Method and assembly for golf swing training

Abstract

A method and assembly for golf swing training incorporating steps and elements of providing a wand having back swing tracking and down swing tracking ends, providing a mat having a back swing tracking line and a down swing tracking line, placing the mat upon the ground, positioning a golfer behind the mat, causing the golfer to manually grasp and hold the wand laterally across his upper chest, and causing the golfer to repeatedly rotatably move his upper chest and hands so that the back swing and down swing tracking ends of the wand alternately and successively pass over the back swing and down swing tracking lines of the mat.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A golf swing training method comprising steps of: 
 (a) providing a wand having a back swing tracking end and having a down swing tracking end;    (b) providing a mat having a forward end, a rearward end, a back swing tracking line, and having a down swing tracking line;    (c) placing the mat upon a ground or floor surface;    (d) positioning a golfer upon the floor or ground surface rearwardly from the back swing and down swing tracking lines;    (e) positioning the wand across the golfer's chest;    (f) rotatably moving the golfer's upper body so that the back swing and down swing tracking ends of the wand alternately and successively pass over the back swing and down swing tracking lines.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the golfer positioning step orients the golfer a distance away from the back swing tracking line greater than or equal to the golfer's nine iron ball address distance, and less than or equal to the golfer's driver ball address distance.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising a step of crossing the golfer's forearms, said step occurring contemporaneously with the wand positioning step.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising steps of visually observing the back swing and down swing tracking ends of the wand as said ends alternately and successively pass over the back swing and down swing tracking lines.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the step of rotatably moving alternately rotates and counter-rotates the wand about the golfer's spinal axis.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the steps of passage of the back swing tracking end of the wand over the back swing tracking line of the mat occur during the wand rotation steps, and wherein the steps of passage of the down swing tracking end of the wand over the down swing tracking line of the mat occur during the wand counter-rotation steps.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  further comprising repeated steps of rotating the golfer's hips, each such step occurring during one of the wand counter-rotation steps.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising steps of moving the down swing tracking end of the wand rearwardly, each such step occurring substantially contemporaneously with transitions between the wand rotation steps and the wand counter-rotation steps.  
     
     
         9 . An assembly for golf swing training comprising: 
 (a) a wand having a back swing tracking end and a down swing tracking end;    (b) a floor or ground mat having a forward end, a rearward end, and having opposing lateral ends, said mat having golf ball position indicia, said mat having back swing guiding indicia extending from the golf ball position indicia and toward one of said mat's lateral ends, said mat having down swing guiding indicia extending from the golf ball position indicia toward said lateral end and extending rearwardly from the back swing guiding indicia;    (c) the wand being positionable upwardly and rearwardly from the golf ball position indicia and across a golfer's chest for rotational movement of the wand by the golfer in relation to said mat.    
     
     
         10 . The assembly of  claim 9  wherein the back swing guiding indicia is substantially straight, and wherein the down swing guiding indicia is arcuately and forwardly curved.  
     
     
         11 . The assembly of  claim 10  wherein the down swing guiding indicia intersects a line extending along the back swing guiding indicia at the golf ball position indicia.  
     
     
         12 . The assembly of  claim 11  wherein the floor or ground mat further comprises ball address guiding indicia extending rearwardly from the golf ball position indicia.  
     
     
         13 . The assembly of  claim 12  wherein the wand comprises a plurality of alternately assembleable and disassembleable segments.  
     
     
         14 . The assembly of  claim 13  wherein the wand has a midpoint, and further comprising midpoint indicia fixedly attached to the wand.  
     
     
         15 . The assembly of  claim 13  wherein each of the alternately assembleable and disassembleable segments comprises a slip pin or slip sleeve.  
     
     
         16 . The assembly of  claim 15  wherein each of the alternately assembleable and disassembleable segments of the wand has a hollow bore, and further comprising an elastic cord extending through the hollow bores.