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Ronni Diamond's Whole In One - Yoga For Golfers [VHS]

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This video is great--it is easy to follow and provides very useful tools to improve your golf game (and also your life) even if you have never done Yoga--it is also valuable for those who are experienced in Yoga--I know at least a dozen people who have experienced improvement in their golf game (and their life) and they attribute the improvement to Whole In One- Yoga for Golfers--get your copy now--also makes a great gift--my friends were thrilled when they received it--Enjoy!!

I have purchased and tried many sport and golf yoga videos and really believe that Ronni Diamond's is the best. Her clear, concise instruction gave me the tools to take what I learned to the course. I have a lot of problems with flexibility and this is a yoga tape that I can do and not get frustrated. I tried taking yoga classes before and dropped out when I could not keep up. Not only can I keep up with what Ronni teaches, but also I have really improved over the year I have used her tape. I often view the tape and perform the yoga exercises before a round of golf when I will not be able to hit balls and I arrive at the course ready to go. I can't wait for her next tape.

Dear Golf and Yoga Friends,

As a Professor of Yoga, I have found Ronni Diamond's professional presentation of Yoga for Golfers to be outstanding. What is amazing is her ability to teach funadmental yogic techniques to beginning students and golfers in a eloquent format. Her attention to detail, to movement and to the student's experience is just perfect. As a praticioner of both Yoga and Golf, I would highly recomment this video to all levels of students. You will learn a great deal from Ronni Diamond. I have.

What is most impressive about this video besides it's professional production, is how relatable Ronni is to each student. She cares. You can see she has years of experience. She has mastered her art form. She is there with you as a student. And, as a teacher, she displays a wonderful art form that teaches, that nurtures, and that produces results.

Thank you.

Professor Edward M. Carilli

Excellent exercises for golfers.
My experience 1995-2000:
Avid golfer + Competitive former athlete + Overweight + Little regular exercise + 108 holes in six consecutive days with sadistic golfing buddies = sore muscles (as in "barely get out of bed" sore) beginning third day + Deteriorating scores beginning third day.

2001 to present:
Video directed workouts three to four days per week (playing days and non-playing days). Played 126 holes in 5 days. No soreness, backaches, afternoon exhaustion, or deteriorating scores. Huge difference. Sessions are gentle, not weinie, stretching and bending. Good for emotional peace as well.

I was disappointed to read that some folks think that Ronni Diamond's videotape is nonsubstantive. I found that, to the contrary, after applying her principles to my golf game that I actually nailed a hole-in-one. I am a rookie golfer and have had no professional instruction except for an intense, passionate fiancee who was a task master out on the course. Ronni's skill is in connnecting and releasing the confidence we all have inside us. After all, how can one possibly nail a hole-in-one without supreme confidence, clarity and peace of mind? Without her, I would have never realized such a magnificent marker event. As Norman Vincent Peale said, "the rough is only mental". Ronni helped me to prove that it was just that.

I purchased several of these videos for my clients, family, and friends that love golf but are not all that familiar with yoga. It makes a great gift. Ronni is an outstanding teacher.

The techniques I've learned from this video have significantly improved my flexibility and have actually made the game more fun. I seem to have more power in my swing while at the same time I'm more relaxed and focused while I play. A number of other videos that I've tried were slickly produced but did not give me simple, practical techniques that I could actually use. This video's natural class participation was a format that I could easily follow and learn from. Thanks for helping me play better golf.

I don't doubt that Ronni Diamond is a great yoga instructor, but this video is rushed and there is very little information as to how and why these poses are useful to golfers.

I was looking forward to a challenging yoga routine and found it short, the poses were held for no more than a second, and really only incorporated a few poses. It was really too easy for anyone who is athletic at all, with no modifications to make them harder or easier.

You would be much better off with one of the [price] Living Arts videos. There is really no extra benefit to this at all.

I bought this video after having read the first two reviews here -- don't make the same mistake. There's just not much here. Take out the lead-in and you have maybe 18 minutes of instruction, which includes some rather strange (as in completely baffling and useless) camera angles. Most of that time is spent with some stretching and breathing, with a couple of quick asanas thrown in at the end, I guess so they could call it "yoga." Ronni seems somewhat irritated by the whole class, and she also has a rather unnatural obsession with socks.

If you're looking for a yoga routine to help your golf game, I'd recommend the Kripalu tapes. Ronni Diamond is a Kripalu instructor, and the dynamic of Kripalu is pretty helpful in the physical and mental aspects of golf (one viewer wrote a nice review of Kripalu Gentle in helping his golf game -- that wasn't me, but he speaks the truth). Too bad there isn't really any on this tape.