Trackman Iron Pickups

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Trackman Iron Pickups?

To all you Trackman owners:

I just had a demo with the Trackman today. My desire to purchase one is mainly for teaching. I agree with everyone here about how important the numbers of angle of attack and so on... What surprised me the most was how infrequently the Trackman was able to collect club delivery data. On a series of ten shots with a pitching wedge, it only collected data from 2 swings.

It would really bother me as an instructor to tell someone paying top dollar for a lesson with Trackman where I would have to tell them to hit again because it didn't collect the data I'm looking for. The sales rep came right out and said that as the club moves slower, Trackman hasa hard time picking up the data.

Is anyone else having this problem? Is there a better way to set it up to enhance its ability to collect club data. In all fairness, I must say I was quite disappointed with my experience today.
 
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If you're on grass, it will pick up an iron about half the time due to the radar not being able to tell the difference between the divot and the club - too much interference. I'll just use a mat or a lie board instead. It always gets the driver and always gets irons inside at the dome I teach at.
 
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Kevin,

Thanks for the advice. I guess the hype/expectations just didn't match up for me. I could see the device had no trouble picking up driver or fairways but the irons were a real disappointment. I may just wait until someone solves this problem.
 
Richie3Jack

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When I did my Trackman fitting we teed everything up. I was also told not to pick up the tee after the shot either. Basically, hit a shot and then go back to the Trackman and hit another shot.



3JACK
 
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Trackman fitting for woods and irons? Yea, I saw how easily the signal was interrupted by the player getting in the way. Happened a bunch of times. That didn't bother me though. Students can understand that but it's hard to explain "hit it again, it didn't get that one."
 
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btp

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I too am interested in it for teaching. You can do some bad swings on mats and get away with it.
 
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vjsinger said:
What is up with this thread? I understand that technology is not always perfect, but come on guys.
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Sorry, VJ, I just thought some of the teachers would be interested. I know I would have been. I am still a huge fan of trackman and this technology.
 
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ggsjpc said:
Sorry, VJ, I just thought some of the teachers would be interested. I know I would have been. I am still a huge fan of trackman and this technology.
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No need to apologize to me. I understand your concerns, but I hope people don't start getting the wrong idea here. TRACKMAN is the most technologically advanced piece of equipment available to "the masses" right now. All technology has it good points and its bad, I think most people understand that. If you go out to spend $30,000 on a car you don't expect it to perform perfectly everytime..right? I wouldn't look at TRACKMANs "shortcomings" as a deterrent, I would say the positives certainly outweight the negatives here. As a golfer, not a teacher, I wouldn't mind in the least bit hitting another shot if my divot interrupted the reading because I understand that technology is not 100% perfect all the time. Thats all Im trying to say...I hope you get to buy one, Im sure in the end you'll love what it does for you and your students. Cheers.
 
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dbl

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Maybe I don't get the need to anaylyze wedges shots. I would have through most analysis would be with longer clubs.
 
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When you say:

"TRACKMAN is the most technologically advanced piece of equipment available to "the masses" right now"

I believe Flightscope also qualifies. I have no affilliation either way.
 
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dbl said:
Maybe I don't get the need to anaylyze wedges shots. I would have through most analysis would be with longer clubs.
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While testing Flightscope I demonstrated to the rep how to increase spin rate on a pitch by 50%, a 35 yard shot went from 3500rpm to over 5000rpm. (over the traditionally taught method for a spinner!)

This technology has its value for all shots.
 
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vjsinger said:
What is up with this thread? I understand that technology is not always perfect, but come on guys.
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Someone points out some problems he's having with it, and asks for solutions, and people give him some solutions? What's wrong with this thread? Seems fine to me.
 
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Ryan Smither

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I'd say that wedges are worth testing on Trackman (if you have some extra time)...

*Testing different type shots & creating consistent spin with those shots is practical
*Good players need to be consistent with their wedge distances
*Since you hit downward a bunch with a wedge, knowing your true path is important
 
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Thanks. Seems like a specialty analsysis then, while longer clubs are for the real meat and potatoes analysis.
 
Richie3Jack

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If I pay $30K for a car, I expect it to run damn well for at least 5 years without a problem.

I understand the concerns, but when I did use Trackman we didn't have a problem. Of course I thought it was a bit weird we teed up every shot, but now it makes sense. That wouldn't deter me from using it.

I sort of hate to re-hash this, but I'm really curious as to see what the differences between FlightScope and Trackman are as I keep hearing from people who have used FlightScope it's the same thing as Trackman. At 6K, even I would consider buying one.



3JACK
 
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Richie3Jack said:
I sort of hate to re-hash this, but I'm really curious as to see what the differences between FlightScope and Trackman are as I keep hearing from people who have used FlightScope it's the same thing as Trackman. At 6K, even I would consider buying one.



3JACK
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I'm with you on this. I'd love to hear some objective data on why the trackman is so much more (better, expensive, orange...).

I look forward to when flightscopes start showing up on ebay used.
 
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