Get a Grip on Putting
Let us explain: This is the golf grip for the serious golfer seeking to take their putting to another level.
Price: $15.00 (for 2 or more, $12.50 each)
Familiar Story: "If only he could putt! He is a great ball striker, but just cannot putt!" This is a common statement on the PGA tour concerning some players. Of course, no one is on tour who cannot putt reasonably well, but it is putting that determines the winner on most Tour events. Why is that? Putting accounts for almost 40% of the strokes for an elite golfer.
The "Feel": Every golfer is searching for the right "feel". The comfort and confidence necessary for good putting are based upon "feel".
The Problem: Finding the "feel". The golf swing occurs in seconds and the putting stroke is typically complete in 0.4 seconds, start to finish. There is no time for the brain to deliberately walk through each musculoskeletal motion in the time allotted. Therefore, golf is often called a muscle memory sport.
The Search: There has been no end to the styles of putters, to the length of the shafts, the size and shape of the grips, and the placement of the hands and the techniques. Volumes could be devoted to the many attempts to make a better putting experience. If putting solutions were solved, there would not be the continued drum beat of various innovations.
Background: Has anything been overlooked? We think so. Golf has often been called a muscle memory sport. We often joke and say, if that is so then we are losing both muscle and memory as we grow older. However, it is a psychomotor sport based upon proprioception and appreciation of spatial relationships. In fact, these factors are so important that we have come to realized, "The body is smarter than the brain." What we mean is that the body will respond and even correct errors in prior intellectual alignment or distance judgment during the golf swing. An example is the right handed golfer who erroneously lines up right of the target will spontaneously pull the swing to the left and towards the target previously programmed in their body, even if not their brain.
A book written on great golfers' skills would read like a MEDICAL JOURNAL. Golf is dependent upon the player's proprioception, spatial relationships and neurosensory transmission, central nervous system interpretation, psychomotor skills and motor memory execution. This all happens in the less the 0.4 second of the putting stroke from start to impact. No wonder putting is difficult. There is no time to think about anything. In fact, it is best if the golfer does not think about anything. The execution must have a foundation of solid principles built in prior practice. In other words, he/she must play by feel. Does all this happen without feeling anything? Yes, because there is no time in the split second of the stroke to think or feel anything specific! All the data must be collected in the player's psychomotor system and executed spontaneously during the stroke.
We want to help you not have to think or wonder about feel. We want to provide "Feel".
During the golf swing, the subtle perceptions in the hands are instantaneously recorded in the brain along with the body's dynamic and automatic position sense during the golf swing. The latter is called proprioception. The subtle perception instantaneously recorded in the golfer's hands is medically known as sensibility. All these factors contribute to feel.
2 point discrimination: This is a term used in medical science to determine the level of sensibility of various body parts to interpret touch at the smallest most precise level. This test is performed with a caliper with pointed ends.
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Inexpensive, non medical grade, calipers for measuring 2 point discrimination. |
The Test: The test is performed with the subjects eyes closed. The examiner places one point or two points of various widths on the body part of the subject. The touching with one and two points is random. In fact, attempts are made to trick or test the reliability of the subject's responses.
The distance between the two points is gradually narrowed until such a small width that the subject cannot tell the difference between one and two points. This is the end point. The final width recorded as the measure in millimeters indicating the 2 point discrimination ability of the subject.
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2 Point Discrimination of 2 mm |
Norms: The ability to discern 2 point versus 1 point discrimination on the back of the shoulder may be as much as 2-3 inches. The norm on the lips and finger tips is 2-3 mm wide. The reason for smaller width of discrimination is the greater number of nerve endings in the dermis of the lips and fingers.
A New Sensible and Sensibility Enhanced Putter Grip: A USGA conforming and patent pending putter grip has been introduced by Prescription Golf. The grip is traditional in material composition with a pistol grip shape of regular size.
The unique feature is a single 2 mm wide by 1 mm deep longitudinal groove on the anterior flat surface. The primary purpose is to confirm perfect alignment during grip assembly so that the flat surface of the grip is perpendicular to the face of the putter.
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The Patented Laser Device has a bottom fin that fits into the groove to confirm the alignment with the putter face is perfect. |
The method of confirmation gives the player confidence that his/her grip is in perfect alignment with the putter face. They never have to think about it again. That is The Sense-Able® aspect of the invention.
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Laser alignment confirmation of the flat and grooved
grip is perfectly aligned with the putter face. |
The Cerebral Dimension: The second and more important feature is when the player grips the putter, the skin of their fingers or hand minimally sinks into the linear groove that is aligned with the putter face.
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The picture on the left shows the thumb alignment on the putter grip.
The remarkable result is the subtle imprint of the groove on the golfer's thumb. (Shown on the right) |
This dermal imprint provides a very subtle and precise psychomotor alignment "read" for the golfer at the microdermal neurosensory level.
The important feature of this novel grip is the single longitudinal line as opposed to multiple lines or elevations for the golfer's psychomotor system to read, interpret and formulate a response. Since the geometry is a single line, it eliminates any other brain confusing geometries. The remainder of the grip surface has no competing palpable features.
During preliminary testing, various players were asked to tell us how this new putter feels. They were not told about the features of the grip. They discussed everything but the grip and extolled the great "feel" of the putter. One summarized what others expressed in other ways, "It feels like an extension of my arms and body." We then revealed the nature of the grip. The players were obviously influenced by the subliminal psychosensory input from the alignment biofeedback imprint on their fingers and hands.
The Merits:
- USGA conforming.
- Patent pending.
- Non distracting presence.
- Subliminal cerebral perception.
- Single geometry linear feature with no competing geometry insuring a great read.
- Provides confidence.
- Comfortable
- Dynamic biofeedback.
- Great FEEL.
The perfectly precision aligned putter grip with single neuropsychomotor subliminal dermal imprinting grip, absent any competing geometry for singleness of purpose in putting;
Making IT!
EVIDENCE BASED TESTING
Testing with the Sense-Able® putter grip has shown players have improved aim, direction at impact, and putter path.
Pilot Study: Results of testing of a top 30 PGA Champion's Tour player without and with the Sense-Able® putter grip. He hit 5 straight putts recorded on the Science and Motion Putt Lab of 10 feet with his putter and a grip he has used for years. He then hit the same putt 5 times with only change being the grip from his tried and true to the Sense-Able® putter grip.
The following parameters tested and documented by the Science and Motion PuttLab. They were: Aim, Face alignment at impact, Path direction at impact, and Impact Spot on putter face.
AIM:
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His Putter |
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His Putter with Sense-Able Grip |
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Notice the 1.1 degree closed average alignment with his putter and the 0.6 degree closed average with the Sense-Able® grip on the right. This is an improvement of almost 50%.
FACE AT IMPACT; PATH AT IMPACT
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His Putter |
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His Putter with Sense-Able Grip |
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Notice the 1.6 degree open average direction at impact and the 1.3 degree path to the left with the regular grip. The same putter with the Sense-Able® grip has 1.9 degree open face at impact but much greater consistency. The path is 0.6 degrees to the left or more that 50% improvement over the test without the groove grip.
PATH AND SPOT ON FACE: The view of the putter head path is also improved as a result of the above measurements.
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His Putter |
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His Putter with Sense-Able Grip |
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Notice the more consistent length of back stroke with the Sense-Able® grip. This is important in that the length of the back stroke determines the length of the ball roll providing the dynamic are of the same signature. Notice the straighter putter head path on the recording with the Sense-Able® putter grip. Also notice the better score on impact spot with the Sense-Able® grip on his putter with all the impact spots more centered.
Conclusion: The only variable was the Sense-Able® putter grip. The results of this pilot study showed 40-50% more accurate aim, direction, path, and impact spot.
Price: $15.00 (for 2 or more, $12.50 each)
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