Golf swing and putting stroke training device and method
OwnerHorace Browninventor
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Abstract
A golf training device that is equally useful in developing a putting stroke and a swing stroke. A club head is severed in the middle and a ball is rotatably secured between the head segments. A circumferential line is applied at the ball's equator defining a plane perpendicular to a line about which the ball rotates. Rotation of the ball is employed for training certain strokes or segments of strokes, and the circumferential line is employed for training certain strokes or segments of strokes.
Claims21
A device for training golf strokes, the device comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- a putter head having a front face, said head being coupled at a predetermined angle to said shaft, said head comprising:
- an inner segment connected to said shaft and including a portion of said front face;
- an outer segment having a portion of said front face, said portions of said front face on said inner and outer segments are in substantially the same plane, said outer segment being aligned with and spaced from said inner segment;
- a ball rotatably mounted between said inner and outer segments, said ball having a line around the equator thereof said line defining a plane perpendicular to a line between said inner and outer segments;
- and
- a contact plate connected to and spaced from said front face portions on said inner segment and said outer segment.
A device for training golf strokes, the device comprising:
- a shaft;
- a head having a front face and being coupled at a predetermined angle to said shaft, said head having a toe end and a heel end;
- and
- a ball rotatably mounted to both said toe end and said heel end of said head, each said ball having a line around the equator thereof, said lines defining spaced parallel planes perpendicular to a line through said head from said toe end to said heel end.
A method for training golf strokes employing a device comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- a head having a front face, said head being coupled at a predetermined angle to said shaft, said head comprising:
- an inner segment connected to said shaft and including a portion of said front face;
- an outer segment having a portion of said front face, said portions of said front face on said inner and outer segments are in substantially the same plane, said outer segment being aligned with and spaced from said inner segment;
- and
- a ball rotatably mounted between said inner and outer segments, said ball having a line around the equator thereof, said line defining a plane perpendicular to a line between said inner and outer segments;
- the method comprising:
- commencing the backswing by moving said head along the ground in a manner that causes rotation of said ball due to contact with the ground by said ball, said line on said ball defining a plane perpendicular to the ground;
- continuing the backswing and pronating the wrists to a position at approximately hip height whereby said front face is generally vertical and said line on said ball and said shaft are generally parallel to the ground;
- shifting direction to the forward swing where said ball makes contact with the ground at the bottom of the swing and continues in contact with the ground to cause rotation of said ball to a position past the bottom of the swing;
- and
- continuing the forward swing and oppositely pronating the wrists to a position at approximately hip height whereby said front face is generally vertical and said line on said ball and said shaft are generally parallel to the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.