Training aids that helped you?

[Scotch021]

Hey team, curious what training aid helped you the most and what did it help fix?

 

My main issues, I think are tempo and staying on plane. I can get to fast and just all hell breaks loose. Would the orange whip or your striker ball be beneficial for me to practice at home?  
 

Also putting needs a lot of work if anything in particular helped you. 

[Trippels]

Inflatable arm band to prevent overbending trail arm

[JJFWebster]

Impact bag and tour striker smart ball. Both help me position better at impact.

[Kuuuch]

The below works extremely well. Key is to put it above elbow. I really hate 99% of training aids because nearly all of them help with some things but create other issues at the same time (I.e. smart ball helps you get in sync but can easily get you too narrow).
 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpTWTpBDg7P/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Shushwap]

Orange whip can help a little with a quick transition.... I still use mine from time to time to help with slowing things down a little...

The biggest thing for me was grinding it out at the range... I had to  really work on slowing things down... Hit 5 or 6 balls... Then take a pause for a few seconds as I found I would get into that head space where I just start hammering balls with no real thought process...

Tour striker smart ball has helped me a ton... Getting that connected feeling...

Putting mirror and laser level are my new ones that I plan to use this year for putting...

$2 home depot driveway marker was the greatest invention ever to help with the over the top...

Impact bag are great for slowing things down as well... As you can work on tempo at home

[Curmudg3on]

2 hours ago, Shushwap said:

$2 home depot driveway marker was the greatest invention ever to help with the over the top...

 

This along with your phone and a tripod to record your swing.   For putting I like to use a metal yard stick

[st1800e]

Just go play, as much as you can.  You’ll find it there.  

[Deadaimz]

Personally the amg shallowing video for me has done more than any training aid. 

Edited March 7, 2023 by Deadaimz

[Conner Golf]

Little known device   True - Square has helped with every aspect of my swing.Patented. True Square - Golf Swing training Aid. Attaches to any club.  _ eBay.mhtml

[DaveMc82]

1 yard length of 1 1/2” deck rope. Wrap the end with duct tape or similar same length as a normal grip. Make swings trying to retain tension on the rope as much as possible. 
 

Add a DIY balance board to the above and learn to make the swings getting pressure on the lead leg earlier. 

[Scotch021]

10 hours ago, Shushwap said:

2 home depot driveway marker was the greatest invention ever to help with the over the top...

Was planning on getting some of these but I got turf in the backyard and can’t stick them in the ground. Will need to figure someway to get them to stand at an angle. 

[johnrobison]

The aid that's helped me the most has to be my Live View camera. So much so that I upgraded to the LVPro2.

 

The aid that I think may be one of the best I've seen/tried, might be the GravityFit. My golfing buddy uses it during every practice session and it has cleaned up his swing plane a lot. I tried it once or twice and was really impressed with it.

[me05501]

My favorite is called the Whippy Tempomaster. It's very similar to the more recent Lag Shot. These soft shaft clubs require you to get control over your tempo and sequencing to hit proper shots. 

 

I like that you can actually hit shots with them and get immediate feedback from your ball flight. It's relatively easy to carry that feel to a real club for a shot or two. 

 

I get less value from training aids that just teach positions and don't allow you to execute golf shots while using them. 

Edited March 7, 2023 by me05501

[Shushwap]

3 hours ago, Scotch021 said:

Was planning on getting some of these but I got turf in the backyard and can’t stick them in the ground. Will need to figure someway to get them to stand at an angle. 

The range I hit at uses matts and I just turn a bucket upside down and slide the stick in on a angle...

Maybe a small cardboard box or something like that

[GungHoGolf]

10 hours ago, Deadaimz said:

Personally the amg swallowing video for me has done more than any training aid. 

Haven’t seen that one, must be private 😂😂

Edited March 7, 2023 by GungHoGolf

[sonvolt22]

14 hours ago, Kuuuch said:

The below works extremely well. Key is to put it above elbow. I really hate 99% of training aids because nearly all of them help with some things but create other issues at the same time (I.e. smart ball helps you get in sync but can easily get you too narrow).
 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpTWTpBDg7P/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

Is this a specific aid or just a random largish ball?

[Railroading13]

alternate between the Orange whip and GEM, you wont be disappointed

[TLUBulldogGolf]

Smart ball for a more connected takeaway, it's tough to get fast with it too.

Swingyde when I was learning where the clubface should be relative to my hands/wrists/arms.

Swing extender to keep my right arm from overbending.

 

For putting I like to use a line on the ball if my stroke feels off and trying to get it rolling more online. Other than that I just work speed more than anything. All different distances, uphill/downhill, learn to control speed and a lot will fall into place. 

 

[golfinbrad]

Can't say I'm a big training aid guy.  My couple came from the hardware store, alignment sticks, chalk line and string.  I concentrate on alignment and feel more than mechanics.

[Kuuuch]

1 hour ago, sonvolt22 said:

 

Is this a specific aid or just a random largish ball?

https://www.amazon.com/AppleRound-Inch-Playground-Balls-Hand/dp/B00Y8CXBDO

[Scotch021]

53 minutes ago, Railroading13 said:

alternate between the Orange whip and GEM, you wont be disappointed

Never heard of GEM, is it this?

 

https://gemgolf.com/about/

[Deadaimz]

2 hours ago, GungHoGolf said:

Haven’t seen that one, must be private 😂😂

Darn autospell lol

[596]

Practice!  And practice only the problem that causes a compensation.  I am guilty of trying to fix the compensation instead of the problem that causes it.

 

I found most training aids didn't do what I want and didn't fix the cause. 

 

That said, the only aids I'll use are alignment sticks on the ground for target aim, backswing plane and putting practice.  

[rustyneversleeps]

19 hours ago, Shushwap said:

 

$2 home depot driveway marker was the greatest invention ever to help with the over the top...

 

Is there an example of this somewhere I can reference? 

[Shushwap]

1 hour ago, rustyneversleeps said:

Is there an example of this somewhere I can reference? 

He says to put the ball a foot after the stick 

My coach had me put it at the end of the stick. 

To make it harder I would move the ball further under the stick 

I also put the stick a little higher 

More of a 45 

Edited March 7, 2023 by Shushwap

[Railroading13]

21 hours ago, Scotch021 said:

Never heard of GEM, is it this?

 

https://gemgolf.com/about/

Yes, it works really well

[Zitlow]

The shorter orange whips and Lag Shots are good because they teach you to feel the shaft loading and unloading.  

[Ghostwedge]

Alignment stick\rods used for plane and path for me.

A Momentus IDL Stroke Putting track works for putting. 

[rustyneversleeps]

1 hour ago, Zitlow said:

The shorter orange whips and Lag Shots are good because they teach you to feel the shaft loading and unloading.  

Like the womens LagShot 7 iron? I know orange whips have a shorter option, but wasn't aware of the LagShot offering shorter clubs? 

[sprcoop]

On 3/7/2023 at 5:51 AM, Scotch021 said:

Was planning on getting some of these but I got turf in the backyard and can’t stick them in the ground. Will need to figure someway to get them to stand at an angle. 

 

I had a large chunk of wood in the garage that I drilled holes it at different angles and places for all the different positions that I could think of using the stick in.  If I come up with another needed position I'll get the drill out again.  Works great.

Edited March 8, 2023 by sprcoop