Patent ID: 7594860

Claim:
A golf swing training apparatus for developing a golf swing wherein a user of the golf swing training apparatus swings a golf club having a golf club head proximate to the golf swing training apparatus, the golf swing training apparatus comprising: a sensor unit including a sensor outputting a sensor beam in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the ground and in a substantially diagonal direction relative to the swing, the sensor unit further including a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor, the microcontroller configured to detect a break in the sensor beam, the sensor unit further including one or more visual indicators, wherein the one or more visual indicators are in operable communication with the microcontroller, and wherein the one or more visual indicators are activated in response to the break in the sensor beam; and a frame coupled to the sensor unit, the frame including a direction edge and a reflector edge, said reflector edge including a reflector configured to reflect the sensor beam, wherein the direction edge is selectively movable relative to the reflector edge between a first position and a second position, and in the first position a first end of the direction edge is removably coupled to the sensor unit and a second end of the direction edge is pivotably coupled to the reflector edge.