The Swing Jacket

[Howling Coyote]

Has anyone here tried the swing jacket?  If so, what are your thoughts about it?

[SavvySwede]

Well if Brandel endorses it... But seriously I think the swing the amateur makes at 1:06 shows that the device can be cheated fairly easily.

[Howling Coyote]

SavySwede

What do you mean, by the device can be cheated?

[SavvySwede]

31 minutes ago, Howling Coyote said:

SavySwede

What do you mean, by the device can be cheated?

The amateur in the video can still force himself into the positions of his regular swing. If you look at the swings with and without the swing jacket side by side his swing is more or less identical. Not saying it isn't necessarily a bad training aid, I use use a similar but much simpler device on occasion but like all training aids it promises much more than it delivers.

[Ernest Jones]

I'd try hitting balls with a $2 nerf mini-soccer ball between my elbows first. But then again, I'm pretty cheap when it comes to buying training-aids and am always building them myself. 

[14ledo81]

1 hour ago, Ernest Jones said:

I'd try hitting balls with a $2 nerf mini-soccer ball between my elbows first. But then again, I'm pretty cheap when it comes to buying training-aids and am always building them myself. 

Agreed.  

The nerf ball works..