Fota Island Golf Academy Equipment
Extensive Golf Training Equipment
GASP Computer System
The GASP computer system allows us to store and e-mail our student’s swings as well as comparing them against the top players in the world.
The GASP Golf software will help you to develop all your athletics techniques, ranging from swinging to putting etc.
SAM PuttLab
SAM PuttLab is an analysis and training system based on an accurate ultrasound measurements. It analyzes the 28 most important parameters of your putting stroke and displays the results in easy to understand graphic reports. Discover your individual strengths and weaknesses for a better and more efficient training.
Within seconds the system gives you an individual feedback on your putting strokes. The analysis reveals even the smallest details of your movements and allows you to develop improvements and training strategies. SAM PuttLab utilizes ultrasound sensory analysis and therefore is far more exact than any other similar system on the market.
Leaderboard
Leaderboard is a revolutionary posture and stability platform with an adjustable resistance skate board that programmes explosive power and accuracy into your golf swing. Used by Stuart Appleby, Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Campbell, Mike Weir, Aaron Baddeley, Robert Allenby, KJ Choi and over 30 other touring pros worldwide, Leaderboard is the Australian golf biomechanics training innovation that automatically improves Power, Balance, Posture and Swing Dynamics …WHILE YOU SWING!
Get a permanent fix to Golf’s most frustrating faults:
* Slicing
* Reverse Pivot
* Sliding Hips
* Casting and Wristy shots
* Coming over the Top
* Sculled, Topped and Fat shots
* Poor Timing and Deceleration
* Posture and Balance
How it Works.
Leaderboard simplifies the complexities of the golf swing and builds the solid foundation using essential techniques researched from Olympic sports, Martial Arts and Pilates. The sliding resistance platform allows you to train while swinging a club or performing a range of golf specific exercises which "lock" the trunk, or "core," in position and allow the upper body to rotate around this stable base.
This is the foundation of the efficient, powerful action seen in today's PGA Tour pro's golf swing. Leaderboard not only ingrains synchronized movement, but also increases the golfer's power by strengthening the key muscles used during the golf swing.
For more information visit the leaderboard website: www.zenoracle.co.uk
K-VEST
A large percentage of golf instructors utilize video analysis in their lessons, as it allows teachers to slow the golf swing down and see movements that the human eye cannot. It has proven to be an effective tool in analyzing the cause and effects of the golf swing. Although effective, video alone has its limitations. It simply cannot be used to precisely measure or train the body's movements.
K-VEST was designed to be the ideal transition from 2D video to wireless 3D technology. The K-VEST's 3 wireless sensors precisely measure a golfer's hips, shoulders, and arms, in degrees, throughout the swing. The ability to measure in degrees enables instructors to accurately diagnose the true cause of the problem and, in-turn, prescribe drills and exercises more effectively.
Instructors understand the importance of communication when helping students with any type of change in their golf swing. One of the most useful features of K-VEST is its ability to be used as a real-time training system that provides immediate and precise feedback to the golfer. The software's split screen mode allows student's to train using live video and 3D animation. When the student moves within the instructor's desired settings, the 3D animation turns green and they will hear an auditory sound. They can then see, simultaneously, what this looks like on video.
The K-VEST completely eliminates the communication barriers between the instructor and the student by providing the true solution to “feel vs. real”.
For more information visit the leaderboard website: www.k-vest.com
The Explanar
The Explanar is a revolutionary new development in golf instruction designed by Luther Blacklock . It is the complete golf training system based around the fundamental principles of the swing plane and the biomechanics of the body, promoting the ideal movements required for the golf swing. The Explanar turns golf swing theory into feelings , allowing the golfer to focus on executing the shot more effectively.
The Explanar is suitable for golfers of all levels and works equally well for both left and right-handers between 5ft and 6ft 6 inches tall.
To train on the Explanar effectively you need the basics of a good grip and posture. We recommend you visit your PGA professional who will assist you with these fundamentals. Click here for a list of Explanar Centres is available on this site.
Used in conjunction with the weighted Power Roller, the Explanar is set to your correct angle in order that you can feel your best and most powerful swing on your optimum swing plane.
The Explanar is also an ideal golf fitness machine. The Power Roller and the Explanar hoop work to educate the golfing muscles, strengthening both arms and back muscles as well as increasing flexibility. Weekly training and/or tuition on the Explanar will help improve balance and develop a consistant tempo, fast-tracking you into playing better golf.
We have both the pro and junior explanar. www.explanar.com
The Force Plate Training System
Fact: 99.9% of Golfers have never seen their Weight Shift, and do not know what it should feel like. Research has proven that 99.9% of the people who play golf have no comprehension of the effect of the center of gravity (COG) on their golf swing. Yet it may be the single most important part of the swing!
Many people have seen themselves on video, but virtually nobody has seen the effects of the "Center of Gravity" on their golf swing. Now you can see it and teach it with the Weight Right Force Plate! Weight Right is an electro-mechanical data acquisition system upon which the student stands. The force plate connects to your computers USB port and constantly monitors the weight it senses in all 4 quadrants.
It provides digital data to your computer so the weight distribution can be presented graphically in real time as the student moves through the range of motion being analyzed. Data is displayed as an animated graph, with individual data points clearly indicating both location and acceleration throughout the swing. Your student will instantly recognize where their weight is centered, and will immediately comprehend the feeling of a correct weight shift .vs. an incorrect one.
You can record the weight shift as it happens, along with video, save it for replay or comparison to the weight transfer of professionals, etc. www.allsports.com
