DIY golf training aid. Post it here for the people who may want to try but not buy!

[TeetoGrnr]

Just following up on the slice eliminator golf training aid just posted...what DIY's have other TGNer's made.

Please refrain from calling people cheap or a thief or anything else along those lines because $50 saved is a dozen Pro V1's in the bag!

Pics and any explanations are appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Hector Gill]

IMO....any swing aid, whether equipment or technique,has to work 100% of the time for at least 75% of the golfing population.

[WDM1980]

IMO....any swing aid, whether equipment or technique,has to work 100% of the time for at least 75% of the golfing population.

What exactly would qualify under those conditions? Any training aid, used incorrectly, or even correctly, can hinder, rather than help. That means they won't work 100% of the time. [An example - training aid X helps deal with swing issue Y. You use it correctly; however, swing issue Y was compensating for other swing issue Z. Now, you've eliminated swing issue Y and every shot is worse because you're still doing Z.]

[Hector Gill]

What exactly would qualify under those conditions? Any training aid, used incorrectly, or even correctly, can hinder, rather than help. That means they won't work 100% of the time. [An example - training aid X helps deal with swing issue Y. You use it correctly; however, swing issue Y was compensating for other swing issue Z. Now, you've eliminated swing issue Y and every shot is worse because you're still doing Z.]

Presently....nothing IMO.

[tickyboy]

Something I whipped up a couple years ago, to go along with tour sticks training sticks. Works pretty well for short putts.

[Feherty Fan]

I've been using a yardstick for my winter putting practice this year. Basically, just put a metal yardstick on the ground towards your target and try to putt the ball on top of it the entire way. Check YouTube, as there is many videos on it.

Wouldn't know if it's improved my putting until the Spring, but when first started I could barely do it and now I can do 15-20 in a row on a regular basis, so got to believe its helping.

[Hector Gill]

I think this video shows a difference that strikes me between Ams and Pros.The lead arm position at address. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YPm-zQjN4M

[TeetoGrnr]

My Orange Whip and speed trainer DIYs is made with driveway markers (I think they're made of fibreglass) which cost around $2 at Home Depot and found golf balls and old golf grips.

BTW driveway markers are the cheap golfers alignment rods.

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.46-inch-fibreglass-driveway-marker-with-tape-top.1000679789.html

Link to picture.

https://imgur.com/a/9FCBW

Do not try and swing weighted whip near windows or people in case it breaks.

The unweighted whip (with no golf balls on it) can be swung holding either end...ie hold grip and swing as far as possible (speed training) or hold grip at bottom (light weighted whip).

The orange whip is supposed to help you feel loading of the club and unloading.

[bl8d]

I keep TV rabbit ears, in my bag at all time. An extremely versatile practice aid as a gate to chip thru, flat on the ground as a ball position and stand width marker. 101 uses.

[Fore Warned]

I've been using a yardstick for my winter putting practice this year. Basically, just put a metal yardstick on the ground towards your target and try to putt the ball on top of it the entire way. Check YouTube, as there is many videos on it.

Wouldn't know if it's improved my putting until the Spring, but when first started I could barely do it and now I can do 15-20 in a row on a regular basis, so got to believe its helping.

That will certainly help with hitting your putt along the aim line. Getting the ball to go the entire way along a metal strip is not easy.

[Fore Warned]

I keep TV rabbit ears, in my bag at all time. An extremely versatile practice aid as a gate to chip thru, flat on the ground as a ball position and stand width marker. 101 uses.

Also can be used as a lightning rod or alternatively as a dowsing rod. And isn't there a guy on here who carries a candle stick just in case? Not sure what that is for.

[bl8d]

Also can be used as a lightning rod or alternatively as a dowsing rod. And isn't there a guy on here who carries a candle stick just in case? Not sure what that is for.

won't bother to test so myself, but that makes 102 and 103.
Our man Moffat is the candlestick man, taking credit for the misdeed, 'sted the Butler.