Have completing reading the book (twice actually) with a small interruption to tape back together my 5 Lessons - The Modern Fundamentals of Golf. It has seen better days, got it in 1973 and well it I have books that are 2 to 3 times older but have nowhere seen the wear this book has. Guess I will have to consider breaking out a new copy.
My Opinion, it is a keeper.
The Author did an excellent job of making his point and backing it up with actual Hogan pics.
Sidenote before going on, I think just about anyone who writes a golf book could learn something from this book. On two pages he takes the time to provide a diagram and pictures with lines, to show and define terms and concepts that was used in validating his work. Having this separate and then going through the validation IMO makes this extremely easy to grasp and understand, basically at first you focus on the terms next you focus on the validation using the terms. Well Done IMO.
A while back 'Swing Like a Pro' came out, it is often said to be flawed because of the model definition. But in that work they advocated the same movement in the same time sequence. They never really gave much rationality for it, other that to do it. Many have said this was BS.
VJ has provide an easy book to read, you can skip the technical stuff as a student, provides drills and appears to have dotted all the i's and crossed all the tee's. He does provide a reference page for adjustments to the 5 Lessons. Remember this book is not a method, but about a method.
Along with this secret piece is a good job of identify the pieces of the hogan golf stroke and some good thoughts and information to apply to any golf stroke method/style.
Great Job.
Downside, it would have been, okay I am lazy, to have at the end a separate sheet for each change to the 5 lessons, this I could copy them or remove them and include them in my 5 Lessons. For me that is easy since my current version of the 5 Lesson is just about all loose leaf pages (argh).
I found it, i tried it and i did it....Got a Longest Drive Trophy!
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If you cannot take the shoulder down the clubshaft plane, you must take along some other path and add compensations - now, instead of one motion to remember, you wind up with at least two!
I found it, i tried it and i did it....Got a Longest Drive Trophy!
stud!
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
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If you cannot take the shoulder down the clubshaft plane, you must take along some other path and add compensations - now, instead of one motion to remember, you wind up with at least two!
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
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