U.S. patent application number 10/351810 was filed with the patent office on 2004-07-29 for virtual visualization of golf chip shots.
Invention is credited to Feller, Robert E..
Application Number | 20040147331 10/351810 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 32735854 |
Filed Date | 2004-07-29 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040147331 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Feller, Robert E. |
July 29, 2004 |
Virtual visualization of golf chip shots
Abstract
A method of teaching a golfer to execute proper chip shots
including a height bar that being placed in front of a golfer the
golfer being on the fairway and the height bar being placed at the
edge of a rough. The height bar is adjustable horizontally. The
golfer being taught to loft the ball over the eight bar with an
apex of the ball flight coinciding with the height bar. By virtual
visualization, the various successive chip shots will be embedded
in the golfer's mind to remember the type of club that was used,
the loft of the ball and the fading trajectory toward the hole.
Inventors: |
Feller, Robert E.; (Ft.
Myers, FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Robert E. Feller
8420 Southbridge Dr.
Ft. Myers
FL
33912
US
|
Family ID: |
32735854 |
Appl. No.: |
10/351810 |
Filed: |
January 28, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
473/173 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 24/0021 20130101;
A63B 2024/0034 20130101; A63B 69/36 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
473/173 |
International
Class: |
A63B 069/36 |
Claims
What I claim is:
1. A method of teaching a technique of proper chip shots comprising
the steps of placing a height bar in front of a golfer at an edge
of the rough on the golf course, the golfer being on the fairway,
using a club, the golfer will loft the ball over said height bar,
watching the golfer clearing the height bar with an apex of the
flight of the ball being over said height bar and watching the
flight of the ball as it fades away over the green of the golf
course toward the flag in a hole, thereafter correcting the golfer
if any aspects of the above steps have not been accomplished by
changing the club, the stance of the golfer or the velocity of
driving said ball.
2. An aid in teaching golf including a height bar, means for
adjusting said height bar at different heights from the ground,
means for supporting said height bar in front of a golfer by way of
two stanchions spaced apart from each other.
3. The height bar of claim 2, wherein said height bar is a rigid
horizontal bar being supported by a peg on each of said
stanchions.
4. The height bar of claim 2 is a rope coming from a tension reel
located on one of the stanchions and a hook receiving peg on the
other of said stanchions.
5. The height bar of claim 2, wherein said height bar is a tape
coming from a tension reel located on one of the stanchions and
means for fastening said tape on the other of said stanchions.
6. The height bar of claim 2, wherein said height bar is a laser
beam.
7. The height bar of claim 2, wherein said means for adjusting
include sleeves movable up or down said stanchion, a thumb screw on
each of said sleeves for fastening said sleeves to each of said
stanchions.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] (none)
STATEMENT REGARDING FED SPONSORED R & D
[0002] (none)
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The invention at hand relates to a teaching aid and a method
of teaching proper chip shots in the game of golf. Most
professionals including teachers of golf will lecture a learning
golfer or for that matter a seasoned golfer to pick a spot on the
green as a target and then try to hit that spot. Of course, this is
better than no plan at all. The inventive type of teaching is
designed to eliminate any guesswork at all. Of course, the game of
golf is a mental game in that golfers rely on memory of golf shots
that have gone before by remembering the good shots and the stance,
selection of golf clubs, the loft of the ball and the distance that
the ball traveled, the wind direction and the topography of the
surrounding area and other influences. It is seldom that all of the
influences named above can be repeated all of the time.
SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0004] In view of all of the above, the present invention will take
some of the guesswork out of playing golf and relegate some of the
guesswork to a visual memory. This visual memory herein after will
be called a virtual visualization of the golf ball flight including
the loft the ball will attain. It is extremely difficult to repeat
a certain loft of a ball that was successful because of the failure
of the memory of the golfer. The present invention will alleviate
the failure by placing a simple device in front of a golfer at a
certain distance from the hole that all golfers try to sink the
ball into.
[0005] The device mentioned above is a simple height bar that is
placed between the golfer and the hole over which guide bar the
golfer must send the ball to be successful to hit the hole. The
placement of the height bar depends on the distance of the golfer
from the hole. The distance depends of where the golfer is located
on the fairway and on the green where the hole is located in
between the two locations there may a rough like a sand barrier or
a so-called bunker to inhibit a straight drive toward the hole. In
an exercise mode the inventive concept places a height bar between
the golfer and the hole. Of course, the selection of the club
depends on the distance to be covered. Without regard to the
topography, one might try to place a ball to be hit on a fairway,
place a height barrier between the fairway and the rough and the
green and try to loft the ball at its apex right over the height
barrier, the resultant hit of the ball on the ground should be
right at the hole.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006] FIG. 1 shows the construction of the height barrier for a
golfer;
[0007] FIG. 2 shows the various ways a height barrier can be
constructed;
[0008] FIG. 3 illustrates a method of using the height barrier of
FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0009] FIG. 1 shows a detailed description 1 of how a horizontal
barrier 4 can be constructed and supported in various horizontal
positions. To this end, there are two vertical stanchions 2 and 2a
that are supported on the ground and are spaced apart from each
other by a spacer bar 4a and each of the stanchions is further
supported on the ground by laterally extending bars 3 and 3a,
respectively, The horizontal bar 4 is incrementally supported by
the pegs 4a and 4b. The supports 4a and 4b can be moved to
different height positions by moving the supports 4a and 4b to
locations 4c and 4d, for example.
[0010] FIG. 2 shows different ways of creating a horizontal bar for
the golfer to observe. To this end, FIG. 2A shows a cable that may
stretched across from stanchion 2 to another spaced apart stanchion
that is placed a distance from the first stanchion. The cable 8a
has a hook 8b thereon that may be hooked to the other stanchion to
create a straight line which may act as a barrier for a golfer to
loft a shot of the ball over the barrier. The knob 6a will adjust
the height of the sleeve 2a to different heights.
[0011] FIG. 2B shows a horizontal barrier 9a consisting of a tape
9a that may be unreeled from a spring operated reel 9. The tape may
be unreeled from this reel 9 until it reaches the stanchion on the
other side where it is fastened. The height of the reel 9 and
thereby the visual height of the barrier may be adjusted by the
knob 6b by moving the sleeve 2b to different position, that is, up
or down.
[0012] FIG. 3 shows the method of hitting a golf ball from the
fairway across a rough to the hole. The distance of the fairway is
indicated as A and the distance B indicates the distance between
the a horizontal barrier 4 and the putting green to the flag or
hole distance C.
[0013] The horizontal barrier 4 is placed between the golfer and
the putting green C. As can clearly be seen in FIG. 3 the
golfer
[0014] A third embodiment is shown in FIG. 2C where a laser beam is
used to beam a stream of light particles from the originating
station 7 to another like station located a distance away from the
stanchion 2. The knob 6c will accommodate a height adjustment.
[0015] Returning now to FIG. 3, the golfer's intent is to loft the
ball just over the horizontal barrier 4 so that it can land on the
green C and possibly roll into the hole where the flag is located.
Depending on the distance between A and C, the barrier 4 on the
stanchion has to be raised or lowered which would depend on
experimentation The whole idea is, by experimentation, to select
the correct club, the correct swing and the correct velocity of the
swing so that the ball in its flight toward the hole will clear the
horizontal barrier by a loft of D and then continue on to the hole.
While this involves a lot of experimentation, it also is a mental
exercise. By using the barrier 4 in practice, it becomes apparent
that the loft of the ball in its apex will be embedded in the brain
of the golfer whereby a consistent and accurate chip shot will be
experienced in successive shots
[0016] Virtual visualization is the mental side of the game of
golf, that is, to memorize the flight of the ball including an apex
of the flight of the ball over the height bar whether it is there
in practice or not in reality on the course. The loft of the ball
is important. When in practice observe and picture the loft of the
ball, how the ball reaches an apex just over the height bar and how
the trajectory of the ball is spent. It is a matter teaching one's
mind to see the elevation of the loft and once this can be done
over and over again, one doesn't need the height bar anymore in
practice.
[0017] What is practiced here is the system of kinesthesia wherein
in one's mind one feels the sensation of the body, the muscles, the
tendons and the joints while hitting golf shots.
[0018] It is the concentration one should use to block out any
outside distractions of any outside influences which are extraneous
to the game of golf.
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