Electronics module keeps you swinging straight

摘要

Swinghat addresses a deceptively simple golf maxim: Don't lift your head until you hit the ball. Anyone who has ever hit a screaming ground-level worm-burner on the course or at the driving range can grasp the wisdom behind this concept. Lifting your head pulls your shoulders, arms, and the club head up from the ball, resulting in an off-center shot. SK Communications of Sunnyvale, CA, developed the Swinghat―an electronics module mounted inside an otherwise-ordinary-looking golf hat―to help golfers keep their heads level from the start of their backswings through contact with the ball to achieve consistent and effective swings (Figure 1). Golf students know how difficult it is to remember all of a golf pro's instructions during the few seconds of a swing. Swinghat takes charge of watching for the fundamental error of lifting the head. If a golfer lifts up, the Swinghat immediately sounds an audio alert. Within a few strokes, the golfer generally starts keeping his or her head in the swing, freeing the golfer's brain to work on other fundamentals of the swing.