Swing Reminders
If you have ever taken golf lessons your probably familiar with being told a swing thought during your lesson. I remember when my golf instructor was working on my backswing, he would tell me, “take it back slow and low” or “one piece take away.” Like all golfers we are constantly looking to improve our game and often we forget these swing thoughts when we go out and play or practice at the range. The reason is are brains can only hold so much information at any given point in time. There is a reason why phone number are only ten digits long, and it not because of some guideline made up by the phone companies. So to remedy our short term memory limitations, we bring note cards with these swing thoughts written down on them and pull them out to remember what we should be focusing on. The problem with note cards is that they can get wet, causing the ink to run and they can be bulky to carry in your pocket. Swing Reminders is a simple system of 25 hardwood tokens that have swing thoughts imprinted on each side of the token, broken into categories. Each category covers several different ideas and make it easier to see which area you may want to focus on.
The Swing Reminders concept was created by Scott Jessee, who woke up in the middle of the night back in November of 2006 with the idea for wooden round tokens with swing thoughts imprinted on them. As the Head Golf Professional at Turquoise Valley Golf Course in Naco, Arizona, Scott would tell his students to stop thinking and just react when playing golf. We all know that the more you think, the worse we play. And Swing Reminders is there to help by providing simple tips to keep you focused while your learning or relearning a technique.
Look and feel
The Swing Reminders are 25 double-sided, wood tokens (50 tips) that are 1.5″ in diameter, which make them very easy to see and carry in your pocket. Each token is very smooth and has very polished feel to them, so you don’t have to worry about getting splinters. The tips are silk screened in blue ink on the center of each token and are very easy to read, even when used as a ball marker. The categories for the Swing Reminders is broken out into six aspects of the golf game: Mental, Set Up, Swing, Head and Eyes, Hands and Arms, and Lower Body. The accompanying booklet that comes with the Swing Reminders, gives a detailed explanation of each category and the swing thoughts. The swing thoughts are matched up accordingly, based on the category on each side of the token. For example, Mental swing thoughts (Visualize-One Shot At A Time) only appear on both sides of the token, etc.
What’s nice about the Swing Reminders is the simplicity of the swing thought, partly because it needs to fit on the token, but also to make it easy to remember. The last thing any golfer needs is to have too many thoughts in your head while trying to play or practice. I really liked being able to use the token as a reminder for a particular part of my game I’m trying to improve, but also using them as a ball marker. When marking my ball, I would pull out one of the tokens from the Head and Eyes/Hands and Arms category and use one of those token’s as my ball marker, like “Eyes Over The Ball-Left Hand Firm.” This way I could remind myself to keep my eyes over the ball when attempting my putt. Overall, I found Swing Reminders to be a simple and effective training aid that can help you improve your game, one swing thought at a time.
Swing Reminders retails for $9.99
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I did a short review of these too and find the more I use them, the more I like them. Unfortunately, everyone I play with makes fun of me and my “chips of wisdom.”