Patent ID: 8430770

Claim:
A method for monitoring a golf swing comprising: providing a cellular telephone having one or more accelerometers and a program that allows the cellular telephone to: monitor acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings; collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings; analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of a golf swing based on the collected acceleration information; and output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on a display of the cellular telephone; coupling the cellular telephone to a forearm or wrist of a user; and employing the cellular telephone coupled to the forearm or wrist of the user to: monitor acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings while the user swings a golf club; collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings; analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of the golf swing based on the collected acceleration information; and output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on the display of the cellular telephone.