January 17, 2008

– Gyroscopic Training Club Seen on “Fore Inventors Only” Comes to Market –

ORLANDO, FL. SKLZ, the industry leader in sports skill development products and equipment, today announced the introduction of its new Gyro Swing training club at the 2008 PGA Merchandise Show. As a key component of the company’s line of Rick Smith Signature Series golf training aids, the Gyro Swing is the only training aid that truly gives golfers the “feel” of an ideal swing, forcing them to stay on the correct plane with a perfectly timed release.

Originally presented by inventor Larry Kelly as a finalist on The Golf Channel’s popular “Fore Inventors Only” show, the Gyro Swing has a 20,000 rpm gyroscope in its clubhead that uses the principle of conservation of angular momentum to create a distinct and forceful pathway for the club. So, what does that mean?

“It’s the coolest product I’ve ever seen,” says Rick Smith, a top instructor for Tour players and the founder of the Rick Smith Golf Academies. “It literally fights against off-plane swings to put your hands and clubhead exactly where they’re supposed to be, back and through. It’s the only product that lets golfers feel what it’s like to have a technically correct swing.”

With the Gyro Swing powered by six AAA batteries, the gyroscope rotates at very high RPMs to keep the swing on plane with a perfect clubface orientation to the plane. This, coupled with the fact that it guides the clubhead through an ideally timed release, means the clubface is squared at impact, which yields long, straight shots with the “effortless power” sought by golfers.

“The Gyro Swing gives a big technological boost to our SKLZ line of golf training aids,” says Tom Quinn, president of Pro Performance Sports, owner of the SKLZ brand. “The irony is that it gets golfers to stop focusing on all those ‘mechanical’ thoughts that tend to ruin golf swings and instead helps them focus on ‘feel’. Having a training aid that lets golfers experience what a correct swing feels like is absolutely unprecedented.”

SKLZ will be letting PGA Show attendees get hands-on experience with the new training club at booth 2109. The Gyro Swing will also be available for sale at www.sklz.com as early as March, 2008. It is also expected to hit select retailer shelves by summer.

About SKLZ
SKLZ is the industry leader in developing and marketing sports skill development trainers to serious athletes of all ages. The flagship brand of Pro Performance Sports, SKLZ builds on the popularity of the company’s industry-leading baseball product, the Hit-A-Way, to deliver broad lines of training products across a variety of sports. With international headquarters in San Diego, California, SKLZ focuses on transforming innovative concepts into commercially successful consumer sports training products that are fun, functional, and affordable. The company manufactures, sources, distributes and markets durable, high-performance trainers that can be found internationally at major sporting goods retailers, specialty shops, and mass merchants, as well as on the SKLZ web site at www.sklz.com.



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