Two best training aids ever:

[EdZ]

Hard to pick the two best, but I'd have to throw in the figure 8 strap and an impact bag as contenders, with the swing fan and tac tic up near the top as well.

[stimpson]

I am about to get a plane laser. Is the Butch Harmon one good enough or are there alternatives out there?

Thanks.

[cjgolf]

for lasers I believe you will get the best bang for your buck from:

http://www.golfjustlikethepros.com/

Clyde's products are recommended and used by a number of TGM instructors including Chuck Evans

take a look at his Dual Track as well.

Chris

[jim_0068]

Clyde makes a "decent" product but not a great one imo. My lasers weren't working very well after receiving them and the plane laser that traces from the butt actually doesn't trace from the butt. It traces a few inches inside the butt which makes traces a straight plane line a little more difficult because using his lasers you are more upright because its more inside.

I will say he offered to replace my lasers and i was just too lazy to send them back, so he does stand behind his products.

I am going to say that the butch harmon laser system is much better for a couple reasons:

its more sturdy
plane laser clamps onto the butt, not inside
the sweetspot laser is closer to the sweet spot
it comes with a nice mat to trace a straight line
laser doubles as a putting laser
nice carrying case
not really much more money

You can pick them up off of ebay for about $50 if you do a search you'll find some people selling them for $49.95 BIN

[metallion]

Got the Harmon plane laser now. My grips are midsize so I am not able to fit it on those. Have to use another club when practicing with the laser, but I can live with that.

Tip regarding the butt laser: I put two chairs chairs 2 feet apart & put the shaft across both backrests. Laser dot on a wall some 8 yards away. Turning the shaft I noticed that the dot on the wall made a pretty big circle, maybe a yard in diameter. Nudging the butt laser slightly I was able to make that circle a LOT smaller. If I hadn't done it I guess the butt laser would have been off by maybe an inch at the top. Now its not.

I wish the instruction video would have been longer, but my first experiences are very promising.

[DDL]

I don't own a tic-tac, never seen one, nor know how it operates. Is it possible to get a tic tac to help maintian the right forearm flying wedge? Prevent the right wrist from cocking? Having a tic-tac to monitor the level right wrist could be simple enough, but more sophisticated technology would probably be needed to monitor the club in line with the right forearm and level right wrist.

[jim_0068]

I don't own a tic-tac, never seen one, nor know how it operates. Is it possible to get a tic tac to help maintian the right forearm flying wedge? Prevent the right wrist from cocking? Having a tic-tac to monitor the level right wrist could be simple enough, but more sophisticated technology would probably be needed to monitor the club in line with the right forearm and level right wrist.

Take the tac-tic and put it on your right wrist. Just want to say, this isn't a cocky response but just an honest one. You can put it on the right wrist as well.

OR

Greg Norman's "secret" was made for the right wrist.

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However both pose the problem that it WILL NOT monitor a cocked right wrist.

[Trig]

I'm wondering how the tic-tac works if you have a strong left hand? A strong grip will tend to cup the left wrist at the top and Yoda says that this is OK.

Does the tic-tac work with strong grips?

[jim_0068]

Yes...the small little cup that happens with strong grips won't make the tac-tic "click" unless you have it REALLY REALLY TIGHT to where the slightest cup makes it click. You can leave it a little more comfortable and adjust the strap so it is on the "Edge" of clicking but won't.

[nevermind]

DDL I dont believe the tic tac can let you know if you cock the right wrist