Rotatable Foot Platform for Golf Stance Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf swing training devices fail to align a golfer's feet at a perfect stance and allow the body to shift into a perfect finish swing, leading to inconsistent stances, ball strikes, and follow-through.
Innovation Solution
A golf swing training assembly featuring a static platform with left and right foot Lazy Susan turntables that rotate in two directions, allowing for customizable rotation restriction to align feet and body for correct positioning and muscle memory development, using a platform with a central axle and rotation restriction mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a golfer uses traditional training devices, then the golfer can practice swing motions, but the device cannot automatically align feet at a perfect stance or allow the body to shift into a perfect finish swing
Solution Approach 1:
The training device incorporates rotatable platforms that allow dynamic adjustment of foot positioning and body orientation. The platforms can rotate to accommodate different body types and swing styles, enabling the device to adapt from a fixed alignment mechanism to a dynamic, customizable training system that maintains precision while improving versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The device allows modification of key parameters including foot spacing, rotation angle, and platform tilt to match different golfer body types. By changing these parameters, the system maintains perfect stance alignment for each individual golfer while accommodating variations in height, leg length, and preferred swing mechanics.
2Productivity
If prior art training systems force repetitive swing motions, then muscle memory can be built, but the motions are not entirely correct for a real human golf swing
Solution Approach 1:
The training device enables golfers to self-correct their swing motions by providing tactile feedback through the rotatable platforms. As golfers practice, the platforms naturally guide their feet and hips into correct positions, allowing the system to serve itself in teaching proper mechanics without requiring external instruction or correction.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable platforms provide continuous tactile feedback to the golfer during swing practice. When a golfer's feet or hips are in incorrect positions, the platforms resist or guide movement, creating immediate feedback that helps the golfer adjust and learn the correct swing motion patterns through repetition.
3Measurement precision
If a training device provides fixed foot positioning, then stance alignment can be achieved, but the device cannot allow the body to shift into a perfect finish swing based on body type
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from fixed foot positioning to dynamic, rotatable platforms that can adapt during the swing motion. The platforms remain stable during the backswing and downswing for precise alignment, then allow controlled rotation during the follow-through to accommodate natural body shifts and finish positions specific to each golfer's body type.
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AI summary
A golf swing training assembly and method of operation aligns the feet of a golfer at a perfect golf stance; and allows the feet and the body to shift into a correct finish swing. A platform forms a static foundation upon which the golfer stands. A left foot Lazy Susan turntable and a right foot Lazy Susan turntable are operable on the platform to rotate about a central axle in two directions relative to the static platform to accommodate a traveling foot of golfer while swinging. The golfer positions the left foot and right foot on their respective Lazy Susan turntable to practice a golf stance or swing. A foot fastener on each Lazy Susan turntable detachably fastens feet to Lazy Susan turntable during rotation to prevent lateral movement by legs during the golf swing. A rotation restriction mechanism restricts rotation of the Lazy Susan turntables relative to platform.