Expert Putting: The science behind the stroke - Softcover

Riddoch, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490941606 ISBN 13: 9781490941608

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

’Putting mechanics aren’t a problem - controlling the mechanics is’.

The putting stroke is the one of the simplest, smallest movements in sport, but it causes golfers endless anguish and frustration. Expert Putting explains why this is the case, and describes the scientific route to relieving the anguish and easing the pain.

Using a scientific review of over half a century of research, author Chris Riddoch – a county golfer, and one of the UK’s leading sports scientists – explains how treating the putting stroke as a rigid pendulum stifles our innate muscular control systems.

Expert Putting approaches the putting stroke not as a rigid pendulum, but as a subtle motor skill, requiring judgement, vision, imagery, and thought control skills, as well as sound mechanical fundamentals. This book is the first to bring these diverse skills together, and combine them into a simple, scientific putting method. The skills are simple, so there is no barrier to anyone becoming an expert putter.

All golfers, from beginners to tournament professionals, will benefit from reading this book.

About this title

About the Author

Professor Chris Riddoch is a sport scientist who has been a teacher, coach, and researcher for more than 30 years. He has worked at the universities of Bath, Bristol, Middlesex, and Queen's (Belfast) and has degrees in both Physical Education and Sports Science. He has a PhD in Sport Physiology. Over his career he has published more than 200 research articles on sport and exercise science.

Chris has top-level competitive experience in amateur golf, having achieved a scratch handicap at the age of 17. He represented his county (Cheshire) at junior and senior levels, and took part in two international trials (unfairly 'overlooked' both times, he explains!). He is a trained Physical Educator specialising in motor skill development, a qualified coach specialising in coaching children, and a researcher in the field of children and exercise.

He is now retired from academic life and writes sport performance books to help players of all abilities to achieve their full potential. He lives in the beautiful city of Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife Maya.

From the Back Cover

Expert Putting uses modern science to reveal the best way to putt. It explains how most golfers take the wrong approach to developing a putting stroke, and describes a better, scientific way. Author Chris Riddoch, a county golfer and one of the UK's top sports scientists, explains the key components of an expert putting stroke, and how the right type of practice, combined with the right mental approach, will improve performance.

Expert Putting is a scientific analysis of more than half a century of research into green reading, visualisation, imagery, stroke mechanics, swing thoughts, practice methods, and mental approach. It's the only book to bring this diverse information together, and combine it into a simple, effective putting framework.

This science-based book isn't written to confuse. Like it's highly successful companion book 'The Golf Swing: it's easier than you think', Expert Putting is written in a light-hearted, entertaining style, translating complex science into simple language, and describing practical ways of improving any putting stroke. This book is mandatory reading for all golfers, from the complete beginner to the tournament professional.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1490941606
• ISBN 13: 9781490941608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144