Patent ID: 8043164

Claim:
A training apparatus for improving a golfer's golf swing, comprising: a support structure; and a set of rails supported by the support structure, the set of rails including: at least two hand rails describing a hand space therebetween, the hand space defining an appropriate trajectory through which the golfer's hands should travel to achieve a desired golf swing, the hand rails for inducing the golfer to move the golfer's hands within the hand space and for constraining lateral deviation of the golfer's hands from the appropriate trajectory throughout at least a portion of the golf swing; and at least two shaft rails describing a golf club shaft space therebetween, the golf club shaft space having an appropriate trajectory through which the golfer's golf club shaft should travel to achieve a desired golf swing, the shaft rails for inducing the golfer to move a golf club shaft within the golf club shaft space and for constraining lateral deviation of the golf club shaft from the appropriate trajectory throughout at least a portion of the golf swing.