It really should be the simplest golf lesson
you have every taken because we’re able to measure everything that happens in your golf swing.
to separate, my weight shifted to the toes of my feet — a perfect recipe for an over-the-top swing. That was addressed through some biofeedback obtained through the K-VEST in conjunction with the robot. It creates and emits an audio tone that only sounded when I got the club in the proper takeaway position halfway back and loaded my weight more efficiently into the right heel. No tone? No good! Try again.
Repeating the aforementioned process a dozen times started to reinforce the feel of the exact point where the club should be during the takeaway. The best part of the session was
making the “feel” become “real.” Isakson didn’t just talk at me with a torrent of indigestible information about spin rates, proper swing planes and obtuse geometric angles — he programmed the robot to help me get into the best positions to enhance the swing I was physically capable of making. For all the numbers generated by the high-tech set-up, Isakson distilled those down into a handful of understandable suggestions, all based on how my body moves. One session won’t get me on the PGA Tour, but return visits will reinforce the right swing positions enough that I’ll be able to bring those out on the course and remove a few strokes from the scorecard. It’s an eye-opening experience for beginners, scratch golfers and this 10-handicapper. “The biggest thing we see on a daily
basis is people come in here and leave with a much better understanding of what it is they do and why they
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Tom Mackin (top) gets ready for another test drive with the Robo golfer, then checks out his ball flight on TrackMan with on-site professional Blake Isakson (left) and Boccieri Golf founder/CEO Stephen Boccieri.
do it,” said Isakson. “And they know what the corrections are needed in order to get better. That leads to neuromuscular re-patterning.” “It really should be the simplest golf
lesson you have every taken because we’re able to measure everything that happens in your golf swing,” he continued. “Then we can pinpoint the cause and effect, enabling us to then make the fewest amount of swing changes with the greatest impact.” Lessons on the Robo Golf Swing
Trainer at Boccieri Golf range from $175 for a one-hour session to $2,550
for a 2-day Boot Camp that includes 18 holes with an instructor. But here’s some good news: anyone can try it out for free during a 30-minute demo. “That demo yields an almost 76
percent conversion rate to future lesson packages,” said CEO Stephen Boccieri. “The Robo Golf Swing Trainer is the next evolution of learning how to play. I think a true golfer is always looking to get better. That’s always been my primary goal. We golfers always think we can improve and this provides that opportunity.” n
For information go to
www.boccierigolf. com or call (480) 361-4339.
Tom Mackin is the managing editor of Troon Golf & Travel and writes for other national golf publications. He lives in Scottsdale.
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