I'll admit. My reading tends to the business end of my business: teaching. I don't devote a whole bunch of time on “current” best sellers about how to hurt your back. It just leads to frustration a my part.Advocates of the X-Factor, rotational swing or any swing that will hurt our bodies leaves mew cold.
A blogger asked for some good reads for winter. Well, this video give you my views. But one I didn't mention specifically is sort of my bible: In Search of the Perfect Golf Swing, by A. J. Cochran and John Stobbs ( look it up on Amazon.com)
I love these guys. Here's a quote I always use from Chapter One, page 1:
“To hit any full, straight shot, the golfer has to:
– swing the clubface straight through the ball towards the aiming point,
– make the clubface aim square towards the target as he does so …
– swing the clubhead through impact as fast as he can manage while still achieving the first two prerequisites of a straight shot,
– hit the ball more or less in the middle of the clubface.”
Or as I say it: “On, on and on.” The Peak Performance Golf Swing.
For swing books, look to Nicklaus, Kite, Watson. Books by the Champions Tour guys.
So, yes, for those of us living where the pipes might freeze and there is snow on the ground, curl up near the fireplace with a good book, like (in case you missed it) Michael Murphy's Golf in the Kingdom.
The Surge!