Swing Guru program

[Typhoon92]

Has anyone here used it?  I was on it the other night and the thing that threw me for a loop was it told me my " hand speed" with my 6 iron was 7 mph and the tour average was 22 mph.  Yet...I was dead on with ball speed 127, launch angle 14.1 and carry distance 185 with the Trackman PGA tour averages chart.  My club head speed was 91...1 mph off.

so what's up with hand speed?  How far would the f*#^ing ball go if my hands were also traveling 15 mph faster!? LOL...

[Hacker James]

What do they use to measure hand speed?  The monitors I have seen are small and low to the ground.  Then again, I don't really know how they work.  I was thinking of getting a relatively inexpensive one like Swing Speed Radar or SC Swing Caddie.

[Typhoon92]

There is a camera opposite, face on from where I stand.  It's almost like a PlayStation 3 type of camera.  The program itself is interesting. My swing will score a 73 because I have flaws that I compensate for.  One of our other guys who is shaped like a can of tuna, can't break 100 or hit a drive over 200 yards will score 100 percent on his swing.

So I don't know how it measures hand speed since it doesn't have a radar.  It will also tell me if I have a slow downswing.  I just take it for what it is worth.  For instance I know I need to move off the ball more, not stay over it because I get a little reverse pivot.  The guru tells me this, my pro tells me this and I can use the program to fix it.

The hand speed thing though drives me nuts.

[Hacker James]

20 hours ago, Typhoon92 said:

 

The hand speed thing though drives me nuts.

So, why not just ignore it? if you have a connected, rotational swing, the movement of your hands in relation to your torso is not very far and measured in inches. According to Quinton Martin (or whatever his name is) maintains it is only four inches or so and some mumbo jumbo about a collar bone or something. 

[billchao]

21 hours ago, Typhoon92 said:

I just take it for what it is worth.

Which is nothing? 

You're a +3 and it says your swing is inferior to a 25 handicap player...

[Typhoon92]

1 hour ago, billchao said:

Which is nothing? 

You're a +3 and it says your swing is inferior to a 25 handicap player...

Yeah I know, it just seems weird.  We laugh actually.

[billchao]

9 minutes ago, Typhoon92 said:

Yeah I know, it just seems weird.  We laugh actually.

You get my point though, right? I don't know anything about this thing but I'm not sure I'd put too much stock into what it tells you, based on the above information.