Swing Training Gadgets

[Region3]

I fancy getting a training aid for when I have a little spare time at home but don't have time to go to the range.

I was thinking along the lines of a fixed ball that you hit but was attached to the aid.
All I'd want it to do was show me somehow if the ball would have gone left, right, or straight.

I've seen the one where a ball hangs from what looks like a mini gallows, but I can't see how that would show where the ball would have gone.

Has anyone seen or used anything that sounds remotely like my poor description?

 

[haplesshacker]

Your description is spot on. It shows where the ball would have gone by whether it swings left, straight or right. What it probably won't show you is what effect any side spin will have. ie. It shows a left flight shot, but is that a pull or a slice? It has it's uses and is quite cheap.

Give me a month!! And get back in touch!

 

[Region3]

Give me a month!! And get back in touch!

Are you in mad inventor mode?

Ideally I'd like to know what sidespin is on the ball, but don't really want to spend loads of money.

 

[CrapHacker]

Can't help with sidespin but Smiffy swears by the old tyre drill ( when he was young that's what they used - Henry Cotton taught him )

The modern equivalent is an impact bag - TopFlite do one for under £20.

I can see how it will help, even if not quite what you want.

 

[Yerman]

I had one (may still be in the garden shed), useful when I started to get a basic swing going but really for absolute beginners.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Not quite what you are after but I use this a lot at the range and so might help if you make swings at home

http://www.newgolfirons.co.uk/product/4/225/Longridge-Power-Band.html

Very good for making shorter and more compact turns through thr ball and ideal for someone like me who overswings

 

[Region3]

This would be ideal if it were about £30!!

Electronic Swing Groover

 

[Region3]

Changed my mind, want this one now lol.

Launchpad

Can anyone tell I love gadgets?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I remember years ago my dad having one of those golf balls on a piece of elastic on the end of an old tent peg (they were all the rage really).and hitting it once and watch it sail over the fence and straight through the windows of a house in the next street along.