Golf training aid

Abstract

To improve a golf player's ability to produce accurate draw and fade shots the invention provides a golf training aid comprising a guide member including a curve, said curve lying substantially in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of a surface on which the aid rests in use, the curved section acting, in use, as a visual guide for the movement of the club.

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         14 . A golf training aid for use in assisting a golfer to strike a golf ball, with a golf club, in a particular manner, so as to drive the ball in a desired direction; the aid comprising a guide member including a curve, said curve lying substantially in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of a surface on which the aid rests in use, the curve acting, in use, as a visual guide for the movement of the club. 
     
     
         15 . The aid of  claim 14 , further comprising a frame for positioning on the surface in use. 
     
     
         16 . The aid of  claim 15 , wherein the shape of the frame is substantially rectangular comprising four frame members. 
     
     
         17 . The aid of  claim 15 , wherein the guide member is releasably fixed to the frame and the aid includes an adjustor for varying the position of the guide member relative to the frame. 
     
     
         18 . The aid of  claim 15 , wherein the frame includes an anchor for anchoring the frame to the surface in use. 
     
     
         19 . The aid of  claim 18 , wherein the anchor is a spike. 
     
     
         20 . The aid of  claim 14 , wherein the guide member is reversibly fixed to the frame for improving alternately both fade and draw shots. 
     
     
         21 . The aid of  claim 14 , wherein the frame includes markings acting as visual references for the location of a ball or tee peg. 
     
     
         22 . A method of golf training comprising the steps of providing a golf training aid for use in assisting a golfer to strike a golf ball, with a golf club, in a particular manner, so as to drive the ball in a desired direction; the aid comprising a guide member including a curve, said curve lying substantially in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of a surface on which the aid rests in use, the curve acting, in use, as a visual guide for the movement of the club; and positioning the aid such that it points in the same direction as it is desired, in use, to strike the ball. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the guide member is releasably fixed to the frame and the aid includes an adjustor for varying the position of the guide member relative to the frame; the method further comprising the steps of positioning the frame such that one frame member points in the same direction as the direction in which it is desired, in use, to strike the ball; adjusting the position of the guide member relative to the frame; and swinging a golf club such that its head travels substantially parallel to the curve of the guide member. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the steps of adjusting the position of the guide member and striking a ball are repeated until such time as the ball travels in the desired direction. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the position of the guide member relative to the frame is marked or otherwise recorded to enable repositioning of the guide member relative to the frame following relative movement of either.