Pendulum putting stroke training aid

A computer readable medium useful in association with a computer which includes a processor, a memory, a timer, a user interface and a serial port, the computer readable medium including computer instructions which are configured to cause the computer to create and transmit a timed sequence of commands over a serial command bus to a plurality of microcontroller modules each which controls a plurality of uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators, said plurality of microcontroller modules being mounted within an elongated housing comprising a clear plastic tube and having an interface to said serial command bus for the reception of said timed sequence of commands in order to guide a golfer on how to strike a golf ball a target roll distance with a preferred putting stroke by:

• a) Inputting a green speed, said target roll distance, and a personal tempo rate in beats per minute from said golfer;
• b) Computing an initial speed of said golf ball required for said target roll distance based on said green speed;
• c) Computing a putter clubhead speed necessary to strike said golf ball said target roll distance based on said green speed;
• d) Computing an acceleration constant based on said personal tempo rate in beats per minute;
• e) Computing an equivalent maximum pendulum putter clubhead height off the ground using said acceleration constant to yield a maximum speed equal to said putter clubhead speed necessary to strike said golf ball said target roll distance based on said green speed;
• f) Computing a backswing length and a downswing length based on said equivalent maximum pendulum putter clubhead height;
• g) Generating a table of on times for each of a selected subset of said plurality of uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators that fall within said backswing length, wherein said table of on times sets the time delay between visual indicator command transmissions;
• h) Transmitting visual indicator activation commands in time based on the contents of said table of on times in order to accurately space transmissions and show said golfer how to execute a preferred putting stroke that will roll golf ball said target roll distance based on said green speed and said personal tempo rate in beats per minute.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory operatively coupled to the processor;
• a serial command bus;
• a user interface operatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a visual indicator controller module which, when executed in the processor from the memory and which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to create and transmit a sequence of commands over a serial command bus to a plurality of microcontroller modules each which controls a plurality of uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators said plurality of microcontroller modules being mounted within an elongated housing comprising a clear plastic tube and having an interface to said serial command bus for the reception of said sequence of commands in order to guide a golfer on how to strike a golf ball with a preferred putting stroke by
• a) Inputting a green speed, a roll distance, and a personal tempo rate in beats per minute from said golfer,
• b) Computing an initial speed of said golf ball required for said roll distance based on said green speed;
• c) Computing a putter clubhead speed necessary to strike said golf ball said roll distance based on said green speed;
• d) Computing an acceleration constant based on said personal tempo rate in beats per minute;
• e) Computing an equivalent maximum pendulum putter clubhead height off the ground using said acceleration constant to yield a maximum speed equal to said putter clubhead speed necessary to strike said golf ball said roll distance based on said green speed;
• f) Computing a backswing length and a downswing length based on said equivalent maximum pendulum putter clubhead height;
• g) Generating a table of on times for a selected subset of said uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators that fall within said backswing length and said downswing length from said plurality of visual indicators;
• h) Activating said selected subset of said uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators in an accelerative sequence by transmitting visual indicator commands spaced apart in time based on the contents of said table of on times over said serial command bus to said plurality of microcontroller modules within said elongated housing in order to show said golfer how to execute a preferred putting stroke that will roll said golf ball said roll distance based on said green speed and said personal tempo rate in beats per minute.