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The Stack and Tilt Swing: The Definitive Guide to the Swing That Is Remaking Golf
An in-depth, full-color, step-by-step guide to the new golf swing that has taken the PGA Tour by storm
The traditional golf swing requires a level of coordination that few golfers have. So it's no surprise that, despite huge advances in club and ball technology, the average golf handicap in America has dropped by only one stroke since 1990. Maverick golf instructors Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer spent a decade researching the swing, eventually combining physiology and physics to create a method they dubbed the "Stack and Tilt." The result? Big-name pros like Mike Weir, Tommy Armour III, and Aaron Baddeley are already converts, and Bennett and Plummer are now two of the most soughtafter swing coaches in the game.
Making these breakthroughs available to everyone, The Stack and Tilt Swing is a handsome, fully illustrated, complete course, packed with more than two hundred full-color photographs that make it easy for golfers at all levels to adopt this radical yet simple approach. Analyzing why the traditional swing won't work for most golfers, the authors explain the importance of keeping the upper body stacked over the lower body, while the spine tilts toward the target during the backswing, greatly reducing the inconsistencies created by the old-fashioned approach. Enhanced with practice routines, a troubleshooting list, test cases, and point-by-point assistance, this is the breakthrough guide to golf's hot new secret weapon.
The traditional golf swing requires a level of coordination that few golfers have. So it's no surprise that, despite huge advances in club and ball technology, the average golf handicap in America has dropped by only one stroke since 1990. Maverick golf instructors Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer spent a decade researching the swing, eventually combining physiology and physics to create a method they dubbed the "Stack and Tilt." The result? Big-name pros like Mike Weir, Tommy Armour III, and Aaron Baddeley are already converts, and Bennett and Plummer are now two of the most soughtafter swing coaches in the game.
Making these breakthroughs available to everyone, The Stack and Tilt Swing is a handsome, fully illustrated, complete course, packed with more than two hundred full-color photographs that make it easy for golfers at all levels to adopt this radical yet simple approach. Analyzing why the traditional swing won't work for most golfers, the authors explain the importance of keeping the upper body stacked over the lower body, while the spine tilts toward the target during the backswing, greatly reducing the inconsistencies created by the old-fashioned approach. Enhanced with practice routines, a troubleshooting list, test cases, and point-by-point assistance, this is the breakthrough guide to golf's hot new secret weapon.
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240 pages, Hardcover
First published May 14, 2009
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February 26, 2025
Enjoyed every moment reading this book, helped my swing complimented with videos on YouTube to help me understand it
November 12, 2012
Stack and Tilt is a hot button topic for golfers - it unfortunately elicits negative opinions from some. Full disclosure, I adopted the method/system and take lessons from a couple of the official instructors although I still read and fiddle with other teachers and methods.
While not a full substitute for a live instructor or video lessons, the book does a good job of outlining and going into detail about the pattern. It's not wordy, features photos that are helpful in delineating the pattern and has the usual things most instruction books do like fixes and course management and philosophy of the method. However, there's not much in the way of 100 yards and in. It could do with a short game section on pitching and chipping.
It's a tad moot to review this book because it's the only book out there on SnT and if you want one, this is it, but it's well worth the purchase even if you don't adopt the pattern, as the first couple of chapters that lists Plummer and Bennett's first principles of the golf swing are worth reading.
In a nutshell, the method can be reduced to ten words.
Weight Forward
Shoulder Down
Hands In
Arms Straight
Tuck Hips
And instead of traditional 1st principles like posture, grip and stance most other books give much attention to, I agree much more with 1st principles this Plummer and Bennett ascribe to. Especially the low point of the swing being in front of the ball. Although other books mention it, they don't emphasize it enough and put too much emphasis on the traditional fundamentals.
While not a full substitute for a live instructor or video lessons, the book does a good job of outlining and going into detail about the pattern. It's not wordy, features photos that are helpful in delineating the pattern and has the usual things most instruction books do like fixes and course management and philosophy of the method. However, there's not much in the way of 100 yards and in. It could do with a short game section on pitching and chipping.
It's a tad moot to review this book because it's the only book out there on SnT and if you want one, this is it, but it's well worth the purchase even if you don't adopt the pattern, as the first couple of chapters that lists Plummer and Bennett's first principles of the golf swing are worth reading.
In a nutshell, the method can be reduced to ten words.
Weight Forward
Shoulder Down
Hands In
Arms Straight
Tuck Hips
And instead of traditional 1st principles like posture, grip and stance most other books give much attention to, I agree much more with 1st principles this Plummer and Bennett ascribe to. Especially the low point of the swing being in front of the ball. Although other books mention it, they don't emphasize it enough and put too much emphasis on the traditional fundamentals.
March 8, 2016
I purchased the Stack and Tilt videos a year ago and became a believer of the system. All my golf playing life I’ve gone from one lesson or tip to another trying to find that elusive swing I see on TV. After all the Golf Digest articles I was just confused. I converted to the Stack and Tilt because I could understand and conceptualize the stack and tilt swing. My game has improved. When I spotted this book at Barnes & Noble I immediately bought and took it home and read it in one sitting. In reading the book I discovered a concept I missed in the videos. After viewing the videos again I couldn’t believe I had miss interpreted the videos. Now when I watch players swing I can identify what caused their ball to do what it does. This book can help you even if you don’t convert to the stack and tilt because many of its principle apply to the traditional swing. If you are a golfer this is a must read book.”
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