Golf athleticism rating system

Abstract

Aspects of this disclosure relate to systems and methods for rating the performance of an athlete, particularly a golf athlete. The systems and method may include instructing the user to perform multiple golf-relevant athleticism drills or tests such as a stepping exercise, a broad jump, a wood-chop bounce, a countermovement lateral hop and/or a side-sling object launch. One or more drills or tests may be performed in a hip-neutral manner so as to simulate a golfer's stance. The performance data collected from each of these tests may be input into a processing system to generate an athleticism rank and score for each test as well as an overall, multi-factorial rating of golf athleticism.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application, having attorney docket number NIKE.172005, is a Continuation-in-Part of copending U.S. Nonprovisional application having Ser. No. 12 / 559,082, attorney docket number NIKE.170315, filed on Sep. 14, 2009, and entitled “Athletic Performance Rating System,” which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 096,603, filed on Sep. 12, 2008, entitled “Athletic Performance Rating System.” The entireties of the aforementioned applications are incorporated by reference herein.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]Aspects described herein relate to athleticism ratings and related performance measuring systems, methods, apparatuses and the like. In particular, aspects are directed to athleticism ratings and performance measuring systems for determining golf athleticism for an individual or group.BACKGROUND[0003]Athletics contribute to the promotion of physical activity and a healthy sense of competition. Commercially, athletics p...

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Benefits of technology

[0118]In one or more arrangements, test field 1400 may be provided as a mat that is portable. The portable mat may allow test administrators and test takers to administer or take the tests in a variety of locations (i.e., the tests would not be restricted to one particular physical location). Additionally, using a portable mat may provide consistency in the results that are produced. In some arrangements, the mat may include one or more electronic devices including sensors, LED displays, other visual displays, haptic feedback devices and the like. For example, LED numbering may be used instead of drawn numbering on the mat. In another example, weight sensors may be used to detect the position and weight distribution of athletes and test objects (e.g., balls). In a particular example, a sensor may be placed at the borders of the test sections 1411a and 1411b including the baseline 1407, end lines 1405a and 1405b and dividing line 1413. In yet other examples, infrared or laser sensors may be used to detect whether an athlete or an object is touching (or not touching) or touches a particular point on the mat such as the bounce line, the baseline and the like. In still another example, a display device may display instructions for performing a test. The mat may thus further include data transmission devices (e.g., wireless adapters, USB ports, serial ports and the like) to transmit detected information to one or more computing systems such as processing device 106 and / or computer system 108. The baseline, bounce line and other demarcations on the mat may be provided in different colors or patterns for visual differentiation. This may help the athlete identify targets, position requirements and the like.

Problems solved by technology

However, evaluating an athlete's level of skill or potential is often very subjective.

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