Patent ID: 7063627

Claim:
A method of using a golf instructional system, said method comprising the steps of: placing one or more foot positioning members onto a support mat surface to indicate proper placement of one or more feet of a student for swinging a golf club; placing a club positioning member onto the support mat surface to indicate proper pre-swing body and club setup alignment; placing a mirror adjacent to the support mat surface to indicate proper positioning of a student's eyes; having a student stand on the support mat surface and align one or more feet with the one or more foot positioning members, position the student's body and head such that to student can essentially only view their eyes in the mirror, and swing a golf club while the student visually observes any excessive movement of their head in the mirror during at least a portion of the golf club practice swing; providing the student with an arm wedge to indicate the proper positioning of the student's leading arm relative to the student's chest when practicing the takeaway portion of a golf swing, the arm wedge having an arm face, a chest face, and a hand face; placing the arm wedge between the student's forward-most arm and the student's chest; and securing the arm wedge with a hand of the student's trailing arm, such that the arm face is in contact with the student's forward-most arm, the hand face is in contact with the student's trailing arm hand, and the chest face is in contact with the student's chest.