Books for Training Golf Instructors

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Jon Hardesty

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K. Anders Ericsson has some excellent research papers on excellence and what he calls "deliberate practice." He also, has written some articles in golf research books...you will have to look that one up though. The Physics of Golf is a good read. All of Rotella's stuff is good. Gio Valiante has a good book (mental.) The Talent Code is pretty good. The Full Swing by Jack Nicklaus (great pictures.) Michael Hebron's books are a good read.
 
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softconsult

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You have a long list of books, so I won't add more.

Just for curiousity's sake, what is the name of this course, and what are the
qualifications to attend? Are you a golf instructor?

I'm just trying to understand how a college course on how to coach golf would
involve 4 or 5, probably contradictory books.

No offense meant.
 
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Dan44GT

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All encompassing list of books I got the most from, so far...
1)8 Step Swing - McLean
2)Easier Said Than Done - Jensen
3)On Learning Golf - Boomer
4)5 Lessons - Hogan
T5)The Golfing Machine - Kelley
T5)Journey to Excellence - Brunton (jr. golfer training)
 
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birly-shirly

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softconsult said:
You have a long list of books, so I won't add more.

Just for curiousity's sake, what is the name of this course, and what are the
qualifications to attend? Are you a golf instructor?

I'm just trying to understand how a college course on how to coach golf would
involve 4 or 5, probably contradictory books.

No offense meant.
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Isn't that the point of a college education? I deliberately suggested books that, if they're not actually contradictory are at least in strong contrast with each other. That way, students learn to think critically and not just regurgitate.
 
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softconsult

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Birly, like I said, I'm just curious. If this is a one semester course taught by a
qualified golf instructor, then it would seem to me that said instructor will
already know what it is he wants to teach. You could probably spend one
semester on 1 book.

Really, I'm just puzzled by a college course to teach students how to
become golf instructors.
 
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birly-shirly

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Steve - yep, I'm curious too. My impression from the OP was that the emphasis would be more on the "soft" side of coaching rather than the mechanics of a golf swing though. I'd still hate to think that any college course wouldn't get beyond a "this is the only way to do it" mentality.
 
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dwurzer said:
I would appreciate if the forum would provide me their choices for books for a college golf class. Will coach them about how to coach. I would like to have you rank 5 (1-5). Thanks.
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Based on the actual question, I recommend

1) Positive Coaching
2) Leading with the Heart - Coach K book
3) Easier Said Than Done
4) Search for the Perfect Swing
5) The Wooden book mentioned earlier
 
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slicer2scratch said:
I am well aware of clampett's "Impact Zone"
I thought their was a revised easier to read version of TGM, maybe it is just the 7th edition or something like that ?Unless there is another version someone knows about?
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Hebron's "Golf Mind, Golf Body Golf Swing" and his Secrets and Lies book have simplified TGM material/chapters.
 
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DCgolf

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Hebron is the guy who has done as much research on how motor skill learning takes place. His rap on instructors being "too swing biased" has a lot of merit. "Golf Swing secrets and Lies" deals with that concept.
 
Todd Dugan

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Brian Manzella said:
There are SOOOooooooo many books on this thread that would RUIN a aspiring teacher....it makes me ill.
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Sometimes you learn more from the "errors". And no book is perfect. Take "Golf My Way"...is everything in it 100% accurate? Hell no! But Jack IS the greatest and there are some real gems in there. Ditto for the yellow book. Did it "ruin" you? No, you kept what was good and learned from its errors.
 
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ScottRob

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Todd I own quite a few of the tomes that were recommended. I spent 3 years chewing through TGM. I enjoyed every minute of it but frankly most of them were merely puzzles to solve, and did not do much for me. In fact, an over reliance on expert opinion stunted me in a way. Many times while "digging in the dirt" I recognized a few things that did not square with the theory. Example: on my home course as a junior one particular hole was a giant dog leg right. I struggled to start the ball left enough and hit trees 100 yards from the tee too many times to recall. Until out of sheer exasperation I shut the face of my driver and just came over the top of it....a lower screaming pull-cut...perfect. Immediately, my brain went into tilt mode. "You can't hit a fade with a closed clubface etc." Some of my purest iron shots were high towering, blistered pushes! I worked at eradicating the push instead of just aiming more left! Why? That is not in the textbook. I hope this does not sound bitter but all those books are worth are for perhaps spotting a vague description of a concept validated by science, I cited one from Toski's book. I would sell my entire book collection for one session on Trackman! anybody want a 1st Edition Golf-o-metrics? I read because I want concepts that I can hook my golfing hat on. :)
 
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wulsy

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -
Aristotle
 
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ZAP

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Sounds like we need a Manzella approved list. Although I really enjoyed the Talent Code and thought it was well done it really did not have anything in it I did not learn in my Motor Learning class in college. Having said that I have recommended it to more people than I have any other book since Tuesdays with Morrie.
 
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birly-shirly

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Eyeoffish said:
Sounds like we need a Manzella approved list. Although I really enjoyed the Talent Code and thought it was well done it really did not have anything in it I did not learn in my Motor Learning class in college. Having said that I have recommended it to more people than I have any other book since Tuesdays with Morrie.
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Sorry for the threadjack - but would you recommend any other reading from your college course? I thought the Talent Code was very good and I was sufficiently fired up to follow up with the Ericsson research paper on violinists' practice. Anything else in this vein that you would recommend?

Cheers
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