Swing Training

It might seem counterintuitive to stop hitting a golf ball in order to improve your golf game, but there’s a method to the madness. Just ask Jim Hackenberg, creator of the Orange Whip golf swing trainer and fitness tool. As a pro golfer and caddy on the PGA tour, Jim spent years observing some of the best professional golfers and came up with the idea for a training tool that could help the rest of us develop a better golf swing.

Jim’s Orange Whip is something like a golf club, except it has a flexible shaft and what looks like an orange at the end of it. This flexible shaft and a counter-weighting system are designed to help you find your natural and best swing motion, which is unique to each individual. There’s no ball to hit, so you can focus instead on the motion of swinging. Then, when you head out on the course, all that practice can help you hit the ball straighter, farther and more accurately. Plus, this tool can whip your core into shape through a variety of drills designed to not only improve your swing, but also tone your muscles.

We heard about the Orange Whip from Jeff Phillips (on the left), the head golf pro at Wellesley Country Club in Massachusetts. Jeff’s colleague, assistant golf pro Mike Costello, gave Daily Grommet’s Julia a few pointers using the Orange Whip (you can see Julia in action on the video above). “Ten to 15 minutes a day with the Orange Whip will really give you the swing that you’re looking for,” Mike says. “It’s training your muscles to do it the right way, make that repetitive motion that is so crucial to becoming a better golfer.”

Designed for golfers of all levels, the Orange Whip can keep you in the swing of things.

— Christopher