The Negotiable Golf Swing: How to
Improve Your Game Without Picture-
Perfect Form by Joseph Laurentino
A Practical Way For New & Experienced Golfers To Improve Their Game
A negotiable golf swing is a compatible arrangement of the many
permissible alternatives that, while not conforming to the computer models
of the perfect golf swing, can still function very well to get the job done. By
identifying and organizing these negotiable swing components, The
Negotiable Golf Swing will show you how you can use basic swing
components and their permissible permutations to negotiate a better game
of golf. In other words, you can learn how to play a better game of golf
with a lot of what youre already bringing to the table. Few swings need a
complete overhaul, a total retooling from setup to finish position. Its more
likely that you, like thousands of erstwhile golfers, just need to learn whats
negotiable with the golf swing and whats not. The Negotiable Golf Swing
covers the nonnegotiable as well, that is, all those immutable laws of ball
flight, which are determined as the clubhead moves through the impact

area making contact with the ball. The Negotiable Golf Swing will provide
you with an understanding of how basic human skills are learned and how
to apply them to your game, how to grasp and meld the negotiable with the
nonnegotiable, which will help you build an effective golf swing, and
ultimately, improve your game. This eye-opening tutorial will empower
golfers from beginners to seasoned to single-digit handicap players.
Many swing gurus try to convince golfers that they must have perfect form
- even a model swing - in order to play better. This is simply not true, and
in The Negotiable Golf Swing you wont find any one size fits all. Rather
you will learn not only how a negotiable golf swing can work for you, but
also why its the best and fastest route to success.
Personal Review: The Negotiable Golf Swing: How to Improve
Your Game Without Picture-Perfect Form by Joseph Laurentino
If you want a book that actually will help you improve your game and enjoy
it more, then this is a book you should have.
Even if you're just looking for some handy tips, you can't go wrong with Joe
Laurentino's THE NEGOTIABLE GOLF SWING because his book clearly
presents USEFUL information that you can take to the course and/or
practice range with you. Reading this book not only will help you better
understand what aspects of your setup and swing that will benefit most
from the valuable insights that this talented PGA teaching pro and golfer
spells out in practical terms. Equally important, though, is that the book
dispels the MYTH that all good golfers need to develop the perfect swing.
THE NEGOTIABLE SWING gives an elegant presentation of the essentials
of achieving better results on the course. What I like so much about this
book (and Joe Laurentino's teaching approach) is it acknowledges that
improvement comes from keeping intact those aspects of one's swing that
work well while pinpointing the areas that can produce better results for
you.
"Negotiating" the swing components that will work best for you to improve
your game doesn't require you to undertake a rigorous physical fitness
program to improve your flexibility, balance, coordination, strength, etc.,
nor does it require you to re-make your swing from top to bottom to
achieve the classic golf swing. In fact, Mr. Laurentino asserts that there
really is no such thing as the picture-perfect swing that all good golfers
have in common. Quite the contrary, he points out the specific swing
differences among the game's top golfers, such as Tiger Woods' swing
compared to Jim Furyk's or John Daley's to support his assertion.
Golfers, as the author points out, have many unique swing components,
just as do good tennis players, hockey players, and just about all athletes
in various sports. To me, that means that I don't have to learn to swing like
someone else. Instead, I'll improve my game quicker and more effectively
by "negotiating" those specific aspects of my setup and swing that will
produce the results that I want for my game.

What makes this book even more valuable is that it clearly and specifically
identifies golf essentials that are not negotiable and are vital to
understanding how they impact your game, such as the laws of ball flight.
For example, the path of the golfer's swing (inside or outside) and the
angle of the club face at impact (open, square, or closed) will have a
distinct, consistent effect on the direction of a hit ball. Knowing this will
enable you to either set up to your target in a certain way (explained in the
book) or to decide to spend time working either to achieve a different swing
path or to adjust the angle of the club face at impact.
Through simple diagrams and concise explanations the author illustrates
these essentials so that the "mystery" of any swing result can be traced
back to a manageable few swing aspects that the golfer can examine and
test out on the practice range, or, after the golfer understands them well
enough, on the course to achieve the desired swing result more easily and
consistently.
Just to put the above comments in context, I am NOT saying that this book
is MAGICAL or that IT WILL tranform your game. Rather, I assert that,
with the information contained in this book, when combined with focused
awareness and a good understanding of the negotiables and non-
negotiables, YOU will know what to do to achieve the improvements that
you desire for your game without having to memorize a "laundry list" of
swing tips and thoughts.
The emphasis in THE NEGOTIABLE GOLF SWING is on learning, not
fixing. While learning can involve making some changes, the emphasis is
on the golfer deciding which changes to make and the aspects of the
NEGOTIABLE SWING that will produce those changes. This learning
approach allows the golfer to integrate those changes more quickly and
easily into one's swing so that they occur spontaneously and not by going
through a checklist of tips and pointers.
The author also acknowledges that some of these changes can be
achieved more quickly and easily with the help of an observant friend, golf
pro, video camera, or full-length mirror. Again, that's the golfer's decision
to make.
This book is one of my top 5 "must have, read & re-read" golf books. The
other 4 are THE INNER GAME OF GOLF, EXTRAORDINARY PUTTING,
HARVEY PENICK'S LITTLE RED BOOK, & THE SEARCH FOR THE
PERFECT GOLF CLUB -- all are available from Amazon. These other 4
books share a common approach to helping golfers improve their game
that Mr. Laurentino presents in his book -- the golf swing is a complex
physical activity and that, because golfers come in all sizes, shapes, ages,
etc., a good swing is unique.

Reading and applying the approach presented in THE NEGOTIABLE
GOLF SWING not only is consistent with the approach of the other 4
authors but also provides some specific "negotiables" and "non-
negotiables" to which those other books allude. Mr. Laurentino's book is a
MUST HAVE.
My only regret after reading this book and using it to help me with a
particular change that I have been wanting is that I don't live closer to Long
Island, where Joe Laurentino teaches. Fortunately I do have a video cam
with proprietary golf swing software to compensate for the distance factor.
Besides, traveling from my home in Virginia to his home course for an
occasional "review" is eminently do-able.
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