Golf Swing Training Aid

Your Days Of Looking Up Are Numbered

Learn to See Impact

Place this practice tool near your ball and swing naturally. When your club strikes the ball, a random number flashes for a split second. If your head isn’t down, or if you come up out of the shot too early, you won’t be able to read the number. Take advantage of this invaluable feedback during your practice sessions and become a better golfer.

SwingNumber N1 develops enhanced awareness of your swing at impact. Your body naturally begins to fall into perfect position; your eyes, head, and body all “covering” the ball for maximum power and accuracy.

It works for chipping, pitch shots, and the full swing.

Demonstration Video

Why Learning to See the Flash Really Works

Coming out of shots too early causes all sorts of swing problems, like slices, hooks, hitting thick, and topped shots; take your pick! Plus, if you’re not seeing your club through the impact zone, you have a tremendous potential to improve your swing and your golf game. Visual feedback is used by our brains to calculate distances, trajectories, alignments, and all things required to hit the ball accurately.

Put an end to the Age-Old Chiché

Once upon a time you might have been told to “keep your head down”. The danger with that advice is it can easily lead to a restricted follow-through and an awkward swing. The trick is to have your body in position and covering the ball at the moment of impact, letting your head move naturally into your follow-through position immediately after.

For the Feel Player

Most people rely heavily on the “feel” of the club in their hands, which is great, but today’s extremely forgiving golf equipment has taken a lot of “feel” out of the game. Not taking advantage of visual feedback is like starving your brain.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How does it work?
A. SwingNumber N1 is a keep-it-simple golf swing training aid with a microphone and a display. You set it down near the ball and swing naturally. When your club strikes the ball, the microphone detects the sound and a random number flashes for less than a second. At first you won’t see the number, or if you do, you won’t be able to make it out. As you practice with it, your eyes will gradually learn to focus your entire body over the ball at impact, and your swing will transform as a result.

Q. Explain again why “Keep Your Head Down” can lead to problems?
A. It’s just too easy to get “stuck”. People are often too good at following advice, and take “keeping their heads down” to the extreme. They end up trying to force their head down against the natural momentum of the swing. With SwingNumber N1, first learn to focus on impact. Once you’re focused on impact, learn to let the club naturally fly through the impact zone, and then let the club’s momentum pull your body around and finally your head up and out of the shot. No sudden movements, no restrictions.

Q. Will this tool turn me into a great golfer? Will it shave 10 strokes off my game?
A. Golf is tough but the right tools can make the difference. Keeping your eyes on the ball through impact is not easy but it’s extremely important. We believe a tool that can give us real and honest feedback about what we are or aren’t doing is a tool worth investing in.

Q. I’m tired of hearing “you looked up” or “keep your head down” from my playing partners. Can SwingNumber N1 Help?
A. We believe the most important thing is that your eyes witness the club striking the ball. Doing so improves consistency. This is what SwingNumber can help you with. The golf swing must be fluid, and your head must be allowed to move, especially during the follow through. You need a tool that teaches you to stay down only during impact while releasing your body into follow-through. SwingNumber N1 is that tool.

Q. How does a flashing number help keep my eyes on the ball?
A. Place the device about 6 inches in front of you and the ball you are about to hit. (Make sure you won’t accidentally hit it during your swing). Try hitting a ball. Did you notice that a number flashed on the display? If not, you probably weren’t looking at the ball during impact. SwingNumber N1 has two modes of operation: It will flash once for full swings, or 3 times for the short game.

Q. Will it work with the driver and irons?
A. Yes! Hybrids, fairway woods, and wedges also work great.

Q. Why does it flash for such a short time?
A. So that we don’t cheat ourselves. In designing the product, we found that if the flash was too long, our peripheral vision would be able to distinguish the number during the finish of our swing, even if we didn’t actually see the ball at impact.

Q. Why not simply a flashing point of light instead?
A. We found that it was too easy to see a point of light in our peripheral vision, thereby cheating the exercise. Try reading a word of this text while looking even a few inches away. You pretty much have to be looking right at it to read the number.

Q. Why does it flash a random number?
A. If we knew what number was coming, our minds might trick ourselves into believing we actually saw something we didn’t. It also becomes very useful in a coaching situation, since a bystander can easily read the number and can test the swinger’s recollection.

Q. What’s the difference between the short game and full swing modes?
A. The full swing in golf has a lot of momentum such that after impact, the club pulls us up and around into our finishing positions. It’s only possible to read a single flash at the moment of impact. For short game shots which do not have the same momentum, we generally keep our bodies relatively still, and we want to keep down as long as possible. Many people tend to look up and get out of their shots too soon. SwingNumber N1 flashes 3 distinct times forcing us to be patient before looking up to see where the ball went.

Q. Do all excellent golfers “see impact”?
A. The exceptions who don’t still have their bodies in perfect position at impact, which is what using SwingNumber N1 will train you to accomplish.

Q. Can I see the number in the sunlight?
A. Bright direct sunlight makes it hard to see. We designed SwingNumber N1 with a dark red cover which filters the light effectively in the sun, but we recommend using it at a driving range where there is some shade.

Q. How long do the batteries last?
A. SwingNumber N1 is very efficient and will last several thousand flashes on its included batteries. It’s best to turn it off when not in use.

Q. Is it portable?
A. Extremely! It can even be attached to a key ring.

Width: 7.2 cm (2.8 inches)
Length: 3cm (1.2 inches)
Height: 2cm (0.78 inches)
Weight: ~30g or ~1 ounce