Golf swing training device
View Patent ↗The present disclosure relates to a golf swing training device that gives real-time visual feedback for obtaining correct golf club swing mechanics. Features and implementations include: (1) a number of alignment indicators such as disks or blocks capable of lying flat on the ground or a surface; (2) a cable, string, rope, or chain that connects the alignment indicators and that the alignment indicators are spaced along; (3) a positioning guide placed on the ground or a surface that indicates proper placement of the connected alignment indicators in order to create the proper arc shape of the connected alignment indicators; and (4) alignment markers on each alignment indicator to show the proper angle the golf club face should have at different points during a swing.
1. A golf swing training device comprising:
a swing alignment device, wherein the swing alignment device forms an indicator of proper golf swing mechanics, the swing alignment device comprising alignment indicators, the alignment indicators having alignment markers allowing a golfer to orient a golf club face substantially perpendicular to a swing path comprising an arc;
a positioning guide, wherein the swing alignment device is placed on the positioning guide to form the proper shape of the swing alignment device; and
alignment indicator connectors, the alignment indicator connectors selectively connecting the alignment indicators, wherein the alignment indicator connectors are selected from a group consisting of rope, string, chain, wire, and cable.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the positioning guide further includes placement indicators for proper placement of said swing alignment device onto the positioning guide.
3. A method of training proper golf swing mechanics, the method comprising the steps of:
placing a positioning guide on a surface;
placing a swing alignment device onto the positioning guide;
placing a golf ball in alignment with the swing alignment device;
aligning the golf club and a golfer's feet with the swing alignment device and the positioning guide;
swinging the golf club so that a club head of the golf club is outside the swing alignment device and the golfer's hands and arms are inside the swing alignment device;
aligning a golf club face with at least one alignment marker on at least one alignment indicator of the swing alignment device, wherein the aligning the golf club face comprises orienting the golf club face substantially perpendicular to at least one alignment marker;
swinging the golf club so that the golf club face aligns with the at least one alignment marker of the at least one alignment indicator;
aligning a golfer's back knee with a center alignment indicator of the swing alignment device at a top of a golfer's backswing motion;
aligning a golfer's forward knee with an alignment indicator one position behind the center alignment indicator at the top of the backswing motion;
aligning the golfer's forward knee with a last alignment indicator of the swing alignment device at an end of the follow through motion; and
aligning the golfer's back knee with an alignment indicator one position behind said last alignment indicator at the end of the follow through motion.