Grow the Game...for real. (part 2)

In part 1 of "Grow the Game...for real." I mentioned the problems with golf.  It's too time consuming; it's too expensive; you can't build a golf course anywhere; and....oh yeah, it's HARD!  Well, SwingStation and almostGolf LLC and its Point3 golf ball are trying to make golf accessible by creating a golf ball that acts like the real thing but can be used on significantly less land.  Actually, the applications go far beyond that brief statement as almostGolf has other ideas in the pipeline that will help grow the game.

SwingStation is and always has been focused on making the "hard" part of golf fun.  A long time ago, back in December, January and February of 1988, in Saratoga Springs, NY I changed my golf swing.  That's right.  There was about 5 feet of snow on the ground up in that part of the country at that time of year, but my ambitious Coach, Dr. Tim Brown and my roommate and teammate rolled two VCR's, a TV, and one video camera down the Sports Center Hall, into the elevator past the basketball team practice into the baseball hitting cages.  That routine happened 4 times a week!  In COLLEGE!  My girlfriend thought I was nuts.  It took about 3 hours or so a night from set-up, to analysis to break down.  What were we thinking?  Well, I made All-American and I owe it all to Coach, Jan (pronounced Yawn) and video analysis. 

Okay, okay, okay..."what does this have to do with golf being a hard sport"?   If not for that experience, the SwingStation System would probably not exist today.  Whether you are a 3 handicap or a 27 handicap, if you want to get better at golf, you have to see yourself swing.  Okay, okay, okay..."I agree, but what does this have to do with the price of tea in China?" 

Face it, very few of you, are going to go out; buy a camera, a lap top, the necessary cables, video analysis software, a tri-pod and drag a friend to the range to video tape your swing.  Some of you may pay a golf professional a little more for a video lesson (and I think it's worth it and if you're lucky enoug to have access to a pro who has the equipment).  I'd say most of you don't want to see your swing.  Don't be afraid.  Even if you don't know the first thing about the golf swing...don't be afraid.  The power of visualization is unbelievable.  It's not as bad as you might think...trust me.  It works.  And SwingStation makes it easy.   Easy to record, to view and to send to a golf professional.

We are working with people in Mid and Northern New Jersey and the greater Des Moines areas to make video-recording your swing easy, fun, painless and inexpensive.  Your first experience with the SwingStation system may be at an outing or golf school.  Golf IS hard, but mostly it should be fun.  Give it a try; get video taped with SwingStation; review it with a pro or at least look at yourself swing...it's not that bad...golf needs you and we're here to help; for real.