Patent ID: 8360899
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a processing device, one or more characteristics of an individual, the one or more characteristics comprising physical characteristic information of the individual; identifying a reference shaft for the individual based on the physical characteristic information of the individual and prior to any swing of the reference shaft by the individual; receiving, at the processing device, shaft feedback information of the individual with respect to a performance of the reference shaft, the shaft feedback information comprising one or more shaft characteristic preferences of the individual based on an assessment by the individual of one or more reference shaft characteristics of the reference shaft with respect to one or more golf swings of the reference shaft by the individual; executing a shaft comparison between shaft characteristic information of the reference shaft and shaft characteristic information of a plurality of available shafts not yet swung by the individual, the shaft comparison being based on the shaft feedback information of the individual, the shaft characteristic information of the reference shaft comprising information about the one or more reference shaft characteristics of the reference shaft; identifying one or more recommended shafts from the plurality of available shafts based on the shaft comparison to custom fit the individual with one or more golf clubs; and generating a shaft ranking of the one or more recommended shafts; wherein the processing device comprises a component option analyzer; wherein identifying the reference shaft, executing the shaft comparison, and identifying the one or more recommended shafts are performed by the component option analyzer of the processing device; and wherein the shaft ranking is calculated by the component option analyzer based on the shaft comparison, with respect to a weighting between the one or more shaft characteristic preferences of the individual relative to the shaft characteristic information of the plurality of available shafts.