No matter how long someone has been playing golf, there is often an un-quenchable thirst to ‘get better’ at the game. For some, this is the blessing of being a golfer – always striving to improve. For others, it is surely the curse.

With an almost endless list of ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ involved with attempting to perfect the golf swing, an equally endless supply of training gadgets, tools and devices have appeared over the history of the game.

Today, that list is longer than ever. New technologies have been combined with the imaginations of frustrated golfers and skilled inventors to produce this list. To find what you need, it is helpful to know where to start with finding what can BEST help your game. Here are some categories to consider:

Your Grip: There are teaching ‘gloves’ and molded grips that will put your hands into the correct position. It is critical to get this right if you ever expect to play well. 

Tempo & Balance: Beginner or Tour player, your game will be erratic until you find the product that will help you get and understand these feel moves.  

Set-Up & Aim: A fundamental part of playing good golf, but too often overlooked. From beginner to highly skilled player, bad alignment can be the problem you’ve NOT worked on.  

Being on Plane: Especially for the middle handicap player, this can be the part of the game that is most critical, yet hardest to understand. Various training aids have been developed to help you ‘feel’ what being on plane is, part of swinging a golf club properly. 

Other parts of your game that might need work and can be helped with a training aid: 

• ‘At the Top’: another critical part of the swing to understand, ask a pro for suggestions. 

• Short game: techniques are the key, depending on your lie, and several types of aids are available. 

• Putting: because putting is so much about personal comfort and feel, there are MANY tools and aids to choose from. 

• Books & Videos: once you know which part of your game you want to work on, there are literally hundreds of books or videos that can be considered training aids.