Coil/Strike: A Revolutionary, Enlightened Approach to Improving Your Golf Game - Reader Qualifications Required
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“Swing,” the centerpiece of Dark Age instruction, “is an Evil word,” Phairway Phil preaches. “It must be banished from your mind and mouth forever more. It is the root cause of our misconception.” Instead, he is the first to introduce the concept of Coil/Strike. “All living things COIL and STRIKE,” he declares. “It is the basic movement of all life and the basic movement for all golf strokes.”
Through step-by-step instruction and unique images—as well as LMAO stories to keep you smilin’ and energized—Phairway Phil describes the Coil/Strike approach in detail. All strokes are addressed, including chipping and putting. Simplify your game and pare down your handicap with this exciting, revolutionary approach. Let the fun begin!
COIL/STRIKE has arrived as golf’s first creative nonfiction instruction book. Author Phairway Phil unites fiction with nonfiction in an original exploration of the genre—a groundbreaking introduction from Gatekeeper Press.
Learning swing mechanics can make golfers loopy. But a coil strikes. At last, a brand-new concept to help millions of frustrated golfers. It’s a step-by-step method with merriment.
COIL/STRIKE is meant for everyone who can meet the book’s easy Reader Qualification Requirements. Join the COIL/STRIKE revolution!
READER QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
This Golf Manifesto should only be read by right-handed, males who are 33 to 75 years old. NOT A BEGINNER. Read at least one instruction book or taken more than three lessons. You’re frustrated, bewildered, or resigned by failing to improve.
If you can’t meet all the qualifications, please stop! I’m sorry, I don’t want you to waste your time and presumably your money. For now, I can’t say with confidence that reading Coil/Strike can help you-just qualified readers. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING.
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Coil/Strike - Phairway Phil
man·i·fes'to (from Latin, manifestus), clearly visible to the eye or obvious to the understanding; apparent; not obscure or difficult to be seen or understood; plain; evident; a public declaration of motives and intentions by a person or group; struck by the hand; used in combination to strike.
Call me Phairway Phil…Everyone else does….. Never heard of me? Well, if you’ve lived around here you have….. What I’m about to tell you is the truth—as much as a man can know the truth about anything… I suppose your frustration or intellectual curiosity got you this far. Actually, that might become baggage. The intellectual—not the curiosity. All you really need to know is this:
The Perfect Game of Golf
Is a Journey Through Circumstances
Played by Imperfect People.
Think about it….. Hey! You’re sure you meet the qualifications? I know you look it—just checkin’. It’s important. Yes. Yes, and mine...Same as you, friend. Surprising?...I’m an amateur and have been for almost 20 years. In that time, I’ve experienced the same things you have.
But…I’m also a theorist. My formal name, if you will, is Dr. Phairway Phil. Got a few post-graduate degrees, albeit none of them in the Science of Golf. Nevertheless, my observations, contemplative thought, and participatory methods have finally reached a conclusion:
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT
THE GOLF STROKE HAS BEEN
PERPETUALLY MISCONCEIVED.
That’s why the average amateur handicap of 18 has not changed in over 60 years! This is not a wild assertion. It is a matter of public record. Think on it: Cutting-edge technology, new equipment, thousands of how-to books, 24/7 TV Golf, and decades of PGA-sanctioned instruction. Still no significant, if barely measurable, improvement.
Golf experts have been telling us what the reason is for a hundred years. Over and over, we’re told that the golf stroke is a very unnatural movement. And that this difficulty can be overcome by a certain physicality and of course perfect execution. Oh yes, and the complexities of the swing
are difficult to master if even comprehended. And all of this may take years of practice. Evidently, lacking the mental and physical skill set, we are resigned to the belief that we won’t get much better. And in less than two months after instruction, we prove them right.
But our inner selves will not let go of the notion that we can get much, much, better. We dream it. If only we had one more piece of knowledge that would, like a secret unraveled, suddenly make our game and enjoyment of playing it truly wonderful. As we imagined it should be. We silently think that this game just can’t be that hard to play. Our body instincts echo this refrain. And our inner selves are absolutely right!
All able-bodied amateur golfers are capable of scoring in the low 80s and having a blast doing it. In fact, most of us can shoot in the high 70s on a regular basis—sweet! But why don’t we? Because golf is so very difficult and not for everyone? Nonsense. BS—bullshit. We can all score in the 70s. We can all have so much more fun playing. We can...we should...but we don’t.
WHY?
As the voice of the amateur, Phairway Phil has contemplated that very question….. Why? To answer, I wish to share with you my theories. They lead to the conclusion of Two Fundamentals.
I will explain the execution of all golf strokes from full to short to the putting stroke. These two simple fundamentals can be properly understood and performed by practically anyone.
For the historical record, I will also try to explain how and why the Perfect Game of Golf came to be so. In my professional life, among other award-winning careers, I taught teachers how to teach at the university level. Perhaps it’s natural for me to share, analyze, instruct, and help.
I have to confess, much like Dr. Jekyll, I injected my new theories and methods into my own Game. But a very happy Mr. Hyde emerged sportin’ a steady six strokes above par, almost round after round. Not boasting—just stating a personal fact. Further, my informal experiments
with very willing students
produced similar results without failure. Not boasting—just stating a public fact.
When we are not taught the proper conception of the golf stroke and the corresponding fundamentals, how on earth can we possibly succeed? Remember, the root definition of doctor means teacher. And one definition of teacher means visionary.
Think of our time together as a crazy mixture of mentoring, seminars, and active workshops all rolled into one form. Maybe entertaining enlightenment? Why don’t we just call it an unusual learning experience.
As others have done, follow Phairway Phil out of the darkness. You are about to take your first step into a bright, new, and playful Golf World…. Now turn the page. Or click it if you must.
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!!
There’s no jumpin’ from page to page, thumbin’ through, etc. You’ll only waste time, have to catch up, and spoil it for yourself.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, LISTEN UP!
I know you want to know where you’re going and how long it will take and why it’s still Dark...and blah, blah.
For the Linear Thinkers, we’ll be doing some participatory reading. Yes. Like kids do in grade school. Only this is adult experiential learning. For the Abstract Thinkers—we’ll just feel it, experience it! Emotions and all. Cool. It’s the basic way we learn and remember. You do it in life all the time. So…there’s no skippin’ around, running ahead, or getting off the path by yourself.
To placate all the Linear Thinkers, first we’ll visit Contents
very briefly. You won’t get that much out of it anyway. (Linear Thinkers always have to know where they’re at. They’re so afraid of getting lost on the way.)
Remember…Phairway Phil is your only guide and kinda your supreme commander. So, pay attention and please do what I say. All will be revealed in sequence. Otherwise you won’t comprehend. Understand?... Just nod your head up and down.
Come on—up and down.… Yes…. Up…. Down….
UP…. DOWN…. UP…. DOWN…. Focus.
Okay. Now turn the page.
Or move your finger.
I. THE PERFECT GAME OF GOLF
golf (from Dutch, kolf), a large field-target ball game, the object being to play the ball into a series of variously located four-inch holes with the fewest possible strokes.
per´fect (from Latin, perfectus), to finish; complete in all respects; pure; most excellent.
game (from Middle English), sport; amusement; contest; arrangement; competition; to win; recreation; play; art or quality of playing at any sport; test of skill; endurance; courage; scheme pursued; measures taken; planned; wild; risk; all chances of a successful completion are gone; make the butt of jokes; to act according to the rules; to behave as fairness requires; having an undaunted spirit unwilling to admit defeat.
Alright. The first part is a lecture. Oh, quit whining. It’ll be fun! ‘Cause it’s not exactly, fully—100 percent true. Maybe 96.3. Don’t worry, you can figure it out. There won’t be a quiz! It’s not that kind of a lecture. Just sit back, relax, now go with it.
We must start at the beginning for that is where our misconceptions began. There has been an endless debate on the history and origins of Golf.… It’s over. There are in fact two. First, there is the origin and history of the Imperfect People Game (known as a field-target ball game). Second, there is the origin and brief history of the Gods’ Perfect Game (now known as Golf).
Little is certain of either origin. However, strong evidence gathered from antiquity supports a new theory that both origins of the Game intersected at a special point, and thus there became only one source for the greatest Game known to Mankind.
First, we will examine the Imperfect People history of the Perfect Game.
Golf was invented by a woman in 936, China. Specifically, her name was Gaoqiu (chow∙peh). She was a Sharra from very far Eastern Mongolia. Rather lithe for a Mongolian woman and supremely intelligent. She had the kind of thin lips that puts a woman into a perpetually pretty smile. Beautifully proportioned. Breasts not too big, not too small. Folklore had it she danced like a nymph. ’Course ya gotta have the eyes to go with it! (Gaoqiu was aptly named.)
Anyway, she awoke from a dream (more on that later) and the Imperfect People Game of Golf (chui∙won) was created. She saw the dream from beginning to end but remembered it backwards. That morning she set about fashioning the first putting green.
The Game was to be a wedding gift to her husband, one of the leaders in the nomadic tribe. His name was Xiongmengou (chong∙men∙gooah) and he was both feared and respected. His penchant was Polo. The Chinese learned it from the Persians. Since everybody had horses, Polo was very big in Mongolia. Xiongmengou, which means fierce dog,
was a great Polo player.
The men would not return for another seven suns. Gaoqiu and her friends worked excitedly to finish in time. They carved out tall wooden putters. To make the balls, the women skin-wrapped feathers soaked in black tea and sun-dried them to a hard, crusted, brownish-shaped sphere. Gaoqiu secretly worried that the balls were not white like in her dream, but there was no time left for a change.
All was ready; a smooth, gently undulating putting green, 15 clubs, plenty of balls, and a four-inch hole dug for the cup. There was a tee box that was a large, light wooden frame that she could fold up and move about. She did what the voice in her dream said and what she saw. At least…until she got confused.
Too late. The men were back. Fierce Dog was greeted by his lovely bride and presented the Perfect Game to play. As the crowd moved closer, Gaoqiu explained the Game. Like how she remembered her dream, she started at the end. She told her husband the object of