JPS6216881Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to golf practice shoes worn when practicing hitting a golf ball.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, when practicing hitting a golf ball (driving shot) at a riverside area or a golf driving range, for example, shoes with a small uneven surface formed on the outsole or shoes with a trapezoidal protrusion formed thereon are worn.

Next, the practitioner correctly grasps the golf club with both hands while keeping both feet slightly apart and at a specified distance.
Next, the golf ball is hit by repeating postures such as address, back swing, top-off swing, impact, follow-through, and finish.

In this case, when the right-handed hitter transitions from a back swing to a top-off swing, he twists his body slightly to the right and swings the golf club held with both hands, so the heel of his left shoe, which is his pivot foot, rises slightly. , apply your weight to the front part of the sole, touch the ground, and from this state, twist your body to the left and at the same time swing down the golf club gripped with both hands to move to the impact position to hit the golf ball. The entire surface of the shoe is in contact with the ground, while the right shoe, on the other hand, is in contact with the ground only by the toe, moving into the follow-through position, then into the finish position, and then back into the address position. Therefore, before and after hitting a golf ball, there is an instantaneous transition from contacting the ground with the front part of the sole of the left shoe to contacting the ground only with the toe of the right shoe, which is especially difficult for beginners. In this case, the golf ball often flies slightly to the left or right side rather than to the front because the contact position of the left shoe is misaligned.

In view of the above, this invention aims to provide golf practice shoes that can prevent the grounding position of the pivot foot from shifting and at the same time allow the practitioner's shoulders and hips to smoothly twist when backswinging. purpose.

The gist of this invention is that a freely rotatable rotor with downward spikes is attached to the front of the outsole of one of the golf practice shoes.

Hereinafter, an explanation will be given based on FIGS. 1 and 2 showing an embodiment of this invention.

1 is an outsole forming a golf practice shoe; 2 is a base plate attached to the front of the outsole with machine screws 3;
4 is a rotor having a plurality of downwardly protruding spikes 5 around its outer periphery; 6 is a rotor shaft in which the rotor 4 is loosely attached to the base plate 2 with a snap spring 6A; 7A and 7B are the base plate 2 and the rotor This is an O-ring that prevents dust, water, etc. from entering through the small space formed between the rotor shaft 6 and the rotor shaft 6. Reference numeral 8 denotes a plurality of balls arranged in annular grooves 2A and 4A cut in the base plate 2 and the rotor 4 concentrically with the rotor shaft 6, and the rotor 4 is thereby freely rotatable around the rotor shaft 6. . 10 is a protrusion formed on the toe portion of the outsole 1.

Next, the operation of this invention will be explained. If you are a right-handed golfer, you wear the golf practice shoe configured as described above on your left foot, which is your pivot foot, and you wear a regular golf practice shoe on your right foot. Then, the golf club is properly gripped with both hands while keeping the feet slightly apart and a predetermined distance apart, and then the golf ball is hit in the same order as above. In this case, when the heel of the golf practice shoe worn on the left foot of a right-handed hitter is slightly raised and his weight is applied to the front part of the outsole 1 of the practice shoe, the spikes 5 surrounding the rotor 4 bite into the ground. Because of this, the grounding position of the left foot, which is the pivot foot, does not shift, and the direction of the foot rotates around the rotor shaft 6 in accordance with the way the body twists, allowing for smooth dry shot practice and improved batting. It is possible to hit a golf ball almost directly in front of you. In the case of a left-handed hitter, the golf practice shoe configured as described above is worn on the right foot, which is the pivot foot, and the normal golf practice shoe is worn on the left foot.

As described above, the golf practice shoes of this invention allow the foot to be smoothly turned when practicing a dry shot without changing the ground position of the pivot foot, which allows the golf ball to be impacted with a greater centrifugal force acting on the tip of the golf club than before, which, combined with the extension of the flight distance of one stroke, greatly increases the interest in golf games.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of this invention, with FIG. 1 being a bottom view of the main parts, and FIG. 2 being a cross-sectional view taken along the arrow line A-A' shown in FIG. 1... Outsole, 4... Rotor, 5... Spike part (spike), 6... Rotor shaft.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Golf practice shoes characterized in that a freely rotatable rotor with a downwardly directed spike part is attached to the front of the sole of one of the golf practice shoes.