the chapters on Managing the Course and The Mental Game of Golf were excellent. This is important material that most instructional books don’t cover.
Disclosure: I received this book in a LibraryThing giveaway.… (meer)
If you work through every page, every drill (less difficult and more difficult), plan on spending the rest of your life. Certainly you will be a better golfer at the end of the journey.
The questions to ask yourself are: Am I a visual learner? Do I need photographs of great players to emulate? When I watch a tournament on TV do I pay rapt attention to the slow-motion swing studies of the pros?
If the answer is yes, my opinion is to look elsewhere. This book is not for you if you want to copy a beautiful swing, for example, Justin Rose or Adam Scott or Rory McIlroy. I was left wondering why “Golf: Steps To Success” devoted only 17 pages to Chapter 5, Taking a Full Swing. Arguably, the full swing is the basis of the entire game.
Even worse, this crucial chapter had only 9 photographs, and 3 of those, on Page 77, were duplicate pictures of the grip styles (overlap, interlock and baseball), which had already appeared on Page 29.
Two of the 9 photos were of the setup postion, a side and back view. That leaves 4 side-view photos of the “full swing”: (a) an exaggerated forward-press at address; (b) the position at the top of the swing; (c) halfway to the ball; (d) the finish. Not even a picture of the position at impact! An astonishing omission. For me, everything in the golf swing should lead to the position at impact, to a square clubface. I especially want to analyze the move through the impact zone. To not see that in this book was disappointing.
I will also mention that the golfer in the pictures of the “full swing” was not named. Is he a PGA tour player? I doubt it. Who wants to model their swing on an unknown player whose swing, in the few pictures there are of it, appears to be adequate, all right, maybe a little better than most weekend players? Give us world-class role models!
Of course, there’s more to a good score than the full swing, and the chapters on Managing the Course and The Mental Game of Golf were excellent. This is important material that most instructional books don’t cover.
Disclosure: I received this book in a LibraryThing giveaway.… (meer)
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.Full disclosure: I didn't "read" this book. It's really not a book you read (not from cover-to-cover anyway). I did, however, flip through the whole thing and skimmed several sections (especially those that dealt with problems I have in my own golf game...and there are many!).
The book is very thorough, includes many full color photographs, and offers great step-by-step directions. It also offers multiple drills on various shots and techniques that I imagine would be quite effective.
The book is very thorough, includes many full color photographs, and offers great step-by-step directions. It also offers multiple drills on various shots and techniques that I imagine would be quite effective.
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