Golf swing controller

Abstract

A swing controller comprises three parts: an attachment part for attachment to the handle of the golf club, a main part including a main cylinder with spike and supporting three antifriction bearing rings and club face scale, and a telescope part including a telescoping cylinder with groove and O-ring disposed at a lower end of the telescope part and a positioning part for check points for indicating the position of the club and disposed at the upper end of the telescope part. The telescope part is extendable and allows adaptation to short golf clubs, to medium golf clubs and to long golf clubs. An extended axis of the club shank is produced by attaching the swing controller onto the end of the club handle. This renders possible and produces an effective, visual control for all axial planes.

Description

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] The present invention relates to a visualizing and swing controlling device for correct swinging guidance and holding of a golf club and is generally called a swing controller.[0003] 2. Brief Description of the Background of the Invention Including Prior Art[0004] There are two basic types of golf clubs, the purpose and handling of which differ. The clubs are used to strike the ball to send it flying through the air. To start the motion, the club is swung back, the club head defining a wide arch; the same holds true for the following strike where it is important that the club head have the proper speed and be followed through in a relaxed manner. The strike itself is an unstopped, highly complex motion. The other type of club is called putter and is exclusively used on the green for holing the ball, the latter moving along in a rolling motion. Its handling is such that the ball is pushed, the club movement, therefore, covering only a very short...

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Benefits of technology

[0004] There are two basic types of golf clubs, the purpose and handling of which differ. The clubs are used to strike the ball to send it flying through the air. To start the motion, the club is swung back, the club head defining a wide arch; the same holds true for the following strike where it is important that the club head have the proper speed and be followed through in a relaxed manner. The strike itself is an unstopped, highly complex motion. The other type of club is called putter and is exclusively used on the green for holing the ball, the latter moving along in a rolling motion. Its handling is such that the ball is pushed, the club movement, therefore, covering only a very short distance and having reduced speed.

[0012] It is an object of the present invention to construct a visualizing and swing controlling device allowing the golf player to detect swinging and gripping errors himself and capable of adjustment to the length of the golf club to which it is attached.

[0013] It is another object of the present invention to make golf practice lessons more effective and to generate much less disappointing practice sessions for the golf apprentices.

[0014] It is yet a further object of the present invention to allow a golf instructor to easily recognize gripping errors from a distance perpetrated by a golf apprentice.

[0015] It is yet another object of the present invention to furnish a simple device, which device is usable with any commercially available golf club.

Problems solved by technology

There are two potential errors occurring during swinging of a golf club--an insufficient and an excessive swing.

These errors are easily recognizable for persons observing the golf player, e.g. the instructor, but not easily recognizable for the player himself.

When the club is swung prior to hitting the ball, grip errors, which lead to deviations from the square position, can only be recognized with great difficulty by golf instructors, and are virtually non-recognizable to the golf player.

The device of the British Printed Patent Document GB 2,321,601 is cumbersome to implement as it requires cutting off part of a viable golf club.

Furthermore, it does not well adapt to golf clubs having different lengths or are especially made for ladies.

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