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Every winter I
create an indoor golf studio
where golfers can train (and forget winter for an hour) until
spring. One of the most important components of the studio are
the training devices, the straps, funny looking clubs, ones
that bend, ones that slide, heavy ones, lazer beams, speed
meters, swing jackets and so on.
As strange as some of these might look, they can be incredibly
effective tools for learning the feel of a good swing. And
after all, it is a game of feel.
To learn a new habit takes 6 hours of repetitions. And those
have to be correct repetitions. How do you know if you are
doing it correctly? Training aids are one way. In some sense
your body doesn't care if you are hitting balls or not, as
long as it is moving in the correct way over and over again.
The trick is in matching the appropriate training aid to the
golfer. For example, if you top the ball, you can be sure that
impact is incorrect- usually worm burners come from attempting
to scoop the ball. The fix can be to whack an impact bag to
train in the correct feeling. Short hitters rave about the
swingyde, a deceptively simple device that connects to your
club, training the golfer to properly use the hands and arms.
And any golfer will benefit from a routine of swinging a
weighted club, or a device known as the swingfan, which uses
wind resistance to create the sense of weight. It's the same
effect as a batter in the warm-up circle swinging two bats.
In the indoor studio we have chosen the most effective of the
training devices for use by anybody using the facility. If you
were to purchase all of the tools we use, after customs, duty,
shipping, and rate of exchange, it would cost you over
$10,000.
Allot of the devices on the market are useless, or so fragile
as to break down after a couple of uses. If you want to try
the latest training aid that promises to knock 15 shots off
your game, but you don't want to lay out the big bucks, come
and try it first. If it works, do it over and over again until
you can do it in your sleep.
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