Swing Training Assembly for Swing Sports Including Golf, Baseball, Tennis or Hockey
OwnerBradley R. Mason, Jeffrey T. Masoninventors
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Abstract
A swing training assembly includes a shuttle, a shuttle travel track, a tensioner, a shuttle displacement line and a shuttle pulley. The shuttle resides in the shuttle travel track and the shuttle pulley and shuttle displacement line are adapted to linearly displace the shuttle to different shuttle positions within the shuttle travel track in response to displacement forces applied to the shuttle pulley by a user pulling on the shuttle displacement line. The tensioner provides an opposing counter-force to control the rate of shuttle displacement. The swing training assembly may also include body positioning limits to maintain proper body alignment while the user pulls on the shuttle displacement line.
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A swing training method performed while swinging a golf club, wherein a user performing the method has feet, hands, a trail buttock, a lead buttock, a trail hip, a lead hip, a lead shoulder and a lead arm, the method comprising the following steps:
- addressing a real golf ball or a phantom golf ball while said feet are planted on a horizontal surface, said trail buttock is in contact with a trail buttock contact surface on a posterior limit aligned substantially perpendicular to said horizontal surface, said trail hip is in contact with a trail hip limit mounted on said posterior limit and aligned substantially perpendicular to said posterior limit and said lead hip is free from contact with a lead hip limit mounted on said posterior limit and aligned substantially perpendicular to said posterior limit;
- performing a backswing stage of a golf swing, thereby raising said hands to a height above said trail shoulder while said trail hip remains in contact with said trail hip limit, said trail buttock remains in contact with said trail buttock contact surface and said lead hip remains free from contact with said lead hip limit and said lead shoulder remains free from contact with said lead shoulder limit;
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- performing a downswing stage of said golf swing, thereby lowering said hands in a downward arc to a height below said trail shoulder while drawing said lead hip into contact with said lead hip limit, drawing said lead buttock into contact with said lead buttock contact surface, drawing said trail hip away from contact with said trail hip limit and drawing said trail buttock away from contact with said trail buttock contact surface.
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