Patent ID: 8303311
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G01S,G06Q,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for coaching a player in judgmental aspects of golf or for practicing said judgmental aspects of golf, said method comprising: providing a client computer having a first display; providing a professional computer remote from said client computer, said professional computer having a second display; providing a communication process for communicating a lie of the golf ball, said communication process comprising: displaying a plurality of pictures on said first display, each of said pictures showing a different physical situation of a golf ball that may occur in golf and are pre-stored in a course database, said pictures including one or more pictures illustrating a possible terrain on which a golf ball may lie, said pictures being displayed simultaneously as a set of pictures and at least one of said pictures being sufficiently close up that a viewer can determine if the ball is embedded in said terrain; receiving an input indicating that said player has selected one of said pictures to describe a golf ball physical situation with respect to which said player wants coaching; said method for coaching further comprising: receiving additional inputs describing said golf ball physical situation, including distance information and location coordinates of the location of the client computer, sufficient to provide coaching related to said golf ball physical situation; displaying said selected picture and said additional inputs on said second display; and providing coaching to said player relating to said golf ball physical situation shown in said selected picture, said coaching comprising review of said selected picture and additional inputs by an expert in the sport of golf; and communicating said coaching to said player by said expert.