What is a “SAM PuttLab”

SAM PuttLab is an analysis and training system based on an accurate ultrasound measurements. It analyzes the 28 most important parameters of your putting stroke and displays the results in easy to understand graphic reports. Discover your individual strengths and weaknesses for a better and more efficient training.

Within seconds the system gives you an individual feedback on your putting strokes. The analysis reveals even the smallest details of your movements and allows you to develop improvements and training strategies. SAM PuttLab utilizes ultrasound sensory analysis and therefore is far more exact than any other similar system on the market.

Together with international PGA Tour Pros the scientists of Science&Motion have developed SAM PuttLab for golfers of all handicaps - guaranteeing high efficiency and usability of the device. To date already 26 European and American Tour Professionals and several European national teams trust the capability of Science&Motion's PuttLab. PuttLab is a system with ascertainable success.

• Worldwide first system for complete putting analysis
• Sensational training success on the European PGA Tour in 2004 and 2005
• Easy to use, direct results and immediate feedback
• Reference results of PGA Tour pros create fast success
• Whether in the office or on the golf course – Putt allows training at any time and in any weather

How does SAM PuttLab work?

When putting smallest movements can decide everything. SAM PuttLab uses state of the art ultrasound technology and specific mathematic algorithms for precise measurement of the relevant putting parameters. SAM Puttlab comprises the SAM MotionAnalyzer (Hardware) and the SAM PuttWare (Software).

For the measurement a light sensor triplet is attached to the club shaft. The measurement device (MotionAnalyzer) then transfers the registered movement data to a computer via USB.

The intelligent SAM PuttWare automatically evaluates the putting strokes, calculates all relevant parameters - e.g. rotation, acceleration, swing duration or impact - and graphically displays the results. The data reveal precise information on how to improve your game, e.g club face angle or sweetspot, and how to tailor individual training strategies.

Benefits of SAM PuttLab:

• Easy to use technology, set up and application.
• Automatic measurements and analysis.
• Clear graphical display and setting.
• Evaluation of putt technique and consistency

Testimonials

Marnie McGuire - Teaching Professional (Former Japanese Touring Pro)

Sam Puttab is the ideal system to jump start my students putting performance at the Marnie McGuire Boot camps. The uniqueness of this product is that we can take a baseline of the persons putting stroke and then put them into training mode which allows me to make changes to their strokes, posture, grip etc and receive instant feedback of their improvements. I only wish that this had been around when I was playing professionally as it would have shown me instantly what I was doing.

Peter Knight – Australian men’s national coach

“The common belief regarding putting was that to get better all you needed to do was practice…how misguided. Putting technique principles are adhered to by the best putters in the world. With SAM PuttLab it is possible to measure and gain feedback from coaching interventions with the players I am coaching so that they can develop those same principles in their putting strokes. This was never possible in the past as video and my eye were the only tools available. The improvements in putting statistics of the players I work with show that using PuttLab is extremely beneficial to improving putting performance.”

David Leadbetter (World Renowned Teaching Professional):

The SAM PuttLab provides insight into the putting stroke with a level of precision unlike any other technology. The successful use of the system in my work with PGA tour players confirmed the high efficiency of this excellent feedback tool.

Padraig Harrington (No.8 in the world rankings) - 24 October 2004 to "The Guardian":

You can have good weeks putting badly, and vice versa, but this machine is a great help with those things even a coach cannot see.

Hank Haney (No. 5 Teaching Professional):

So how do you create a process to diagnose and treat the yips – a problem many players won’t even admit they have? That’s where the Super SAM machine comes in.

A team of German scientists and teaching professionals figured that the only way to cure the yips was to first discover exactly when, how and how much they happen in a stroke. That’s what their Super SAM machine does.

Mark Smith (NZ Representative Golfer)

"For me, putting is all about confidence and by working with SAM PuttLab I proved to myself that my technique is sound and with a few small refinements it could be even better. SAM PuttLab has given me real confidence now I understand the fundamentals of a solid stroke. This is the easiest system to reduce shots from your game by far."

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