Apparatus for providing swing technique feedback
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1. An apparatus for providing feedback of a swing technique, the apparatus comprising:
- an outer shaft having a ball bearing located within;
a first tube disposed within the outer shaft and including a portion that is configured to receive the ball bearing;
a magnet disposed in the portion of the first tube;
a second tube disposed with the outer shaft at an end opposite the first tube, the second tube configured to stop the ball bearing as the ball bearing travels through the outer shaft and to provide at least one of haptic or auditory feedback; and
an adjustment mechanism disposed on the outer shaft, the adjustment mechanism comprises a housing unit attached to the outer shaft and a fastener configured to protrude though the housing unit into an inner portion of the outer shaft at a location where the magnet and the ball bearing interface, and wherein an amount of the fastener protruding into the inner portion alters a magnetic connection of the magnet and the ball bearing.
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Abstract
This disclosure describes an apparatus used to provide feedback of a proper swing technique. According to some embodiments, the disclosure describes an outer shaft having a ball bearing adjustably attached to a magnet recessed within an internal tube. According to some embodiments, the ball bearing may be released from the magnet when the apparatus is properly swung. According to some embodiments, haptic and/or auditory feedback may be provided to a user of the apparatus as the ball bearing contacts a stopper tube in the outer shaft.
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1. An apparatus for providing feedback of a swing technique, the apparatus comprising:
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an outer shaft having a ball bearing located within; a first tube disposed within the outer shaft and including a portion that is configured to receive the ball bearing; a magnet disposed in the portion of the first tube; a second tube disposed with the outer shaft at an end opposite the first tube, the second tube configured to stop the ball bearing as the ball bearing travels through the outer shaft and to provide at least one of haptic or auditory feedback; and an adjustment mechanism disposed on the outer shaft, the adjustment mechanism comprises a housing unit attached to the outer shaft and a fastener configured to protrude though the housing unit into an inner portion of the outer shaft at a location where the magnet and the ball bearing interface, and wherein an amount of the fastener protruding into the inner portion alters a magnetic connection of the magnet and the ball bearing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of assembling an apparatus comprising:
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placing an adjustment mechanism at a location on a side of an outer shaft, the adjustment mechanism configured to protrude into an inner portion of the outer shaft, wherein an amount of the adjustment mechanism protruding into the inner portion of the outer shaft alters a magnetic connection between a magnet and a ball bearing; attaching the magnet proximate to an end to an internal tube; inserting the end of the internal tube into the inner portion of the outer shaft such that the magnet interfaces with a portion of the adjustment mechanism; placing the ball bearing into an end of the outer shaft distal from the internal tube; and attaching a stopper tube to the end of the outer shaft distal from the internal tube. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A device comprising:
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a shaft configured to hold a tube in an inner portion at an end of the shaft, the tube having a magnet positioned distal to the end; a disc to cover the magnet, the disc configured to absorb energy from a ball bearing as the ball bearing contacts the magnet; and an adjustment mechanism disposed on the shaft and configured to adjust a magnetic connection of the ball bearing to the magnet when the ball bearing is positioned within a predetermined distance to the magnet. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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