The Ultimate Swing Teacher

I am not a great golfer by any means and I have returned to golf after a long layoff. As I began to play I learned that I had completely lost my swing. It was (as in the film Tin Cup) like an unfolded lawn chair. I have been using the swing jacket in my garage for the last couple of months. I watched the on line support videos and began practicing my swing with the jacket. To cut to the chase, the jacket was a huge help in getting my arms and torso together so that I make a full turn (not a backward slide of my hips) with my shoulder which puts my arms/club on plane during both the backswing and downswing. It also helps with address of the golf ball. Oddly, if you use the jacket for ten minutes or so and then you swing without the jacket the full turn and on plane swing remain. It even boosts your swing speed. Now I use it to warm up before every round. I have shot a couple of respectable rounds since I have started using the jacket. My problems now arise from the fact that I am a lousy putter rather than intractable swing issues. I can recommend this device

Poor manufacturing quality - there are three tabs which need to be lined up with corresponding holes to put the jacket on. The two tabs that are closer together were misaligned from the third tab by about half of the width of the hole, making it impossible to even put the jacket on. In addition, there are no instructions included with the item - you need to go online to get information which is not helpful when trying to use this product outside. Based on these two things, I am returning this item.

I could classify myself as one plane swinger (handicap index 9). And, I was looking for a training tool to sharpen my swing as a reliable and repeatable one. This jacket immediately fixed my problem of my arms disconnected from my body especially on the back swing and forced me to focus on the whole body turn. I felt I started hitting the ball more solid without over-swinging the club. However, the DVDs that came with the jacket are a bit disappointing. They don't provide proper in-depth information on one plane swing. I read all of Jim Hardy books and watched many youtube videos on one plane swing (Jeff Ritter & Mark Zander). It seems to me that the DVDs provide the mixed information on one plane and two plane. Overall, I love this jacket and will keep using it.

I have been golfing since 1995. I am in great physical shape, but one would never know by my golf game! I was inconsistent, spraying shots everywhere, hitting the fairway when I was lucky. Golfing with friends a month ago, I had another bad round and thought I should just stop playing. We went into the clubhouse and I was looking through a magazine where I saw and ad for “The Swing Jacket.” Now, I have taken lessons, but I ruled out more lessons. They are expensive, and the information is fleeting. You get it when you are there, and forget when you leave. I went home and investigated “The Swing Jacket” via the web. This was Saturday. By Sunday I figured I had nothing to lose, so I ordered one. When it finally arrived I watched the video, practiced in the yard and took the jacket to my local driving range (with a friend as I was too embarrassed to put it on being all alone!) Then I played… My next score was 82, some 8 strokes lower than my luckiest best score. More than that, I have CONFIDENCE! I know what I am doing, and I know what I want to do! I continue to watch the videos and practice with the jacket… my third round after purchasing the jacket I shot an 81, my best score ever! WOW! WOW! WOW! This is the best training aid EVER!! I want to meet the instructors in the video and thank them!! I watch them all the time!! Thank you, thank you!!

This is a cool product but I'm not really sure what setting to use for the tour stops, which really restrain your turn. I haven't gotten around to writing to the product manufacturer to get some guidance on where I should use the tour stops, so I may revise this review in the spring.

The swing jacket forces you to make a turn vs. swing your arms. It should be called the golf turn jacket. It Really works! I started hitting the ball so much better in just a few sessions with the swing jacket. At first I was clumsy in it but then I relaxed and just let the jacket steer me. Additionally, the training videos are some of the best remedial golf instructions I have ever seen. They alone are worth the price.

No flexibility to properly adjust without constantly slipping out of place and holding to form.

My goal with the swing jacket is to ensure my practice sessions are productive and dedicated to committing a consistent and repeatable swing to muscle memory. At the risk of getting too technical in this review, I will simply say the swing jacket is not for everyone and should only be used by those looking to develop a single plane, passive arm, body driven swing (think Matt Kuchar, Jason Dufner, Ben Hogan, Tom Pernice, not David Toms, Davis Love, Fred Couples, Tom Watson). This is one of the best purchases I've ever made and I highly recommend it.