How to start working with Guided Practice
If you’re new to HackMotion or unsure how to improve your swing, we recommend starting with Guided Practice. It’s the easiest way to identify your swing faults and get personalized drills to fix them.
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What is Guided Practice?
HackMotion Guided Practice is a virtual coaching mode designed to detect your swing faults, provide feedback, and suggest drills that help you improve consistency and ball flight. Each drill gives you real-time feedback so you can feel and repeat the correct movements. Once you complete a drill, you can retake the diagnostic swings to see your progress.
Preparation
To use Guided Practice, you will need to take full-speed swings with golf balls, either at a driving range, golf simulator or practice net. You will also need to install and set up the HackMotion app on your phone or tablet.
Calibration
For accurate wrist angle and motion tracking, wear and calibrate the sensor correctly. You’ll be prompted to calibrate before starting any practice mode, so just follow the in-app instructions.
Take a look these articles to make sure you are getting the most accurate data:
How to wear HackMotion
How to calibrate HackMotion
Take 5 swings
When prompted, choose a club and take at least five full swings with a golf ball. After completing them, HackMotion will analyze your wrist motion and show feedback about your main swing fault.
Read more about the detected issue
Press the cards to read about the incorrect movements and how they can affect your ball flight. You will also see suggested drills – exercises helping you improve specific positions.
Try the recommended drills
Follow the on-screen instructions for each drill. All drills begin from the address position and can usually be done in slow motion or full speed.
You’ll receive biofeedback through sound or vibration to help you internalize correct wrist patterns. Aim for at least five successful reps in a row before moving on.
Return to the Guided Practice and take more swings
Once you’ve completed a drill, return to Guided Practice and take a few full-speed swings with a golf ball to test your improvement.
Repeat the process of diagnose ? drill ? retest as many times as needed until you’re ready to focus on the next area of improvement.
Conclusion
The virtual coaching provided in the HackMotion app can be a powerful tool in your arsenal by identifying various swing faults, providing relevant advice and real-time feedback. Try working with Guided Practice in your next driving range session and find out for yourself!