Rethinking Golf (actual book by Chuck Hogan)

Rethinking Golf ' by Chuck Hogan

The book Rethinking Golf ' by Chuck Hogan is rather interesting example of comprehending the golf technique . It goes without saying that there are a lot of things a person should know about the game of golf . A person may spend lots of time studying the history of golf , famous players and their methods of playing , swing and architecture . Though , as author mentions , it is not enough to become good player , because golf requires not only knowledge , but ability to translate received knowledge into performance . It is possible

to say the more people know about golf the harder they get it

Rethinking Golf ' is about how to learn make gold play easier , how to be satisfied with a game . The book pays little attention to learning golf mechanics and swing . The author says : It isn 't golf that is such a difficult game , it is how golf is taught and learned that makes it quite impossible (Hogan 2001 ) Hogan wants to say that a system of human brain-body is able to learn lots of things and to perform them without previous pondering whether it is right or wrong . Hogan conducts a thorough research , observations and study in to make learning of golf similar to learning other skills . It is necessary to mention that there is no failure in real performance . The boo offers new deeply satisfying and liberating approach aims at ensuring confidence and competence in playing golf (Hogan 2001

The next moment to mention is that the author is trying to reach beyond the mindset of those who think about golf in terms of `how-to and connect instead with those who don 't mind remembering what it means to `play ' golf (Hogan 2001 ) Hogan claims that effective golf instruction should focus on the process of the game such as backswing for example . Therefore , the real goal of the book is to kelp players to realize what they want to get from the game (Hogan 2001

Apparently , the author isn 't a big fan of instruction books and , thus the most of focus is paid to the technicalities . The book is based on a number of references , though the author admits that his favorite golf book is Little Red Book ' by Harvey Penick . Also Hogan recommends adopting the attitude of Bruce Lietzke meaning that it is necessary to know the swing and simply to play it . The book concentrates on how to improve not simply the swing , but rather how to improve the game itself The author asserts that golf requires mindset rather the particular method of playing . Golf for him is the process of illumination rather than elimination . Therefore , he says that golf is surely a game of potential and hope (Hogan 2001

Furthermore , the author provides rather interesting ideas relating to distinguishing between understanding , knowledge and information . Hogan assumes that we 're drowning in information while starving for knowledge (Hogan 2001 ) Nevertheless , he realizes that even combination of all the mentioned elements is...