Abstract A training device to warn the golfer, by means of an audible signal, that the strength of his grip on the golf club has fallen below a desirable limit. The device consists of a spring mounted bar which is located in the side of a golf club handle, and protrudes past the surface of the handle. The spring pressure which keeps the bar protruding past the handle is adjustable. When the device is switched ON, the bar in the handle operates as an electrical switch to actuate an internal battery-operated buzzer when the grip pressure of the golfer''s hand relaxes on the bar. The device can be incorporated in the handle of a conventional golf club, or it may be fitted into the handle of a special training golf club.
A training device which signals to a golfer, by means of an audible alarm signal, the relaxation of the grip by the golfer on the golf club, said device consisting of a golf club with a handle in which a spring-mounted bar has been set, the bar being aligned parallel to the axis of the handle and along the outer periphery of the handle so that the bar is pressed by the last three fingers of the hand of the radius arm of the golfer in swinging the golf club, said bar acting to complete an electrical circuit which actuates an audible alarm signal when the finger pressure on the bar is relaxed beyond a threshold setting with a switch of the device in the ON position, where the radius arm is taken to be the left arm of a right-handed golfer and the right arm of a left-handed golfer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A training device which signals to a golfer, by means of an audible alarm signal, the relaxation of the grip by the golfer on the golf club, said device consisting of a golf club with a handle in which a spring-mounted bar has been set, the bar being aligned parallel to the axis of the handle and along the outer periphery of the handle so that the bar is pressed by the last three fingers of the hand of the radius arm of the golfer in swinging the golf club, said bar acting to complete an electrical circuit which actuates an audible alarm signal when the finger pressure on the bar is relaxed beyond a threshold setting with a switch of the device in the ON position, where the radius arm is taken to be the left arm of a right-handed golfer and the right arm of a left-handed golfer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The combination recited in claim 1 in which the threshold setting of the spring-mounted bar is adjustable.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The combination recited in claim 2 in which the threshold setting of the spring-mounted bar is adjusted by the rotation of a set screw which bears on the compression spring so as to determine the reaction grip resisting force on the bar.