Gabe Golf Swing Trainer - Transition - It Works

[ralphs007]

Like many things in golf,sometimes you really have to exaggerate a move, just to  even come close to doing it a little bit in the swing.Maybe that's the thinking behind this training aid.I just watched a golf show with Raymond Floyd,and he said he liked to work on exaggerating the stop and go in his golf swing,during practice. And if someone as good as Raymond Floyd works with this swing thought,I tend to believe its worth trying.Maybe you don't need this aid to practice your transition,but that doesn't mean the thing is junk. I wouldn't mind trying this training aid if the price was a little lower!

[Hacker James]

I can see this thing helping. After my first effort at mimicking the "other" speed stick device and having two balls fly off the end of the shaft, I simply took a "birdie ball", slid it over the end of a shaft with a well secured golf ball at the end. The birdie ball is very light and it also takes awhile to slide to the grip and therefore the pause is exaggerated, but the sound of it clicking at the grip end acts as a trigger. I was then able to take my normal club, take back rather slowly to the top, pause (a little), and was able to swing much harder. The birdie ball thing is also good for speed training and it won't cause the affixed golf ball to fly off the shaft. Worked for me, but not everybody. It does not work on a regular club though as it slides down over the hozel too far and/or gets stuck.

[Lagavulin62]

Does anybody remember the "hinge practice club"? Early 2000's I believe.  It was to teach proper clubhead positioning(open and close) throughout the swing. I got suckered into that and it helped with hand feel. However, like many of these gadgets, you could open and close early, cheating the system, and in the end find yourself with a shorter swing plane.  Lol.  I threw it away after 3 weeks. My point is this. For everything they are trying to teach, there is a method for teaching it that has been used by the better Pro teachers ever since the origins of this game. You can use technology to teach a child to read, but the fundamental steps are still the same. Doesn't make it any easier.   It just makes money for the businesses selling that stuff.  

[Hacker James]

@Lagavulin62  are you referring to the Medicus training club(s) ?  In any event, this is why I often tinker around making my own (often to the point of ridicule), but at least I am not out any money if it doesn't work out, but most work out just fine for my purposes. I've made tee retainers, club stands, tethered balls, swing path indicators, attack angle devices, training clubs, fade and draw indicator rods, you name it... (just like most other folks, I would surmise).

[Mr. Desmond]

51 minutes ago, Lagavulin62 said:

Does anybody remember the "hinge practice club"? Early 2000's I believe.  It was to teach proper clubhead positioning(open and close) throughout the swing. I got suckered into that and it helped with hand feel. However, like many of these gadgets, you could open and close early, cheating the system, and in the end find yourself with a shorter swing plane.  Lol.  I threw it away after 3 weeks. My point is this. For everything they are trying to teach, there is a method for teaching it that has been used by the better Pro teachers ever since the origins of this game. You can use technology to teach a child to read, but the fundamental steps are still the same. Doesn't make it any easier.   It just makes money for the businesses selling that stuff.  

It's just bearings in a golf club shaft and one hits golf balls with it. Make a full turn, wait for bearings to fall as lower body does its thing... swing.

Not much of a gadget. Sure you can tell yourself to wait, and then swing, but this offers consistent feedback. When I have a golf club in my hand, I don't like to wait - this has me waiting.

[Lagavulin62]

47 minutes ago, Hacker James said:

@Lagavulin62  are you referring to the Medicus training club(s) ?  

Yes that's it! ....... I like your ideas. ........most of this reminds me of those kitchen gadgets and special tools advertised on late night television. If we were good enough to play on the tour would we really want to attach our names to these things? I couldn't do it.  

[Hacker James]

3 minutes ago, Lagavulin62 said:

Yes that's it! ....... I like your ideas. ........most of this reminds me of those kitchen gadgets and special tools advertised on late night television. If we were good enough to play on the tour would we really want to attach our names to these things? I couldn't do it.  

I have not seen many "current" tour players associate themselves, but several instructors and coaches and also some "old school" guys. I am sure that the ones you see on golf forums are from sponsored entities that pay for the privilege. I get a chuckle at some of Shawn Clements "tools", he takes everyday things laying around the house and puts them to good use, but hey, if it helps, why not?

[Mr. Desmond]

Nine months later - still have the Gabe Golf Trainer in the bag - if transition is an issue, seems to help before a round. Good luck.

Edited August 1, 2017 by Mr. Desmond