Patent ID: 8167734
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A training device for interactively guiding a golf club throughout a training swing by a user comprising: a housing positioned on a ground at a user's side, and below a swing plane of a club head; a guiding-arm for actively guiding said golf club from a golfer's stance up to an end of a backswing, said guiding-arm being rotatable around a rotation axis set perpendicularly to said swing plane of said club head at a user's hips height in said housing, so that said guiding-arm does not interfere with a user's arms and body movements during exercising the swing by a user with said device, wherein a speed of rotation of said guiding-arm defines a pace of a golf club's movements, correspondingly, a rhythm of the backswing at each point of the backswing, said guiding-arm having an axial end and a distal end which is oriented perpendicularly to said swing plane of said club head; a guiding-arm lead having on one end a first ring being adapted for connecting to said distal end of said guiding-arm, and releasing from said guiding-arm at a defined point of the swing, and a second ring on an opposite end being moveably attached to a distal end of said golf club, wherein said second ring slides along a club shaft throughout a training swing, said guiding-arm lead having a connecting rod which connects said first ring with said second ring; a resistance-arm for interactively guiding said golf club from the golfer's stance up to the end of the backswing, said resistance-arm being rotatable around said rotation axis set perpendicularly to said swing plane of said club head at a user's hips height in said housing, so that said resistance-arm does not interfere with the user's arms and body movements during exercising the swing by the user with said device, said resistance-arm having an axial end and a distal end, said resistance-arm having a resistance-arm finger arranged on said distal end and oriented perpendicularly to said swing plane of said club head, so that said resistance-arm finger strokes said club shaft at a point between a club grip, correspondingly, the user's hands, and said second ring of said guiding-arm lead throughout the training swing, wherein a position of said club shaft, correspondingly, a user's wrists positions relative to a user's forearms, is defined by a speed of rotation of said resistance-arm at each point of the backswing, wherein said resisting-arm finger interactively resists the moving of said club through the backswing; a driving unit being mounted in said housing to provide rotation of both said resistance-arm and said guiding-arm throughout the training swing; a computer system for controlling the speed of rotation of each arm at each point of the training swing; said resistance-arm working as an interactive guiding component for actively guiding said golf club from the end of the backswing through a forward swing, when said resistance-arm finger actively pushes against said club shaft, wherein a speed of rotation of said resistance-arm controlled by said computer system defines a pace of the golf club movements, correspondingly, a rhythm of the forward swing at each point of the forward swing; said guiding-arm working as an interactive guiding component for guiding said golf club from the end of the backswing through the forward swing, when said guiding-arm interactively resisting to the golf club movements by said guiding-arm lead, wherein a speed of rotation of said guiding-arm controlled by said computer system defines the positioning of said club shaft, correspondingly, user's wrists positions relative to the user's forearms at each point of the forward swing; and a trigger mechanism being adjustably mounted on said distal end of said guiding-arm, said trigger mechanism being connected with said guiding-arm lead by said first ring thereof, said trigger mechanism providing releasing of said guiding-arm lead, and correspondingly, said golf club from said guiding-arm at a defined point of the forward swing controlled by said computer system, while said resistance-arm finger continues pushing on said club shaft, thereby enabling the user to accelerate the swing motion and hit a ball without any hindrance from said guiding components by naturally swinging follow-through.