Driving Net and Mat advice

Andy said:
As soon as you strike the ball you know if its good or bad, why would you pay for a machine to tell you this?

Its all about feel :-)
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Quite right. When I shank one I don't need some fancy machine telling me it has gone right.:whistle: Surprised so many people have got no feel, and don't have a clue where the ball would go when hitting in net.
 
For sure you know where on the face you struck the ball, I think any golfer will feel that. You also get a visual where the ball starts. I have a vertical line drawn on my net directly down the line of the ball. You should get a fair idea of how open or shut the club is from where the ball starts and feel. That is a fair amount of information.

Even if you took it back to the very basics and played half swings, you can do some good surly! Your out, thinking golf, moving your body and getting used to impact.

A launch monitor you are not, but with some head space and an understanding of what you want to achieve, the net is a worthy tool in my opinion.
 
Ask your club if they have any matting, I did and they had loads of old large mats which had enough area on them to cut away that hadn't been worn or struck!

I also couldn't disagree more with the negative posters saying not to bother at all, a more productive response would have been to mix it with visits to the range, not to be totally dependent only on a garden net. As you say, you can video and monitor your swing, how your actually striking the ball and then periodically take that to the range to see the results. Its also excellent for coming back from it as far as possible for chipping/bumping shots forward to a target on the ground just in front of the netting, at least if you knife one your not hunting in the bushes :o

I agree with those that say to build your own, a framework of any kind could be cheap and far more long lasting and draped with netting, if you have a fixed area that HID doesn't mind giving up.

Good luck with it Dave :thup:
 
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richart said:
Quite right. When I shank one I don't need some fancy machine telling me it has gone right.:whistle: Surprised so many people have got no feel, and don't have a clue where the ball would go when hitting in net.
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Hence the benefit of a machine to give this information.

When I hit a ball in a net it about the only time it reaches its target (the back of the net) I'm one of those where its safer to stand on the fairway if you let me play through.:swing:
 
Sybez said:
Great post ^^^^ but where the hell are the pics!!!!!!!!! :p

Do you rate the ES12 figures in practise to on course figures?

So many things to work on without seeing the ball flight. Rhythm, tempo, posture, stance, planes, self shot videos.... can't believe that if you have the space you wouldn't do it...
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I will try to take a decent pic for you.
As for the ES 12, yes the figures are very accurate. It is a really useful piece of kit.
 
Sweep said:
I will try to take a decent pic for you.
As for the ES 12, yes the figures are very accurate. It is a really useful piece of kit.
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Does the ES12 not just do swing speed?

I just got myself a GC2 HMT.... I wish!! Got myself a Swingbyte 2. Should be here tomorrow.
 
Alex1975 said:
Hehe, it does the thing that my Swingbyte will not do....
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Indeed it does. I am also considering a swing analyser (for the same reason) but not sure which one to get - see other post on this topic.
The ES12 is effectively a very good speed gun. It measures ball speed and using that info along with the club you hit, which you key in, it works out a distance. As I say, it seems to do so very accurately and in a spilt second when you are hitting in a net. It's amazing how quickly you learn the adjustments to make with your ball striking to get a better distance and it's good to have a reference point to work with. It's also very good indeed to know your distances, but as I said previously, to get accurate figures you must use real balls. If you use the ES12 on a range using range balls as most do, it will only measure the speed and therefore distance of the range ball, which will mislead you on the course. I got mine off eBay from a dealer in Antrim. Great service.
 
Sweep said:
Indeed it does. I am also considering a swing analyser (for the same reason) but not sure which one to get - see other post on this topic.
The ES12 is effectively a very good speed gun. It measures ball speed and using that info along with the club you hit, which you key in, it works out a distance. As I say, it seems to do so very accurately and in a spilt second when you are hitting in a net. It's amazing how quickly you learn the adjustments to make with your ball striking to get a better distance and it's good to have a reference point to work with. It's also very good indeed to know your distances, but as I said previously, to get accurate figures you must use real balls. If you use the ES12 on a range using range balls as most do, it will only measure the speed and therefore distance of the range ball, which will mislead you on the course. I got mine off eBay from a dealer in Antrim. Great service.
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You can download the Swingbyte software for free and there is some preloaded swings you can look at. They do not predict anything, it's all about paths and angles. A huge array of information but all based on where the club is. So a very different device. The thing with a ball speed monitor as I see it is that once you have your yard ages it's pretty redundant. You also can learn to hit a very long hook or at least a hook with a lot of ball speed.

Both the clearly interesting devices and very different.
 
Alex1975 said:
You can download the Swingbyte software for free and there is some preloaded swings you can look at. They do not predict anything, it's all about paths and angles. A huge array of information but all based on where the club is. So a very different device. The thing with a ball speed monitor as I see it is that once you have your yard ages it's pretty redundant. You also can learn to hit a very long hook or at least a hook with a lot of ball speed.

Both the clearly interesting devices and very different.
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Have you tried your Swingbyte yet?
 
Arrives tomorrow. Did you not get along with yours? I did PM you a few days back as I saw an old post of you selling one.
 
Alex1975 said:
You can download the Swingbyte software for free and there is some preloaded swings you can look at. They do not predict anything, it's all about paths and angles. A huge array of information but all based on where the club is. So a very different device. The thing with a ball speed monitor as I see it is that once you have your yard ages it's pretty redundant. You also can learn to hit a very long hook or at least a hook with a lot of ball speed.

Both the clearly interesting devices and very different.
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I would be very interested to hear what you think about it, once you have had chance to use it.
 
Sweep said:
I would be very interested to hear what you think about it, once you have had chance to use it.
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I shall let you know....


Your setup is AWESOME!!! I am seriously envious!! Do you have any problems with noise later at night or anything. Is the ceiling high enough for driver and 3 wood and the like?


Oh you aprear to have a Vector launch monitor? Surly that is better than anything we have talked about!!
 
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