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Measure
your swing speed with affordable Doppler radar!!
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Increase
your swing speed to increase your distance!
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Monitor
your swing consistency!
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Include
velocity feedback when trouble-shooting your swing!
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Determine
your optimum swing speed for distance, control and accuracy!
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Determine
the club characteristics that achieve the best results!
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Monitor
the effects of changes in your mechanics on your swing performance!
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SWING
SPEED RADAR(R) HOTTEST NEW TRAINING AID FOR GOLFERS IN 2004!
(ITEM SWINGSPEED)
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GOLF
It's not how
hard you swing
but how well you swing!
OPTIMIZE YOUR
CLUBHEAD SPEED
FOR YOUR BEST DISTANCE, CONTROL AND ACCURACY!
Ball
distance is determined primarily
by:
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Ball Speed
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Launch Angle
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Ball Spin
& Aerodynamics
Ball Speed is
basically dependant upon:
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Clubhead
Speed
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Clubface
“Sweet-Zone” Squareness on
the Ball
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C.O.R. of
the Ball/Clubface Collision
Optimum clubhead
speed is created by:
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Proper
Equipment
Proper Swing
Technique
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Approximate
Relationship of Driver Swing
Speed and Ball Distance
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Optimize your
clubhead speed with
your personal SWING SPEED RADAR™ as you practice in your own backyard,
garage, basement, etc.; as well as on the driving range, practice area
or during practice rounds; or with your Clubmaker, Instructor or
Clubfitter,
for best results!
See
the bottom of this page for the all new Swing Speed
Radar
with Tempo Timer!
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BASEBALL
It's not how
hard you swing
but how well you swing!
OPTIMIZE YOUR
HITTING PERFORMANCE
WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL RADAR VELOCITY SENSOR!
Determine your
optimum swing and
bat selection for your best distance, quickness, bat control, and ball
contact.
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Increase your
swing speed to increase
your distance
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Monitor your swing
consistency
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Include velocity
feedback when troubleshooting
your swing
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Measure your swing
speed improvement
as you optimize your swing mechanics
BAT SWING SPEED
MEASUREMENTS
MEASURE THE SPEED OF
THE BARREL
OF THE BAT, OUT FRONT, IN THE HITTING ZONE
To measure bat
speed “out front”,
in the hitting zone where batters are taught to hit the ball, the Swing
Speed Radar™ can be positioned in front of the batter, or behind the
batter.
The most important consideration in using the Swing Speed radar™ is to
position it in the plane of the swing as the bat enters the hitting
zone,
similarly to positioning a ball at the desired height and location on a
tee.
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If the
batter is swinging “in air”
without a ball, the Swing Speed Radar™ can be located forward about six
feet in front of the hitting zone, at the height of the bat swing
through
the hitting zone. The radar can be mounted on a tripod or hung on a net
or fence, using the two snaphooks provided with the Swing Speed
Radar.
The batter is now swinging toward the radar as though it were the ball
coming from the pitcher. This is an ideal location for bat swing
training.
If the batter
is swinging at a ball
on a tee, the Swing Speed Radar™ must be located behind the batter to
prevent
the batted ball from striking the radar and/or erroneous reading caused
by the unpredictable ball flight from the tee. The radar should be
about
six feet behind the tee, facing the ball on the tee and at the height
of
the ball. The radar must be sufficiently rearward , where a
catcher would ordinarily be positioned, to prevent it from being struck
with the bat .In this location, the batter is swinging away from the
radar.
To accomplish this positioning, the Swing Speed Radar™ can be mounted
on
a tripod, or hung on a net or fence by using the two snaphooks.
Whether the
Swing Speed Radar™ is
located rearward or forward, it will measure the speed of the bat
barrel
in the hitting zone. When determining the energy imparted to the
ball, the maximum exit velocity results from the ball being struck at
or
near the “sweet spot” of the bat, which can be about 4” to 6” from the
bat tip. Therefore bat barrel velocity is more relevant to ball
exit
velocity, and ball flight distance, than bat tip speed, which will be
about
15%-20% faster than the “sweet-spot” velocity. Thus a 60 mph
average
barrel velocity will correspond to a bat tip speed of about 70
mph.
However, a batter doesn’t intentionally hit the ball with the bat
tip—so
measure bat barrel velocity with the Swing Speed Radar™.
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BAT SELECTION
CONSIDERATIONS
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A short, compact
swing allows the most
time to react to the pitch.
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A light bat can be
swung faster, and
with more control to make ball contact, facilitating the short, compact
swing better than a heavy bat.
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A heavy bat will
provide more momentum
to drive through the ball.
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A heavier bat,
swung at the same speed
as a lighter bat, will hit the ball harder and farther.
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Select the
heaviest bat swung at, or
near, the same speed as the lightest bat.
SELECTION PROCESS
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Swing multiple
candidate bats ten times
each and record each swing speed.
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Alternate bats to
eliminate physical
biases. That is, swing bat A once, then bat B, then bat C; then
bat
D; swing D again, then C, then B, then A; repeat A, B, C, D, D,C,
B, A ,A, B, etc, until the ten swings of each have been recorded.
Average the speed for each bat.
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Select the
heaviest bat that can be
swung at, or near, the fastest average speed.
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Additional
considerations include moment
of inertia characteristics, incl. bat length, barrel size, shape,
taper;
sweet zone; and “feel” to the batter. The batter must be
comfortable
with the bat!!
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The Swing Speed
Radar™ with Tempo
Timer can be set to measure and display:
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Clubhead swing
speed alone (SS Mode);
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Tempo time, from
club takeaway to ball
impact, alone (TT Mode);
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Or both swing
speed and tempo time in
the Dual Mode, in which the display toggles (alternates) between swing
speed and tempo time.
SWING
SPEED RADAR(R) WITH TEMPO TIMER
For
Golf
(ITEM
SWINGSPEEDTT) |
SEMI-FINALIST
FOR SPORTS PRODUCT OF THE YEAR FOR 2005!
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The Swing Speed Radar™
with Tempo
Timer is a small, inexpensive microwave Doppler radar velocity
sensor
that provides the swing speed and tempo rhythm for golfers of all ages
and skill levels. It assists players in developing /optimizing
their
swing, and maintaining consistency, by measuring ACTUAL TEMPO TIME
from club takeaway to ball impact at the climax of their forward swing,
as well as the SWING SPEED of the clubhead as it approaches the
ball.
The Swing Speed Radar™ with Tempo Timer, featuring simple one-button
operation,
provides unmatched utility in a single, affordable device.
Clubhead speed and tempo
are two
significant characteristics of a golfer’s swing that must be optimized
and controlled if the golfer is to consistently achieve his/her best
ball-striking
results. Expensive launch monitors costing thousands of dollars,
primarily used by well-funded clubmakers, instructors, or pro golfers,
generally include these two vital parameters in their measurement
systems.
However, less expensive devices for use by most instructors,
clubmakers,
and by the golfing public are limited in utility. Conventional
swing
speed meters can be inconsistent, unreliable, and complicated to
use.
Some even require attachments to the club that can change the club
swing
dynamics. Metronome-type devices can provide tempo time
models
for the golfer to try to emulate, but the resulting tempo time can only
be estimated by comparisons with the model.
The Swing Speed Radar™
with Tempo
Timer is the practical choice of clubmakers and instructors who want
the
flexibility and convenience of use in the field as well as at their
home-based
hitting stations. It can be used by golfers of all ages and skill
levels,
at home or at their practice facilities, as they strive to optimize
their
swing mechanics and rhythm for their best distance, control,
consistency
and accuracy.
When practicing at home,
in the backyard,
or in areas where actual balls cannot be hit, it is best to use a
practice
ball "target" to obtain swing speeds that correspond directly to those
of hitting an actual golf ball. The practice target provides a
point
to focus the release of the clubhead. Many golfers experience a
slower
swing speed without a practice target on which to precisely
focus.
Plastic and sponge balls are often used for practice, but the new Birdie
Ball provides the feel and trajectory characteristics of an actual
golf
ball.
Golfers need to determine
the tempo
time that best suits their swing rhythm. John Novosel, in his
best
selling new book "Tour Tempo", points out that most Pro Tour Golfers
have
tempo times within the range of 0.9 to 1.3 seconds. Ben Jackson,
Owner and Head Instructor at the New England Golf Academy, emphasizes
the
trend for the new, young Tour Pros of today is for faster tempo
times.
In Ben's words, "Speed is the new frontier!" (Tempo time and
swing
speed!) Check out your tempo time and swing speed and see where
you
fit in!!
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