Search for the Perfect Swing: The Proven Scientific Approach to Fundamentally Improving Your Game (Paperback)

by A. J. Cochran (Author), John Stobbs (Author), Golf Society of Great Britain (Corporate Author) "To look at the golf swing scientifically, to analyse what exactly happens in it and what sort of movement causes what sort of stroke, and..." (more)
Key Phrases: whole swinging action, human golfer, slicing spin, Golf's Crooked Shots, Ben Hogan, Ryder Cup (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Search For the Perfect Swing presents a logical, scientifically researched model of the swing that is easy to understand.

From the Publisher
"The most influential instructional golf book in history." —Dr. Gary Wiren "Cochran and Stubbs have provided the golfing world with the first valid golf book based on scientific research that can be utilized by the public. Search for the Perfect Swing may be the most influential instructional golf book in history." —Dr. Gary Wiren, PGA master professional and editor of The PGA Manual of Golf

"The only book of its kind in the world. Search for the Perfect Swing provides ground-breaking information and insights that will help golfers understand the inner workings of the game, improve their swing and lower their scores." —Dave Pelz, president of Independent Golf Research, Inc., and former NASA physicist --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL); 2nd edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572431091
• ISBN-13: 978-1572431096
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #566,429 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Comprehensive Look at the Physics of the Game, March 7, 1999

By A Customer

This book will tell you everything about the golf swing from what it takes to achieve maximum power to why pros tee the ball up higher than most amateurs on their drives. This is a complete book on the physics of the game backed up by the most extensive research ever done on the golf swing. This book can help you understand the swing better than any other book, though it does not advocate any particular method, as many are effective. I advise you to read this book and if you are looking for a method that is unequivically supported by this book, there is only one. Carl Lohren's "Getting Set for Golf" is the only technique book that is completely supported by the proven physics of the game detailed in "Search for the Perfect Swing." Alastair Cochran's book is the only of its kind and can greatly improve your knowledge of the golf swing.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Book, February 12, 2003

By	Marc Halley (Leesburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is my favorite book of all time: a wonderful model of the golf swing that has not been surpassed since its original publication in the early 1970's. Think of all the enduring golf ideas that have followed from this book: the heel-sole weighted putter and club, the importance of the left side guiding the swing, the swing plane and curve of the golf ball, the importance of different shots, the kinetic chain for power, aim and stroke in putting, ... All current teaching and golf science started right here. It is silly to play golf without fully understanding this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the clearest book on the engineering physics of golf, December 10, 1997

By	"inairam" (West Chester,PA) - See all my reviews

I have a first edition of this book. It is a very clear and pratical explaination of what happens in the golf swing and what you can and can not do to change your game. My favorate part is a series of photos of Ben Hogan's swing. This is a very good book for the person interested in learning more about the mechanics on the swing and club design. Many ideas outlined in this book in 1968 have just come into the equipment market market in the past few years.