15-04-2007 Introduction to "On Learning Golf"

This is not a blog on the science of golf, but about learning it. Everything on the science of the game has been written, but little on how to learn it. So I outline a method of learning and stress certain points about the golf swing. And please remember... (Read Article)

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16-04-2007 Golf is in My Blood: Intro to On Learning Golf by Percy Boomer

GOLF is in my family blood. My father was a village schoolmaster in Jersey. As an educationist he was generations ahead of his time. He saw no use in forcing a boy to try to learn subjects which he was obviously incapable of absorbing — and of which he... (Read Article)

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17-04-2007 Golf and I

It was intended that I should follow my father as a schoolmaster, but as it fell out I preceded him as a golf Pro! After very few years of school-teaching I decided that any talents I had lay elsewhere and being by then a pretty good amateur golfer I... (Read Article)

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18-04-2007 Golf Skills Don't Come "Naturally"

Some years ago I was playing in a four-ball golf match with George "Theory" Duncan, my brother Aubrey, and Mr. E. Esmond. We were discussing a shot that Aubrey had just played and Mr.Esmond said to George, "You know Percy was a schoolmaster at one time."... (Read Article)

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19-04-2007 What "On Learning Golf" is About (Introduction: Part 5)

I have started to write "On Learning Golf" twenty times in the last twenty years and I might still hesitate to write it had I nothing more than the theory of a satisfactory golf swing to impart. But now, teed up for my twenty-first start, I know I am going... (Read Article)

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20-04-2007 What Teaching Golf Taught Me

EDITOR'S NOTE: "What Teaching Golf Taught Me" is a collection of articles on what Percy Boomer learned during his career as a golf instructor and player. This is the first article for this category in the Percy's blog-book. Anyone who is involved in teaching... (Read Article)

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22-04-2007 Teaching Golf and Golf Theory

Teaching golf has showed me that the truth about the conflicting theories of experts is quite simple: The masters play as it suits them to play and then evolve theories to explain why the particular movements which they discover themselves employing are right.... (Read Article)

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23-04-2007 Golf and The Senses (Part 1)

What's the relationship between golf and the senses? If you're curious and played golf you must have wondered about the relation between the mental and the physical aspects of the game. How do senses affect your golf? This is one of the fundamental problems... (Read Article)

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26-04-2007 Golf and the Senses Part 2

Golf and the Senses, to me were obviously related... or even closely fused together. I had in fact reached the conclusion that any separation of the mental and physical functions in the playing golf or the teaching of golf must be artificial — because... (Read Article)

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28-04-2007 Golf and The Senses Part 3: A Good Golfer

This is part 3 of Golf and the Senses.... A good boxer will box on even when "out on his feet," and the good golfer should equally be able to produce his best shots even though he is five down with six to play. I had long realized the importance of this... (Read Article)

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29-04-2007 Golf is not a Game of Perfect

Golf is not a Game of Perfect is my April choice for Book of the Month. The book was originally published in the UK in 2004 by Dr Bob Rotella, an internationally acclaimed golf performance consultant. Most golf books tell you the mental aspects of the... (Read Article)

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30-04-2007 Golf and The Senses Part 5 (Final Part)

This is the last part of Percy's Golf and The Senses Chapter.... Now here, for those who collect coincidences, is a true story which shows an independent and extremely practical application of the ideas on which my teaching is based. I was giving a lesson... (Read Article)

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