Dave Hicks Putting - Got the Vibe

JohnHenry

Anyone every heard of or used this??

Im heading to the Golf Live at The London Golf Club from in May and they are doing a free demo, thinking of giving it a go?

Anything to improve my putting :mad:

Dave Hicks Putting at Golf Live

http://www.davehicksputting.com/products/got-the-vibe

Our game-changing GOTtheVIBE shaft insert will feature highly at this
years Golf Live.

What does it do?

It makes your putter’s effective sweet spot bigger.

Bring your putter along with you, we’ll expertly fit it for you to try with no obligation on the green.

If you like it, you can purchase it at a show special price. If you don’t, we’ll take it out. Simple.

TheDoc

Hmm dunno bout that

The boards deal for 3 lessons at 29Euro sounds a better shout. Atleast that will analyse your swing and give you pointers on whas poor in your stroke and how to correct it.

Not really a believer in equipment or tool that simply cover up faults in your swing or stroke

If it somehow trains or forces you into a good stroke , happy days

AldilaMan

JohnHenry wrote: »

Anyone every heard of or used this??

Im heading to the Golf Live at The London Golf Club from in May and they are doing a free demo, thinking of giving it a go?

Anything to improve my putting :mad:

Dave Hicks Putting at Golf Live

http://www.davehicksputting.com/products/got-the-vibe

Our game-changing GOTtheVIBE shaft insert will feature highly at this
years Golf Live.

What does it do?


It makes your putter’s effective sweet spot bigger.

Bring your putter along with you, we’ll expertly fit it for you to try with no obligation on the green.

If you like it, you can purchase it at a show special price. If you don’t, we’ll take it out. Simple.

You've got 8 hours and 41 minutes for this deal:

https://www.boardsdeals.ie/deal/29-instead-of-99-for-3-X-Half-Hour-Putting-Lessons-at-The-Golf-Lab-Dublin-12/872/

JohnHenry

That’s a cracking deal to be fair and i could do with the lessons but not living in Ireland anymore I’m afraid.
Must say I’m very sceptical about someone drilling into my putter anyway but as it’s a free demo, though it might be worth a look.

Dtoffee

Total gimmick ...... the sweet spot is exactly that .... a spot, not someting that you can expand. Think about the way your ball makes contact with the putter, if the sweet spot was an inch wide you would have to hit the sweet spot of the one inch sweet spot for perfection

To find your putters sweet spot, grip/pinch the shaft just below the grip using your thumb and forefinger. Then get a ball and hold the putter as high as possible with the putter reveresed towards you (as if someone in front of you was using it). The putterhead should now be about chest high and you can start tapping the face of the putter with your ball. You will soon find a spot that when its hit, the putter will not twist and will return to the ball in the exact place you tapped it ..... hey presto:)

As for putting, find what type of stance and stroke you feel most comfortable with and practice, practice, practice ....... but remember, if you cant read the putt and dont commit - you will miss more often than not. See the ball going in the hole (BELIEVE) and you will soon lose the putting blues.

uptheroyals

Dtoffee wrote: »

Total gimmick ...... the sweet spot is exactly that .... a spot, not someting that you can expand. Think about the way your ball makes contact with the putter, if the sweet spot was an inch wide you would have to hit the sweet spot of the one inch sweet spot for perfection

To find your putters sweet spot, grip/pinch the shaft just below the grip using your thumb and forefinger. Then get a ball and hold the putter as high as possible with the putter reveresed towards you (as if someone in front of you was using it). The putterhead should now be about chest high and you can start tapping the face of the putter with your ball. You will soon find a spot that when its hit, the putter will not twist and will return to the ball in the exact place you tapped it ..... hey presto:)

As for putting, find what type of stance and stroke you feel most comfortable with and practice, practice, practice ....... but remember, if you cant read the putt and dont commit - you will miss more often than not. See the ball going in the hole (BELIEVE) and you will soon lose the putting blues.

The vibe will increse the MOI of the putter face, by doing this it effectively makes the sweet spot bigger as it is less affected by twisting. Same idea behind the spider putters, or hi MOI drivers etc. Higer moi means hitting it off centre will have less of an affect than low MOI putters

Almaviva

uptheroyals wrote: »

The vibe will increse the MOI of the putter face

How do you make that out? It goes down the shaft, so does not affect the centre of gravity of the face or moment about the shaft of an off centre hit.

Sounds like complete nonesense. It sells itself on feel - usually the trademark of the con man in the golf world : by the time you feel anything the balls is already on its way to wherever its gona go.

Do trade description legislation have exclusions written into them so that they do not apply to golf equipment ?

Dtoffee

The vibe will increse the MOI of the putter face, by doing this it effectively makes the sweet spot bigger as it is less affected by twisting.

Twisting? the shaft must be made of string. How hard do you have to hit the ball in order to get the putter head to twist?

or are you saying the sweet spot twists ..... confused.com

spacecoyote

Even if its the equivalent of a putting placebo then it can't be a bad thing.

If getting it fit improves your confidence with the putter then I'd call it a good investment

Almaviva

spacecoyote wrote: »

Even if its the equivalent of a putting placebo

To be a placebo the user has to believe it will make an improvement. Ones with alignment lines, heal-toe weighted ones, ones with white discs on top, can be convincing enough for people to believe they will make a difference.
This one is even a poor attempt at a placebo. How could anyone possibly believe it would help?

spacecoyote

Almaviva wrote: »

spacecoyote wrote: »

Even if its the equivalent of a putting placebo

To be a placebo the user has to believe it will make an improvement. Ones with alignment lines, heal-toe weighted ones, ones with white discs on top, can be convincing enough for people to believe they will make a difference.
This one is even a poor attempt at a placebo. How could anyone possibly believe it would help?

That was my point,if the user believes it works then it is effective. I wasn't saying that it is a good tool or not as I haven't a clue about it,but my or your opinion is irrelevant really,it has to come down to the person who buys into it.

I wouldn't buy it myself but I wouldn't knock someone who did if it means they save a couple of putts in a round

uptheroyals

Almaviva wrote: »

uptheroyals wrote: »

The vibe will increse the MOI of the putter face

How do you make that out? It goes down the shaft, so does not affect the centre of gravity of the face or moment about the shaft of an off centre hit.

Sounds like complete nonesense. It sells itself on feel - usually the trademark of the con man in the golf world : by the time you feel anything the balls is already on its way to wherever its gona go.

Do trade description legislation have exclusions written into them so that they do not apply to golf equipment ?

I make it out because I've used both it and the yes optivibe on the sam putt lab and qui tic ball roll system!! A putter is not the same as an iron or wood, it's swing weight does not matter as much as its dead weight! The weight doesn't need to be in the head to affect its moi