Do you need to hit a ball for the analyzer to work?
1361269
Half of the time, I couldn't get it to work period. The engineer at SwingSmart said that it may be due to me not coming to a complete stop before I started my swing, something to do with the system detecting the start of the swing. It is supposed to work whether you hit the ball or not, but that was not my experience.
1361270
It has two settings. With the swing mode, you have to hit a ball, but with the training mode you don't. I love this thing!
1361271
I use a very soft golf balls made of foam and it works well. However, I do not think you need to use a ball to record the swing information.
826470
Remember that this device calculates distance based on ball speed and trajectory (launch angle) through the use of doppler radar. The launch angle is pre-determined by inputting tour club selection (trajectory if loft angle of thr club) so if you typically have a lower or higher ball flight, then this is not very accurate at all. In fact, no one has the same trajectory everytime they hit a ball, so my answer is no...not very accurate. I sold mine and bought a laser. I get much more use out of a laser, especially on the course. True launch monitors, like Trackman, calculate distance using true ball speed, trajectory, and spin. You cannot get feedback like that out of a $200 device.
783007
Yes. If not, the device will detect the shot but not the drver. You will have to add the select the driver during the review after uploading your round.
1308800
It works for me. I put 100 balls in. Turn on. It shoots balls until about 2 or 3 left.
657932
Yes. All you need to play is included except paper and pencil to track the scoring. OOPS, almost forgot that there is also no timer included.
1803086
No, you need to use special Jugs ping-pong sized balls. You can buy them separately. I'd recommend getting at least 50 balls.
1034447
No...the device only releases the ball from the barrel. It does NOT shoot the ball out of the barrel.
8835
It says to hit 150-200 balls with it while rotating the bat with each hit. I believe the break in period may be just a little more than that......maybe 400-500 balls.
295136
There is a cue or track mark capability but I've never used it so I'm not sure how well it works.
2213334
Depends on how well you can hit back. The majority of my balls go flying off the table and I have to stop every few minutes to pick them up.
2012174
You do need to hit a ball, but a light weight practice ball is good enough to make the device record the swing.
439251
Hi, I believe it came with a tool you insert in the ball and blow it up with your mouth. It is great and I would advise buying the Bender DVD for the extra few dollars. It's a quick video and will give you ideas on how to use the ball. Highly recommend.
1837852
Yes. There are two modes of swing detection. Normal requires that you hit a ball, and practice which you can in theory swing against air. The device makes a swing noise to indicate that it detected a swing, so you could leave the device in your pocket. I do have to say that some people have difficulty getting their swings detected, especially in practice mode.
214648
Yes, but the gun needs to be placed parallel to the ball (oncoming or going away). It will not work with the gun perpendicular to the ball. If you notice in major league baseball, the gun is directly behind the catcher and it is measuring the speed from the mound to home plate.
1051722
Yes you can. If you hit the start button, you will see the statistics of the pitcher and his pitch count. Also, there is an energy bar that can be displayed when choosing the pitch type
1606139
You have to hit them pretty hard, unfortunately. You can however just boost the sensitivity in the program you're using it.
2270731
Mine requires me to hit a ball so I surmise the device may not pickup contact on short putts, being the contact generally is much lighter, maybe too light.