Product Details

• Actors: George Hibbard
• Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC
• VHS Release Date: June 7, 2000
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0967395127
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,904 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Anthony Jusick, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Stetson Univ. DeLand, FL

I've spent my life searching for the secret of the golf swing (I've got 100 books + 35 videos.) Your material is the best I've EVER encountered!

Product Description

Originally produced specifically for pupils, this video is a "hard-core" in-studio presentation of serious discrete details and concepts usually omitted from more glitzy high-end video productions featuring attractive golfers and pretty swings. It will disappoint those looking for "pretty", because it was not produced for general mass appeal but to convey EXTREMELY specific details, minute adjustments, principles of motion and release, and other items considered "NQR" [not quite right] and "NQEI" [not quite enough information]often encountered in many well financed productions by well known golfers and teachers. Mr. Hibbard uses this video FIRST for ALL his pupils, whether they are new to the game or already advanced golfers, because of the precision and thoroughness of the details and subtleties needing to be addressed for advanced levels of ball-striking and golfing excellence.

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Customer Reviews

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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not impressed., October 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 5 Minutes to a Perfect Golf Swing (10 if you're a slow learner) VIDEO AND HANDBOOK [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I just got done viewing the 5 minutes to a Perfect Golf Swing video and now wish I had spent the $25.00 I paid for the video on a nice golf shirt or maybe dinner with my wife.

I've been playing golf for a couple of years and was intrigued by the notion that a perfect swing could be taught in 5 minutes, so I bought the video out of curiosity to see what secret I was missing out on. Mistake. There is no "big secret" and the quality of the video is extremely poor - I agree with a prior review that it looks like it was made in someone's basement. More surprising to me was that the instructor never actually demonstrated his swing technique by hitting some real golf balls. In fact, he never even placed a ball down in front of him. I'm a visual learner - that's why I bought a video - and I could have gotten just as much out of this had I bought an audio tape.

If you're a relative beginner like myself, save the dough and go get yourself some lessons. If you feel like you need to buy a video, get the Tao of Golf. It goes over basic swing mechanics quite well, is much better produced, and the guy actually hits quite a few balls for you so you can see his swing in action and attempt to mimick it when you get to the practice range.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Focuses on principles, January 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 5 Minutes to a Perfect Golf Swing (10 if you're a slow learner) VIDEO AND HANDBOOK [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Unlike many sports, golf just doesn't come easily with practice. A visit to any driving range will convince you that most folks can't figure out how to hit the ball long and straight. Something in the setup, perhaps the angle down to the ground, causes the vast majority of golfers to miss hit the ball. Usually they slice, over and over again. And even most senior citizens at the range do the exact same thing, even after hitting balls for 40 years. So most people don't figure it out no matter how many balls they hit.

This author's explains and demonstrates the principles of golf so that you can have a decent chance at actually improving your swing. And this 45 minute video gets you working on the key elements of a correct grip, stance, back swing, weight shift, and release. If you've been practicing without seeing results then you probably need to review this tape and focus on the drills. If you skip the drills you will likely not grasp the significance of the instruction.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique. A must buy especially for the novice like me., February 25, 2001

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Phil L. (Pennine hills in West Yorkshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5 Minutes to a Perfect Golf Swing (10 if you're a slow learner) VIDEO AND HANDBOOK [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video, together with the Perfect Impact book by the same author, simply said things to me that I have neither seen nor heard in any one of the thirty or so videos and books I have bought or borrowed over the last 12 months since I started playing. In my opinion the central message on this video should be in **every** single video and book on the market which purports to help those trying to build, or improve, a golf swing. But it simply isn't!!!

All I can say is that after studying this material, I went to the driving range and hit the most effortless and longest shots ever, with two excellent players there - a teaching pro and a 5 handicapper - commenting on the sheer logarithmic growth in my ball striking....I suspect they think I'm getting lessons elsewhere else.. LOL..

Seriously, this video is heaven sent if you're a relative novice like me, ..I can't recommend it highly enough.