Golf swing training guide

Abstract

A golf swing training guide provides stationary markers or pads positionable in three dimensions, to assist in proper body position and golf club swing movement. The training guide has a telescopically extendible base pole pivotally attached to a base and positionable at a plurality of inclination angles relative to the base. A telescopically extendible touch pole is attachable to the base pole and may be pivoted relative to the base pole to position a pad on the touch pole into a desired position.

1 . A golf swing training guide, comprising:
 a base;   a telescopically extendible base pole attached to the base and positionable at a plurality of inclination angles relative to the base;   a telescopically extendible touch pole attachable to the base pole at a plurality of different angles relative to the base pole; and   a touch pad on an end of the touch pole.   
     
     
         2 . The guide of  claim 1  with the base comprising a hollow container including a fill plug. 
     
     
         3 . The guide of  claim 1  further including a pair of arch plates on the base, with the base pole between the arch plates. 
     
     
         4 . The guide of  claim 3  with at least one of the arch plates including a plurality of angle position holes, and an angle pin in the base pole engageable into a selected angle position hole to select an inclination angle of the base pole relative to the base. 
     
     
         5 . The guide of  claim 1  further including a first fitting on the base pole, with the first fitting having a releasable clamp collar to allow the first fitting to be moved to and secured in place at a desired position on the base pole. 
     
     
         6 . The guide of  claim 5  further including a second fitting on the touch pole, with the second fitting engaged with the first fitting to support the touch pole on the base pole while allowing the touch pole to be moved into a desired stationary orientation relative to the base pole. 
     
     
         7 . The guide of  claim 6  with the first fitting having an arm insertable into a socket on the second fitting with a friction fit. 
     
     
         8 . The guide of  claim 1  with the base pole including a lower tube pivotally attached to the base and an upper tube slidable over the lower tube, with the upper tube having top and bottom holes, and spring biased lock button on the lower tube movable into the top hole or the bottom hole to lock the base pole into a retracted position or an extended position. 
     
     
         9 . The guide of  claim 1  with the base having a channel and the base pole pivotable into the channel. 
     
     
         10 . A golf swing training aide, comprising:
 a base including a hollow container including a fill opening;   a base pole having a lower tube pivotally attached to the base, and an upper tube attachable to the lower tube at an extended position and at a retracted position;   an angle lock on the base engageable with the lower tube to hold the base pole at a selected inclination angle relative to the base;   a base pole fitting on the base pole, with the base pole fitting including a base pivot arm and a releasable clamp collar around the base pole;   a touch pole having a first tube attachable to a second tube at an extended position and at a retracted position;   a touch pole fitting on the touch pole, with the touch pole fitting including a touch pivot arm and a releasable clamp collar around the touch pole, and with the touch pivot arm attachable to the base pivot arm; and   a touch pad on each end of the touch pole.   
     
     
         11 . The training aide of  claim 10  with the touch pivot arm attached to the base pivot arm via a friction fit. 
     
     
         12 . The training aide of  claim 11  with the base pivot arm comprising a socket adapted to slide over or into the base pivot arm. 
     
     
         13 . The training aide of  claim 10  further including a pair of spaced apart arch plates at a first end of the base, with the base pole between the arch plates, and with at least one of the arch plates having a plurality of openings aligned on a common circular arc, and with a spring biased angle lock pin in the lower tube projecting into one of the openings. 
     
     
         14 . The training aide of  claim 10  with the base comprising a blow molded plastic enclosure.