The Fairway Within : Golf for the Body, Mind and Soul Paperback – January 1, 2004

by Peter Lightbown (Author), Cecilia Croaker (Author)

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Peter Lightbown is a golf instructor with a difference - a professional who, out of complete frustration with his own game, has developed a revolutionary approach to golf. The endless quest for technical perfection is familiar to both professional and amateur golfers; an obsession which threatens to kill the simple pleasure of the game. As a professional, Peter realised that technical instruction only served to make his style tense and awkward. He no longer enjoyed playing and the quality of his game deteriorated - until it occurred to him that he had to look at things in a different light, and develop a simpler, more natural and instinctive approach to golf. The result is The Fairway Within, which draws on principles of Pilates, Yoga, the Alexander Technique, and Tai Chi to show golfers how to liberate themselves from the straitjacket of traditional technique. It offers a natural approach to improving and enjoying your game. In this practical book you will learn how to move freely and spontaneously, and so uncover your own innate swing. When this individual and expressive movement begins to emerge, playing golf becomes the pleasurable and satisfying experience it is meant to be. Here at last is a method which takes golfers beyond external complexity, and reveals the internal principles of balance, relaxation and rhythm that underlie good style. The Fairway Within is an inspired and inspiring guide that works - for golfers at all levels. Peter Lightbown turned professional in 1972. He has played and taught extensively, in Australia, London, Denmark, and Malta, and now teaches professionally in Sydney. Cecilia Croaker is a former librarian. She and Peter live in Sydney.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribe Publications (January 1, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 214 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1920769331
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1920769338
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.55 x 9.25 inches

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chris riddoch

Refreshing, simple approach

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2012

I read this book a few week's ago and found - at last - a way of learning the golf swing that doesn't rely on endless technical details. I've thought for a while that we don't learn other skills this way, so why should the golf swing be different? Essentially, this book approaches swing development the right way - starting with the brain. It deals with technique, of course, but in a way that our brain's can understand. This, to me, is the right way to do things - it's a simple, but effective approach. It is bound to be more effective than any coaching manual that resembles a physics lesson (i.e. most of them!).... I recommend this book to all who struggle with the endless complexity of the current approach to teaching us to swing a golf club.