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"Hank knows more about ball flight and what controls it than anyone in the game." —Masters and British Open champion Mark O'Meara

Get back to basics and build your best possible golf swing

Lots of golf instructors can show you tricks to correct a hook or to stop hitting the ball fat, but these are just quick fixes that leave you with a swing built on mistakes. In Hank Haney's Essentials of the Swing, the world's premier expert on the golf swing takes you back to step one to master the essentials and build a complete, powerful, and consistent swing that will improve your game quickly and keep you playing better for years to come.

This step-by-step guide brings you the same careful analytical approach that Hank has shared with the hundreds of touring pros who have been his students — including the world's #1 golfer. It walks you through every aspect of your swing, from grip to contact to follow-through, and shows you how to analyze ball flight to shape your shots and put the ball where you want it more frequently and with much more consistency.

Packed with helpful pictures, invaluable practice tips, and insightful pointers on everything from club selection to the difference between a good miss and a bad miss, Hank Haney's Essentials of the Swing is the resource you need to hit the top of your game and stay there.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4797 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 168 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470407486
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Inside Flap

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, Tiger Woods. He has also worked with hundreds of top touring professionals, including Masters and British Open champion Mark O'Meara, who says that "Hank knows more about ball flight and what controls it than anyone in the game." Hank Haney's students have won every major tournament in professional and amateur and junior golf.

In Hank Haney's Essentials of the Swing, Hank shows you how to put his approach to work to develop a powerful, repeating swing that can hit every kind and shape of shot — with every club in the bag — with equal ease and with the consistency of your dreams. He goes beyond tips and quick fixes to lay out the principles behind the ideal swing, along with a plan to help you develop yours. Point by point, he guides you through every aspect of your swing, beginning with the grip; moving through stance, posture, and alignment; and on to the backswing, forward swing, contact, and follow-through.

Hank knows that you can never truly understand his instructions until you get out there and follow them. That's why he leads you step by step through practice sessions at the range, helping you get a feel for how minor adjustments affect ball flight and how to make these adjustments while maintaining that strong and consistent swing. In no time, you'll begin shaping your shots like a pro—deciding where you want the ball to go and executing the shot to get it there.

The place you'll really put your new swing to the test is out on the course. Hank walks you through a pre-shot routine that helps you plan each element of your shot, making the best club selection, eliminating tension, checking alignment before your swing, and preserving the essentials of your swing in any lie, with any club, and with any type of shot.

Complete with more than 160 pictures to help you understand the concepts, check your form, and make corrections as you practice, Hank Haney's Essentials of the Swing is a masterwork from a master instructor. It's the resource you'll return to again and again as you improve your swing, become an expert shot shaper, lower your handicap, and reach the height of your game.

About the Author

HANK HANEY is one of the top three instructors on Golf Digest's list of America's 50 greatest golf teachers. He is the Director of Instruction at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy and the founder of Hank Haney Golf, Inc., which operates golf-training programs worldwide. He is the author of three previous books: The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need, No More Bad Shots, and Fix the Yips Forever.

Customer Reviews

The Finest Golf Book Ever Read....
This book is by far the best book I have ever read on the swing. I was very hesitant when I clicked to order because I have read four or five books (including Hogan's book) which all say so much of the same thing and cover the same fundamentals but do not explain each in a very common way. So being a "visual" learner, I was very hesitant to order this book, but I am very thankful I did.

Hank goes into the swing and the overall fundamentals which have to be there prior to the swing(grip,posture, aim, alighnment, but most importantly (to me)-- the swing plane) in a complex,yet easy way of making one understand what he is trying to convey. He has done a remarkable job with the grip segment which I found easier to grasp than Hogan's depictions. His breakdown of the swing plane is the best I have ever read or even had shown to me. Hank makes you understand that NO ONE has the same plane, but we all have one and he SHOWS you how to find yours. He shows you if you are too steep or too flat and what happens if either creep into your backswing and downswing.

I have read this book twice so far, and am finding new "tips" and small "gems" of information which I passed up the first time.

This is a fantastic book and one which will hoon great fundamentals if you allow it too. When I say this is an easy read--I do not mean 'too easy' for someone who might be a scratch player or 5 handicap. It still shares some excellent information which high skilled players can use, however, it does help the 20 handicap thru 10 who might be confused on why they keep hitting some bad shots consistently. I honestly think that ANY SKILL level can benefit from this book. In other words, if Hank can teach Tiger how to hold the club in a new way after winning seven or more majors without Hank's teaching prior to these wins and his awesome career prior to working with Hank; and Hank worked at convincing Tiger to try a "new grip" (which he shows you in this book)--then you would be arrogant to think that you would learn nothing from this writing which is chalked full of solid and well depicted fundamentals and then some. This book goes IN DEPTH and gets COMPLEX about why these fundamentals matter. And he not only tells you and shows you how to work these fundamentals, but he shows you how to practice them and gives you tips on making sure you are PRACTICING EACH IN THE RIGHT WAY so you do not waste your time. This is not a book of "quick-fixes". Hank has one of those books, but this is NOT THAT BOOK if that is what you are looking for. In this book he is building a swing for the reader.

Again, being 100% objective, this book is the best book to date that I have read about the swing. It is worth the money if you want to improve.

Great swing model; not just a set of golf tips
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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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.