Are there any good beginner guide books for helping out with swinging?

[Sheekamoo]

I'm planning on taking a few lessons soon... but I thought it would be helpful if I bought a book or two on how to correctly swing golf clubs. Do any of you have any recommend books I can checkout on Amazon.com?

[ks8829]

Two excellent videos that I would watch everyday for the next month

http://www.videojug.com/film/golf-set-up-in-five-steps

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-...lf-swing


pick up a club and practice the golf swing while watching the videos.

[PiKapp23]

Two books that historically have been a huge influence on golfers are Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf" and Jack Nicklaus's book "Golf My Way". Both books capture the fundamentals of golf including swing, grip, stance, etc. not to mention the mental aspect of the game. There are a lot of books with a lot of different theories, but these 2 books are the one's that more players will point to as important than any other. As for videos, those by Eddie Merrins are always good because he is big on teaching fundamentals and keeping the instruction simple to understand.

For simple short game stuff I also recommend Stan Utley's "The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down". I also recommend you avoid anything with John Daly's name listed as author or listed in title.

[Garthmo]

reading is good but video is better, check out the videos and videojug.com under sports and golf like ks8829 said. Great vids

[Mr Taylormade]

i would suggest firstly find your own natural swing. do not try to get the best swing straight off. find a swing you comfortable with and work on changing 1 step at a time towards perfection or the best it can be. you wont swing perfectly first time and may become agitated by this but you will be satisfied with yourself as your swing takes perfect shape for you. tour players all have unique swings that make them their best and im pretty sure john daly wasnt told to overswing by any book. jim furyk wasnt told to loop his backswing.etc.etc.
the best and cheapest way to learn is feel

[JackLee]

All beginners and other poor players that I have seen have the same problem. They use an independent arm swing that is not synchronized with their body movements. Usually their arm swing gets ahead of their body movements.

How do you fix that? Don't swing with your arms at all. Do the swinging with your lead shoulder, timing it to work with the centrifugal force and momentum, while tilting your head and upper body away from your target in your downswing. Of course, you are swinging with your entire body, but you must think of it as swinging with your lead shoulder. Your lead arm controls the extension, rotation, and wrist action. This is the body powered swing that is used by most pros, and made easy with the lead shoulder key.

If you want the details of this, read "The Golf Swing and Its Master Key Explained" by Noel Thomas.

You can learn a lot from the other instruction mentioned in this thread, but I don't know of any other instruction or instructor that teaches lead shoulder control like Noel Thomas does.

[Mr Eagle]

The encyclopedia of golf techniques by Chris Meadows.
I found (and still revisit for reference) this book a brilliant simple to understand aid when I first started on my voyage

[Sheekamoo]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I ordered 3 of the boos mentioned in this thread as well as the DVD set mentioned as well. I've been watching a lot of videos online but I'd much prefer to sit down and read about the different swings and how to use them. I can't stand watching anymore videojug with those Gerber commercials before every video (that they don't allow you to mute) :). But I did find the perfect swing video to be very helpful.

[Ben]

Two books that historically have been a huge influence on golfers are Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf" and Jack Nicklaus's book "Golf My Way". Both books capture the fundamentals of golf including swing, grip, stance, etc. not to mention the mental aspect of the game. There are a lot of books with a lot of different theories, but these 2 books are the one's that more players will point to as important than any other. As for videos, those by Eddie Merrins are always good because he is big on teaching fundamentals and keeping the instruction simple to understand.

There you go...

[wachesawgolfer]

Check out Darrell Klassen. You can order his videos or books from his website. A compleletly easy approach to what is in his words an easy game. I think these other folks, living or dead, play well but really did not or do not understand the golf swing is a simple turn back and swing down. The problem I see in most golf literature and teaching is the complete lack of backswing instruction as to muscle selection and sequence to ensure a good position and coil at the top on a consistent basis which is the cornerstone to good golf. Once your in good position at the top, swing down and the whole body fires powerfully to the target. That is all there is to it. Nobody has to teach you leg work to throw a ball, chop a tree, throw a Frisbee or how to do any of those things on plane. Golf is that easy too, if you do not get sidetracked or ambushed by well intentioned but poor golf instruction. Remember, golf is a large part feel and what we feel may not be what we are doing.