Putting Training Device with Adjustable Aperture for Golf Focus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional putting training devices often increase tension in golfers by diverting their focus from the target with artificial visual aids, leading to poor putting performance due to muscle lock-up and increased pressure, especially in real-life situations where these aids are not present.
Innovation Solution
A putting training device that resembles a standard golf hole, featuring a circular lip with synthetic turf and an adjustable inner diameter, designed for insertion into a golf hole, which keeps the golfer's focus on the target and provides a more challenging practice environment without relying on visual aids, thus reducing stress and muscle tension.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional putting training devices use artificial visual aids (guides, lines, mirrors), then golfers can see where to hit the ball during practice, but the golfer's focus is diverted from the target and tension increases in real-life situations where these aids are not present
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes artificial visual aids (guides, lines, mirrors) from the training device, extracting only the essential target-hitting function. This eliminates the distraction and tension caused by artificial aids while maintaining the core training benefit of learning to hit the ball to a specific location.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of adding visual aids to guide the golfer, the invention inverts the approach by using the absence of aids to force the golfer to rely on their own judgment and focus on the target, thereby reducing the gap between practice and real-life performance.
2Measurement precision
If golfers focus on an imaginary line between ball and hole, then they can align their stroke, but the target (hole) feels too small to hit and pressure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention creates a local training environment where the target is designed to be easily hittable, providing a sense of success and reducing pressure. This local modification of target characteristics allows golfers to practice alignment without the psychological burden of the real hole's small size.
Solution Approach 2:
The training device provides a cushioning effect by creating a larger, more forgiving target that compensates for the心理压力 of real putting. This prior cushioning in practice builds confidence that transfers to real situations, reducing pressure during actual play.
3Ease of operation
If putting training devices use artificial visual aids, then practice guidance is provided, but the real-life situation becomes more difficult than practice because the aids are not present on the course
Solution Approach 1:
The invention creates a simplified copy of the real putting scenario without artificial aids, using only the essential elements (target, surface, ball). This authentic copy maintains the same psychological and technical demands as real play, ensuring reliable performance transfer.
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AI summary
A putting training device adapted for insertion into a golf hole. The putting target may include a base comprising a circular lip comprising (i) an outer edge and an inner edge, wherein the inner edge defines a circular aperture, and (ii) a sidewall extending downward from the inner edge. The training device may also comprise a synthetic-turf component fixed to a top surface of the circular lip. The outer edge of the circular lip may be approximately 4.25 inches in diameter such that it may fit securely inside a standard golf hole. The inner edge of the circular lip is smaller in diameter than the diameter of a standard golf hole, thereby presenting a more difficult target for the user for training purposes. In one aspect, the diameter of the inner edge may be approximately one and a half times the diameter of a standard golf ball.