Today I want to discuss the
importance of real-time visual feedback.
What does that mean,
real-time visual feedback?
Well we have all seen our
golf swings on video haven’t we? Did you like what you see? Well I for sure
didn’t realize that my head was lifting up off the ball by about a foot in the
backswing and it is only a result of good hand-eye coordination that I was even
able to hit the golf ball in the first place! I also didn’t realize that I was
bent over so much, and for a short person, that’s not a great thing as you lose
you potential arc, and consequently the distance the clubhead will move during
the swing, and ultimately clubhead speed which equals distance.
Well on this occasion I’m
not talking about videoing your swing and taking a look at everything that is
wrong with it. Arnold Palmer is quoted as saying the foot of the backswing
is the most important foot of the golf swing. Well what if you was able to
perfect the first foot of the takeaway and put yourself into a great
position to get into “the slot” and delivery a powerful blow to the golf ball?
It sounds easy, moving the
club back correctly for a foot and, it is but, most of us don’t do it
correctly and hence destroy any chance we have of grooving a consistent,
repeatable and powerful golf swing. We either, take the club too far to the outside, or too far to the inside, pick the club up or roll our wrists to start the backswing. All of these moves require some sort of golf swing correction to get the clubface square at impact and hence you are never really able to increase swing speed because your poor golf swing mechanics.
Well Game-inglove has a
proprietary Laser Path Guide which is integrated into the glove and when
activated projects a laser dot onto the floor ahead of the golfer at address.
From this point any ruinous error that occurs during the first few feet of the
backswing is immediately apparent through real-time visual feedback to the
golfer. That is to say if you are guilty of rolling your wrists to start the
backswing, picking the club or, taking the club back on the wrong swing path
the resultant laser dot will alert to that immediately by referring to the Mike Fay, PGA instructional DVD.
Game-inglove also has a
realizer clubface integrated onto the back of the glove. It is about the same
size as regular 7 iron and is orientated as it relates to the actual clubface.
You will be amazed at how knowing the correct orientation of the clubface as it
relates to the back of the control hand has on your understanding of the golf
swing and this knowledge will transform your short game too. The realizer
clubface also provides real-time visual feedback through which you will quickly
understand how to correctly pronate the wrists through impact, de-loft the
clubface and finally compress the golf ball for distance and control.
I have a saying - “What you
feel is not real” so, if you could get real-time visual feedback that highlights
the fundamental faults occurring in your swing would you want to give it a go?
Well I did and my handicap is dropping like a rock!