The secret of the scientific swing
By: Mike Bender
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781118007617
Subjects: SPORTS & RECREATION / Golf; Swing (Golf); Golf; Physiological aspects
Description: "The hook: Unlike other teachers, Bender takes a biomechanical approach to the golf swing. In every era, golf instruction is usually based on having students emulate the best players of the day. Bender, however, says physics provides a better model for a swing that's as efficient, as repeatable and as timeless as that of Iron Byron, the PGA robot that tests clubs and balls. As he puts it perfectly: would you rather fly in an airplane that was built by engineers who understood the principles of lift and acceleration; or would you rather fly in one built by people who simply went out to the airport and watched them taking off and landing"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Zach Johnson Acknowledgments Introduction: Putting the Pieces Together Chapter 1. The Most Efficient Swing; title: A Machine or Tiger? Chapter 2. Alignment and Proper Aim Chapter 3. How to Practice Good Aim Chapter 4. The Correct Way to Turn Chapter 5. How to Practice the Correct Body Turn Chapter 6. The Four Essentials of Plane Chapter 7. How to Establish an On-Plane Swing Chapter 8. Proper Sequencing of the Arms and Body Chapter 9. How to Practice the Correct Sequencing Chapter 10. How to Practice and Make a Swing Change Index.