Top 5 Must Have Training Aids

Top 5 Must Have Training Aids

Given how technical the sport is, it demands constant practice to achieve precision and consistency. Not everyone has the time to spend hours hitting hundreds of balls at the range. Here’s where training aids can be extremely helpful in improving your swing and leveling up your game without robbing you of your valuable time. They help us achieve the correct movements, positions and feels by instilling the right muscle memory and breaking old tendencies that might be detrimental to our swing. Each training aid is specific to a particular goal and can help us achieve faster and more efficient results. 

Read on to know our top 5 picks for the absolute must have training aids to help you get better! 

1. ALIGNMENT STICKS:

Practice the T Rod system with the pair of alignment sticks to improve your swing.

 

Why we love it:

- Excellent and inexpensive way to get the basics right

- Can easily carry around in the golf bag

- Great versatility

If there was an award for the most versatile training aid in the bag, alignment sticks would win it by a mile! Don’t let the simplicity of two plain rods deceive you. It’s all about getting creative with them and using it in numerous ways to get better at most aspects of your game. Apart from laying them down on the ground  and aligning yourself parallel to the target you can use it for Putting as a gate to correct your path. (Pro tip: do you want to add more distance to your shots? Grab an alignment stick and swing as fast as you can to and fro in the air as you can. It’s a great exercise to increase your swing speed.)

You can buy the alignment sticks here.

2. IMPACT BAG:

 

Why we love it:

- Portable; can be used both indoors and outdoors

- Trains the hands and body to move correctly at impact.

- Great to understand clubface control.

Regardless of how your swing looks, the moment of truth is ultimately the impact position. The quality of the shot is determined by where your hands, club and body are at when the club strikes the ball. Hence achieving a sound impact position is vital in improving your ball striking.

The impact bag is surely every instructor’s favorite training aid as it is an excellent way to train our hands and body to understand the correct position at impact. It is portable and a great option to practice your swings indoor as well. Without hitting a single ball you can make huge improvements in your game. Start compressing the ball more by getting to the ideal position of the shaft leaning forward, without flipping the club at impact.

You can buy the impact bag here.

Golfoy Basics impact power smash hitting bag(yellow color)-swing training aids for the trainers

3. SKLZ GOLD FLEX TRAINER

SKLZ Gold flex golf swing trainer is designed to improve swing tempo, strength, and flexibility

 

Why we love it:

     

      • Low-impact stretch for pre- round warm-up

      • Fits easily in golf bag – legal to carry on course

      • 10-20 swings every day will improve swing tempo, strength, and flexibility

    The Gold Flex golf swing trainer is designed to improve swing tempo, strength, and flexibility. The exaggerated flex in the shaft helps lengthen your swing by keeping your hands and arms extended. This creates power to help you bomb your drive and gain more distance. The extra flex also encourages a slight lag at the top of your backswing, establishing the ideal swing tempo. The momentum the weighted head creates when swinging through encourages proper weight transfer and a full follow through for form, balance, and power. Apart from that it is a great way to warm up before the round. After all, who has the time to hit the range before starting the round?

    You can buy the SKLZ gold flex trainer here.

    4. PUTTING MAT:

     

    Why we love it:

    - Great way to practice indoors

    - Easy to install and doesn’t take up much space

    Who would mind improving their putting at the comfort of being indoors?  Installing a putting mat at your home or office can go a long way in knocking shots off your handicap. It’s a great way to work on your stroke while you take a little breather at work or just another fun activity to engage in at home. You can try various drills on the mat or use other putting training aids to perfect your stroke

    We promise you won’t regret buying it!

    You can buy a putting mat here.

    WELLPUTT High speed golf putting mat - 13ft Green

    5. PUTTING MIRROR AND GATE:

    Puttout golf putting mirror and gate trainer for better alignment and positioning while putting

     

    What we love:

    - Compact and portable

    - Can be used indoors or outdoors

    - Scratchproof and durable

    (Puttout is one of the leading brands when it comes to putting training aids.) The putting mirror is scratch proof and compact which makes it easy to be carried around. It’s a very useful training aid which aims to help golfers of all levels improve their putting set up along with alignment, path and centeredness of contact. The two magnetic blades can be placed on either side of the putter at address to ensure square path and stroke. Any off center strike will result in the putter crashing into those blades.

    The gate is an excellent device to ensure that the ball starts on line with a square putter face.

    You can buy a putting mirror and gate here.

    Besides these if you are struggling with any other issue in your swing or looking for other game improvement equipment, check out our wide range of training aids on golfoy.com.