Abstract: Techniques for training and correcting a golf swing are described. A golfer places a ball at a teeing point on a teeing surface which is tiltably adjustable about a horizontal tilt axis. A catch device is aligned with a target direction passing through the teeing point and extending perpendicularly to the tilt axis. The golfer aims along the target direction and executes a golf swing to strike the ball from the teeing point. The actual direction of travel of the struck ball is determined. An azimuth difference is determined between the target direction and the actual direction of travel of the struck ball. The tilt angle of the teeing surface is varied about the tilt axis based upon the azimuth difference between the target direction and the actual direction of travel of the struck ball.

Abstract: There is described a golf training apparatus for use both indoors and outdoors which includes a direction indicating means for indicating a horizontal azimuth direction of ball struck from a starting position and wherein the direction indicating means comprises a means for defining a vertical plane through which the ball is intended to pass, and a means for determining a horizontal position of an intersection of a path taken by the ball with the vertical plane. The invention also relates to a method of training a golfer to improve his golf swing, using the above apparatus.