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So a while back I noticed that my Skytrak would occasionally see the round brass weight on the end of an exercise club I built and think I hit a ball. It would show a ball take off on the driving range and it would display, of course, its speed and spin etc. I also notice that the speed it read matched exactly my swing speed radar that i had on at the time. This got me thinking.
Just tonight, I picked up a package of plastic practice balls, cut one in half and glued it to the end of my brass weight thinking Skytrak might pick it up reliably if the brass weight looked more like a golf ball. Well success. Most of the time Skytrak will pick it up and pick it up well. It almost always matched what my SSR read, or differed by only 1-3 mph.
A little background about the weighted exercise club. I epoxied a brass weight onto the end of an old shaft in order to create an almost exact replica of my driver in both length and weight. I did this thinking I could get accurate club speed from my swing speed radar as ssr is notorious for measuring the toe of your clubs closing and therefore often reads much higher than actual. This little brass weight I thought would be picked up much more reliably and after testing, it seemed I was correct. Now that I have reproduced its data with this Skytrak trick, I feel great knowing that I have a reliable and accurate way to measure my current swing speed and I can also know for certain if I am improving and not just shutting the club face down faster.
So if you want to measure your swing speed very accurately, grab an old shaft and a weight like mine or stack some washers and glue them on the end. Make sure it matches the length, and weight of your actual driver. If you have an SSR, use it knowing it will be very accurate (just watch out for any abnormal jumps in speed, you can still trick it some with a violent jerk of the clubhead) and or glue half of a plastic golf ball on the end and have your ST measure your swing speed.
Funny additional thing. The ball flight you get when ST picks this club up tells you a lot of information about your swing path and how fast you rotate the club through impact.
Just tonight, I picked up a package of plastic practice balls, cut one in half and glued it to the end of my brass weight thinking Skytrak might pick it up reliably if the brass weight looked more like a golf ball. Well success. Most of the time Skytrak will pick it up and pick it up well. It almost always matched what my SSR read, or differed by only 1-3 mph.
A little background about the weighted exercise club. I epoxied a brass weight onto the end of an old shaft in order to create an almost exact replica of my driver in both length and weight. I did this thinking I could get accurate club speed from my swing speed radar as ssr is notorious for measuring the toe of your clubs closing and therefore often reads much higher than actual. This little brass weight I thought would be picked up much more reliably and after testing, it seemed I was correct. Now that I have reproduced its data with this Skytrak trick, I feel great knowing that I have a reliable and accurate way to measure my current swing speed and I can also know for certain if I am improving and not just shutting the club face down faster.
So if you want to measure your swing speed very accurately, grab an old shaft and a weight like mine or stack some washers and glue them on the end. Make sure it matches the length, and weight of your actual driver. If you have an SSR, use it knowing it will be very accurate (just watch out for any abnormal jumps in speed, you can still trick it some with a violent jerk of the clubhead) and or glue half of a plastic golf ball on the end and have your ST measure your swing speed.
Funny additional thing. The ball flight you get when ST picks this club up tells you a lot of information about your swing path and how fast you rotate the club through impact.
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