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Swingpact Golf Swing Trainer
Simple but effective
By ED TRAVIS
Simple but effective
By ED TRAVIS
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February 7, 2011 - After having been around golf for a
while and particularly having spent years writing
about the game and equipment it’s easy to become a
bit jaded. Whether it’s the latest and greatest, “You’ll
hit the ball 30-yards farther!” driver or a training aid
right out of Dr. Jeykll’s lab you kind of feel, “been
there, done that.” So when the information about
another swing aid crossed by desk I put it in the,
“when-I-have-the-time file.”
However looking more closely at the SwingPact and
reading the literature it was apparent there were no
extravagant claims, hyperbole or even scantily clad
models…this might be worth trying. Off to the range and
after just a few swings the verdict was simple – it works.
After having six other “range rats” use it, their responses
ran from, “neat, interesting” to asking where they could
buy one.
The Swingpact consists of a plastic arm with a curved
channel on one end and a rubber-tipped prong on the
other. Using it couldn’t be simpler, Place the end with
channel between the third and fourth fingers of the left
hand, grip with the right hand, address the ball and
position the wrists so the rubber prong just touches the
left forearm. Then make a swing keeping the prong
touching the forearm until the club is about waist high.
On the downswing the rubber prong comes in contact
with the left forearm at about waist high and stays there
through contact to waist high on the follow through.
The Swingpact does at least two good things. First it
promotes the proper address position specifically the
relationship between the arms and the club shaft.
Secondly by maintaining contact on the backswing it
ensures the fabled “one-piece takeaway” every player
should have to hit the ball squarely.
A key feature is, unlike other training aids, the Swingpact
is not attached to the club or the arm staying in place by
normal grip pressure making it quick and easy to use
and switch from club to club. It can be in place while
using other training aids since it does force you into
certain positions and quite possibly will increase the
effectiveness of the other devices.
while and particularly having spent years writing
about the game and equipment it’s easy to become a
bit jaded. Whether it’s the latest and greatest, “You’ll
hit the ball 30-yards farther!” driver or a training aid
right out of Dr. Jeykll’s lab you kind of feel, “been
there, done that.” So when the information about
another swing aid crossed by desk I put it in the,
“when-I-have-the-time file.”
However looking more closely at the SwingPact and
reading the literature it was apparent there were no
extravagant claims, hyperbole or even scantily clad
models…this might be worth trying. Off to the range and
after just a few swings the verdict was simple – it works.
After having six other “range rats” use it, their responses
ran from, “neat, interesting” to asking where they could
buy one.
The Swingpact consists of a plastic arm with a curved
channel on one end and a rubber-tipped prong on the
other. Using it couldn’t be simpler, Place the end with
channel between the third and fourth fingers of the left
hand, grip with the right hand, address the ball and
position the wrists so the rubber prong just touches the
left forearm. Then make a swing keeping the prong
touching the forearm until the club is about waist high.
On the downswing the rubber prong comes in contact
with the left forearm at about waist high and stays there
through contact to waist high on the follow through.
The Swingpact does at least two good things. First it
promotes the proper address position specifically the
relationship between the arms and the club shaft.
Secondly by maintaining contact on the backswing it
ensures the fabled “one-piece takeaway” every player
should have to hit the ball squarely.
A key feature is, unlike other training aids, the Swingpact
is not attached to the club or the arm staying in place by
normal grip pressure making it quick and easy to use
and switch from club to club. It can be in place while
using other training aids since it does force you into
certain positions and quite possibly will increase the
effectiveness of the other devices.
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There’s a lot more theory which is available on the
Swingpact web site but the back story of the devices
inventor David Kardos makes a better reading.
Kardos says his goal was to keep-it-simple-stupid and
at a price everyone could afford. His background is in
aerospace engineering (which is a lot like a rocket
scientist) and he began building things at the age of five
when, as his mother tells the story, he built a dehydrator
for raisins by focusing sunlight. In his student years with
some others it was on to a refreshable Braille display
and as an adult he continues making things his fertile
brain imagines from photography to woodworking.
Kardos is quick to point out that it’s “not to say I am very
good at any of it. I just love to do it.” The Swingpact Golf
Swing Trainer came out of his passion for the game and
an earnest desire to find something to help him and
others to play better and therefore enjoy golf more.
Kardos said, “I am obsessed with golf which led me on
the path to invent the Swingpact. When I approach a
problem, I do so with a mechanical mindset. I was
studying professionals in an effort to figure out what the
pros were doing that I was not and that is when I
identified some key body positions the best pros were
achieving that I had never heard talked about. I wanted
to develop something that would allow me to get into
these positions, and execute these key movements
consistently.”
The Swingpact based on our testing does what Kardos
says it does. Personally it taught me how to get rid of a
nasty little over the top move resulting in lots of pulled
shots.
Kardos is working to increase distribution to retail
outlets but the Swingpact Golf Swing Trainer may be
purchased now at www.Swingpact.com for $19.95 plus
shipping. He also says he has other simple, effective
golf devices in the development stage including a
putting trainer and a grip having a new design.
Swingpact web site but the back story of the devices
inventor David Kardos makes a better reading.
Kardos says his goal was to keep-it-simple-stupid and
at a price everyone could afford. His background is in
aerospace engineering (which is a lot like a rocket
scientist) and he began building things at the age of five
when, as his mother tells the story, he built a dehydrator
for raisins by focusing sunlight. In his student years with
some others it was on to a refreshable Braille display
and as an adult he continues making things his fertile
brain imagines from photography to woodworking.
Kardos is quick to point out that it’s “not to say I am very
good at any of it. I just love to do it.” The Swingpact Golf
Swing Trainer came out of his passion for the game and
an earnest desire to find something to help him and
others to play better and therefore enjoy golf more.
Kardos said, “I am obsessed with golf which led me on
the path to invent the Swingpact. When I approach a
problem, I do so with a mechanical mindset. I was
studying professionals in an effort to figure out what the
pros were doing that I was not and that is when I
identified some key body positions the best pros were
achieving that I had never heard talked about. I wanted
to develop something that would allow me to get into
these positions, and execute these key movements
consistently.”
The Swingpact based on our testing does what Kardos
says it does. Personally it taught me how to get rid of a
nasty little over the top move resulting in lots of pulled
shots.
Kardos is working to increase distribution to retail
outlets but the Swingpact Golf Swing Trainer may be
purchased now at www.Swingpact.com for $19.95 plus
shipping. He also says he has other simple, effective
golf devices in the development stage including a
putting trainer and a grip having a new design.
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The Swingpact
Golf Swing Trainer
Golf Swing Trainer
Swingpact is easy to use and helps set the proper angle
between the club shaft and arms at address and promotes
a one-piece takeaway, a key to power and accuracy.
between the club shaft and arms at address and promotes
a one-piece takeaway, a key to power and accuracy.