Sports training system
AssigneeHelena Laboratories Corporation
InventorJames Robert Markus Sanford
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Abstract
A system measures and records deflection of an elongated shaft such as the shaft of a golf club and provides a trace or diagram of the swing of the club. The system includes an elongated rod, mounted to the golf club shaft, and a separate recording system. Preferably the recording system is a writing platform mounted to the golf club shaft. The recording member is biased into contact with the writing platform. During swing of the golf club, deflection of the golf club shaft causes relative movement between the writing implement and the writing platform and a trace or diagram of the golf club swing is created.
Claims14
Apparatus for recording deflection of a golf club shaft having a first axis, comprising:
- deflection detecting means adapted to be mounted to said golf club shaft and to provide outputs indicative of the deflection of said golf club shaft during a golf club swing, including a back swing and a forward swing;
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- recording means adapted to be mounted to said golf club shaft and positioned to receive an input from said deflection detecting means indicative of the deflection of said golf club shaft during a golf club swing, including a back swing and a forward swing;
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- mean for biasing said deflection detecting means into contact with said recording means.
An apparatus for recording deflection of a sports equipment shaft, comprising:
- deflection detecting means adapted to be mounted relative to said shaft and to provide outputs indicative of the deflection of said shaft during shaft movement;
- and means for biasing said detecting means into contact with said recording means;
- recording means adapted to be mounted relative to said shaft and positioned to receive the outputs from said deflection detecting means and to record a pattern indicative of said shaft movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.