Patent ID: 7090588

Claim:
A golf swing training device for use by a golfer, said golf swing training device comprising an element that is attached to a golf club, said golf club having a club head, a shaft, and a grip, said club head having a club face and an opposed back surface, said shaft having an axis, and said grip having a butt end, wherein said element extends rearwardly beyond the butt end of the grip of the golf club in a direction generally opposite to the end of the club with the club head so that when the club head is grounded in position to address a golf ball and the golf club is viewed from the side corresponding to either the club face or the back of the club head, at least a portion of said element is disposed below an extension of the axis of the shaft from butt end of the grip of the golf club, and said element has a length and extends in a such a direction that a portion of said swing training device touches at least a portion of a golfer's body that is located at or below the golfer's waist, and is a portion of the golfer's body other than the golfer's arms or hands, wherein said portion of the swing training device that touches such a portion of the golfer's body does so when the golfer is at address position, or intermittently when the golfer properly executes a golf swing, or at both address and intermittently during a properly executed swing.