Golf Swing Training Tool Asymmetric Weight Balance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf swing training tools are uncomfortable due to differing grip and weight balance from actual golf clubs, making it difficult for golfers to determine the club face orientation and requiring significant space for effective training.
Innovation Solution
A golf swing training tool with a rod-shaped grasping part and plate-like weight parts, where the weight above the grasping part is greater than below, featuring a hollow tubular shaft and an elastic grip, allowing for a balanced weight distribution similar to a golf club and visual indication of the club face orientation, enabling indoor training with a smaller swing trajectory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a conventional golf club is used for training, then the swing trajectory is large and sufficient space is provided, but it is difficult to determine the orientation of the club face during the swing and significant space is required
Solution Approach 1:
The training tool is divided into separate components: a shaft with grip, a club head with face orientation indicators, and a weight system. This segmentation allows the club head to be designed with visible orientation markers while keeping the overall tool compact for indoor use, resolving the contradiction between orientation measurability and space requirement
Solution Approach 2:
The club head includes visual indicators such as colored markings or patterns on the face that change appearance or orientation based on the club face angle. This allows precise determination of club face orientation during the swing without requiring large observation space, addressing the measurement precision issue while maintaining compact dimensions
2Measurement precision
If a golf swing training tool with parallel shaft bodies is used, then the club face orientation can be determined, but the grip part feels uncomfortable and weight balance differs from actual golf clubs
Solution Approach 1:
The weight distribution parameters of the training tool are adjusted to match those of actual golf clubs. The weight is concentrated in the club head and shaft regions, creating a balance point that replicates the feel of a real golf club during the swing, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining orientation determination capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The training tool copies the essential characteristics of a real golf club, including the grip texture, shaft flexibility, and weight distribution. This creates a familiar feel for golfers while incorporating the added feature of visible club face orientation indicators, resolving the contradiction between authenticity and measurement capability
3Area of stationary object
If a compact training tool is used for indoor training, then space requirement is reduced and safety is improved, but the weight balance differs from golf clubs making it uncomfortable
Solution Approach 1:
The compact training tool employs asymmetric weight distribution within its reduced overall dimensions. The weight is strategically positioned in the club head and upper shaft regions, creating an asymmetric balance that replicates the feel of a full-sized golf club despite the compact size, thereby maintaining ease of operation while reducing space requirements
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AI summary
A small golf swing training tool has the same weight balance as that of a golf club and can easily confirm the orientation of the club face during training. A golf swing training tool includes a grasping part made of a rod-shaped member, a weight part made of a plate-like (plate-shaped) member surrounding both ends of the grasping part, and an insertion hole required to allow to grasp the grasping part between the grasping part and the weight part. The grasping part is not arranged at the weight center of the weight part.