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Golf assistance device and method thereofGolf assistance device and method thereof description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090124433, Golf assistance device and method thereof. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
This Application claims priority to pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/001,762, filed Nov. 5, 2007, entitled “Pocket Pro,” the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. 1. Field of the Invention Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a golf assistance device and methods of utilizing the same. Embodiments of the present invention more specifically relate to a device for assisting novice golfers to better understand the game of golf, and a method of improving a golfer\'s skills by utilizing the same. 2. Description of Related Art As most novice golfers would acknowledge, the game is both frustrating and trying. So many things have to be simultaneously done correctly for a good shot to result. Yet, anyone thing done improperly could alter that shot from being a good one to an errant one. As these golfers would also acknowledge, it is not unusual to observe one “duffer” giving advice to another during the course of a round, such tidbits as “Keep your head down”, “Keep your leading arm straight”, “Hit down on the ball”, “Keep your weight on the Left foot” (or on the Right foot, or Balanced between them)”. Whether such advice is helpful or not is rarely known—and frequently is repeated at the next hole, or again during the next round of play, or whatever. For at least such reasons, the publishing of Books of instructional golf is quite common with virtually no let-up in sight. Typical of such Books are: “Golf My Way” (Jack Nicklaus); “Five Lessons: the Modern Fundamentals of Golf’ (Ben Hogan); “How To Play Your Best Golf All The Time” (Tommy Armour); “Bobby Jones on Golf’ (Bobby Jones); “On Learning Golf’ (Percy Boomer); and “Harvey Penick\'s Little Red Book” (Harvey Penick). Similarly, a wide variety of Golf magazines are available—for example: “Golf Week”, “Golf Tips”, Golf Digest”, “The Golfer”, “Golf World”, “Golf Illustrated”, and “Golf Teaching Pro”. With the advent of the Internet, even more golf instruction becomes available. When surfing the Web, now, golfers can obtain more varied instruction, more directly and more easily. As an example, the golfer can focus on seeking advice simply on hitting the tee shot, using the long irons, using the short irons, using the fairway woods, hitting the chip shot, hitting the pitch shot, putting, and hitting out of the sand. Focusing on the “chip shot” for example, the Internet seeker can find a summarization of three things that if adopted (it is claimed), should never produce a problem: namely, letting the club lift the ball and not trying to “scoop” it up; accelerating the club into impact; and aiming to pitch the ball a yard or two onto the green with its first bounce. Alternatively, the golfer can learn that the two curses of bad chipping are trying to hit at the ball to lift it, and swinging back too far—followed by a deceleration of the club head in the hopes of not hitting the ball too far. The supposed cure is simply to shorten the back swing and to accelerate the club head in order to achieve clean contact in striking the ground after impact, not before. Or, more detailed information can be offered such as: a.) Address the ball with the feet close together and the ball slightly nearer the back foot than the front; b.) Open the shoulders a little and orient the positioning such that the hands are ahead of the ball; c.) Focus on the swing not on attempting to force the ball skyward; d.) Grip down the handle on shorter shots to help shorten the swing without slowing it down; e.) Keep the weight on the front foot; f.) Swing the club back with the arms and shoulders rather than with the wrists; g.) Swing the club back the same length as it is desired to follow through as would happen if the ball was being rolled underarm; h.) Make sure that the hands arrive in front of the ball at impact; i.) Don\'t be tempted to look up at the target too soon; and j.) accelerate through the ball, making sure the ball is being attacked. Doing this is said to also impart a little back spin which will make the ball check when it hits the green in giving more control—and eliminating any likelihood of fluffing the ball only a few feet if the shot is quit upon. As is readily apparent to those of ordinary skill, the novice golfer simply cannot take along on the course all the book, magazine and Internet instruction material as a reminder how to hit the upcoming shot—or to play from a downhill lie, or from a sidehill lie, or from the rough, etc. Equally as obvious is that the golfer cannot just turn to a playing partner out on the course for advice, as he/she is usually on a different side of the fairway, or in the sand, or in the rough, or up ahead, or further behind, or looking for his/her ball, or contemplating his/her own next shot or problem. Thus, there is a need for a golf assistance device and methods of utilizing the same. Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a golf assistance device and methods of utilizing the same. Embodiments of the present invention more specifically relate to a device for assisting novice golfers to better understand the game of golf, and a method of improving a golfer\'s skills by utilizing the same. In one embodiment, a golf assistance device comprises: a unitary housing, a memory means contained within the unitary housing for storing at least audio data relating to the game of golf, a portable power supply contained within the unitary housing, a selection means accessible from an outside surface of the unitary housing, and a processor means for facilitating information transmission between the selection means, the memory means, and an output. In another embodiment, a device for assisting novice golfers to better understand the game of golf, the device comprises: a unitary housing, a memory means contained within the unitary housing for storing audio data relating to tips or advice to play the game of golf, a battery source contained within the unitary housing, a plurality of buttons accessible from an outside surface of the unitary housing for selecting a desired genre of tips or advice, and a processor means for facilitating information transmission between the plurality of buttons, the memory means, and a speaker. In yet another embodiment, a method of improving a golfer\'s skills at playing golf comprises: providing a golf assistance device comprising a unitary housing, a memory means contained within the unitary housing for storing at least audio data relating to the game of golf, a portable power supply contained within the unitary housing, a selection means accessible from an outside surface of the unitary housing, and a processor means for facilitating information transmission between the selection means, the memory means, and an output, accessing the positioning and lie of a golfer\'s golf ball during a round of golf, utilizing the selection means to indicate the assessment of the positioning and lie of the golfer\'s golf ball, and receiving information from the output, wherein, the information received from the output comprises advice for hitting the golfer\'s golf ball from its assessed positioning and lie. So the manner in which the above recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of embodiments of the present invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, several of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of embodiments encompassed within the scope of the present invention, and, therefore, are not to be considered limiting, for the present invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments, wherein: Continue reading about Golf assistance device and method thereof... Full patent description for Golf assistance device and method thereof Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Golf assistance device and method thereof patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. 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