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Sports Sensors Swing Speed Radar with Tempo Timer |  | Brand: Sports Sensors
Category: Sports
Buy New: $149.95
as of 7/30/2010 06:08 CDT details
New (5) from $149.95
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 30219
Color: White
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 4.6
MPN: 75SS000
Model: SSRTT364
UPC: 694658023643
EAN: 0694658023643
ASIN: B0013L68A6
Release Date: April 20, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Measures clubhead swing speed and tempo time to help golfers optimize their swing to increase distance and improve swing consistency | | • | Immediate feedback provides a basis for golfers to determine swing improvements | | • | Range of speed measurement from 40 MPH to over 200 MPH | | • | Actual swing Tempo Time, from the start of the club takeaway to ball impact is measured to one hundredth of a second | | • | Use it at home in the backyard, indoors or outdoors in a hitting cage, at the driving range |
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Product Description
Swing Speed Radar/Tempo Timer...Optimize Your Clubhead Speed! The Swing Speed Radar with Tempo Timer is a small, inexpensive microwave Doppler radar velocity sensor that provides the swing speed and tempo rhythm for golfers of all ages and skill levels. It assists players in developing /optimizing their swing, and maintaining consistency, by measuring Actual Tempo Time from club takeaway to ball impact at the climax of their forward swing, as well as the swing speed of the clubhead as it approaches the ball. The Swing Speed Radar with Tempo Timer provides unmatched utility in a single, affordable device. Sports Sensors Swing Speed Radar/Tempo Timer features: Measure your swing speed with affordable Doppler radar Increase your swing speed to increase your distance Monitor your swing consistency Include velocity feedback when trouble-shooting your swing Determine your optimum swing speed for distance, control and accuracy Determine the club characteristics that achieve the best results Monitor the effects of changes in your mechanics on your swing performance Practice on your own in the backyard, garage, basement, driving range, etc... Great tool for long drive competitors, and serious golfers working on increasing driving distance Simple one-button operation Includes carry bag Size: 3W x 5L Requires three AA batteries (not included) One Year Limited Warranty The Swing Speed Radar with tempo timer is the most affordable, portable instrument available for measuring clubhead speed and actual tempo time. We use it at all of our golf schools to provide golfers immediate feedback on their swing improvements! -Jim McLean It's Not How Hard You Swing But How Well You Swing!
Amazon.com Product Description
The Sports Sensors Swing Speed Radar with Tempo Timer lets you measure both your clubhead speed and swing tempo, from takeaway to ball impact. A small microwave Doppler radar velocity sensor, it can be used by golfers of all ages and skill levels to optimize swing mechanics and rhythm for achieving maximum distance and maintaining control, consistency and accuracy. Clubhead speed and tempo are two significant characteristics of a golfer's swing that must be optimized and controlled if the golfer is to consistently achieve his/her best ball-striking results. Expensive launch monitors costing thousands of dollars, primarily used by well-funded clubmakers, instructors, or pro golfers, generally include these two vital parameters in their measurement systems. However, less expensive devices for use by most instructors, clubmakers, and by the golfing public are limited in utility. Conventional swing speed meters can be inconsistent, unreliable, and complicated to use. Some even require attachments to the club that can change the club swing dynamics. Metronome-type devices can provide tempo time models for the golfer to try to emulate, but the resulting tempo time can only be estimated by comparisons with the model. The Swing Speed Radar with Tempo Timer can be set to measure and display clubhead swing speed alone (SS Mode); tempo time, from club takeaway to ball impact, alone (TT Mode); or both swing speed and tempo time in the Dual Mode, in which the display toggles (alternates) between swing speed and tempo time. The Swing Speed Radar with Tempo Timer is the practical choice of clubmakers and instructors who want the flexibility and convenience of use in the field as well as at their home-based hitting stations. It can be used by golfers of all ages and skill levels, at home or at practice facilities. Tip:
When practicing at home, in the backyard, or in areas where actual balls cannot be hit, it is best to use a practice ball "target" to obtain swing speeds that correspond directly to those of hitting an actual golf ball. The practice target provides a point to focus the release of the clubhead. Many golfers experience a slower swing speed without a practice target on which to precisely focus.
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| Customer Reviews:
 useful, but can be distracting April 9, 2006
C. Nimmo (Hendersonville, TN USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
OK, I had this little guy about 5 hours... TIP - read the instructions and set the device away from your impact zone... I set mine about 6 inches from the ball... got a wild swing and sent this thing flying in 6 different pieces... don't do that!
Alright out of the box this thing did as it is advertised... measures your swing speed up to the point of ball impact and calculates backswing + top swing + downswing timing or referred to as swing tempo. It works... I'm shelling out more money to replace it and buy another one.
So is it just a gadget or can it help your game?... Well if you use this to measure your current swing speed and tempo and thus the progression of it as you improve, and not to set your tempo/speed or force you to increase either one... then yes it can help. Here is my experience... while it lived. I got so distracted by the read out that I would lose my swing and a good controllable tempo trying to get the readout I wanted...
What I finally had to do was set it to read tempo or speed only... this way I could zero in on a consistent tempo that resulted in a accurate and consistent shot... good for muscle memory and learning your natural timing... see the speed of the swing would mess me up (or test my ego rather) and I would swing faster and thus out of control... I found that the same tempo can produce a range of club head speeds... so having a good tempo is the foundation. Then adjusting the swing release can produce faster or slower club head speeds, but the tempo remains the same.
I recommend having a partner monitor the read out of the club head speed and tempo and mark it all down... I would rate the "feel" of my shots and tell my partner so that she would write down the tempo and speed as well as the "feel rating". This way I didn't get messed up trying to swing the club to get a particular speed just to get a higher number.
What I found in the end is that although I can swing a 7-iron 70 mph, I would be off tempo and the shot would be poor or inaccurate... I have more control when I am on tempo and swinging at about 55 mph. Thus this little guy help me realize that it wasn't my stance, my grip, or my ball position that would cause the occasional wild shot but me increasing the tempo and trying to hit it faster then I can control.
So yes this little guy can help you. Cool little carrying case with bag clip too!
Solid tempo tool with great customer support August 23, 2006
S. Lee (Los Angeles)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It arrived on schedule and quickly tried it out in the house. I was not swinging too fast in the house and in the Swing Speed mode nothing registered. Called customer support and within 10 minutes I got a call back from Al who explained it had a minimum threshold of 40 mph in the SS mode. He spent over 15 minutes with me to test out all the other modes and shared tips for using it effectively. I was introduced to this training aid from John Novosel's book Tour Tempo that I also recommend. As noted, do not set it up too close or forward where it can accidentally get hit, and when you are ready to track your performance have someone with you to record the readings so you can concentrate on the swing.
Robust product at an affordable price.
Swing feedback August 26, 2008
John Redmond (Cazenovia, NY USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This device provides excellent feedback, and a very convincing demonstration that swinging harder does not result in higher swing speed.
It works flawlessly as advertized!
Excellent product May 6, 2007
Iowa Shorty (Iowa/Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found the swing speed radar to be a very useful tool....accurate and not temperamental at all. My first swing startled me until it dawned on me that I was in the KPH rather than MPH, for a moment I thought Tiger was history. My primary use has been to test various drivers as well as swing change results. The last new driver I tested at a retail store's indoor booth gave outstanding results, until I checked and found they boosted the results via computer setting - so from now on, I take my swing speed radar with me. Since it's pretty hard to tell distance results on the driving range, I find this tool to be a cost effective method to measure performance, particularly when experimenting...instant feedback.
 Reliable measure? August 6, 2007
O. oedegaard (copenhagen)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have tested Swing Speed Radar against other speed meters on the market, e.g. Track Man. The measures from Swing Speed radar were 10% higher than Track Man!!!
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