Golf swing practice device

Abstract

An improved golf swing practice device is composed of a base frame, a guide hoop mounted on the base frame and having a trajectory on the same plane, a guide rail slidably mounted on the guide hoop, the guide rail being parallel to the plane that the guide hoop is positioned and having an extending direction substantially corresponding to the diametrical direction of the guide hoop, a slide member slidably mounted on the guide rail, and a training golf club having a distal end pivotably mounted on a rear end of the slide member to define an imaginary club head. Accordingly, the golfer can stand behind the guide hoop and hold the training golf club to perform swing actions. A position that the imaginary club head is positioned is controlled to move on a swing plane, such that the present invention effectively helps the golfer to perform swing actions.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to golf, and more particularly, to a golf swing practice device. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Although the golf swing action looks simple, it actually requires many necessary standard swing postures to perform a standard accurate swing action. If the golfer does not exactly comply with the standard swing postures, the golfer will fail to have sufficient strength to hit the golf ball and then the ball will be hit to travel astray from a predetermined direction. For example, the standard swing action includes steps of the address, the backswing, the downswing, the ball impact, the follow-through, and the finish and keeps the trajectory of the golf club head moving on the same swing plane. Theoretically, the optimal swing plane is constructed by both of a connection line between the right or left shoulder of the golfer and the hitting point and a target line. I...

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Benefits of technology

[0019] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an improved golf swing practice device that ensures that the trajectory of a golf club head keeps on the same swing plane while the golfer swings the golf club to enable the golfer to feel and learn more optimal and accurate swing postures and that satisfies the golfers of various body shapes.

[0020] The secondary objective of the present invention is to provide an improved golf swing practice device that allows different trajectory of a golf club head while the club head remains on the same swing plane.

Problems solved by technology

On the contrary, if the golfer fails to comply with the standard swing postures, the ball will be hit to travel in unexpected deviation or curvature.

However, the aforementioned requirement of the standard swing action is too difficult to beginners.

If none of coaches or experienced golfers is available to help the beginners to correct their swing actions, it is difficult for the beginners to learn the accurate swing action on their own without any assistance.

If any of the swing practice devices does not meet aforementioned four requirements at the same time, those devices will not satisfy actual requirement and the golfers will be misguided to perform incorrect swing practice.

However, currently commercially available golf swing practice devices primarily having guide rails usually satisfy only one or two of the aforementioned requirements to cause obstructions and blind points while practicing swing actions.

However, the swing practice devices fail to keep the club head moving on a predetermined swing plane because when the golfer performs the swing practice, a fulcrum being defined on where the club shaft and the guide rail contact with each other, a point of application of force being defined on where the golfer holds the grip of the golf club, the interrelationship between the golfer's arm and the guide rail keeps changing to enable the angle between the club shaft and the guide rail to keep changing, such that the moving trajectory of the club head fails to keep on the predetermined swing plane.

However, such type of swing practice device still fails to keep the club head moving on the same swing plane.

Although such type of swing practice device can keep the club head moving on the same swing plane, i.e. a plane defined by the circular guide rail, it forms a single fixed circular swing trajectory that does not satisfy the actual golf swing trajectory formed according to different golfers' body shapes, arm lengths, timing of bending arms.

Briefly, such type of swing practice device fails to satisfy all kinds of golfers.

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