Golf swing training device for detecting correct weight shift
First Claim
1. A golf swing training device comprising:
- a compact device having a housing and device attachment means affixed to a rear side of said housing,a belt member worn on the waist of a user and positioned adjacent one hip on a side of the user in a forward direction of the user'"'"'s golf swing, said belt member having attachment means affixed to a front side of said belt member facing outwardly from the user'"'"'s one hip and adapted to be fastened to the device attachment means so as to mount said device in a desired position on the one hip of the user;
an inertial mass acceleration sensor contained in said device housing for detecting when the user has moved the one hip with an acceleration exceeding a given threshold level upon execution of a golf swing, anda sound producing device coupled to said sensor for producing a sound output when the acceleration of the user'"'"'s hip upon execution of the golf swing exceeds the given threshold level.
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Abstract
A golf swing training device has a compact device housing to be worn at the waist of a user on one hip which contains an inertial mass acceleration sensor for detecting when the user has moved the hip in a weight shift exceeding a given threshold level and for producing a sound output indicative of a correct weight shift for a golf swing. In one embodiment, the housing is a cylindrical tube, the sensor is a weighted metal ball held by a given retaining force of a magnet at one end of the tube, and the sound is produced by the ball striking a stop wall at the opposite end. When the user completes a hip turn and decelerates to a finish, the weighted ball travels back to the retaining end of the tube and produces a second sound which indicates correct completion of the golf swing. The device housing may have a fastener strip to allow it to be worn at an angle to vary the threshold weight shift force required. A second embodiment uses a spring-mounted plastic cup with a friction-fit hemi-spherical shape for retaining the ball therein. A third embodiment employs an electronic motion sensor as the mass acceleration sensor, and includes an electronic circuit, tone generator and output speaker, volume control, and LCD display.
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20 Claims
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1. A golf swing training device comprising:
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a compact device having a housing and device attachment means affixed to a rear side of said housing, a belt member worn on the waist of a user and positioned adjacent one hip on a side of the user in a forward direction of the user'"'"'s golf swing, said belt member having attachment means affixed to a front side of said belt member facing outwardly from the user'"'"'s one hip and adapted to be fastened to the device attachment means so as to mount said device in a desired position on the one hip of the user; an inertial mass acceleration sensor contained in said device housing for detecting when the user has moved the one hip with an acceleration exceeding a given threshold level upon execution of a golf swing, and a sound producing device coupled to said sensor for producing a sound output when the acceleration of the user'"'"'s hip upon execution of the golf swing exceeds the given threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for training a golf swing with an inertial-mass sound-emitting device comprising the steps of:
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providing a compact device having a housing and device attachment means affixed to a rear side of said housing; attaching a belt member on the waist of a user and positioning the device via said device attachment means on said belt member at a desired position adjacent one hip on a side of the user in a forward direction of the user'"'"'s golf swing, said belt member having attachment means affixed to a front side of said belt member facing outwardly from the user'"'"'s one hip and adapted to be fastened to the device attachment means so as to mount said device in the desired position on the one hip of the user; providing said device with an inertial mass acceleration sensor contained in the device housing for detecting when the user has moved the one hip with an acceleration exceeding a given threshold level upon execution of a golf swing, and a sound producing device coupled to said sensor for producing a sound output upon detection of such acceleration exceeding the given threshold level; and producing an audible sound with said device when the acceleration of the user'"'"'s hip upon execution of the golf swing exceeds the given threshold level, so as to provide reinforcement to the user of a correct body movement in execution of the golf swing. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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