Golf Instruction

At a recent tech show, I was pleasantly surprised to find an entire section dedicated to golf. One display that caught my eye was for a software-based golf swing analyzer. Approaching the table, I was skeptical because I had an incorrect preconceived idea of what the software did. This wasn?t the HAL-like artificial intelligence that I was imagining.

Instead, the software allowed you to input video of a golfer at two different points in time, and then the software would analyze the differences between those swings. Once the developers perfect this technology, this will be amazingly useful to determine what has gone wrong and to bust out of slumps. Unfortunately, the prototype has too many limitations currently to be practical. For instance, you essentially have to record the video in front of a green screen. Even minor deviations in attire can introduce errors into the analysis.

Golf swing analyzers come in many shapes and forms. One of the newest forms of golf swing analysis is completely software-related. A new software analyzer requires you to record video of your swing and upload it to your computer. Once the video is on the computer, the swing analyzer will compare your swing to those of the professionals. This provides immediate feedback as you are able to see many of your faults right away. Up to 30 professional golfers can be added to the software through easy downloads for superior analysis. cSwing 2008 is one of these programs and it is very user friendly so even if you are more into golf than you are computers, it will still be simple to operate. It also provides drawing tools to point out body lines and areas to work with. You can even add notes to each shot for improvement.