There’s a New Coach in Town
Golfers love gadgets like ladies love outlaws. It’s an attraction that’s at best unhealthy and co-dependent.
At worst it can border on the fatal.
But the advent of mobile devices and Bluetooth technology has done wonders in moving the golf gadget business away from snake oil and towards real science. We now have gadgets you can clip on to your club and sync with your phone or tablet that can provide you with as much, or as little, data on your swing as you can digest. Swing speed, club path, angle of attack, tempo, shaft lean and face angle can all be mined in an app.
And all for the price of a middle-of-the-road putter.
Back in June, MyGolfSpy’s Most Wanted Full Swing Analyzer testing ranked the best and most useful Swing Analyzers on the market. Swingbyte 2 ranked highly, but lost points due to the lack of in-app instruction.
Well, apparently the folks at SwingByte read MyGolfSpy.
Meet Virtual Coach
Late last month, SwingByte introduced Virtual Coach as an upgrade to its App (iPhone users only at this time). Virtual Coach uses Artificial Intelligence to analyze a golfer’s swing, identify swing faults and then offer solutions. Swingbyte says Virtual Coach will transform SwingByte from an info-gathering tool to an interactive learning experience.
And you’ll be interacting with some pretty heavy hitters. Virtual Coach features top-rated PGA instructors Jim Hardy and Chris O’Connell, the founders of Plane Truth Golf.
Are the machines taking over? And is this the gadget that can help get your game to the next level? MyGolfSpy wants your help in finding out!
We’re looking for 4 avid and emerging golfers to try out Swingbyte 2 and the new Virtual Coach and let us know if the claims are true. Is it easy to use? Does is identify your swing flaws and does it provide you with useful and effective instruction?
Can this technology help your game? Help us find out!
NOTE: Virtual Coach is in Beta release, and is available for iPhone users ONLY!!
How To Apply:
- You MUST be a MyGolfSpy Forum Member to apply. If you aren’t, sign up HERE.
- In the Swingbyte 2/Virtual Coach Testing thread (click here), tell us your:
- Name and home state
- Handicap
We’ll choose 4 of you to put Swingbyte 2 and the new Virtual Coach to the test.
Again – Virtual Coach is a Beta product, so this testing is open to iPHONE USERS ONLY!!!
For more information:
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Perry D
8 years ago
Perry Maurer
Home state is North Carolina
Handicap is 12