Spheroid Putting Trainer with Putter Alignment Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players struggle to consistently square the face of their putter with the intended line during golf putting, lacking the necessary skill and training to ensure the putter face is perpendicular to the ball at impact, leading to open or closed clubface issues.
Innovation Solution
A golf putting training tool with a spheroid central portion and opposed end portions, featuring an alignment indicator and multiple layers to simulate ball striking, providing visual feedback on putter alignment and contact points to correct open or closed clubface issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If players practice putting without visual feedback mechanisms, then the training process is simple, but putting accuracy and consistency cannot be improved
Solution Approach 1:
The training tool incorporates visual feedback mechanisms through alignment indicators and contact point indicators that provide immediate information to players about their putting performance. The alignment indicator shows whether the putter face was properly aligned, while the contact point indicator reveals the exact point of contact on the putter face, enabling players to correct their technique systematically.
Solution Approach 2:
The training tool uses color-coded indicators to provide visual feedback. Different colors indicate different types of alignment errors or contact point deviations, allowing players to quickly identify and correct specific issues without complex analysis. The color changes make the feedback immediately recognizable and actionable.
2Ease of operation
If the training tool provides detailed feedback on alignment and contact points, then putting skill improvement is enhanced, but the device becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The feedback system is segmented into distinct, independent indicators: an alignment indicator for face alignment and a contact point indicator for strike location. Each indicator addresses a specific aspect of putting technique separately, making the feedback system manageable and easy to interpret despite providing comprehensive information.
Solution Approach 2:
The training tool acts as an intermediary between the player's putting action and their understanding of their performance. The visual indicators translate complex technical information into simple, intuitive visual signals that players can easily process and use to improve their technique.
3Measurement precision
If the training tool simulates ball striking with multiple layers, then contact point feedback is accurate, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The training tool uses a composite structure with multiple layers of materials having different hardness values. The outer layer simulates the feel of a golf ball, while inner layers provide the necessary feedback characteristics. This composite approach enables accurate contact point detection while maintaining manufacturability through standard molding processes.
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AI summary
A golf putting training tool includes a body that extends circumferentially around a central axis. The body has a width as measured along the central axis and an outer diameter as measured radially about the central axis, and the width is at least twice the outer diameter. An alignment indicator extends circumferentially around the central axis and is generally centered along the width of the body. The body includes a central portion that is generally spheroid in shape and two opposed end portions coupled to the central portion.