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Golfers are notorious for dropping thousands of dollars on swing coaches to lower their scores, but a new camcorder claims to render those costly lessons unnecessary by making you the coach. According to DVICE, the V-Swing is a hands-free camcorder that attaches to a golf bag and records your swing as close as six feet from the tee. The $350 device has a wide-angle lens mounted on a long, adjustable neck. You can watch your swing in full-speed, slow-motion or even frame-by-frame on the V-Swing's 3.5-inch screen. Once golfers are done at the course or range, they can review their wobbly swing mechanics with the help of the included V1 motion-analysis software, which lets users upload their videos to the Web for critique by community golf pros.Sure, you can't share a beer at the clubhouse with the V-Swing, but it's cheaper than a human coach, and, best of all, it doesn't berate you when you slice into the water hazard for the third consecutive time. [From: DVICE and V-Swing]
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Subscribe to commentsGolfASASGAAug 1st 2010 6:08AM
Looks like a great idea, especially the part having to do with the review of your videos by the pros. I'm a member of the American Singles Golf Association - - we're all single people who play golf - - the average handicap in our group is 25, so something like this could be of tremendous use to this level of player. $350 seems a little pricy - - does that include the cost of the pro reviews?
tomAug 1st 2010 6:12AM
if your learning golf , then you wouldnt know what your doing wrong in the 1st place and im sure the camera isnt going to verbally tell you what your doing wrong as a pro instructor will. but im sure its a good teaching tool for the pro.
josephbarbiauxAug 1st 2010 1:23PM
YOU'RE
ENGLISH 101
paulAug 1st 2010 6:56AM
I am a 4 handicap player. .. that means I can hit it pretty well, I also write golf swing instructional articles and post them on the web. people read the article and can then buy an ebook that has golf instuction that works for most golfers, including single digit players.. a video is an excellent teaching tool, however you do have to know what you are looking at, and each player response differently to instruction. I would really like this new camera, others wouldn't understand what they were seeing and would need a golf instructor to unravel the swing for them.. over all , though , it 's a good idea.. buy me one
rhgolftchrAug 1st 2010 8:07AM
Just remember... anyone can build a racecar !! But only a handful can successfully drive it !! 99% of the reason we are useful as instructors, is because golfers don't understand the proper "fixes" in swing problems ! You need experience to help with that.
charlesharris53Aug 1st 2010 8:40AM
i went to a tourney here in palm harbor, fl at the westin of innisbrook, the copperhead course. I was watching peter jacobson hit on the practice tee. he also had a small camcorder sitting on his golf bag. after each shot he would walk to his bag, look at the shot and go hit another one. this was 5 or 6 years ago so this is not a new dvice.
charlesharris53Aug 1st 2010 8:39AM
it sounds to me what with all the gadgets you would be better off getting him lessons. if he is buying everything to fix his swing sounds like they aren't working.
RYANAug 1st 2010 1:28PM
I played a game of golf once.
RussellAug 1st 2010 1:34PM
High tech gadgets are little help when it comes to golf. The true beneficiaries of this kind
of stuff are the companies that manufacture and push them as a must have. A door mat
to hit off of, and a net to hit into, (about $50 to $60 tops) and practice, practice, practice will definitely improve your game. Another amazing aid is the Modern Fundamentals of Golf by Ben Hogan. (About $15), This was suggested to me years ago by a friend who actually witnessed one of the worst golf swings he ever saw in his life. Now I play well and am very
relaxed when I play. It's nice when you are no longer a frustrated golfer.
dechralAug 1st 2010 2:46PM
golf instructors are trying to make it look like they have magical abilities. And making claims that a normal person people looking at this video wouldn't know what they are looking at when seeing a video of a human swinging a club. Any beginner can use reference of themselves on video to see what they are doing wrong along with a little research on the internet. Instructors could go extinct. Oh noes.