Abstract: A hinged golf training club having a hinge that pivots at a zero degree angle relative to the reference plane 42 of zero degree clubhead 32. The club looks substantially like and acts substantially like a conventional golf club in every way except for hinge 28, and allows the user to safely hit golf balls both on the range and on the course. This hinged training club 20 gives unmistakable positive feedback to the user both as how to use the hands, wrists and forearms in the golf swing to affect what has been popularly called the release of the club through the ball, and also gives the user exact, unmistakable three-dimensional feedback as to where the shaft is supposed to be throughout the swing in order to affect the correct swing.

Abstract: A hinged golf training club whose hinge pivots at a 0 degree angle relative to the reference plane 42 of the 0 degree clubhead 32. It looks exactly like and acts exactly like a conventional golf club in every way except for the hinge 28, and allows the user to safely use it to hit golf balls both on the range and on the course. This hinged golf training club 20 will give unmistakable positive feedback to the user both as how to use the hands, wrists and forearms in the golf swing to effect what has been popularly called the release of the club through the ball, and also gives the user exact, unmistakable three dimensional feedback as to where the shaft is to be thruout the swing in order to effect the correct swing.

Abstract: A golf club shaft is provided with a training head that, when the club is swung, strikes a movable, upright target composed of a yieldable, light-weight material. The target presents a relatively broad, laterally facing target surface and, when struck, becomes attached to the head and is carried thereby through the remainder of the swing. The addition of the target to the head provides increased resistance to train the player to increase club head speed at impact and beyond. The training head provides visual feedback at the finish so that the player will know whether a proper swing was executed.