Teaching Aids

[greghutton]

Would you consider buying a teaching aid to help your game?

[LowPost42]

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What's the definition of teaching aid?

I bought a camcorder so I could review my swing, does it count? I've got a doppler radar unit so I can monitor my SS, does it count? Or are these merely scientific quantitative/qualitative devices?

[greghutton]

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Ben, I was thinking more along the lines of those gadgets like the medicus swing trainer etc. But you're right the camcorder is probably the best teaching aid going, providing you know what to look for Valid point.

[LowPost42]

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In that case I need to change my vote to no, and probably never will. I prefer classic instruction to gadgetry - and I like my radar to help me pick shafts for myself (a clubmaking gadget, perhaps?)

[TeachingPro]

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I use teaching aids all the time. Things like: hoolahoops, ropes, discs, putting trainers, mirrors, wrist braces, grips with lines on them, shafts and shafts with markings on them etc. are all in my studio.

I even have some outlandish stuff like vision blinkers, laser alignments, and a Swing Link which a chest pad fitted with loops for the arms that I use sometimes.

[jscerbo]

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There is no majic bullet. Golf is learned through positive expereinces and correct sequences. Teaching tools are an exception to teaching aids.

[auldyn]

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It depends what you mean by teaching aids. Some of the most heavily advertised are a con, overated and over priced. Some people will endorse just about anything if the price is right. The self proclaimed swing gurus plugging their so called secret on the net is just another way of making a fast buck!

[chessbum]

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My vote for the best teaching aid of all time............

Greg Norman's "The Secret"...

Nothing teaches the true feel of the golf swing and position at impact like it.

Chessbum....

[james.welsh]

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Golfer's are eternal optimists. We have to be. But the problem with this teaching-aid thing is some are obvious rip-offs and some are actually useful. The other thing is one works for one gofers brain and another will not. Some people are visual learners, some learn by sound. Some learn by feel alone. I saw a segment with Ledbetter and Sean Ohare where L had drawn a line on Sean's outer left elbow. By getting S to see the line he knew he was on plane. This worked for Ohare cos he's a visual learner.

I've tried the Swing-setter (someone had one the other day at the school) and I couldn't see the point. Several others thought it was great. Some people like the Refiner, again I couldn't get anything out of it. My fave has been the Birdie Ball. Just because I get to practice real hits and can see the shape of the resulting ball flight, without worrying about sending an errant ball through the neighbours window or killing a passer-by in the park!

[mec]

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i use them to get the correct feelings back.
i would say most of the training aids help only 1 or 2 aspects of your swing.
so if people rely them on improve the swing or score as a whole, it's probably not a good idea.

[grooveitgolf_co]

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I think anyone who has ever played a sport understands that

1. Swing trainers are not a magic bullet
2. Training aids are used in all sports
3. Many training aids are worth the money if you (place monetary value on your time/would rather golf than be a handyman)

[lgskywalker37]

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I hear the momentus works real good though I have not tried it yet. It gives people the felling of how a swing should feel where the club is too heavy and so it just falls into the correct plane. Then they just need to learn how to let a real club fell "too heavy" and let that fall in place during the downswing. But I have thought about getting a weighted club to stretch out and strengthen.

[lgskywalker37]

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not sure how to delete accidental posts

[aftford]

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I have a MOMENTUS swing trainer. I find this weighted club is helps me to control my swing speed .

[Liam Hancock]

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i want one for christmas,

A swing setter would be nice.
Liam,