DIY strike locator for rank golf beginners

[chilepepper]

I gave the guy points for actually thinking and doing something positive

[xrayvizhen]

If you're happy with your invention, fine, but while it may show you where on the clubface the "ball" hit, it won't show you the spin imparted by the strike, thus, not too useful. I would take the advise of what others have said previously; get some wiffle balls or the spongy foam kind which go further and start whacking away. If you don't like the idea of chasing after the ball (and that's kind of what golf is...Google the Robin Williams golf routine video) when I was a kid our house was on a small quarter acre lot with a bunch of trees so I tied a 20 yard long string to a wiffle ball. That worked.

Then take some lessons.

[Lihu]

16 hours ago, xrayvizhen said:

If you're happy with your invention, fine, but while it may show you where on the clubface the "ball" hit, it won't show you the spin imparted by the strike, thus, not too useful.

This is one reason I'm adding stuff to my electronic capture setup. I have "impact location" and "AoA" so far, and working on full path. The issue with me working on this is when I resolve a swing issue I move on to other things and these gizmos don't see any progress. . .That and I have a Mevo LM.

So, for this I'm developing a high speed motion capture equivalent to about ~100,000 frames per second. Not an image sensor per se, but can capture objects within 1mm x-y-z position or so.

I'm also working on a radar based LM from scratch in the background. . .mostly for fun though.

 

They're more for hobby and fun interest than anything else. . .

Edited February 9, 2018 by Lihu

[billchao]

On 2/9/2018 at 10:40 AM, Lihu said:

This is one reason I'm adding stuff to my electronic capture setup. I have "impact location" and "AoA" so far, and working on full path. The issue with me working on this is when I resolve a swing issue I move on to other things and these gizmos don't see any progress. . .That and I have a Mevo LM.

If you continue the project, you should focus on stuff that compliments the Mevo. You don't need the data Mevo can capture, so get the stuff it can't. 

[Lihu]

1 hour ago, billchao said:

If you continue the project, you should focus on stuff that compliments the Mevo. You don't need the data Mevo can capture, so get the stuff it can't. 

True. A couple cheap gizmos could be really cool if they could complement each other.

What would be really cool is a LM with both radar and the camera based system of GC Quad. You'd need to fuse the data together with something like an EKF or something.