Patent ID: 7150682

Claim:
A golf or other club, bat, racket, or like swing training and exercise apparatus for simulating the proper swing path and for exercising the swing muscles, comprising: a base; a housing connected to the base and extending upwardly from the base; a resistance means and a linkage means supported in said housing, the linkage means being operably connected to the resistance means at one end and to a swing arm at the other end; said linkage means being moveable in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction against said resistance, thereby resisting the movement of said swing arm; said linkage means being formed of a 2-way spool rigidly attached to a rotatable shaft, said linkage means further including a flexible connection means operably connected to said spool and arranged to be wound around said spool upon rotation in either a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction, said flexible connection means being connected to said resistance means whereby movement of said flexible connection means around said spool increases said resistance, providing rotational resistance to the rotational movement of the shaft; guide rollers supported in said housing between the 2-way spool and the resistance means, said guide rollers contacting said flexible connection means such that movement of the swing arm is directly applied against the resistance means; and grip means connected to a distal end of said swing arm whereby movement of the grip means in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction creates resistance to exercise the muscles.