Best swing training aids???

[tinny_mccann]

hi was thinking off getting a swing training aid, for building muscle etc.
Was wondering what the recomendations were?

Either weighted club, power swing fan (air resistance thingy) or the hinged club???
any advice greatly appreciated!!!

Also any one got any thoughts on the insife approach or swingyde (plastic wrist thing at top of backswing)

Thanks

T

[peter3]

Re: Best swing training aids???

Get a few weights you can hang on your club. There probably are some specific for golf (i.e more expensive), but you can get a donut weight or those weights that strap onto the wrists (get the ladies size, they will fit the club better) at most sports stores. Hang as many as you prefer on the club shaft and swing away (easy)!

An alternative is to swing 2-3 clubs at the same time. Old, simple and free but works pretty well.

[GolfJunkieSr]

Re: Best swing training aids???

If you are right handed, (lefty just reverse all of this) always swing a club, while using only your left side at the end of your strength exercise. By that I mean make your normal take away, all the way through to your finish while holding, and swinging the club only using your left side's arm, shoulder, and hand. You are going to want your left side, as strong, or stronger than your right side. If not, your right side will always dominate your left side, which for some swing methods is not what you want.

As for a swing trainer, a weighted club, using those donut gizmos is a good choice. I have also read a lot of good things about the "Inside Approach", with alot of people making their own for pennies.

More on strength. If you do not isolate your training for you less dominant side, it will take longer for it to catch up with your dominant side, which means a longer period of time till you start to groove your swing properly. Just my own opinion, but I believe one of the biggest reasons for the over the top, casting, slice causing swing is because the stronger right side does not allow the weaker left side to help control the down swing into impact.

Maybe a simpler way for a right handed person to learn the golf swing is to learn to golf with a left handed swing. That way the dominant side is already where it is suppose to be, and the weaker side has time to catch up, with out creating poor swing issues that will need to be fixed at a later date. I have always wondered about this. GJS

[fmarriott]

Re: Best swing training aids???

Hi Tinny,

I am new to golf and have lots to learn. I saw on the Golf Channel a club called the Momentus Golf Swing Trainer, and if is half as good as they say there, it might be a good thing to try. A question for the more advanced golfers: have anyone used one of those? and, is it as good as shown on TV? I think is 80 bucks or so.

Good luck!

[bill reed]

Re: Best swing training aids???

hi
go to wall-mart and get the running weights you put on your ankles and put that round the hosle, that way you can use all your clubs. driver to wedge, i have been using that for over 2 years and it works real good for about $10 too,
bill

[LowPost42]

Re: Best swing training aids???

Well,

For building muscle, go to the gym.

For working on your swing, a momentus is a good investment. I built a 'momentus junior' by taking a 5/8 steel rod and cramming it down an old 5 iron. Sure, it's rattly (until I built up the end with some masking tape), but it's certainly a great warmup/training tool. The rod can be bought at any hardware store, and you can grab a cheap 5 iron from the 'throwaway' bin at your local golf shop.

Now, other things that work well for swing problems:

Inside approach for coming OTT (or to groove an inside-out swing). I built mine with some leftover PVC pipe. It cost me around $30 to buy all the elbows and pipe insulation. But now I've got one, and it works.

A plane stick for those with a too flat swing (me again). Rather than buy something really, really expensive, I simply took an 8' piece of 2x4, and I lean it against a bench, or any other thing. Voilà! Plane stick.

[shootin4par]

Re: Best swing training aids???

Well,

For building muscle, go to the gym.

For working on your swing, a momentus is a good investment. I built a 'momentus junior' by taking a 5/8 steel rod and cramming it down an old 5 iron. Sure, it's rattly (until I built up the end with some masking tape), but it's certainly a great warmup/training tool. The rod can be bought at any hardware store, and you can grab a cheap 5 iron from the 'throwaway' bin at your local golf shop.

you can also get some very small lead shot and fill the shaft with that, as long as you pack it tight it works pretty well

[edshaw]

Re: Best swing training aids???

The other part of this asks the
question, what do you want to
do with it once you've got it?
For years, I've had one of
"The Clicker." Its an eighteen
inch shaft with a grip and a
weight on the end. A couple
of times a day I'll pick it up
with the last three fingers of
the left hand and roll it over
a few times. I've probably regripped
it three or four times over the years.
If I ever lost it, I'd get the one with the
bend in the shaft. I think they are
better.

[tinny_mccann]

Re: Best swing training aids???

thanks for all the input folks,

couple of questions:

what does the plane stick do how does it work????
and what is the benefit of the clicker??? how does that work??????

Cheers

Tin

[edshaw]

Re: Best swing training aids???

Tinny, The Clicker is not much more than
a weight on the end of an 18" shaft.
Inside the weight is a little device that
releases with a click once a certain
head speed is attained. You're supposed
to hear the click in what would be the
impact area, not before. So, the advertising
is that it helps prevent early release.
I think that feature isn't of much use.
On the other hand, a short, weighted
shaft is a very handy thing to have around.
It is helpful in strengthening golf muscles,
especially the grip and forearms, and
you can swing it inside the house without
worrying about taking out the television set.