Anatomy of the Perfect Golf Swing : The Surest Way to Better Golf - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966707907 ISBN 13: 9780966707908

Publisher: Lobdell & Potter Pub, 1998

Synopsis

Title is a 6"x 9" black & white, 96 page, paper back. This easy-reading, splendidly written book with 26 illustrations, 35 photographs and eight exersises describe the bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments used in a certain sequence to achieve the proper motion needed to swing a golf club. It was written for beginning golfers as well as professional instructors.

About this title

About the Author

Glennon E. Bazzle is a nationally known and well respected master masseur/fitness instructor with more than 37 years of experience.

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Bazzle has traveled extensively, and has received diplomas and certificates in a variety of healing and massage therapy specialties.

His training and education include the study of Schiatsu at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; the study of The Art of Scientific Spa Therapy in San Diego, CA; courses at the American School of Holistic Massage, West Palm Beach, FL and the Swedish Institute of Massage, New York, NY. He is a former member of the Alliance of Massage Therapists, Inc., New York, NY.

Bazzle's impressive educational background is complimented by a most prestigious history of working with the nation's finest hotel spas and resorts from 1961 to 1982. He was Head Masseur at the Jewish Community Center in New Orleans, LA; Masseur and Exercise Instructor at the Regency Hotel Spa, Miami Beach, FL; Assistant Spa Manager and Masseu Assistant Spa Manager and Masseur at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada and Massuer and Exercise Instructor at Rancho La Costa Hotel Spa and Resort, Carlsbad CA.

From the Inside Flap

In Anatomy of the Perfect Golf Swing here are some of the things you will learn:

* The mechanical and anatomical principles used to execute a successful swing
* The proper muscles, tendons, bones, joints and ligaments to use
* Exercises to develop the proper muscles in the proper sequence used in the swing
* How to relax emotionally, mentally, and physically while playing golf
* How to get more pleasure and enjoyment from the game of golf
* Everything necessary to play good golf is contained right within your own body

Some of the benefits of learning the Perfect Golf Swing:

* Create more accurate shots
* Improve scores immediately
* Increase confidence and self-esteem
* Save time and money and have more fun
* Success brings self-satisfaction
* Win recognition, praise and admiration
* Peace of mind, enjoyment and contentment await you

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Some golfers have been fortunate enough to discover a unique and successful swing by themselves through intuition. It is a successful swing because it gives them a chance to play their best golf consistently. Now you too can achieve your greatest golfing potentials and accomplishments without relying upon a chance discovery or an accidental stroke of luck. By demystifying the golf swing the author has reduced luck to a science. A science that any golfer can master when it is applied diligintly, persistently and in the right spirit.

Most instructional golf books focus on the various aspects of playing the game of golf. Example: driving, putting, chipping, sand shots, etc. The photographs and illustrations in this book show the scientific techniques created and designed by the author to give golfers the knowledge of specific bones, joints and muscles of the body needed in making the perfect golf swing. You will learn how these muscles work in a logical, systematical and progressive technique. The principles and skills to apply them are attainable through study, observation and practice. By the conscious use of these principles and skills and your creative imagination, you too can produce a successful swing consistently. Peace of mind, enjoyment and contentment await you, once you know the sequence of movements and observe them faithfully. Yesterday, knowing little about the golf swing you could only make an occasional lucky hit. Tomorrow, knowing much about the golf swing you will be able to fulfill your p! otentials and appreciate your accomplishments more as your score improves along with your confidence and self-esteem. Improvements come from confidence and confidence comes from knowledge. "YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLES AND THE SKILLS NEEDED TO APPLY THEM CREATES POWER."

The format of this book is a short review of how the bones and muscles of the body work. The two parts of the golf swing, BACK/UPWARD SWING and DOWN/FORWARD SWING, are analyzed. The bones and joints involved in each part of the swing, and the muscles that pull them, are also analyzed. Each section of the BACK/UPWARD SWING has an exercise that trains or retrains the correct muscles to make the correct action at the correct time. Master these exercises as we go along, and at the end of the last section when we synthesize the swing you will be amazed how simple the swinging motion really is.

First we have to establish a central theme or a fulcrum from which to work around. Let me define what we will be doing. We will be swinging a golf club. Thus, my definition of the perfect golf swing. The perfect golf swing is one, complete, smooth, flowing motion without any emotional, mental or physical interruptions.

The emotional and mental aspects are prerequisites to the physical aspects. There is no question whatsoever that our emotions are the single most important factor in our ability and attitude in handling the skill of the golf game. The more we control our emotions, the more successful swings we make. Considerable effort is required however, at least initially, to train or retrain this special group of muscles to work together.

An important point is that swinging a golf club is a "global" skill, meaning a "whole skill," requiring only a limited set of basic components. Bowling, swimming, bike riding and walking are global skills also. Each component has a special job or skill to perform. Once you learn the components' skills and integrate them into a whole, you can make the perfect golf swing. You don't have to go on forever adding additional basic skills. With proper practice and refinement of the techniques, the basic components' skills become completely integrated into the smooth flow of the perfect golf swing. The good news is that in time, when it becomes automatic, you're in for many emotionally rewarding days playing golf. The proper mental understanding of how the components or parts of the body work together to perform the golf swing is attainable through minimal study and maximum practice. The psychologists refer to this process as "appreciation precedes execution," which means "you have to!know what to do before you can do it."

The system set forth here is based on how the muscles, joints, tendons and ligaments of the body work most efficiently to produce the whirling motion needed in the golf swing. You see, there's a certain group of muscles moving a certain group of joints in a certain sequence. Any omission, incompletion or interruption of the steps in this sequence usually results in a faulty swing that produces an errant shot.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lobdell & Potter Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0966707907
• ISBN 13: 9780966707908
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Bazzle Glennon E.