Patent ID: 6656056
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf training device, for training a golfer, having a leading arm having a leading arm wrist leading arm forearm having a leading arm forearm inner surface, the golfer also having a trailing arm having a trailing arm wrist, when using a golf club having a handgrip, to lock both the leading arm wrist and trailing arm wrist while swinging the golf club, comprising:a sleeve, having a sleeve bore for extending over and attaching to the handgrip of the golf club with the handgrip extending through the sleeve bore, said sleeve further having a sleeve top and a sleeve bottom; and a stop arm, the stop arm being rigid and pivotally attached to the sleeve at a horizontal hinge axis near the sleeve bottom and capable of pivoting from nearly vertically upward at a high angle from the club to a downward position where the stop arm is substantially parallel to the club, the stop arm having a maximum upward angle, such that when the golf club is held by the golfer with the leading arm on the handgrip beneath the sleeve the forearm inner surface presses upward against the stop arm until the maximum upward angle is reached at which point the leading arm wrist is locked, thus preventing the golfer from pivoting the leading arm wrist to swing the golf club, wherein the maximum angle is adjustable with an angle adjustment mechanism located immediately above the hinge axis such that the maximum angle can be adjusted from a high angle to a low angle according to the user, the angle adjustment mechanism further comprising a set screw capable of retracting into the sleeve and extending outward from the sleeve such that when the set screw protrudes more from the sleeve, the maximum angle is decreased.