SKLZ Rick Smith Smash Bag - Impact Training Product

by SKLZ

Product Features

• Smash bag impact trainer for learning the correct clubface impact
• Target map provides visual feedback on the quality and accuracy of impact
• Helps eliminate fat and thin shots and cure slices; easy-to-interpret target
• Heavy-duty, high-impact material fills with old towels or clothes
• Perfect safe for you and your club; ideal in combination with other trainers

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Learn the feel of the correct clubface impact with the SKLZ Rick Smith Smash Bag. An ideal training tool for the beginning and intermediate golfer, the Smash Bag provides visual feedback on the quality and accuracy of impact. All you have to do is line up and swing, then take a look at the angle of the proprietary target map to see how you did. If your swing was true, the bag will remain aligned. If your swing missed the target or hit it a skewed angle, the bag will retain the depression for further analysis. On the whole, the bag helps eliminate fat and thin shots and cure slices. Made of a heavy-duty, high-impact material that quickly fills with towels or clothes, the Smash Bag is perfectly safe for both you and your clubs.

Target map provides visual feedback on your clubface impact.

About Rick Smith
Famed golf instructor Rick Smith has helped guide some of the most accomplished golfers in the world to major championship wins, including three-time major winner Phil Mickelson and two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen. He's also worked with such golf luminaries as Jack Nicklaus, Vijay Singh, Paul Azinger, Greg Norman, David Duval, Billy Andrade, and Raymond Floyd. Regarded as one of the PGA Tour's best sounding boards for swing advice and consistently ranked one of the top 10 golf instructors in the world by Golf Digest magazine, Smithy currently runs Rick Smith Golf Academies at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan, and Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

The smash bag fills with towels or clothes.

About SKLZ
The flagship brand of Pro Performance Sports LLC, SKLZ was built around the popularity of the company's legendary baseball swing trainer, the Hit-A-Way. After starting with a complete line of baseball and softball trainers, the company expanded into football, tennis, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, and most recently, a full spectrum of golf training products. Headquartered in San Diego, the SKLZ team consists of both seasoned professionals and young upstarts in the sporting goods industry who are passionate about delivering the best skill development products to athletes of all ages.

Product Description

Impact Trainer. Learn the feeling of the correct impact. Hitting into the Smash Bag helps eliminate fat and thin shots, and helps cure slices.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013E2ARI
• Item model number: SMB01-000-02
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,299 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #2 in Sports & Outdoors > Golf > Training Equipment > Swing Trainers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does the job and at a great price., May 11, 2009

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Paul Park (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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I was originally looking at a Callaway branded impact bag but came across this one. It's pretty much the least expensive impact bag I've found so I went for it. The material is pretty beefy and looks like it's going to take a decent pounding. I ended up filling it with old sheets, shirts, leftovers from slutty ex-girlfriends, old underwear, etc.... It's been great, if not for just being able to swing my 6 iron at something while at home. If you're doing the drill properly it will help you feel your club face position at impact. After having used it for a couple hundred swings now, I think I might get more use out of doing what the other reviewer recommended and filling it with bird feed. That would solve the problem of having to reposition the bag after each swing and allow for a better indicator of your club face at impact. FYI - depending on how much you practice, you're going to go through at least 2 per year so cheaper is better. I don't think the other ones that cost more will last any longer.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does the job, January 30, 2009

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If you're looking for a golf impact training bag, this fits the bill. Fill it with 40 lbs of bird seed (Amazon sells Brown's Nature's Banquet Good Blend Wild Bird Food in a 40 lb bag) and you're ready to go.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product for the new golfer., September 18, 2009

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Roger A. Nale (Odenton, MD) - See all my reviews
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I just began playing golf in May '09 and my instructor suggested I buy an impact bag to help me develop a strong, straight swing. I waited for a few months and strugled with the dreaded slice and fade. I was beginning to get the feel for a proper impact but was still strugling. After I got the SKLZ bag and worked with it for a few days, I saw my ball starting to fly straight where I was aiming. No more adjusting my stance and aim point for me. Parallel left and I'm on my way. I also added about 10 to 15 yards to my woods and long irons.