Category: Training Aids
Golf is a difficult game to master. And to help you through it, inventive minds have come up with thousands of different training devices. From the Swing Jacket, to the Medicus, the SpeedStick, the Inside Approach, the Impact Bag and the Birdie Ball, there's something that will help everyone's game.
The Floppy Indoor Practice Ball
If ever there was an unfortunate name, "The Floppy" is it. But it is most likely an apt description.
The Floppy is a soft golf ball with a woven cover designed for indoor practice. The inventor says that it has the same feel and flight patter of a normal ball—just shorter and with less damage to the furniture.
It looks like just the thing for those long Michigan winters when I am trapped indoors by piles of snow.
I Gotcha Ready Warm Up System
You really shouldn’t head to the first tee without properly warming up. You’ll be in a better frame of mind, looser, and more likely to stripe that first shot down the middle.
The I Gotcha Ready system clips onto a club with a twist and helps you to solve three golfers’ issues. Place the I Gotcha Ready near the clubhead and make some long slow swings for stretching. Place it in the middle of the shaft to work on tempo. And twist it up near the shaft to work on your release.
Izzo No Bogey Putting Cup
Here in Michigan, the greens are the first thing to shut down as the weather turns bad. No greenskeeper wants to take a chance on injuring the grass. My home course remains open year round, but the temporary greens go in place in November. So while I can continue to work my swing, my putting suffers.
Fortunately, there are lots of indoor putting solutions.
The Izzo No Bogey Putting Cup is made of soft rubber and has a lip that’s supposed to simulate more accurately a real cup. It’s supposed to get you to hit the ball square to the hole. The interior of the cup has specially designed “teeth” that hold the ball in.
Path Pro Swing Trainer
The Path Pro bills itself as the ultimate golf training device. By positioning the adjustable arm, you can work on a variety of swing faults, including swaying, lunging, getting trapped, and over swinging. It also can help you maintain balance and set for proper impact.
To be honest, you can do a lot of the same drills with a chair or a wall, or a few extra club shafts. But are you really going to carry a chair to the driving range?
Plane EZ Swing Trainer
Why is it that so many swing training devices look like they were designed for use by couples into S&M?
The EZ Swing trainer looks like a set of arm cuffs, but it’s designed to help you keep your arms in triangle, and thus on plane. You wear it below your elbows, and the manufacturer says you can use it for everything from putting to the full swing.
