Golf Swing Training Device with Shuttle and Club Shove Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing golf swing training devices fail to ensure proper body rotation and continuous monitoring of the club's movement throughout the swing, leading to improper technique and limited muscle memory development.

Innovation Solution

A golf swing training device that constrains the club within the proper swing plane, monitors, and controls the club's position and feel throughout all phases of the swing, using a shuttle with adjustable resistance and a club shove mechanism to align the user's arms with their torso, promoting rotational movement and muscle memory development.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the club is constrained within a particular swing plane, then the golfer's swing path is guided, but the golfer's body rotation is not controlled resulting in improper swing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveswing plane accuracyVSAvoidbody rotation control

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The device merges club shaft constraint with body rotation control into a single integrated system. The shuttle component simultaneously guides the club shaft along the proper swing plane and controls body rotation through coordinated mechanical linkage, ensuring both swing path accuracy and proper rotational mechanics occur together rather than as separate functions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If the hands are free to advance throughout the swing, then the swing motion is unrestricted, but the body does not rotate resulting in improper technique

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehand movement freedomVSAvoidswing technique accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The device incorporates feedback mechanisms where the position of the hands and club shaft is continuously monitored by sensors, and this information is used to adjust the mechanical linkage that controls body rotation. This feedback loop ensures that hand advancement is properly coordinated with rotational movement, correcting improper technique in real-time during the swing motion

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Strength

If resistance is delivered to the club shaft, then the golfer's strength is increased, but the club position control becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegolfer strengthVSAvoidclub position control mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The resistance mechanism is designed with dynamic characteristics that automatically adjust resistance levels based on the swing phase and club position. During the backswing and downswing, resistance varies to match the natural muscular effort patterns, providing maximum strength training when needed while maintaining smooth club position control throughout the entire swing arc without requiring overly complex control systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10646766B2Golf swing training device

Publication Date: 2020.05.12 FITNESS SOUTH

AI summary

A golf swing training device for improving the accuracy, club head speed and power of a user's swing can be customized to fit the various abilities and sizes of individual golfers. The device guides a user through the proper swing and by repeating the proper swing, the user can enhance his or her muscle memory. The golf swing training device includes a shuttle moveably mounted on an adjustably supported ring and a club moveably supported by the shuttle.