Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Golf Swing Analysis - The Trackman Golf Launch Monitor As A Teaching Tool

By Hank Johnston


Golf pros performing golf swing analysis are accessing new technologies to help their students. Video has been the primary tool with an interface with software allowing lines to be drawn over the video for reference points. Now new technologies are emerging adding new opportunities to learn differently.

The Trackman golf launch monitor is the state of the art launch monitor on the market. It is primarily used as a club testing and club fitting tool. It is very sophisticated and accurate and now people are realizing that it can be great tool for not only getting an optimal set of clubs in your hands but in learning to hit the ball optimally.

Okay, how will this work? The Trackman collates data from each swing you make. A pro that is experienced with the Trackman data can analyze it and create an optimal "read out" for your perfect swing. You then start to make swings and compare the data of each swing to the ideal read outs you are looking for. You are hitting balls and seeing the data instantly and are then ready for a new attempt.

Using the Trackman is a very different thing than video. You and your Trackman capable golf pro create an optimal read out from the Trackman for your swing. You then zero in on these numbers. You key in on a specific number and work on it. Maybe it is swing speed. You want 87, you get 84, then 92 then 86. You will zero in, it is amazing.

What is happening is you are correcting by feel, the way it should be. It is much more intuitive. You are not so attached to swing keys and swing thoughts, but will kind of just know how to get those numbers, which means great shots. It is more like when you learned to shoot free throws only you can do this with any swing data the Trackman reads.

The data from Trackman brings another positive thing. It is trust. Often your pro might say, "You swung outside in there". You believe him, well sort of anyway, but it is not definitive. He might then say "that is a little better". Well, how much better? With the Trackman data everything is definitive, trust is high. When you correct and are now swinging on the inside you are 100% sure, and by exactly how much. This makes a huge difference in learning.

The Trackman was almost exclusively a club fitting and club testing tool. Now it is becoming the ultimate golf swing analysis tool, and the PGA pros are starting to use it in this fashion. I would highly recommend it to anyone who can find a pro teaching with one, there are not many out there yet.




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