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Golf Swing Trainer

The golf swing trainer is a useful aid to your game. Not only does it allow you to practise your swing away from the driving range, but it also encourages and develops the right path for the swing.

After just a few weeks of using my own swing trainer for the first time I ventured back out onto the golf course. Bristling with confidence, I lined up my tee shot on the first hole and shot the ball further down the course than I realistically thought possible and landed it right on the line I was aiming on. My old hooks and slices may not be fuilly cured, but they are well on their way.

So how does a golf swing trainer work? Basically, they are shortened versions of your standard iron, with a weighted head and usually a twist in the shaft. This weighting an twisting is designed so that as you practice your swing the weighting pulls the club naturally into the correct flight path. After regular practice with the club, you then find yourself automatically using the correct swing.

I'm not saying that the trainer will ever take away the needs of professional tuition, but for mere mortals, professional tuition is inaffordable every day of the week. And that's where the golf trainer comes in useful. Find a suitable practice space and you can train your swing every day - even in doors if there is space.

Because you are not hitting a ball, there's no self-competition to see how far you can strike it. It's just pure, plain getting the feel of the swing correct. Fedback is because the swing feels good, not where the ball lands, so you concentrate on just developing that perfect swing.

Below are a few swing trainers you might like to look at.

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