SKLZ Rick Smith Power Sleeve – Portable Club Weighting System

M. Andrews
May 16, 2010 at 5:48 am

After reading concerns some have written about the added weight causing stress on the hosel and clubhead, I decided to use this with some of my older clubs (not my weekend clubs). I’ve used the product on irons and a driver and it works just as advertised. I mostly use it for swing practice in the back yard, but it works well on the range too. After 15 minutes of swing practice with the Power Sleeve, when I take the sleeve off, the club is feather-light and it just slices through the air. (It does the same thing that the weighted “bat donuts” do for baseball players). I keep a club with the Power Sleeve attached it in the corner of my home office and while surfing the Internet or watching TV, I will use it to do one-handed wrist exercises (raising and lowering the club head, which strengthens the muscles used in the wrist cock motion). I have found that these efforts make my forearms and wrists less tired when I actually play a round. I have used it on steel shafts and the graphite shaft of my driver and when secured tightly at the bottom of the shaft, to doesn’t move around or scratch the shaft. I would expect that it puts strain on the hosel, so again, I would use it on practice clubs only. I like this product and would recommend it to others!!!

I use the Power Sleeve in conjunction with the SwinGyde (http://www.amazon.com/Swingyde-Golf-Swing-Training-Aid/dp/B000OZI256) which I would rate as a 10 Stars for teaching the correct swing plane.

Rating: 5 / 5

J. Seckman
May 16, 2010 at 7:53 am

This sleeve is easy to put on and take off of any club. It does slip a little and needs to be checked after a few swings (8-10). It won’t slip of the end of the club, but it does slide below the ferrule. Twisting the sleeve will minimize this. I’ve used it on my irons, hybrids and driver. For me it works best on the irons. The shaft on the driver flexes too much with this thing on it.

Practicing with the sleeve gives my muscles a good workout. If I hit about 50 balls with the sleeve on my clubs, I can feel it the next day. It works pretty well as a warm up tool as well.

It’s small enough to stash in my bag, so I always have it with me at the range.
Rating: 4 / 5

Joel B. Gill
May 16, 2010 at 8:41 am

The sklz POWER SLEEVE was manufactured having the SAME CONCEPT as the MOMENTUS. That is to make the SHAFT of your golf club heavy and thus smooth out your swing plane so that straighter shots are now possible.As far as this product giving you more distance-it is highly doubtful,as it is much lighter than the momentus and the sklz power sleeve really doesnt work the muscles as much as a 40 oz momentus.The one thing going for it ,is that its portable and can fit in your bag as a great warm-up device, when your on the first tee and have no time to hit range balls..The sklz website shows this power sleeve thing attached to a driver and even hitting balls with it on the range. Well, when I took it to the range and put on a driver the results were not good:,In fact a word of caution: When this device is attached to a any club longer than three iron to hit balls, you’ll have to be very careful. Because it slides down the shaft and puts EXTREME pressure on the shaft of your club.And then the extra weight of the power sleeve colliding with the range ball is NOT good for your shaft on your clubs!.. I have even heard of it snapping off long iron heads when hitting balls on the range. And as far as attaching it to your graphite shafts to hit balls?..forget about it! You’ll break/damage your club and have no one to blame but yourself.Thank god I only hit three balls with the power sleeve on my graphite driver before stopping.I could feel the club flexing and could hear a “slight cracking noise”.

CONCLUSION: Its a poor/portable substitute for the momentus, but DOES work and will do the same job if your in a financial pinch.AS The power sleeve costs about half as much.And as long as you dont hit range balls with the power sleeve with anything longer than a 8 iron- you wont damage your clubs.The other negative is it really doesnt stay put on the shaft. It keeps SLIDING DOWN the shaft towards the club hosel and after awhile this gets ANNOYING.

If you have a momentus keep the momentus as Momentus gets a grade of B+….This imitation momentus (sklz power sleeve) gets a grade of C+
Rating: 4 / 5

Eagle Vision
May 16, 2010 at 8:52 am

The Momentus weighted clubsMomentus 7-Iron Weighted Golf Swing Trainer and Momentus Power Hitter Driver (Momentus Power Hitter Driver Swing Trainer are training aids to help with strength, flexibility and training the golf to have a proper release in the golf swing.

The SKLZ Rick Smith line of golf training aids have made a major impact in the retail market with many useful training aids at a competitive price:

SKLZ Refiner Driver

SKLZ Rick Smith Refiner Driver – Hinged Training Club

SKLZ Rick Smith Launch Pad – All Purpose Hitting Mat

SKLZ Rick Smith Tempo Tray – Putting Tempo Trainer

SKLZ Rick Smith Putt Pocket – Putting Accuracy Trainer

SKLZ Rick Smith Swing Accelerator Driver – Weighted Training Club

SKLZ Rick Smith Refiner Putter – Target Line Hinged Putter

SKLZ Rick Smith Smash Bag – Impact Training Product

THE SLEEVE

This has been used by golfing legend Gary Player. A similar training aid was marketed through the endorsement of Ernie Els as the Ernie Els Tempo Timer.

The Power Sleeve is a rubber lined, solid core sleeve with a nylon exterior. This weight device fits easily onto any club in the bag allowing the golf club to be a weighted club.

The advantages of the weighted clubs include increased flexibility, improved golf strength, improved swing tempo and the proper release of the golf club. A weighted club is a great tool to warm up (versus swinging two wedges).

The small size allows for portability (fits easily into a pocket of your golf bag).

VERSATILITY

With regards to warming up, this tool really shines. The heavy weight improves the ability to stretch. Practice swings really work with any club in the bag. Given the weight, you improve your tempo and your ability to release (curing the over the top flaw of many golfers). Even a weighted putter helps the golfer swing on plane.

PRACTICALITY

Swinging this training aid on a club to hit a ball is possible with wedges, short irons and the putter.

However, I would not recommend this club to a beginner or novice to hit longer clubs such as fairway woods, hybrids, long irons and the driver – with regard to HITTING THE BALL.

Without proper fundamentals, this can lead to injury since it is even heavier than the heaviest Momentus Power Hitter. The Power Hitter is a weight balanced heavy club. This training aid makes an unbalanced golf club – increasing the predisposition to back and shoulder injury; especially with overuse.

I also caution the use of this club with graphite shafts. There is a noticeable flex as the club is being swung at full speed. It is like swinging a more flexible shafted club (i.e. Senior flex for a regular flex shaft).

VERDICT

Overall, this is a solid training aid but it has some limitations.

This is better for an intermediate/advanced golfer with a higher than average fitness level without back or shoulder issues.
Rating: 3 / 5

Eagle Vision
May 16, 2010 at 9:36 am

The Momentus weighted clubsMomentus 7-Iron Weighted Golf Swing Trainer and Momentus Power Hitter Driver (Momentus Power Hitter Driver Swing Trainer are training aids to help with strength, flexibility and training the golf to have a proper release in the golf swing.

The SKLZ Rick Smith line of golf training aids have made a major impact in the retail market with many useful training aids at a competitive price:

SKLZ Refiner Driver

SKLZ Rick Smith Refiner Driver – Hinged Training Club

SKLZ Rick Smith Tempo Tray – Putting Tempo Trainer

SKLZ Rick Smith Putt Pocket – Putting Accuracy Trainer

SKLZ Rick Smith Swing Accelerator Driver – Weighted Training Club

SKLZ Rick Smith Refiner Putter – Target Line Hinged PutterSKLZ Rick Smith Refiner Driver – Hinged Training Club

SKLZ Rick Smith Smash Bag – Impact Training Product