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2009 
Professional tee systems offset tee
Professional tee systems offset tee seems a revelation and so obvious. I would love to do a bit of high speed video of this in my lab on the golf robot to see if it actually works, although the basic principle seems sound. The benefits according to the website are promotion of the sweeping swing, reduced tee friction increasing distance, optimol launch angle to promote solid contact. I could easily test all these principles - I hope they get in touch?
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So, since this article was published last June I have bought and tested the Professional tee system offset tee. It is a strange feeling looking down at a ball that is at an angle. I didn't feel that I got a better strike of the ball, nor did I see any increase in ball distance. I have yet to test it on our robot in the sports technology institute but as with most innovations, unless the difference can be seen or felt by the user is it actually worth it?
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2009
Sensoglove allows you to monitor grip pressure during swing
Sensoglove computerised golf glove allows you to monitor your grip pressure as you swing. A lighter grip usually translates to more precision in a shot, therefore being able to monitor and understand grip pressure is definately an advancement.
According to sensoglove.com:
"The SensoGlove computer is a small, lightweight, sweat-proof monitor that analyzes pressure settings from four tiny sensors sewn right into the glove. Other than the computer plug in socket, the SensoGlove works just like any other glove, so you can use it during a practice round on the course. The SensoGlove computer is incredibly easy to use. Simply dial in your pressure on a scale of 1-to-18 and swing with any club. The SensoGlove reads and displays your pressure and warns you if you exceed your target level. The SensoGlove even shows you what finger is gripping too tight, so you can adjust your grip accordingly.
Best of all, the SensoGlove reads your grip pressure during your address and swing. Many golfers start out with a light pressure only to grip tighter at take-away and through the backswing and downswing. Using the built-in audio warning, golfers will know if they are gripping too tight exactly when it happens during their swing."
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2009
ProStance success
PGA Coach and European Tour men’s and ladies coaches Dr Paul Hurrion and Stewart Craig have invented and patented an amazing golf teaching and practice aid that will revolutionise the way golf is taught and coached.
The ProStance is born out of many years of data collection, research, coaching experiences and ultimately feedback from golfers and coaches at all levels about the product. Research into putting and full swing biomechanics has highlighted the need for the golfer to be stable at address and dynamically balanced during the swing. The ProStance is the latest training aid to enable the golfer to help achieve this. It is simple to use, yet the results are instant and the benefits are a more consistent and powerful strike. Dr Paul Hurrion MD of Quintic Consultancy and biomechanics adviser to many of the world's premier golfers now brings to the consumer coaching aids market the ProStance balance aid, and as one might expect, it's a winner! ProStance is a product that forces you to become very aware of balance, it's simple, reliable and supremely efficient.
A key collaborator with Hurrion on perfecting the ProStance is teaching pro Stewart Craig. The two professionals are prefect foils for each other in this. Hurrion's biomechanical work with organisations such as Hi-Tec and Titleist Performance Institute highlighted the need for ProStance in the first place. Craig's daily contact with club and county players helped provide a working template that would fit into the training regimes of every golfer. The perspective that most pros look at a student's swing invariably from the waist up was the key to ensuring the benefits of ProStance were not just meaningful to golfers at Tour standard, but to commonplace technique needs as well. In my experience the majority of coaching professionals address faults with compensations, explains Craig. However, most of the root problems in the golf swing are due to static or dynamic balance issues. What happens below the waist causes the problems above the waist.
With the intellectual ability of the partnership now making a real difference to the development of the ProStance, it still took several years to bring to market-readiness. The final result is there for every golfer to use on a regular basis, even daily!
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