Putting stroke training system
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1. A putting stroke training system comprising:
- a putting surface including a stroke recording section and a result section, the stroke recording section recording stroke paths of a putter head, and the result section recording a result of each stroke of the putter head and identifying successful strokes;
a stroke analysis tool cooperable with the putting surface that correlates successful strokes with respective ones of the stroke paths recorded by the stroke recording section, the stroke analysis tool generating a preferred stroke path based on the respective ones of the stroke paths correlated with the successful strokes; and
an alignment tool including a putting guide that graphically illustrates the preferred stroke, the alignment tool comprising a fixed side wall and a movable side wall, wherein the movable side wall is positionable relative to the fixed side wall into alignment with the preferred stroke.
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Abstract
A putting stroke training system identifies a preferred putting stroke and facilitates training for a golfer to repeat the preferred putting stroke. The training system includes a grid box with a fixed side wall and a movable side wall. The movable side wall is positionable relative to the fixed side wall into alignment with the preferred putting stroke. The training system also includes an alignment sensor attachable to a putter head. In some embodiments, the alignment sensor signals when the putter head deviates from the preferred stroke.
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1. A putting stroke training system comprising:
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a putting surface including a stroke recording section and a result section, the stroke recording section recording stroke paths of a putter head, and the result section recording a result of each stroke of the putter head and identifying successful strokes; a stroke analysis tool cooperable with the putting surface that correlates successful strokes with respective ones of the stroke paths recorded by the stroke recording section, the stroke analysis tool generating a preferred stroke path based on the respective ones of the stroke paths correlated with the successful strokes; and an alignment tool including a putting guide that graphically illustrates the preferred stroke, the alignment tool comprising a fixed side wall and a movable side wall, wherein the movable side wall is positionable relative to the fixed side wall into alignment with the preferred stroke. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A putting stroke training system for training a golfer to putt along a preferred putting stroke, the training system comprising:
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a grid box including a fixed side wall and a movable side wall, wherein the movable side wall is positionable relative to the fixed side wall into alignment with the preferred putting stroke; and an alignment sensor attachable to a putter head, wherein the grid box includes a bottom wall having a graphical illustration of the preferred putting stroke, and wherein the graphical illustration is provided by reflective tape on the bottom wall, the alignment sensor including a reflective sensor that detects a position of the putter head relative to the preferred putting stroke, and a signal source that emits a signal depending on the position of the putter head relative to the preferred putting stroke, wherein the alignment sensor comprises two guide points or lines on a visible surface, and wherein the graphical illustration comprises two lines representative of the preferred putting stroke, the two lines being spaced apart by a distance that equals a distance between the two guide points or lines on the visible surface of the alignment sensor, wherein the alignment sensor comprises two optical sensors that detect the position of the putter head relative to the two lines of the putting guide, and wherein the signal source of the alignment sensor emits a separate signal for each of the two optical sensors relative to the two lines of the putting guide.
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