The Practice Manual: The Ultimate Guide for Golfers

Wow, this book is a revelation, it has without a shadow of doubt really inspired me to become a much better golfer and practice more effectively. I'm a 6 h'cp, love practising and this book has made it so much more enjoyable and less mundane. All the exercises and drills are measurable, so you can easily plot your improvement, which subsequently has had a positive impact on my confidence, whilst on the course.Just by incorporating the ball flight laws my 7 iron carry distance has gone from 155 yards to a consistent average 170 yards!I, like probably a lot of of people, spend hours on the range hoping by the end of the session to have at least flushed a satisfying few out of the middle, I have a different swing for each day of the week and have several different swing thoughts for each of those days. This book addresses all those issues, it resonates with me on so many areas I thought it was my golf biography on all the errors I've made over the years!My consistency has gone up, confidence and distance gains are remarkable. I strongly believe I have become a more rounded and accomplished player by adopting the guidelines in the book.I have read volumes of technical golf books, bought every DVD on the market, watch every Youtube golf video there is - I wish this book was written 10 years ago, it would have saved me a lot of time, money and frustration! Its a no brainer!

Like other reviews I can confirm this book is not a light read. Stick with it though - the concepts blew my mind. It was like Adam Young was in my head and wrote this book for me! I can see clearly now, how the concepts described in the book and visualised in Adam's accompanying Strike Plan video series are the best chance for me to transform my game.For years I've paid £1000s for lessons, equipment, training aids and buckets of range balls. I've played more in the past few years than the rest of my 30+ year golfing career combined, and my handicap is going up. I'm a fairly analytical person and I relate highly to mechanics based golf coaching. However when on the course I get paralysed by swing thoughts and sometime stand over the ball for an age not knowing what to do. Fats, thins, pulls, slices - I can play them all.For the first time in my life I can say I now properly understand the laws of ball flight, the important of contact with the ground and the influence of the swing path vs. the face angle. This really helps you in your practice to understand why the ball is shooting off to the right.The moment of clarity for me came with the knowledge that to avoid becoming paralysed by swing thoughts I have to turn my attention to something other than the swing.I can't recommend this book highly enough. I find it slightly ironic, but for a highly analytical person, this highly detailed book is my best chance to get my handicap down - by learning how to play without my head being saturated by swing thoughts. Try it, its less than the price of a 30min lesson with a PGA pro and all they do is teach you to swing according to the PGA swing template (in my experience).

Well firstly it's a substantial 385 page book with not a lot of pictures - so not for the faint hearted non serious golfer. You have to be a bit of a geek pretty committed to serious permanent improvement. This is different to the quick tips and fixes I digest in videos and golf magazines. I've had it a few weeks now and I'm on page 112. I'm still in the Theory of Learning stage! Days after buying the book, I went with a friend to La Manga on a 3 mornings golf school at the Leadbetter Academy with Anthony McCarthy. I discovered that the lead instructor there was Adam Young author of this book. He was away so I never met him.The instruction was really good and for the first time really helped me understand what I do. The first session we hit or tried to hit balls off the toe, heel, middle, then high, low, left, right just to understand how it felt, giving us the feeling of doing that and an understanding that we could change ball flight instinctively. The latter is very much in tune with Adam's book and a different way of teaching to that which I'm used to, which is "Let's look at your fault and I'll tell you how to fix it".So I feel the book is a good investment for me. It addresses a lot of the issues I have had trouble with eg. the difficulty of making swing changes permanent. Whether it will work - who knows? Ask me in 2 years if my handicap has come down. I'm 12 right now. It's a serious tome for the serious golfer and also coach I would imagine. Probably not everyone's cup of tea - but having had lessons from one of Adam's instructors Anthony, I was very impressed - so I have high hopes Adam's book will pay dividends - but then I'm prepared to invest the time to find out.I would recommend it wholeheartedly - but you need to be seriously committed to change.

Provides everything you need to know if you want to improve

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I can understand why this book is popular

This is really the best book about learning golf that i've come across in more than 10 years that i'm playing the game. It does not focus on technique but shows how to practice, explains why pure technique training does not transfer to the golfcourse as well as explains the tricks of the brain to resist change but also to break through these barriers.Adam Young is unique in his way to explain what is really necessary to reach your goals in the game. It's so much different with all content you find on youtube or in the myriads of golf techique books.To be honest it's not an easy read but definitely worth the effort. It changed my way to practice and my understanding of the golf mechanics which is invaluable when time comes to fix something.I really hope that Adam's findings will influence the way golf is teached. Highy recommended for every golfer that seeks a deeper understanding of the game of golf and how to improve.