Golf Training: The Secrets to Effective Practice and a Lower Score (Finally!) [Paperback]

Lisa Ann Horst (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004

In this breakthrough book, Lisa Ann Horst presents a comprehensive, integrated, principle-based program for learning and excelling at golf. Regardless of your age, gender, or handicap, Golf Training tees up a wealth of information that will help you elevate your game, beginning today!

Golf Training begins with a look at the guiding principles of effective practice and peak performance. With this foundation, Lisa Ann presents numerous powerful, yet relatively unknown techniques for rapid learning of new skills and grooving a great swing. You will learn leading-edge practice strategies, tried-and-true swing training drills, and technical instruction on all the important aspects of the game, including the different full-swing shots and the many facets of the short game. Golf Training concludes with a fresh, practical look at the vital mental and fitness training strategies that separate the best from the rest.

Innovative and idea-packed, Golf Training will help you unlock a higher level of performance and enjoyment on the links. Embrace Lisa Ann's unique and inspiring training program and you'll soon be playing the best golf of your life!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Golf Training is a tour de force for improving any aspect of your game. -- Dr. Joseph Parent, Author of the best-selling Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game and PGA Tour Instructor

Golf Training is the most comprehensive "guide to better golf" that I have seen. -- Tom Ferrell, author and journalist, founder of OnTour Media, Inc.

Golf Training will positively transform your golf game. -- Richard K. Fleming, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Psychology & Researcher in Behavior and Performance

About the Author

After beating a life-threatening illness as a young child, Lisa Ann Hörst (pronounced "Hirst") began golfing at age seven with her father, mother, and three brothers. Quickly excelling in the sport, she began competing at age ten. Not being one to pass up on any challenge, she tried out for--and made--the boys' high school golf team, which she co-captained her senior year. Lisa Ann won numerous amateur tournaments and was named to the PING All-American Juniors Team. She went on to attend Penn State University on a golf scholarship, where she earned a degree in kinesiology--a course of study that helped give birth to her golf training philosophy.

After graduation, Lisa Ann joined the LPGA teaching division and has achieved the rank of Class A teaching professional. An LPGA pro for more than fifteen years, she currently teaches at Leisure Lanes Golf Center and Groff's Farm Golf Club, in Lancaster, PA. In addition to her teaching career, Lisa Ann has found time to write and speak on the subjects of training and motivation, do charity work, dabble in sports modeling, and even become an accomplished rock climber. Her instructional articles and tips have appeared in Golf Digest, Golf Tips, Golf Illustrated, and other magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Horst Enterprises/LA Publishing (March 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0974472425
• ISBN-13: 978-0974472423
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #960,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Standout Golf Book!, April 12, 2004

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John Robertson (Palm Springs, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golf Training: The Secrets to Effective Practice and a Lower Score (Finally!) (Paperback)

Paging through this book it doesn't take long to recognize that Golf Training is no ordinary golf book. Instead of the usual stroke savers and swing tips common to the mass of generic golf books out there, Golf Training digs deeper into the fundamentals of mental training, fitness training, developing a good swing, and the keys to effective practice. This latter subject of "how to practice most effectively" is powerful, practical, and backed by what seems to be sound sports science. The author has done her research, and it shows in this clear, authoritative text. Though written by an LPGA pro, I found Golf Training to be a standout book that should help any golfer--male, female, high/low handicap--to play better. This is a glossy book, with many great action and instructional photos that support the text. A classy book and a great read!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, June 23, 2006

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Hillandale hacker "11 handicap" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golf Training: The Secrets to Effective Practice and a Lower Score (Finally!) (Paperback)

This is the first golf book I've read that seems to be scientific. Horst really breaks down how to improve in a comprehensive and well reasoned way. I was very pleased when I got the book.

I have started to incorporate some of her teaching tips and it's different! I think it will be helpful and I think this is a great book for intermediate and expert golfers. Beginner golfers are probably better off getting lessons.

Things I like-- it's comprehensive, it's scientific, it's a system. She's obviously in great shape and takes care of herself. It's well written and clear. I was very impressed.

Things I don't like-- it's too short. She needs to write an expanded version. I think she's an excellent writer and I would have liked more thoughts about these topics, stories, etc. The book as it is is pretty much a consise as you can imagine. As I read it the first time I was thinking I needed to read it several times in order to absorb all the ideas in it.

Overall I recommend it if you love the game and want to get better.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some good advice on structuring practice sessions, August 18, 2005

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Dave (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golf Training: The Secrets to Effective Practice and a Lower Score (Finally!) (Paperback)

I got this book because I wanted to read what she had to say about structuring practice sessions. Her ideas seem pretty sound. She says that beginners should use blocked practice (hit the same club over and over to learn the basics), and that as you get better you should introduce more and more varied and random practice (e.g. hit each club just once, put it back in you bag, hit another club, just like in an actual round). She suggests you should warm up with short irons, then move right away to trouble clubs, because it's during this early part of practice that your brain is best able to learn new things. You should avoid the temptation to hit your best clubs at the range, or at least put this off until the end of your practice session. And, of course, you should spend a lot of time on your short game.

The other material in the book is okay. I mean, it's good, but there isn't much I haven't heard before. I guess the basics don't change much. There are no b.s. "quick fix" tips, which is a good thing in my opinion.

This is a decent book, hopefully the practice tips will pay off. Glad I picked up a copy.