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I got this a month or two ago (the iOS app only shipped at the end of August, and it wasn't fully featured at that time). I need to email them to figure out how to use the wrist portion if you don't use a glove. But otherwise… I'm looking forward to experimenting with this more.

 

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This looks like a great tool. Looking forward to how your experience goes with it. Thanks for sharing this.

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I watched the videos and can see the significance of the device.   I'm interested in reading reviews.

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I have spent years trying to not think about my wrists.  This device is not for me.  It could be a godsend for those who haven't been thinking about their wrists enough.  

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2 minutes ago, Piz said:

I have spent years trying to not think about my wrists.  This device is not for me.  It could be a godsend for those who haven't been thinking about their wrists enough.  

I'm not suggesting it for golfers. It's pretty pricy for that.

But… for instruction, and even "research," it's a good tool. And I do think it'll be a godsend (so to say) for putting.

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4 minutes ago, iacas said:

And I do think it'll be a godsend (so to say) for putting.

I didn't give that a prior thought but you're right.   Very cool.

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14 minutes ago, iacas said:

I'm not suggesting it for golfers. It's pretty pricy for that.

But… for instruction, and even "research," it's a good tool. And I do think it'll be a godsend (so to say) for putting.

I can see that.  It depends on what is wrong.  My idea is that every pass, through the ball, has a percentage grade.  Whether that is high or low is independent of the result.  A good golf shot looks like you imagined it would.  I get what you are saying but I both do and do not think of it that way.  

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2 hours ago, Piz said:

Whether that is high or low is independent of the result.

What do you mean?

I don’t think it’s independent. It’s also pretty consistent.

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5 hours ago, iacas said:

What do you mean?

I don’t think it’s independent. It’s also pretty consistent.

I mean that the swing and the resulting shot are separate to me.  My best swing, of the day, does not always produce the best shot.  An exceptionally good pass will often propel the ball thru the corner or over the green.  That is disappointing and encouraging at the same time: the swing felt great but I used the wrong club.

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4 hours ago, Piz said:

I mean that the swing and the resulting shot are separate to me.  My best swing, of the day, does not always produce the best shot.  An exceptionally good pass will often propel the ball thru the corner or over the green.  That is disappointing and encouraging at the same time: the swing felt great but I used the wrong club.

Maybe. But more often than not, a better swing results in a better shot. Hence why some of these tools are valuable - they correlate what something feels like to what it's actually doing.

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On 10/28/2018 at 1:17 PM, iacas said:

I got this a month or two ago (the iOS app only shipped at the end of August, and it wasn't fully featured at that time). I need to email them to figure out how to use the wrist portion if you don't use a glove. But otherwise… I'm looking forward to experimenting with this more.

 

This thing seems super cool. I’m interested what you learned. But your money, your effort, your research. So it’s not fair to ask 10,000 questions...so I’ll limit to one. 

Ive noticed the best putters in my group (Good group, couple plus handicaps -so not slouches) all just barely forward press the putter before they take it back. Not really enough to even call a forward press (but I suppose the lead wrist would go into flexion a tad before takeaway?). I seem to keep my short putts on line better this way .

My question is: how to the wrists tend to work on the putting takeaway? (for decent putters) I know putting is very variable, but I bet there’s a trend among good putters.

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I noticed the Lite version is available now. Dunno if it's recent or has been out there for awhile.

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2 hours ago, nevets88 said:

I noticed the Lite version is available now. Dunno if it's recent or has been out there for awhile.

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What's different about it?

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14 hours ago, iacas said:

What's different about it?

I thought this the cheaper, more mass market model they were working on?

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4 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

I thought this the cheaper, more mass market model they were working on?

I preordered two of those if so.

So again what’s different?

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5 hours ago, iacas said:

I preordered two of those if so.

So again what’s different?

Cheaper. 

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9 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Cheaper. 

Is that the ONLY thing?

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3 hours ago, iacas said:

Is that the ONLY thing?

😁

It actually looks like the same thing at half the price, just no desktop OS interface. That’s from a quick look though. 

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