Method for matching golfers with golf club shafts
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsJay Tofin Worobets, Darren John Stefanyshyn
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are exemplary methods and systems for selecting a shaft flex for a golfer based on characteristics of the golfer's swing. Some exemplary methods comprise using measuring in-swing-plane shaft deflection values of a golfer's golf club during the golfer's swing, determining a phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs; determining a kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball; and selecting a shaft flex for the golfer based on the determined phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs and based on the determined kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- using an electronic measuring system, measuring in-swing-plane shaft deflection values of a golfer's golf club during the golfer's swing;
- determining a phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs;
- determining a kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball;
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- selecting a shaft flex for the golfer based on the determined phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs and based on the determined kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball.
A golf swing measuring system comprising:
- a golf swing data collection system configured to measure in-swing-plane shaft deflection values of a golfer's golf club during the golfer's swing;
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- a computing system configured to:
- determine a phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs;
- determine a kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball;
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- select a shaft flex for the golfer based on the determined phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs and based on the determined kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball.
A computer-readable storage device having stored therein computer-readable instructions for execution of a method by computing device, the method comprising:
- using an electronic measuring system, measuring in-swing-plane shaft deflection values of a golfer's golf club during the golfer's swing;
- determining a phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs;
- determining a kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball;
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- selecting a shaft flex for the golfer based on the determined phase of the golfer's swing when maximum in-swing-plane shaft deflection occurs and based on the determined kick velocity of the golfer's swing at impact with a golf ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.