Golf swing training device
OwnerArmando Reneauminventor
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Abstract
A golf training aid has a hitting portion, a standing portion, and a light unit. The hitting portion has a step, adjustable tees and rails. The standing portion has standing pad alignment lines and golf ball direction options. The light unit senses when a golf club is about to strike a golf ball and this triggers a variety of speed sensors, fast and slow strobe lights and other feedback devices that give the golfer immediate feedback on his/her swing, without the golfer having to a) wait for feedback, and b) take his/her eyes off the ball.
Claims16
A device for improving a golfer's swing, consisting of:
- a hitting pad,
- a standing pad,
- and a light unit,
- where a golfer stands on the standing pad, uses a golf club to hit a golf ball on the hitting pad, and where the light unit detects a speed at which the golf club was swung, and a distance and a direction the golf ball would be hit based on the speed and an angle measured by a movement detection portion of the light unit, where the light unit has a flat and rectangular base, upon which a display is mounted, and inside of which a calculator or mini-computer is located, additionally comprising a light support base, where the light support base contains a strobe light, a motion detector and a speed meter, where the speed meter measures the golf club's velocity, the motion detector detects movement of the golf club and triggers the strobe light to flash at a moment at which the golf club strikes the golf ball, thereby illuminating an angle at which a head of the golf club strikes the ball in an image visible to the user of the invention, where the light support base additionally comprises a flexible neck, where the flexible neck has a second motion detector and a slow strobe located at a flexible neck end, where the second motion detector also detects the movement of the golf club and triggers the slow strobe, which illuminates a path that the golf club takes while moving toward the golf ball, creating a second image visible to the user of the invention.
A device for improving a golfer's swing, consisting of:
- a hitting pad,
- a standing pad,
- and a light unit,
- where a golfer stands on the standing pad, uses a golf club to hit a golf ball on the hitting pad, and where the light unit detects a speed at which the golf club was swung, and a distance and a direction the golf ball would be hit based on the speed and an angle measured by a movement detection portion of the light unit, where the hitting pad has a lower portion and an upper portion, where the lower portion and the upper portion are separated by a step, with the step additionally comprises two or more adjustable tees, wherein the standing pad additionally comprises two or more standing pad alignment reference lines and two or more golf ball direction options, wherein the hitting pad additionally comprises two or more golf ball direction lines,
- where a golfer stands on the standing pad, uses a golf club to hit a golf ball on the hitting pad, and where the light unit detects a speed at which the golf club was swung, and a distance and a direction the golf ball would be hit based on the speed and an angle measured by a movement detection portion of the light unit, where the hitting pad is a flat, rectangular shaped hitting pad with a step separating a raised portion from a lowered portion, additionally comprising a tee, where the tee is adjustable, additionally comprising one or more hitting pad alignment reference lines, where the standing pad has one or more golf ball direction options, where the standing pad has one or more foot placement guides, where the light unit has a flat and rectangular base, upon which a display is mounted, and inside of which a calculator or mini-computer is located, where a light support base contains a strobe light, a motion detector and a speed meter where the speed meter measures the golf club's velocity, the motion detector detects movement of the golf club and triggers the strobe light to flash at a moment at which the golf club strikes the golf ball, thereby illuminating an angle at which a head of the golf club strikes the ball in an image visible to the user of the invention, where the light support base additionally comprises a flexible neck, where the flexible neck has a second motion detector and a slow strobe located at a flexible neck end, where the second motion detector also detects the movement of the golf club and triggers the slow strobe, which illuminates a path that the golf club takes while moving toward the golf ball, creating a second image visible to the user of the invention, where a person using the invention detects both a strike angle and an approach angle through viewing the image and the second image.
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