Swing Speed: Medicus Power Meter

I only use a few training aids. I have always been more like Kevin Costner in Tin Cup when he chastises the doctor who puts on these crazy looking training aids, but then tries to use them himself later. I have found a few that are either cool enough for other golfers to admire them and not snicker or discrete enough to use with drawing attention or feeling conspicuous.

One of my first is the Medicus Power Meter. This attaches easily to your club and the club length and golfer's height are entered. It will display the swing speed after every swing and automatically reset for each swing just by the momentum of each swing. No user intervention is needed after its attached and turned on.

 

Knowing swing speed is key for a new golfer. Although you should go and get fitted, that's not an expense many new golfers want to make. The Power Meter let me get my driver swing speed easily (96 mph). This helped me get a static fitting online for the right shaft flex for a new driver. When a golfer self fits using the Ping static fitting guides, ball fitting on manufacturers websites, shaft fitting, etc swing speed is usually an input required.

I kept reading about ball selection based on compression designed for different swing speeds and techniques for more power, but I did't really know how fast I was swinging the club and was happily surprised to see it on the high average range. This made my training plan much better since I no longer felt the need to try and increase my swing speed. I switched to focus on my short game and saw my scores start to drop.

It's a great discrete training aid that will surely help your golf. It can be used in regular range practice to help evaluate the quality of each shot.

 

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