Complete Conditioning for Golf (Complete Conditioning for Sport) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Pete Draovitch (Author), Wayne L. Westcott (Author) "Is golf ready for fitness?..." (more)
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Product Description
Grip it and rip it like never before! Now you can put more distance on your drives and fairway shots. Complete Conditioning for Golf will help you develop the power, flexibility, and coordinated swing required to generate explosive force for maximum distance. And with greater muscle endurance, you'll have better control over your shots right through the final hole. With added power, you’ll be able to use higher lofted clubs into each green, resulting in more accurate shots!

Pete Draovitch, personal trainer and physical therapist to PGA Tour star Greg Norman, has teamed up with internationally acclaimed strength training specialist and golf conditioning researcher Wayne Westcott to develop the first truly comprehensive golf fitness manual. Draovitch and Westcott provide 105 exercises and drills to develop a swing that produces greater distance and control with each club.

Also included is a special 15-minute workout developed specifically for busy people who want to maintain strength and flexibility for that next round of golf. The authors even include a nutrition chapter, truly making Complete Conditioning for Golf the complete golf fitness book.

From the Publisher
“Pete is one of the most knowledgeable people in sports conditioning. This book will enable even the average golfer to improve his or her athletic performance and get their golf swing fit for life.”

David Leadbetter Owner of 18 golf academies worldwide Instructor for Greg Norman and Nick Price

“I encourage everyone to do conditioning drills as part of their program. The different level medicine ball drills help to promote weight transfer and develop rotational speed.”

Butch Harmon

Instructor for Tiger Woods

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Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; illustrated edition edition (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880119861
• ISBN-13: 978-0880119863
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #883,176 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Eratic - Great in some parts, poor in others, December 15, 1999

By A Customer

Especially good was the section on posture and stance, well thought out. However, the section on weight training exercises was a bunch of nautilus machine stuff, not very creative, and my club doesn't even have that stuff anymore.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly presented, April 29, 2004

By A Customer

This book has some very helpful information in it, but it also has some serious draw-backs.

First, there are many areas in the book where seemingly important concepts are introduced, but then never fully explained or developed in context. For example, there is a section discussing the dichotomy between flexibility and stability as it relates the golf swing, but the authors never seem to relate this important issue to any other material or instruction in the book.

Also, and perhaps most maddeningly, there are a number of exercise descriptions in the book that are incomprehensible or appear to be just plain incorrect. Some of these descriptions don't have accompanying pictures to aid the reader, and often the pictures that do appear with some descriptions are not entirely helpful or descriptive. One apparently important exercise that is part of the centerpeice "Greg Norman's Workout Routine" section in the book is not even described at all...the reader is told to consult with a personal trainer to find out how to do it (PNF "Travoltas"....nobody I've talked to has even heard of such an exercise). Would it have hurt the authors to take a stab at describing it for the benefit of the readers who have plopped down their money to buy this book?

Finally, the book just doesn't seem to be put together in a logical and systematic format. In places, it seems somewhat like a hodge-podge of information.

It's a shame, because I think this book goes beyond the basics by touching on some interesting theories and exercise routines that are critical for golf fitness. I guess the best way to put it is that this book seems "incomplete" and appears hastily put together.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Complete Conditioning for Golf, January 23, 2002

By A Customer

Did an OK job in explaining what exercises to do and how to do them.

Could've done a better job in explaining how the specific muscle groups and exercises for these related to the improvement of the golf swing.

Did a good job in laying a a few sample routines.

Same obligatory chapter on nutritional information as seen in 2 dozen other fitness books.