Patent ID: 9486685
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
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.