Apparatus for guiding a simulated golf swing consists of a golf club handle fixed at one end of a mechanical linkage whose other end can be fixed to a wall. The handle is fixed, so as to be rotatable about its own axis, to a crank of the linkage. The crank is connected in turn to an elongate arm pivoted at the fixing location so as to guide a swing in a basic arc. A central pivot of the crank permits the user's wrists to flex during the swing. The handle carries a projecting pointer which moves ...

A golf training aid for establishing an idealized golf club position and swing path for short golf swings is attachable to a golf club adjacent the club grip. The training aid has a shaped, elongate shaft with one end coupled to the club and an opposite end adapted for positioning through an armpit of a user. A flexible connector couples an upper end of the shaft to its lower end to allow flexing of the shaft as the club is gripped. A sliding tubular member positioned on the upper end of the sha...

A roller hockey puck for use in playing the sport of roller hockey on paved surfaces is disclosed which exhibits a minimized coefficient of friction and is thus capable of more freely rolling on an irregular surface, thereby better simulating the behavior of a conventional ice hockey puck on ice. The preferred embodiment roller hockey puck of the present invention uses a spherical roller which is supported by an array of bearings located in the puck body and which extends slightly above the oppo...

A hockey puck includes three separate generally pie-shaped inner core segments, a pair of protuberances on each of a pair of opposite sides of each inner core segment, and an outer enclosure generally cylindrical in configuration and defining three pie-shaped compartments that respectively surround and separately contain the inner core segments in spaced relations from one another. The outer enclosure has pairs of apertures in each of a pair of opposite faces thereof such that the pairs of protu...

A golf swing training apparatus is provided. The golf swing training apparatus is adapted to be folded in a collapsed state to facilitate quick and easy transportation and storage. The golf swing training apparatus has a main frame assembly defining a pair of A-frames joined by a pair of cross members. Each A-frame includes a spar being telescopically adjustable. A plurality of adjustable feet are provided to level the apparatus when placed atop uneven surfaces. A guide ring is hingedly attached...

A golf swing and putting trainer device 10 for use with a variety of golf clubs 100 including woods and irons 101, as well as putters 102. The device 10 comprises a resistance unit 12 operatively connected on one end to anchor elements 23, 24 disposed at spaced locations on a base member 20 and operatively connected on the other end to the upper end of a wood or iron 101 and the intermediate portion of a putter 102 for providing progressive resistance during both an full swing and putting stroke...

A golf tee for supporting a golf ball has a generally conical, essentially hollow body in which a conoidal wall extends in an axial direction along a prescribed axial length between a ball support at an upper end of the body and a basal tip at a lower end of the body. The wall includes overlapping conoid layers of synthetic polymeric material, preferably located along a common spiral, with adjacent layers in sliding engagement with one-another, all of the layers having upper and lower edges at c...

A golf stroke instruction device comprising an elongate, pivotally mounted club-engaging component whose range of motion can be selectively controlled by the user. This novel club-engaging component is operatively mounted adjacent at least one generally vertically disposed planar member. The planar member has an upper portion upon which the component is pivotally mounted for free swinging motion, with the planar member also having a face portion as well as a pair of side portions. A motion-limit...

A roller hockey puck having an outer shell of annular configuration, a central core positioned centrally interiorly of the outer shell, and a transition section extending from the central core to the outer shell. The transition section has a plurality of elliptical holes formed therein. The transition section has a top surface formed inwardly of a top planar surface of the outer shell. The transition section has a bottom surface formed inwardly of the bottom planar surface of the outer shell. Th...

A puck for playing hockey and hockey-like games on a variety of surfaces. The puck has a body of generally cylindrical shape with opposed major faces and an internal chamber therein containing a mass which is movable within the chamber whereby the center of gravity of the puck can be altered, as by application of a force to the puck in a direction generally parallel to the major faces. The puck body includes mating halves held together by a resilient band extending around the cylindrical sidewal...