Patent References 3270564 Athletic swing measurement system and method High speed instantaneous multi-image recorder Gold practice apparatus Patent #: 5342054 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 686468 filed on 07/25/1996US Classes:473/223, Integral with or attachable to swingable implement473/409MethodExaminersPrimary: Marlo, George J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA63B 069/36AbstractAnalysis of a golfer's swing is effected by the golfer's swinging a club which has sensors fixed to the club shaft in such manner as to sense torsion of the shaft and flexing of the shaft in a direction corresponding to the direction of the swing pattern and perpendicular to the swing path. At selected times during the swing when the torsional and flexing forces are at predetermined values, a camera is activated to photograph the golfer in the position he or she occupies at the instant each photograph is taken. The golfer then is enabled to see the position of his or her head, shoulders, hips, legs, arms, and hands at the time of each photograph and an instructor is enabled to concentrate on instructional drills that will result in improving the golfer's swing. | |