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Review: The Set Up Stick - Go Time Golf

Go Time Golf Review The Set Up Stick   GoTimeGolf.com

Name of Manufacturer: The Set Up Stick   TheSetUpStick.com
Name of Product: The Set Up Stick "Start Improving Your Game One Swing At A Time"

Overview: A consistent golf swing begins with excellent alignment (square to the target), proper ball position (throughout the bag) and an athletic stance with ideal width for every club. If you struggle with shots off target, mis-hits (fat/thin) on any club and want to take the guess work out of what you are doing wrong The Set Up Stick needs to go in your bag! Also, if you are struggling with a slice or wish to learn how to hit a draw - I believe we have a solution for you! Read on....


The Set Up Stick States: The Set Up Stick is the only complete tool offering the golfer simple and immediate visual feedback to ensure proper body and ball position. Using The Set Up Stick, the golfer can determine their individual stance width and ball position using simple colors and numbers. The Set Up Stick creates the ideal starting position for every golfer.


I developed The Set Up Stick so amateurs and professionals alike could share in the value of perfect set up. Professionals have always paid precise attention to the things they do before they swing, such as ball position, stance width, and perfect balance. The Set Up Stick allows every golfer the ability to adjust their set up so they too can set up like the professionals

Finally, you take the guess work out of your swing! The Set Up Stick is the only complete tool giving the golfer simple and immediate visual feedback needed to ensure proper body and ball position every time. Current solutions only offer general direction and the golfer has to use many aides/clubs to be able to have both ball position and set-up capabilities. With The Set Up Stick, golf instructors and amateurs can easily determine the individual stance width for students by using simple colors, and create a balanced ball set up and body position every time. It also trains the mind and eyes to always know what proper set up looks and feels like. The Set Up Stick fits right into your golf bag and is the perfect tool for ALL skill levels. You will improve almost immediately guaranteed! 



Pros: The Set Up Stick is extremely easy to use. It immediately provides instant instruction on proper ball position for every club, square alignment to target and perfect stance width. The Set Up Stick takes all the guess work out of a great start to better ball striking. It's the perfect aid for golfers of all levels.  

Cons: The Set Up Stick has all clubs covered except the putter. We did use it by aligning it on the path we wished to start putts on. I am a straight back - straight through putter so it was excellent to practice with. We would like to see a putting addition to the back side of The Set Up Stick in future versions.

Performance/Playability: Here's what we found as we put The Set Up Stick through the test. We love the immediate visual feedback on all three areas - Alignment, Ball Position & Stance width. There is also an area for "specialty shots" (back of your stance) that shouldn't be over-looked! We hit some chips and pitches utilizing this feature - the result: CRISP ball contact and pure shots! I'm sure that any golfer struggling with their short game would improve it quickly! The Set Up Stick can also be used to hit draws and fades. While I was on the range a golfer inquired about The Set Up Stick and I immediately gave him a quick rundown on it. He has struggled for years with slicing the ball. I asked him to pick a target, lineup and hit a shot on his own. I could see his stance was WAY open, ball position TOO far forward and obviously this was going to be a slice - It was! Next, we used The Set Up Stick - Aligned it at his target, teed up a ball in driver zone and had him take his stance using "feet" markers. I immediately noticed his stance was again "Open" and had him check it by keeping both feet the same distance from stick. His response was I feel like I am aimed way right and the ball is way back in my stance. After 4-5 shots, this first time user was hitting the ball straight to a 5 yard fade! Next, I had him close his stance slightly.... WHAT a DRAW?? He couldn't believe it! 

The Set Up Stick is The Real Deal!

  
                 

Innovation: The Set Up Stick was developed to help all golfers. There are other alignment aids but none that create a square alignment, perfect ball position and proper stance width. Yes, it's a simple to use and is an all in one training aid! That's why it received the award for "BEST NEW PRODUCT" at the 2012 PGA EXPO! 
The other great thing - it's available in for both Right & Left handed Golfers!


Go Time Golf Factor: We highly recommend that you give The Set Up Stick a Go! It will immediately put you in a great position to hit accurate shots. For me, I tend to play my hybrid too far forward and The Set Up Stick puts you in a perfect position to FLUSH it every time! It will also assist you in hitting draws and fades by simply opening and closing your stance slightly. Another thing I liked was the ability to see the shaft lean (forward at address with hands) to ensure "trapping" the ball a little better. I'm not sure that The Set Up Sick thought of this but it is easy to see after you use it for a while. If you want to get more creative with it and hit low or high shots simply take your normal stance but move the ball to a different "marked" ball position. We hit 7 irons for lower trajectory in the 8 iron position (a touch farther back in stance) and it brought the ball flight down. 
Overall, I'm sure you guessed it - IT'S GO TIME for The Set Up Stick!




We will be looking for Testers for this products and their reviews/comments will be added soon!


Go Time Golf Members save on The Set Up Stick - get your Promo Code on their Profile Page!


Tester Feedback: 
JJ Jones – 3 HDCP, Florida


     " This product was a good range tool, and I think would be particularly effective for people who have inconsistent set up routines. It gave me some ideas about tinkering with ball position, and was a solid line up tool (instead of the normal alignment rods). When used along with alignment rods, you can easily build a solid base for anyone to set up properly. I was concerned at first of the flimsy design, but the flexibility actually makes it conform to the ground. I was able to use this on flat ground and even a few slopes without the stick sliding out of position. Good concept, simple design, and very effectively does what it is intended for."

Tester Feedback: Craig Adolff


     "The Setup stick--- This product is a great beginner/ intermediate golfer. The shots that you can practice on this stick plus the ability to actually be aligned to your target. The only drawn back that I could see is for the taller player that has a wide stance. Other than that this product is great."

Tester Feedback: David Locke

"Set-Up Stick, this product is great for perfecting ball position the more we used it the better our ball position got."

Tester Feedback: Tim Witucki Twitter @boostertim 


Setup Stick: this took some getting used to. I found it to be more useful with my irons than my driver & fairway woods. By watching the online video and trying different stances and can almost hit a consistent fade shot when I want. Really a cool tool to have and use with the patience and commitment to understand it. 
















Thursday, October 22, 2015

Go Time Golf Review: Tee Square Training Aid

Go Time Golf Review Tee Square Training Aid 

Name of Manufacturer: Golf Innovations, Inc   GolfInnovations.com
Name of Product: The Tee Square "Improve your balance and ball striking" 

Overview: For those of you who are inconsistent ball strikers, have an unbalanced swing, out of sync tempo or other issues you are fighting in your golf swing - You need to try The Tee Square! For the price of a sleeve of balls this training aid is a much better investment! Please read on and see why The Tee Square is a must have addition to your practice schedule. Also, Tommy Armour III endorses The Tee Square and continues to use it on a regular basis! Please check out The Tee Square video on the link above!
     


Tee Square States: WE ARE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE REVOLUTIONARY TEE SQUARE® ~ SWING TRAINING AID ~ DESIGNED TO HELP GOLFERS OF ALL SKILL LEVELS DEVELOP A BALANCED AND REPEATABLE GOLF SWING BY UNCOVERING UNWANTED MOVEMENT IN THE SWING!  PATENT PENDING

Improve Your Balance and Ball Striking!
When you're set up over the ball, the disk of the Tee Square® ~ Swing Training Aid will be hidden by your ball.  If you sway to one side or the other or aren't squarely positioned over the ball, the disk will be visible.

Instantly Alerts You To Movement During Your Swing!
During your swing, unwanted movement results in a loss of distance and decreased accuracy.  If you maintain a steady form, the disk will remain hidden throughout your swing.  If the disk becomes visible, your body is swaying during your swing.

Develop A Balanced And Repeatable Golf Swing!
Regular use of the Tee Square® ~ Swing Training Aid can help you hone your skills and improve your game.  Even experienced golfers can benefit by the clear, consistent enhancement of the game's most basic - and important - elements.

Tee Square® is designed so that the disc beneath the ball will be hidden from view while you are set up over the ball, keeping your head square over the ball and in turn keeping your upper body from swaying back or forward out of square.  A common result of swaying off the ball may result in lack of balance throughout the swing which will result in lost yardage and errant shot making.

Go Time Golf States: we happen to have a few "Swayers" so this training aid will be put through the test! I can't tell you how many Instructors have held my head still, asked me to firm up my right leg on the back swing, put a club against the right side of my head during the swing and a bunch of other "triggers" to get the sway out of my swing. It is something I am aware of in my swing but for some reason have had a difficult time getting rid of! I feel that I need to get behind the ball and that starts the sway! Bad Habit!

We all know that swaying in your golf swing:
- causes poor contact at impact
- robs you of added distance potential
- leads to an off balance swing
- increases shot dispersion (loss of accuracy)
- can lead to a swing with inconsistent tempo
- I'm sure there are many more results of swaying!

Let's get to what we found with The Tee Square!

Pros: The Tee Square is an inexpensive, simple, but extremely effect training aid. The Tee Square will help you eliminate your swaying by utilizing your sight to relay a swing with sway or without sway. I am a visual person and The Tee Square immediately let me know if I was swaying. In fact a number of times I stopped my back swing because I could see I started swaying. I believe that The Tee Square can stop swaying on any golfer who uses it and I'm guessing there are a ton of golfers who sway! Please remember that swaying is the cause of many other elements in a golf swing - fix the sway and many good things happen to your swing!





Cons: We are hard pressed to find anything with The Tee Square that's a negative. If we had to dig it may be that the disc gets in the way on certain clubs at impact. However, that has nothing to do with stopping you from swaying.

Performance/Playability: The Tee Square is simple to set up and use! Choose the club you wish to hit, pick the appropriate Tee Square, tee up the ball, and swing away. When the ball is teed up you shouldn't see much (if any) of the disc under the ball. As you start your back-swing your visual should remain the same. If you start seeing the disc or lines you have started to sway! It's that simple! We teed up long irons, hybrids, 3 woods and Drivers using the various Tee Squares included in the package!

Innovation: The Tee Square was invented to solve a very common problem that golfers at all levels have - SWAYING. The product does exactly that and more. It's gives you immediate feedback, fixes a swing fault that leads to other swing inefficiencies and produces a better overall swing and ball contact. 

Go Time Golf Factor: We recommend that you give The Tee Square a Go. I'm sure that it will minimize your swaying, fine tune your tempo, improve your ball striking and lower your scores! We will add all of our member reviews who have signed up to test this product as they become available!
If you happen to practice on artificial grass mats we recommend that you also order a set of Tee Claws as The Tee Square fits perfectly inside of them!


Remember Go Time Golf Members Save on their orders with The Tee Square!

Tester Feedback: JJ Jones – 3 HDCP, Florida



     "I actually struggled with this one. Using them as directed was pretty easy, but I didn’t get much out of them. I even tried to sway a bit, or set up improperly, where I was able to see the orange portion of the base. I have little head movement, so I could see where this would help for people who “slide” backwards during the backswing, or even those who have improper set up lean to one side or the other. On the positive side, the orange color is very easy to see. So it contrasts very well with the base grass and the ball. In that regard it is a simple solution for being square over the ball. I did snap the tee part off of the driver model, 3 swings in, so that was a little disappointing. I have a pretty high swing speed, and since I frequently bend/break plastic tees, I kind of assumed this would happen. Could be an effective product for beginners, as it is easy to work with."

Tester Feedback: Tom Guthrie

Tee Square Review
"Two common swing flaws among amateur golfers are the “sway” and the “slide”. We are taught, from the beginning, to turn our shoulders behind the ball during the backswing.  Try as we might, the tendency to either sway or slide our hips as we attempt to get behind the ball is almost overwhelming. The problem is that you have to slide or sway back into position to hit the ball and as a result you lose power and may even top the ball or hit it fat.  You know from your mediocre ball striking that something is wrong but there is no way to know exactly what the problem is without some help. The Tee Square from Golf Innovations, Inc. uses the power of visual clues to help identify the problem and lets you know when you’ve got it right. The bright orange, almost luminescent color of the Tee Square is impossible to miss if it peeks out from behind the ball as you swing back.  If you are turning your shoulders, no orange is visible behind the ball.  A side benefit of the bright color is that you can tell if you are keeping your eye on the golf ball through impact because you can see the Tee Square tee right after the hit. Regular tees tend to blend into the background but not these babies! If you are watching the clubface strike the ball, you can really see the Tee Square after the ball is gone.  Another perk is that if the Tee Square pops out of the ground, it is super easy to find. The shorter Tee Square tee, which is designed for fairway woods also worked just fine with a hybrid club. I really noticed an improvement in my ball flight after using the Tee Square for just a few minutes. I could feel my arms swinging past the ball and that high draw I have been working on was finally a reality. The Tee Square is an easy to use product that produces immediate results, just like the advertising!"

Tester Feedback: Craig Adolff

"Tee Square—This product is a great training aid for the Stack and tilt swing types. The instant feedback of this product is great. As soon as you see the disc. You stop and try to make the correct swing without swaying. A very simple way to improve your swing."

Tester Feedback: David Locke

"Tee-Square, simple this is a good product for helping you keep your head behind the ball during back swing and follow through like its suppose to be." 


Tester Feedback: Tim Wituki Twitter @boostertim

Tee Square: Neat item, did notice that on some of my take aways I would lean back to far and notice the off center portion of the tee. I did have some issues with breaking them.