Hi, Alec Tod – average golfer.
Many golf enthusiasts, including me, have walked down to the driving range over the years to play a couple of buckets. We probably spent a few hundred dollars per year (don’t tell my wife), and thousands in the past decade.
While lessons in golf are great to learn the basics, hours spent watching PGA tours live on television, much to the dismay of my family, leaves me longing for a perfect shot onto the green. So I’m a frequent down to the range.
It will be familiar to most people who read this article. I’m sure you would also benefit from any type of golf training aid that can help you improve your game. Many of these have been tried over the years.
The coach can assist with your swing, record our actions, and make comments on how our body and grip are performing. However, the main thing that I wanted to learn was the following:
“Am I hitting the ball right on the “The sweet spot” of the club?
Then I started using a ball impact recording device and began to understand a lot more about my swing at the time it matters most – at impact. Without a ball impact recording device, there are only two sources of information which help assess the effectiveness of our swing… the flight of the ball and the “Feel” when it’s hit. These two sources of information are supplemented by a third: the exact spot on the clubface where it hit the ball.
The impact recording device provides immediate feedback to show you where the clubface struck the ball. This can be used to help assess your swing, and determine the closest point of impact.
My research shows that every golfer has a different sweet spot. Golfers’ club speed, back swing path, shaft stiffness and squareness at impact as well as club design, all vary. For many golfers, however, the best spot to hit the ball may not lie in the center of the club.
If you want to find the sweet spot in your swing, a device that tracks your point of impact would help. There are many options on the market. Some require spraying or sticking to sticky paper every time you hit, while others only need one. But there’s a better way.
It was created in America and made from high-quality suede leather, which is only 0.5mm thick. This makes it about as thin as a credit card. The leather is self-adhesive and can be applied to a dry, clean club. You can take a photo of the marks left by the ball on the patch.
This method has the advantage and convenience of hitting a lot more range balls than other options. Each hit can be erased as soon as it is made. One can use it for hundreds of hits in several weeks, before having to retire.
The ball impact patches will protect your clubs. This is another benefit that may not be immediately apparent. Think about how many times you can hit your five-iron during an average round. On the other hand, you could hit it five or six more times while you practice with your particular club at the driving range. This is equivalent to twenty rounds of golf.
It is a more discreet, efficient and effective method of practicing. This really does work!