Synopses & Reviews
Visual-Imagery Lessons to Improve Every Aspect of Your Game For decades, golfers have been using visual imagery to mentally rehearse their shots. Jack Nicklaus, winner of more major championships than any other golfer in history and an avid proponent of visualization, prepares for each and every shot by creating mental pictures of the swing he wants to make and the ball flight he wants to produce. But not until Mitchell Spearman has anyone come up with a systematic approach to mastering every aspect of golf by means of dynamic visual imagery.
Spearman's visualization techniques are a true advance in golf instruction: In addition to the traditional mirror-image photos showing ideal form, AIM of Golf gives you actual and imaginary views. Actual imagery is the positioning of your stance, your grip, and the rest of your body as you yourself will see it when you're standing over the ball. Each imaginary viewpoint uses a familiar non-golf object as a metaphor--and a practice drill--for the proper motion: For instance, a peach placed behind the clubhead is a visual reminder to bring the club back smoothly. Together, Spearman's three types of visualizations, presented in more than 250 full-color photographs, provide clear and simple cues to the physical movements and sensations that will improve not only your full swing but all the major areas of your game, including putting, chipping, pitching, bunker play and other trouble spots, and slicing and other common faults. AIM of Golf will make the game of golf more fun by showing you the secrets to ensuring that the perfect shots you picture in your head become the actual shots you hit on the course.
Review
Mitchell Spearman only has to watch someone hit one shot before he immediately breaks down their swing--flaws and all. He is a great instructor, he has helped thousands of golfers, and now, thanks to A.I.M. of Golf, thousands more will get the help they desperately need. Jim Nantz, CBS Sports
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A.I.M. of Golf cuts through all the technical difficulties associated with most how-to books and teaches you how to play better golf on a much simpler level--through the use of visual imagery. Whether you want to add 10 yards off the tee or just escape the sand more often, there's an image here that can work for you. David Allen, Associate Editor at Golf Magazine
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Mitchell Spearman has the four things you want in a golf instructor: a razor-sharp eye; an exceptional understanding of the swing and its history; a nonpareil way of making even complex swing concepts understandable to every level of player; and an ability to make his students have fun. Rick Lipsey, Golf Writer at Sports Illustrated
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"Mitchell Spearman only has to watch someone hit one shot before he immediately breaks down their swing--flaws and all. He is a great instructor, he has helped thousands of golfers, and now, thanks to
AIM of Golf, thousands more will get the help they desperately need."--Jim Nantz, CBS Sports
"AIM of Golf cuts through all the technical difficulties associated with most how-to books and teaches you how to play better golf on a much simpler level--through the use of visual imagery. Whether you want to add 10 yards off the tee or just escape the sand more often, there's an image here that can work for you."--David Allen, Associate Editor at Golf Magazine
"Mitchell Spearman has the four things you want in a golf instructor: a razor-sharp eye; an exceptional understanding of the swing and its history; a nonpareil way of making even complex swing concepts understandable to every level of player; and an ability to make his students have fun." --Rick Lipsey, Golf Writer at Sports Illustrated
Synopsis
For decades, golfers have been using images to correct common swing faults. Jack Nicklaus, winner of more major championships than any golfer in history and an avid proponent of visualization, prepared for each and every shot by creating mental pictures of the swing he wanted to make and the ball flight he wanted to produce. But not until Mitchell Spearman, whose highly sought-after coaching runs more than $1,500 a session, has anyone come up with a systematic approach to mastering every aspect of golf by means of dynamic visual images. Spearman provided a brief sampling of his exciting approach in his "Golf Magazine cover story entitled "15 Ways to 'See' a Better Swing." Now--in response to the demand created by the article and the success he has had with his own clients--he has applied his breakthrough imaging techniques to not only the full swing but all the major areas of the game of golf, including putting, pitching, chipping, bunker shots and other trouble shots, common faults and ways to fix them, and course management. This book offers 200 captioned full-color photograph demonstrating every step in the visualization process, including actual imagery (the view of a player's body positioning as he himself would see it) and imaginary active (a metaphorical position such as standing in a phone booth to concentrate your swing during a bunker shot). Whatever your level of play, the images here provide clear and simple visual cues to the key physical movements and sensations that will improve your shots and make the game of golf more run.
About the Author
Mitchell Spearman, one of
Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teaching Pros, has worked with leading PGA Tour pros including Nick Faldo and Greg Norman. In the summer, he directs instruction at Manhattan Woods Golf Club outside New York City. In the winter, he is based at Isleworth Golf and Country Club in Windermere, Florida.
Harry Hurt, III is an author, journalist, and pro golfer who contributes articles to Golf Magazine and other national publications. He lives in Sag Harbor, New York, with his wife, Alison, and son, Harrison