Trackman
What does Trackman have that other ball flight monitors don’t? First, they have accuracy. Second, they have tour presence. Third, they have the most measured club delivery parameters.
It is also a fantastic piece of equipment for fitting and gapping. It’s real time flight and spin data allow experienced club fitters to tweak your club choice to find the best piece of equipment for your swing. The gapping feature is critical for checking if your clubs have appropriate spacing in the distance they fly and it can help explain when it is time for a hybrid or fairway wood.
This machine has confirmed the d plane formulas presented by Theo Jorgenson in his book the Physics of Golf. It states how he ball will start it’s flight as well as some other items. It has helped teachers understand how off center hits effect ball flight on drivers and irons.
Trackman allows the tacher to remove guesswork and be able to answer the question, “What happened there?” At real speed, it is very difficult for a teacher to know what is occuring at the ball with respect to the club’s path and it’s face angle. It also shows the teacher how changes are effecting the players path and face. This gives the teacher and the player a greater understanding of how things work instead of relying on how they look.
For me, trackman is just too powerful to ignore. It will teach the teacher and help the teacher help the player. It is for serious teachers.
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Its a real treat being able to use radar launch monitors of this quality, both for fitting and for teaching.
This Trackman launch monitor is amazing, we use it at Chilli Dip Golf based at Camberley Heath Golf Club.
This enables us to offer Tour Standard Custom fitting and analysis.
Great post! I just had my first experience using it for a substantial amount of time yesterday. You are right, it completely takes the guess work out regarding whether a swing “change” is actually a change. In my case, I was trying to feel a “huge slice” and was still 4 degrees from the inside. I thought I would be OOT but the proof was in the Trackman. Sometimes what you feel is not real; however, the Trackman numbers are always real. Trackman is certainly one of the most effective tools for teachers, and thus students as well. Maybe like other tech products, it’s price will drop significantly in years to come?