Compact system, method, and device for developing muscle memory, timing, and technique for use in swing sports

Abstract

A device as disclosed herein utilizing a sliding and extendable rod, pipe, piston, or other sliding material designed to develop muscle memory, strength, technique, and flexibility for square swing impact and extension to enhance coordination and power, as well as to provide rehabilitative training based on repetition with immediate tactile, auditory, impact, and visual feedback, and that enables the user to train in partial swing and full swing modes and can be utilized indoors and outdoors.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A swing square impact and swing extension development device comprising:
 one or more housing components;   an extendable and retractable component configured to retract and extend within the one or more housing components;   one or more friction components positioned between the extendable and retractable component and an interior of the housing component, configured to retard movement of the extendable and retractable component with respect to the housing component, wherein the friction components are configured to allow the extendable and retractable component to extend within the housing component when a predetermined amount of force is applied by a user; and   one or more extension termination components attached to the extendable and retractable component and configured to engage or contact a portion of the housing component to prevent any further extension of the extendable and retractable component from the housing component.   
     
     
         2 . The development device of  claim 1 , further comprising a tensioning component located within the one or more housing components configured to contact the extendable and retractable component and configured to adjustably retard the movement of the extendable and retractable component with respect to the housing component. 
     
     
         3 . The development device of  claim 1 , further comprising a coupling component configured to attach the extendable and retractable component to the one or more housing components. 
     
     
         4 . The development device of  claim 3 , wherein the one or more extension termination components are configured to interact with the coupling component to prevent the extendable and retractable component from moving completely out of the housing component. 
     
     
         5 . The development device of  claim 1 , further comprising an interchangeable terminus component affixed to the extendable and retractable component. 
     
     
         6 . The development device of  claim 5 , wherein the interchangeable terminus component comprises can comprise the shape of the head of a golf club, e.g., the head of a wood, iron, wedge, hybrid, chipper, putter, or other shape suitable to the sport for which the compact sports swing trainer. 
     
     
         7 . The development device of  claim 5 , wherein the interchangeable terminus component comprises a swing data measurement component. 
     
     
         8 . The development device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more friction components are attached to the extendable and retractable component and configured to engage or contact an interior of the housing component. 
     
     
         9 . The development device of  claim 1 , wherein the housing is configured to be held in a user's hands, wherein at the beginning of a user's swing, the extendable and retractable component is in a first, retracted position, wherein during the user's swing the extendable and retractable component extends to a second, extended position. 
     
     
         10 . The development device of  claim 9 , wherein the extendable and retractable component is held in the first, retracted position by the one or more friction components, wherein the user's applied a force to the extendable and retractable component due to the user's swing movement, and wherein the force applied by the user causes the extendable and retractable component to overcome the friction of the one or more friction components to move to the second, extended position. 
     
     
         11 . The development device of  claim 9 , wherein the extendable and retractable component moves from the first, retracted position to the second, extended position at a predicted desired point of contact during a sports swing, and thereby provides a tactile response to the user when the extendable and retractable component extends within the housing. 
     
     
         12 . The development device of  claim 1 , wherein the development device does not comprise a tether, bungee, internal snap back chord, or other component for automatically, or without user impetus, retracting the retractable component into the housing component. 
     
     
         13 . A method for training movement of a sports swing user's feet, legs, hips, hands, arms, shoulders, and back, the method comprising:
 containing an extendable and retractable component configured to retract and extend within one or more housing components;   providing friction between the extendable and retractable component and an interior of the housing component via one or more friction components;   allowing the extendable and retractable component to extend within the housing component(s) whenever sufficient force is applied from a user's swing of the housing component to overcome the friction from the one or more friction components;   providing a tactile response to the user when the extendable and retractable component extends within the housing, thereby indicating a predicted desired point of contact during a sports swing; and   preventing the extendable and retractable component from further extension out of the housing by one or more extension termination components attached to the extendable and retractable component and configured to engage or contact a portion of the housing component.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising adjustably retarding the movement of the extendable and retractable component by a tensioning component located within the one or more housing components. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein providing a tactile response comprises allowing the extendable and retractable component to move from a first, retracted position to a second, extended position with respect to the housing component(s). 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein containing the extendable and retractable component within the one or more housing components comprises attaching a coupling component to the extendable and retractable component and the one or more housing components. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein preventing the extendable and retractable component from further extension out of the housing comprises interacting, by the coupling component, with the one or more extension termination components. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising measuring one or more characteristics of the user's swing via an interchangeable terminus component comprising a swing data measurement component, wherein the interchangeable terminus component is attached to the extendable and retractable component. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising retracting the extendable and retractable component within the housing within the use of a tether, bungee, internal snap back chord, or other component for automatically, or without user impetus, retracting the retractable component into the housing component. 
     
     
         20 . A method for training movement of a sports swing user's feet, legs, hips, hands, arms, shoulders, and back, the method comprising:
 training movement of a sports swing user's initial backswing;   training movement of a sports swing user's upper backswing;   training a sports swing user to hold the top of a backswing;   training movement of a sports swing user's initial downswing;   training movement of a sports swing user's lower downswing;   training a sports swing user to hold the impact of a sports swing;   training movement of a sports swing user's initial position of swing follow through;   training movement of a sports swing user's swing follow through to a swing finish position;   training a sports swing user to hold a swing finish position; and   training a sports swing user to swing from “waist to waist” to accentuate the release motion of the arms and hands through the impact area to full extension.