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Sporting club swing trainer

  • US 20090082122A1
  • Filed: 09/21/2007
  • Published: 03/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A golf club swing training apparatus for use with a golf club, the golf club having a grip on a proximal end thereof and a club face on a distal end thereof, the apparatus comprising in combination:

  • a) mounted adjacent to the grip, a projector enabled and oriented so as to sweep a moving light beam along a path parallel to the face; and

    b) a light beam receiver providing two spaced apart linear rows of light detectors in an electrical circuit, the electrical circuit additionally providing a source of electrical power, a microprocessor, and an alerting device;

    wherein, with the receiver positioned so as to place the detectors in parallel with a desired trajectory of a golf ball, and with the light beam swept across the detectors when the golf ball is driven by the golf club, the information of at least one of face velocity across the detectors and face misalignment with respect to a perpendicular to the desired trajectory is calculated.

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