Golf Swing Bracer With Elastic Grip and Wrist Deviation Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face challenges with insufficient hand gripping strength, ulnar deviation insufficiency, and radial deviation muscle weakness, which affect their ability to execute a consistent and powerful golf swing, particularly in controlling club head speed and maintaining face centeredness with the ball.
Innovation Solution
A bracer with an elastic band and sheath is worn on the wrist to assist in gripping the club, providing resistance and promoting proper wrist movements through elastic restoring force, enhancing muscle strength and timing of ulnar and radial deviation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a golfer uses insufficient hand gripping strength, then the hand cannot securely hold the golf club, but excessive tightening of the hand grip restricts proper wrist hinging motion
Solution Approach 1:
The bracer acts as an intermediary device between the hand and the golf club. It provides the necessary gripping force through its elastic band mechanism, allowing the hand to maintain a secure grip without excessive tightening. This mediator enables proper wrist hinging motion while ensuring the club remains securely held throughout the swing.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracer is pre-configured with an elastic band that automatically applies the appropriate gripping force as soon as the golfer inserts their hand. This preliminary action eliminates the need for the golfer to consciously tighten their grip, and the pre-tensioned band immediately provides support for proper wrist hinging motion during the swing.
2Ease of operation
If a golfer lacks ulnar deviation ability, then the wrist cannot properly position the club during the swing, but without assistance the golfer cannot develop this muscle strength
Solution Approach 1:
The bracer modifies the physical parameters of wrist movement by providing resistance in the ulnar deviation direction through its elastic band. This resistance changes the difficulty parameter of ulnar deviation, allowing golfers to progressively develop muscle strength while still achieving proper wrist positioning. The elastic restoring force adapts to the golfer's ability level.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracer converts the golfer's weakness in ulnar deviation into a beneficial training opportunity. By providing controlled resistance, the device transforms the limitation into a strength-building exercise, allowing golfers to develop ulnar deviation muscle strength while maintaining proper club positioning throughout the swing.
3Manufacturing precision
If a golfer has weak radial deviation muscles, then the wrist cannot maintain proper club face centeredness with the ball, but without resistance training the muscles remain weak
Solution Approach 1:
The bracer changes the resistance parameter for radial deviation movements through its elastic band. This provides the necessary resistance to strengthen radial deviation muscles while maintaining proper club face centeredness. The elastic restoring force ensures that the club remains centered with the ball during impact, even as the golfer's muscle strength develops.
4Strength
If a bracer provides strong elastic restoring force to improve wrist deviation, then muscle strength improves, but the device becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The bracer employs a flexible elastic band as its core component, which provides the necessary restoring force through its material properties rather than complex mechanical structures. This thin, flexible element delivers effective wrist deviation support and muscle strengthening while maintaining a simple, lightweight design that does not add significant complexity to the device.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The bracer helps improve grip strength, corrects ulnar deviation, strengthens radial deviation muscles, and aids in developing muscle memory for a consistent swing, benefiting both novice and experienced golfers.
Implementation Method 1
a bracer, consisting of a band formed of a material having an elastic restoring force covered with a sheath
Implementation Method 2
stretching and releasing the band over the end of the golf club grip such that the exposed band within the gap of the sheath has a hold on the golf club grip
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AI summary
A gripping method for holding a golf club grip comprising slipping a bracer with a band formed of an elastic material such as silicone over a golfer's lead hand and worn on the wrist. The bracer having a soft, breathable sheath that partially encircles the band with a gap between first and second ends. Stretching and releasing the band over the golf club grip such that the exposed elastic within the gap of the sheath has a hold on the golf club grip and the sheath pads the back of the golfer's hand. The method improving control of the golf club, improving hand gripping strength, and improving and consisticizing proper ulnar and radial deviation of the wrist during a golf swing.