How to practice with Mevo+?

[RobinGolfer]

Hi everyone,

I've been reading in this forum for more than 1 year, but this is my first post. I'm thinking about getting a Mevo+ launch monitor and I would like to know how you folks use it to practice at a driving range (I don't have space for indoor golf in my apartment, so I would only use it at a range).
Specifically, I would like to transform my fade / pull / slice ball flight pattern into a straighter / draw flight pattern. Usually I score in the mid-80s, so there is some dispersion of my shots.
Unfortunately, our driving range has flight-reduced balls, so distances differ from those I hit at the golf course with real golf balls (around 7% shorter).

So how do you use it and which numbers do you pay attention to? For example, do you look for horizontal launch direction and spin axis tilt and make adjustments to your swing until the numbers are fine? Dou you look for smash factor to try to improve dispersion of impact positions?
All these things could also be taken into consideration by looking at the ball flight itself rather than the numbers, using impact tape, etc. So I am somewhere between purchasing such a unit as a technology geek and investing the money into lessons.
If you use a launch monitor to improve your swing, how do you do it?

I've got the little Mevo launch monitor, but to be honest I was quite disappointed with it. Looking only for swing speed and carry distance, I was able to increase my swing speed at the range a little, but at the expense of repeatability, so I didn't even take these swing changes to the course. Furthermore, Mevo only registered a little fraction of my shots. Maybe this is due to setup issues, I've never really figured it out. But I haven't used a yardstick to position Mevo as precisely as possible.
How precisely do you position your launch monitor, how much time do you invest into finding the correct position behind you at the driving range?

Best regards

Robin

[Givegift]

look on you tube..

https://youtu.be/PhoCzukMl2E

like Scott hogan ,he use mevo plus for some lesson..

in his channel, he explains all the parameters and how to analyze them. however, to have a draw, the ball should start to the right (horizzontal from 0/3) and the spin axis should turn to the left. the more ball starts to the right, the more you have to have the spinnaxis up vs left to get her back. the snash factor determines a good contact, of course you have to use good quality balls. with driver 1.50 it is the top, if it goes down to 1.40 most likely you won't get much in the center.
sorry for my English. I came from Italy.

Hi everyone,

I've been reading in this forum for more than 1 year, but this is my first post. I'm thinking about getting a Mevo+ launch monitor and I would like to know how you folks use it to practice at a driving range (I don't have space for indoor golf in my apartment, so I would only use it at a range).
Specifically, I would like to transform my fade / pull / slice ball flight pattern into a straighter / draw flight pattern. Usually I score in the mid-80s, so there is some dispersion of my shots.
Unfortunately, our driving range has flight-reduced balls, so distances differ from those I hit at the golf course with real golf balls (around 7% shorter).

So how do you use it and which numbers do you pay attention to? For example, do you look for horizontal launch direction and spin axis tilt and make adjustments to your swing until the numbers are fine? Dou you look for smash factor to try to improve dispersion of impact positions?
All these things could also be taken into consideration by looking at the ball flight itself rather than the numbers, using impact tape, etc. So I am somewhere between purchasing such a unit as a technology geek and investing the money into lessons.
If you use a launch monitor to improve your swing, how do you do it?

I've got the little Mevo launch monitor, but to be honest I was quite disappointed with it. Looking only for swing speed and carry distance, I was able to increase my swing speed at the range a little, but at the expense of repeatability, so I didn't even take these swing changes to the course. Furthermore, Mevo only registered a little fraction of my shots. Maybe this is due to setup issues, I've never really figured it out. But I haven't used a yardstick to position Mevo as precisely as possible.
How precisely do you position your launch monitor, how much time do you invest into finding the correct position behind you at the driving range?

Best regards

Robin

[tcb121]

I take mine to the range all the time. Tends to draw some attention and I should probably contact Flightscope to get some commission on potential units that I've sold. It's best to have two people go to the range with you. I use my ipad and film my son using the FS Golf App. Works really well and you can slow motion the swing frame by frame and make corrections at the range. This is extremely valuable if you know what you are analyzing as all of the data and video is there and available to look at. I would suggest you take a friend that is near scratch or a better player who knows swing mechanics and ball data to help with you at the range. Otherwise invest in some lessons and use friends and family to re-enforce the correct mechanics using the Mevo+ and Ipad combo at the range.

I film him from multiple angles. Behind him and also profile with a series of swings. It's an amazing outdoor unit and tool. Setting up at the range can be a bit tricky and I've invested in some EVA puzzle foam mats of various thickness to get a level surface between the mevo and the driving range mat.

Don't just beat golf balls. Practice with some purpose and get the mechanics and proper balance down and good things will start to come. Even though we have a full simulator in our house we still take the unit to the driving range and get reps in. My son gets tired of seeing the ball only virtually with hitting into a screen 10 feet in front of him, so we go to the range a good bit during the summer. The included E6 courses are fun and that lasted us for a few months and then we purchased TGC 2019. You can play a new course every day for the next decade and still only scratch the surface of courses available.

It's a great outdoor tool, but if you don't have a sim room it's a bit pricy. If you already have the original mevo you could probably put that 2 grand to golf lessons unless you live in a place with nice temps year round. A lot of guys on here have constructed outdoor sim setups to be able to hit at home. It's a good unit though and I think in the right hands can really help your game.

[Otter101]

So I bought mine to use strictly as a launch monitor as I don’t have the room yet to set up a sim. I do live in a golf community and have unlimited as to the course and range. So my plan is to use it on the range and attempt to use it on the course. Right now just figuring out how to make it function as it should and once i get more comfortable with the mevo, I’ll start using the skills app and really find a good practice set up.

[RobinGolfer]

Thank you very much for your replies!

The Scott Hogan youtube videos are very informative!

@tcb101, you mentioned setting up at a driving range can be a bit tricky.
How precisely do you have to position the unit relative to the ball? So for example, if you enter 8 ft distance in the app, but the actual distance is 7 ft, will you get wrong numbers or no reads at all?

If you start a new line of divots and change the location of the ball by a few inches, do you have to place the device at a new position, too?

There is a figure in the manual that shows that there shouldn't be a "valley" between the device and the ball. However, this is exactly what you get when using range mats and position the unit as high as the ball.
Do you only use it when hitting off grass?

At our local driving range, sometimes the height of the grass is up to 1 inch. I wonder if this can cause radar echoes that cause misreads? On the other hand I've seen a video of Bryson DeChambeau using it in the rough somewhere..