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DriverBreaker

 
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  1. You could do a ton of backswing work. Turn on the audio feedback and work on keeping the lead wrist in the position you want. Backswing work doesn’t require hitting balls.
  2. I have played around with putting a bit more, but I still get a ton of accidental captures even on just small practice strokes.
  3. Yeah for the club data, TrackMan doesn’t need to be outside to measure accurately. Ball data on the other hand…. If you see the spin rate italicized in TrackMan, it means it did not measure spin rate on the shot and hat do calculate/estimate it. The new Titleist RTC balls are near perfect for TrackMan indoors. I have good results with the metallic sticker as well indoors. And again, they just measure club data at two different points in time, so tough to say if one is more accurate than the other. I know I just prefer and trust TrackMan for club data more.
  4. I don’t remember finding a course for under $70. That was pre-Covid as well. We stayed and played close to a Big Cedar and the golf is pricey there. Have fun!
  5. It is super easy to set up. Literally turn it on. Set it on the ground parallel to your target line. Usually the alignment stick that comes with it if you want to, and start smacking balls. If you can see the ball flight outdoors, the alignment stick probably isn’t even necessary. Because really all you would be looking for at that point is the launch, spin, ball speed, and total carry numbers since you can see the ball in real time for curvature. For indoors, unless you have a ton of space, camera based units work the easiest. I literally just have about 8 feet from my hitting mat to the net, but I could get away with even less than that. If you have a really tight space, as long as you can swing the club comfortably and safely you can get away with almost any amount of space.
  6. Not at the moment, no. I would need to purchase a gaming computer to run FSX Play and purchase the Gold subscription.
  7. Hello fellow Spies. I had an opportunity to purchase a Bushnell Launch Pro with some extra monies that I had to spend. I did lots of research and debating before landing on this unit and the ball only mode. For background, I teach and coach using TrackMan 4 and GC Quad every week. I know the ins and outs of Launch Monitors. Camera based vs radar, all price points, etc. I know what numbers to expect and when something is wonky. I’ve been using my Launch Pro since right around Christmas and have logged many practice sessions indoors. Yesterday, I took it up to work and laid it down side by side with the TrackMan 4 (indoors, not outside). I aligned both units and used a Titleist ProV1 ball with a metallic dot sticker to accurately capture spin on the TrackMan. I grabbed a random 7 iron that was laying around and hit a few balls and took picture of the results. These are consecutive shots with no deletions. As you can see in the images below, ball speed and launch angle are practically identical on each shot. Spin axis is within a degree (and direction is the same) and backspin are often within under 100rpms. Carry within a yard as well. Shot 1: Shot 2: Shot 3: Shot 4: I will do more testing with wedges and driver as well when I next get a chance, but I have no reason to believe accuracy will be any different. The only issue that might result is with driver and spin under 2,200 rpm, as Foresight’s algorithm is known to juice carry numbers at higher ball speeds and spin under 2,200. The reason I went with ball only vs club plus ball was two fold. First, having used TrackMan so much for club data, I find the Launch Pro and Quad to be a little different for my liking. Because of where Foresight measures club data (at first touch) compared to TrackMan (at maximum compression), the club path data can vary by as much as 2-3* (compared to TrackMan in my experience) for faster players. For example, when I had the free trial of the fully unlocked Gold subscription model, my club path on the Launch Pro with irons was showing as 6* in to out. I have never been that far in to out with any club on TrackMan. When I’m playing draw, I’d be 1-3* in to out. I asked our club fitter and another coach who works with Tour players and high level amateurs and they both confirmed that they also notice Foresight to be a few degrees more in-to-out biased than TrackMan. You could argue that this doesn’t mean it is less accurate. They just measure at different times. It’s just my preference to use TrackMan for the club data. Further more, the cost savings was not justifiable to me just to get club speed, angle of attack, and path. If I need to check swing data, I’ll just get on TrackMan. I look at Swing Direction, Swing Plane, dynamic loft, etc. Having said all of that, to get the accuracy of the ball data at under $2,000 compared to TrackMan or GC Quad (at over $14,000 each) is unbelievable. For 99% of people, this is all they’ll need. In my own game, I’ve worked really hard the past month indoors on the Launch Pro creating my wedge matrix options. I have had so many times where I shoot the flag stick in a round of golf, look at my matrix, pick the club and swing size, and the ball finishes pin high or within 6ft. Knowing your carry numbers, especially inside of 120yds, is so valuable. No guess work. I personally haven’t purchased a gaming computer or felt the need to buy the year long gold subscription. I know how to look at the spin axis and launch direction data and create the shot in my head. Maybe if I get a gaming computer I’ll get the gold package, but the iPad app isn’t worth it to me for $500/year. If I go with the subscription, I’m getting the full experience with the new FSX Play and course simulation. I do still have a bit of the money left over by not getting the club data version. If there is anything else that members would like to see or to have me test let me know. Ask any questions as well!
  8. Well there are phases of learning. Cognitive: where you have to consciously work to understand the change and focus hard on each rep. Associative: where you don’t have to work to understand it as much, but you still have to work to engrain it. It’s not automatic yet. Then there is the Autonomous: where it is on auto pilot. It is the new move/pattern. I’d say I’m in Associative. You’ll see many pro golfers in this phase still rehearsing a move in the pre-shot routine, yet they play amazing golf. To truly get something in auto pilot would take a long time. And then there is the point where you might be on auto pilot on the range or in practice, but the actual golf course changes things.
  9. Had some money from a project I worked on. Had to spend it on something rather than take it as salary, so….
  10. We always have our biases in patterns. So I will always have to be conscious of it in my swing. I have some good feels that I use to keep it in check. I would experiment with a few different external ideas to see what is easiest for you to implement. For example, put the clubhead high to a point out in front of you in the takeaway then finish your turn. With a lot of people, giving your brain an externally focused task can reap great results very quickly because your brain is organized around a task vs obsessing about internal body positions.
  11. Not going to do anything to give you data on your hips/body. Best you could do is correlate when you try to do something with your hips/body, what impact does it have on your wrists?
  12. Yeah I notice some exaggerated flight issues after it scuffs too much. I can literally rip pieces of cover off it is so tattered after a wedge shot. And my wedges are old. They are SM7’s I got used back in 2019... Compared to the ProV1 I played for like 54 straight holes that had barely a hint of a scuff on it, I just don’t see myself playing it after I go through this box.
  13. I played the V3 again today during a round. More issues with the scuffing. It’s really bad. One wedge shot still is all it takes. I don’t think I’ll buy another box after this.
  14. I’ve always had questions about using range balls for dialing in distances. On a tour, they get to use the same model of balls they play with in actual real golf on the practice range. If you’re a ProV1 player, you get your TrackMan or your GC Quad and hit real golf balls. Then you can adjust based on altitude, temperature, etc. With range balls, I’d venture that it’s just not the same one to one ratio for carry distance. Would need to test though. I think MGS HQ wrote an article about using range balls for fitting a while back. Does the Rapsodo track full flight outdoors? If so, at least you’d know how far range balls go. But for 50yds and in, I’d save your scuffed up balls that are the same model you play with and find a park where you can laser a bucket and pitch balls to it to dial those carry distances in.
  15. For the testers who know their ball striking well: are you finding that the shot shape on the app matching what you expect when you are hitting into a net? If you felt you hit a hook or a push fade, is that the shape you’re seeing on the app? Also, for those who have done the dot templates and markers, still seeing good results with that method? Any tips or advice for marker type and durability or stuff like that?
  16. I took a break from playing the V3 because I had some tournament prep and then a two day tournament. I play ProV1 for tournaments. I have played the same ProV1 ball for over 36 holes since the tournament and the wear/tear is still minimal. I’m not sure how Titleist does it, but the durability of their covers is just phenomenal. If Kirklands would last as long without the scuffing I think it would be hands down the best ball for the money in the game. This isn’t to say that it isn’t that already. For people who lose balls frequently, it could very well be the best ball for the money. I just keep noticing those scuffs after one or two wedges. If I was to play that ball in a tournament, I’d be rotating it out every few holes for a fresh one, which at that point I’m not getting the cost savings benefit. If I go through one sleeve of Kirkland balls each round but a ProV1 lasts more than two rounds, the price per hit/round doesn’t add up. I was curious to read in the MGS ball lab study that they said the Kirkland V3 doesn’t appear to be a drastically different ball than the V2. Having played the ball a bunch, I would have to disagree. Cover durability is better, it doesn’t appear to spin near as much off the driver, and it is much longer, for my swing/game, than the V2 was. The V2 spun so much I couldn’t play it at all. The V3 goes exactly the numbers I expect it to, it stops quickly on full iron shots. It spins on wedges and chips. With driver it penetrates the air nicely and doesn’t balloon. The V2 did not do that. Does anyone else agree that the V3 is not the V2, and is better off the driver?
  17. Anyone planning on comparing it side by side simultaneously with a GC Quad? I’ve seen a few videos where they’ve tried it and the ball data as far as spin and launch angle and speed were spot on if I remember correctly. Carry was very very close as well from my memory.
  18. Still loving mine as well! However my battery did randomly die one day, seemingly overnight. I wonder if it somehow got locked into the button being depressed in the case. Or if I laid my bag on the case in the car and it stayed depressed. But like others have said, it’s a great unit. Always spot on with Bushnell’s in my experience.
  19. Just got an email from Hack Motion saying they’ve released an update that will allow specific shot tagging during a practice session. More data than just what club was hit as well.
  20. I’ve seen that as well. At least there are options! You going to get the stickers or the template and see how they go?
  21. The original Battery just ran out on the Cobalt. Not too bad considering I got it back in March and played a lot of golf this summer with it.
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