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Hank Haney's Essentials of the Swing: A 7-Point Plan for Building a Better Swing and Shaping Your Shots |  | Author: Hank Haney
Publisher: Wiley
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 5546
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3523
ASIN: B00245A4IC
Publication Date: March 25, 2009
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Product Description
Hank Haney is one of the most well-respected and sought-after golf instructors in the world today. He is famous for rebuilding the swing of the world's #1 player, who has gone on to win six more Majors and counting. Haney has also worked with hundreds of top pros, including Masters and British Open champion Mark O'Meara, who attributes the durability and dependability of his swing to Haney and says that "Hank knows more about ball flight and what controls it than anyone in the game." In this book, Haney goes beyond tips and quick fixes to lay out the principles behind the perfect swing. Point by point, chapters cover every aspect of the swing, from grip to contact to ball flight, with 160 illustrations to help players understand the concepts and check their form. Putting Haney's approach into practice enables players to make the powerful, repeating swing that can hit every kind and shape of shot--with every club in the bag--with equal ease on a consistent basis. A master work from a master instructor, Essentials of the Swing will be essential reading for any golfer who is looking to reach the height of his or her game. Hank Haney (Westlake, TX) is #3 on Golf Digest's list of America's 50 greatest golf teachers. He's the Director of Instruction at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy and the founder of Hank Haney Golf, Inc., which operates golf programs nationwide. He's the author of three previous books: The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need (978-0-06-270237-1), No More Bad Shots (978-1-892129-97-0), and Fix the Yips Forever (978-1-59240-236-6).
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 Great swing model; not just a set of golf tips June 27, 2009
J. Verheyen
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Hank Haney's "Essentials of the Swing" is a great full swing golf instructional book. That fact his golf swing plan is based on a a-z set of golf principles, rather than a set of tips and tricks to temporarily cure golf swing defects, puts this book heads and shoulders over just about any other golf insturction book you would find at your nearest Barnes and Noble or Borders.
I have read over 40 golf instruction books over the past couples years and this book easily makes it into my top 5 books that I would recommend if you are serious about improving your golf swing and not just looking for a few miracle cures for your slice or hook. Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons," David Leadbetter's "The Fundamentals of Hogan," (Hogan's book dissected with suggestions for improvements), Nick Faldo's "A Swing For Life," (very much influenced by Leadbetter), Jim Hardy's "The Plane Truth for Golfer's Master Class," and Jack Nicklaus's "Golf My Way" are all books worth reading 5 times or more. Although I believe Jack's swing thoughts are a little less relevant to today's golf swing, it is still a classic and great read. I find myself gravitating towards Faldo's book most often. With this said, I would lump Hank Haney's "Essentials of the Swing" in with these as a favorite.
Where Hank makes a contribution is the discussion of the swing arc and swing plane. I thought I had a great understanding of the swing plane until I read Hank's book. The idea of keeping the shaft parallel to the swing plane established at address, but at times above the orginal angle throughout the swing, seemed simple yet a new thought not presented (or presented clearly) by other instructors. His swing model is one built without any compensations and built on sheer neutral and sound fundamentals.
Hank's next best contribution to golf swing literature is the chapter on shaping shots from left to right, right to left, high, and low. I think anyone with a moderate amount of skill can replicate these swings arcs to bring their game to the next level. I favor a fade but it is necessary to learn how to hit draws, low, and high shots to become a complete golfer.
All in all, it is great book and a must read. Once you get it in your hands, I am sure you will read it many times over, I am on my 4th reading!
-John
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Lefty (TX USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The book is best read several times, as you would read any good golf instruction manual. I like that Mr. Haney strikes a comfortable tone in his writing and gives us some insight in how he teaches golf along with his interest in defining the swing.
I understood his searching for the just the right way to explain a concept to a student, and that all of his students are working on something.
I also liked that he emphasized that changes in the golf swing take time and that too often we worry and try to adapt the latest fix instead of taking it back to the basics.
LIBRO DE HANEY July 15, 2009
M. E. Porro (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
El libro es muy concreto y te ayuda con lo que pocos te ayudan, te enseña a analizarte a vos mismo desde la perspectiva del vuelo de la bola. Sumamente claro, lastima que no esté en castellano.
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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What I appreciate about Hank is his admiration and thanks for John Jacobs, whom is the teacher that inspired my pro. They are all about essentials: grip, stance, alignment, plane, ball flight. Everytime my swing is way off, it is usually one or more of these.
Hank has so many good points every golfer can achieve much with, e.g. "The club you want to look at the closest in determining your ball-flight curvature mistake is your driver." From this one develops a plan of improvement, with looking at tendencies and paths for corrections with these essentials. More gleanings: "If you are going to get any part of your body alignment correct at address, make it your eyes and shoulders." "If you start your downswing with your upper body, the club will likely come down on too steep a plane." "Don't go out on the range with your favorite club or clubs. .... Instead, work on the clubs you are struggling with." "During Tiger's warm-up, he practices all the shots that he feels will be critical to his round that day."
Good photos throughout. For many this could be the essential book for making our golf better.
Simple instructions and easy to understand May 14, 2009
John Christie (Raleigh, NC USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have a large collection of golf instruction books in my library; including Hank Haney's previous books. This book simplifies the golf swing in easy to understand components for any level of golfer. A must have read if just to validate your current swing and fundamentals.
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