I can barely watch him hit a golf ball so why would I want to compare my swing with his, but that’s just my personal opinion. The Zepp app allows you to compare yourself with Keegan’s swing, or fellow PGA Tour Player Brendan Steele.īradley has one of the most unorthodox set-up’s and swings in pro-golf, as well as the strange fidgeting, eye-balling, stepping, not stepping and stepping again pre-shot routine. One thing about the Zepp Golf Sensor that we just couldn’t buy into was the endorsement of the product by PGA Tour player Keegan Bradley. On the other hand, if you like to play by feel and don’t have much time to practice, then you are better served trusting your instincts and working on a variety of different shots, trajectories and shapes on the range. Other portable golf improvement sensors you could buy If you have time to invest in the set-up and engage with the training center then you’ll find it a handy tool to check your swing and sharpen your positions. If you are a detail oriented person with a good knowledge of golf swing mechanics then this is an ideal game improvement tool for you. ![]() Playing off scratch and having held a handicap between 0 and 2 for the best part of 20 years, I found some of the ZEPP sensor data helpful and some of it confusing. With the right application you can track your improvement and look back at swings from times when you were playing well. You can even compare it to readings from professional golfers, PGA Tour players and watch tutorials from leading coaches like Rick Smith to help you improve your performance and boost your readings.Īnother great feature we loved is the ability to record swings and archive a swing library over long periods of time. You need to take a trip to the Zepp Golf Training Center, available on the app or online at its website first and have a read of exactly what the sensor is measuring and why these readings can benefit your golf swing.Ī visit to the training center is essential because it helped us understand what the sensor does and crucially how to interpret its data. The Zepp Golf Sensor can show you your golf swing in 3D ![]() Here’s the fun part and why we felt it was important to give Zepp Golf a thorough review.Īt £129.99, the Zepp Golf golf training platform is not cheap and so don’t do what we did and just head to the range, set-it-up and start swinging because by the end of it you’ll have lots of numbers, pluses and minuses and not a lot of clue what it all means. Now, OK, we’ve got data but what do you do with it and is it useful? The Zepp Golf Sensor captures data about swing plane, hip rotation and speed of movement It then wirelessly fires data about your golf swing to the app on your phone – including your swing speed, swing tempo, relationship to the swing plane (over or under), plane of your hands and hip rotation. You synchronise the sensor to the app, follow some simple instructions, make some swings and it captures over 1000 data points per second. The Zepp Golf Sensor charges through USB connection to your computer Download the Zepp Golf AppĪ tiny button sized yellow 3D sensor fits onto your golf glove and is calibrated to a free mobile app that can be downloaded to any Apple or Android smartphone. It’s out of the question to try and stuff your coach into your golf travel bag – or shell out for his plane ticket and hotel room – so what else can you do?Ī new training aid and mobile app from Zepp Golf is the answer to your prayers and is basically a virtual golf coach that can go anywhere with you because it’s smaller than a dollar bill. ![]() If you’ve been working hard on your swing with your coach you’d probably benefit from being able to keep doing it while you’re away on your next golf holiday or trip. You may not want to scale the world rankings or make it onto the PGA Tour, but the chances are you want to get your handicap down or beat an annoying friend who always seems to win the weekend wager. Review Zepp Golf Sensor – How to take your golf game on the road rarely pull the trigger on a range ball without the data being fed into Trackman and relayed to an analyst in the Tour Truck. That’s not to mention the shirts, pants, shoes, caps and sunglasses all carefully pre-selected and packed by a sports company’s stylist for the four days of the tournament itself. There’s the swing coach, personal trainer, masseuse, dietician, sports psychologist, agent, caddie – mandatory beautiful wife – and between one and three children. Step inside the ropes of the PGA Tour or attend one of golf’s four Major Championships and you’ll see just how much goes into being the best. ![]() Travel with your own golf coach for under £130
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