As the title says. Anyone try one? Anyone make a home made version?
Tour Striker Planemate. Anyone try?
It looks like a waste of time.
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Actually, it’s getting many solid reviews.
Anyone actually use the product or build something similar?
Made my own!
Didn't want to wait 2 months and pay $162.....twice the price that
it originally cost when it first came out.
And YES,it's probably one of the best training aids ever designed!
I made one as well. Cheap tool belt and 24” exercise band. I didn’t try to replicate the sliding bar. I’m liking it but mostly using in the basement. How about you?
Pics ?
Made mine from an old PC360 belt,an aluminum rod and a piece of acetal to attach to the club.
Only on protocol 3,but can already feel the effects of how it forces you to sync up your body and arms/club.
If you take the club to far inside on the takeaway (which I tend to do),the band will have some slack.
Also helps with shallowing the club on the D/S.
If you flip,you'll feel the band rub against your trail hand and loose tension.
The weirdest part is that after doing 30-40 reps with this T/A,when I pick up a club it feels like the head is attached
to a magnet for the first few swings.
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Here's more info:
https://www.tourstriker.com/planemate/#
With Martin Chuck and Bobby Axlerod,I mean David Woods.
Thanks.....cool.
I machined mine out of some 1" Acetal which is much stronger than the molded plastic that
is used on the Planemate from T/S.
Seems that is the weak point as a few users have reportedly broken that part.
I just drilled a 3/8" hole and a 1/2" hole then cut the two holes in half.
Then used a 1/4-20 thumb screw to lock it to the shaft, also masking tape wrapped
around the shaft avoids any slippage.
darpar How did you make the aluminum rod part and then attach it to the belt?
I just started hearing about it’s popularity. I guess they were sold out everywhere recently. I friend of mine got one on Craigslist for $50, never used it, sold it on FB marketplace to a guy overseas who “had to have it for it kids birthday” for $350.
We just got one at our indoor place. I’ll try it out tomorrow night, should be cool to feel what being in the right positions feels like. I know my swing has a few “compensations.”
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Watch the protocols. Especially #5. Understand and do what this means: Resist, Resist, Relax, Rotate.
This is a keeper