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Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life

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Children are first introduced to a particular sport through their parents. If they show promise or enthusiasm in the sport their parents are their main supporters. Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was blessed to have parents who recognized his gifts and supported him in developing his talent as a golfer. You too, as a parent can do the same for your child as you review the lessons that Tiger's father imparted to him.

Earl Woods shares with his techniques in both raising and training his son, Tiger, as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He describes how to start off your child in golf at an early age, developing drills for them in their practice and keeping them focused on their game. What I found most important about Earl Wood's presentation is his stress on building a solid relationship with your child. Once your child learns to love, trust and feel secure with their parent then there isn't anything that he or she can't handle. Golf is just one means of developing the discipline, integrity and positive behavior that one needs throughout life.

This is not a detailed book on how to play golf. Earl Woods doesn't go into an analysis of his son's techniques. He gives the basics and his own methods which worked with Tiger. His voice is one of advice to parents in training your child for golf. It is up to you to accept or reject Earl Woods' pointers.

After reading this book will your child turn into another Tiger Woods? Probably not because each child is unique but you and your child will develop a better relationship with one another due to your mutual love of the game. Incorporating the principles of Woods' instructions can serve as a launching point
in enabling your child to improve on his or her game. Woods stresses throughout the book that as a parent you can use golf to raise a child who will be a champion in life. Golf is the vehicle but the foundation is the love of the parent and child.

If you are introducing golf to your child I highly recommend this book. It gives solid and practical advice in getting your child interested in the game. Earl Woods also provides a list of associations and clubs that sponsor golf lessons and tournaments in developing young players for the sport.

If you've admired Tiger as a golfer, wait til you read his father's account of how he got that way. What a great tribute to the parent/child relationship...a powerful reminder that respect between parents and their children is earned, not given. Also, terrific advice on how to teach your kid to golf at an early age, and wonderful pictures of Tiger and his family

This book is great! Anytime you can read about wonderful parenting, it is a highllight in your day. As the mother of 2 boys I can only hope to be so self sacrificing as Earl Woods. Whether you are into golf or not, all children could benefit from more attention from their parents. This book is about putting the child first and helping them make their dreams a reality. While so many children watch tv all day, it sure is refreshing to read about a parent who demonstrates the real meaning of parenting-take the time to train the children up right and they will end up as you trained them. Earl is truly an inspiration. Thank you for writing the book if you read this email Mr. Woods.

This book is a total inspiration on how to train the mental side of sport in a simple fashion - without losing the human side of the story.

It is so simple and that is what makes it so exceptional

A must read! This book is great for any parent that is looking to raise a true winner! Shows how Earl balanced the line between raising a great Athlete and a Great Person! Really a must read for any parent.

Although the book contains a few memorable passages, (mostly gleaned by reading between the lines), I had hoped it would be a more personal and revealing look into the personalities and special relationship of these two intriguing people. Instead, it really proved to be a how-to book of golf lessons, of which there is no shortage. Quite a few photographs for diehard fans of the fallen king, but overall it's little more than a venue for Earl to beat his chest and tout his remarkable parenting and teaching skills.

Training a Tiger is a brief overview from Earl Woods on Tiger's early upbringing followed by Earl's advice on how to improve your golf game which makes up the bulk of the book. As a scratch golfer, Earl is easily qualified to provide competent advice to the majority of readers, however, if Tiger's training were limited to only golf I suspect he would not be the champion he is. What is sorely missing from this book is what went into developing Tiger's mindset, the focus and attitude that elevated his play to historical proportions.

As Earl himself suggests, if you want strict golf advice, you are probably better getting it from a professional. Yet Earl's only quality that makes him more compelling than any other scratch golfer is that he raised Tiger, thus its a true head-scratcher that so little of this association entered the book. At its best, this book represents a decent golf instruction book; at worst, its a lost opportunity to present something truly compelling.

In Pete McDaniel's, Training a Tiger, Tiger Woods shows you basics and in depth steps to golf. This book will show you how to start a your child in golf, equipment, putting, short game, driving, practicing, and in to mental mechanics. The authors purpose for writing this is to show young kids how to golf. It is worth reading if you want to improve your golf game or your childs.

Apparently Earl did not reveal all the Training Secrets in this book! This book should be reclassified and remarketed as a Comedy book. Just like Tiger will be remarketed. Too funny!

This appears to be a book rushed into print by Earl Woods and a ghostwriter, written just around the time of Earl's bypass surgery. The book is very shallow and doesn't address any of the interesting milestones of Tiger's golf development. Nor does it deal with any interesting personal issues - i.e. how did he deal with losses, how did he relate to his peers in school, etc. I would not recommend this boo