Known for their richly and clearly illustrated books, Dorling Kindersley has released this instructional combo book-DVD that takes readers from merely reading to watching how to put its advice into action. The 30-minute DVD uses 360-degree live-action footage and eye-catching freeze-frame graphics to show you every aspect of playing golf from how to develop your swing to tackling basic shots.
The author is Gavin Newsham is a journalist and writer based in Brighton, England. His first book, Letting The Big Dog Eat, was a biography of John Daly for which he was awarded the Best New Writer Award at the National Sports Book Of The Year Awards in May 2004.
This is Golf Magazine’s fourth installment of their best-selling lesson manuals. The editors assembled an all-star cast of putting experts-who teach a combined 200+ Tour professionals.
The Best Putting Instruction Book Ever! covers every aspect of putting with research to back up every lesson and hundreds of full-color photographs that make the tips easy to follow, learn and repeat on the course.
Tom Kite shot 3 under yesterday at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship at the newly redesigned TPC Potomac at Avenel Farms. It reminded us of his teacher Harvey Penick and the video Kite shot with Ben Crenshaw for the video version based on the best selling ‘Little Red Book’ back in 1994.
While most of us have moved on to the DVD format we usually have an old VHS player laying around for situations like this. No word on a DVD version.
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Summer may be half over but there is still time to get your son or daughter out to the course for some quality time. Here are three good DVD-based instruction videos geared to kids to help make your job easier.
Pam Bowers, multiple winner of the U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Kids Teacher Award, delivers an informative and fun tool you can instantly apply when teaching golf to kids. This instructional DVD includes advice on equipment, grip techniques, how to teach the power zone and solid swing fundamentals. Practice recommendations and drills are included to help you encourage junior golfers to develop a solid swing foundation.
Golf Fun and Fundamentals for Kids (Amazon Ranking: 46,784)
This DVD introduces children to the basics of golf. Among the topics covered are: rules and etiquette, putting, chipping, pitching, irons and woods. Numerous drills and games are also demonstrated to help make the game fun for kids while developing their skills. This program will appeal to parents and young golfers just starting out, as well as those already familiar with the game.
The Better Golf Academy: Better Golf for Kids Vol. 1 (Amazon Ranking: 63,572) By James Pugliese
Learn the fundamentals for improving your golf game. It covers the basics of golf including: Safety & Getting Started, The Swing, Pitching, Sand Play, Chipping, Putting, Playing by the Rules. Includes bonus interactive DVD quiz. James Pugliese founded The Better Golf Academy with a strong desire to simplify the golf swing and teaching method for children of all ages and abilities. The Better Golf Academy is one of the largest providers of at-school golf lessons in the U.S.
Known for their richly and clearly illustrated books, Dorling Kindersley has released this instructional combo book-DVD that takes readers from merely reading to watching how to put its advice into action. The 30-minute DVD uses 360-degree live-action footage and eye-catching freeze-frame graphics to show you every aspect of playing golf from how to develop your swing to tackling basic shots.
