Understanding the Golf Swing: The DVD
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Actor: Manuel de la TorreDVD: Region Code 1
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 150 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-23
Studio: Warde Publishers, Inc.
DVD Reviews of Understanding the Golf Swing: The DVD
DVD Review: Golf swing
Summary: 5 Stars
I have practiced golf for years and still have not gotten a proper swing. I studied many books and every DVD and VHS available. During the watching of this DVD I slept almost half of time. It was too long and showed almost nothing. BUT - the truth is - I never thought that "golf swing can be so simple". Now, after weeks of trying to apply the essence (motto) of the DVD, I can finally compete with Tiger Woods. I will lose but I have finely the feeling that I can do a proper swing. I would review the DVD thus - poor, but due its advise, I am a better golfer. Only from this DVD can you learn a GOLF swing.DVD Review: An essential companion to the book
Summary: 4 Stars
Some very good reviews of the book and DVD already have been posted here. So I don't see a need to add another, except to say I wholeheartedly agree. But I do want to chime in to make sure people don't decide against purchasing the DVD based on some of the reviews. The DVD really is an essential companion to the book if you want to grasp de la Torre's concepts and put them into practice. I've read the book, have the DVD and am working with a teacher overseas who teaches the Heartland/de la Torre method. Yes, the production values on the DVD aren't great. De la Torre is a soft-spoken old dude who hikes his pants up high, and he is questioned by a guy in an ill-fitting blazer and ployester slacks whom you might expect to see selling house lots in a golf course development. It's a bit reminiscent of an old "Leave it to Beaver" episode. But if you are atempting to grasp de la Torre's method, then the DVD will really help. Some of the demonstrations it offers, with de la Torre directing an LPGA pro, really will help you understand what he is trying to communicate. Although spotty in parts -- both visually and in terms of sound quality -- it certainly is more than acceptable. It's the information we need, and it's there. It's possible that the unhappy reviewer might have rec'd a poor-quality copy and should perhaps ask Amazon to replace it. DVD Review: nothing new
Summary: 1 Stars
This video is boring, moves slowly, and tells you nothing new. It is very hard to pay attention too. I throw it away. DVD Review: Decent companion to the book
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased the DVD after I read Mr. de la torre's excellent book. I found it to be a very acceptable companion to his writings, although I often found myself wanting to change places with the host, so I could ask Mr. de la Torre more clarifying questions. I agree with another customer's review who suggested that I simply travel to Milwaukee and take a lesson from him personally, which I am planning to do.
I would strongly recommend that you read his book at least once before reviewing the DVD; otherwise, you may feel it is overly simplistic and not of much worth. In fact, that is the point of his instruction: golf IS and should be as simple as swinging a club. This concept will no doubt puzzle many golfers who, like me, have read numerous self-help golf books in the past and are now loaded to the gills with countless mental prompts and sacred "dos" and "don'ts" regarding the proper swing mechanics. In my opinion, this book and DVD will come as a welcome relief from the elusive instructions that seem impossible to master for more than a few holes at a time.
I have read his book several times [a quick read in about an hour and a half] and I can tell you that I develop a deeper understanding of his teachings with each read. More significantly, the day after each reading I played the best golf I have ever played! My ball striking became so solid and straight, that the difference was akin to the changes that are seen on the golf infomercials peddling new training aids. And, when I started to slip back to my old ways, I would simply remind myself of Manuel's advise to not think of what body part failed to obey your directions. Instead, you simply remind yourself that you didn't do what you had done before that produced the positive results, and then go back to what you were doing before.
Believe me when I say that this works, and continues to work. The proof of this is demonstrated to me in each successive round I play. The DVD is a decent companion to the book, since it demonstrates his teachings in a visually concrete way. I would have liked more questions asked of Mr. de la torre by the host of the DVD, but it is still a very good complement to his book.
DVD Review: good content, poor execution
Summary: 2 Stars
This DVD has content related to a book I already owned and liked. The DVD seemed of somewhat amateurish quality but the content was good enough that I would have accepted the presentation. What I could not accept was the, at times, atrocious audio quality, particularly on the second disk. Manuel de la Torre is hard to impossible to hear on large sections of the DVD. I tend to think this is due to the production though I haven't seen it mentioned in the several reviews I read. If this quality is present on each DVD, I would recommend Amazon cease selling this item. Alternatively, let prospective buyers beware. Only if you are already familiar with the concepts of the golf swing from the companion book will you find this DVD helpful.
Description of Understanding the Golf Swing: The DVD
For thousands of players, their first session with Manuel de la Torre marked the day their game got simpler and they began playing better. Immediately, you'll be relieved to know that the long list of things-to-do for golf shots gets more manageable because it gets shorter. As the list gets shorter, it is easier to understand, apply, and perfect the essentials that will improve your game.Your session with Manuel de la Torre begins in Volume 1 with a conversation that takes you to a new perspective in which golf makes the kind of sense you always knew it should. Then one-at-a-time, he walks you through the fundamentals of an effective swing. The clarity and simplicity, with which only he can do this will make it obvious why players from all over the country come to work with him.
In Volume 2, your session takes you out on the course where he shows you how these fundamentals are common to every swing. He conducts your training in putting, chipping, pitching, sand play, uneven lies, and your full swing.
Elapsed Time:
Volume 1- 76:12
Volume 2- 74:03
The DVD Understanding the Golf Swing is a stand alone complete introduction to golf. Please also see the book Understanding the Golf Swing, also by Manuel de la Torre.
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