Bedford, New Hampshire, February 22, 2007 â?¦ On the heels of providing more than 500 demos to PGA Professionals at the 2007 PGA Merchandise Show, Bentley Kinetics, Inc., the leader in the field of wireless motion analysis, and developer of the K-VESTâ?¢, a first of its kind golf instructional system, today announced that the Company will sponsor the upcoming Southwest PGA Section Teaching & Coaching Summit and the Middle Atlantic PGA Spring Education Seminar. These sponsorships are designed to further educate PGA Professionals on the benefits of K-VEST technology, which enables instructors to more effectively analyze the golf swing in 3-D while providing the student with real-time visual, auditory and kinesthetic feedback.
The 2007 Southwest PGA Section Teaching Summit will take place at Camelback Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ, Tuesday, March 20th from 2:00pm – 6:30pm. Michael Bentley and Tim Suzor are scheduled to conduct the K-VEST presentation on behalf of Bentley Kinetics. Additional speakers include 2006 PGA of America Teacher of The Year, Bill Forrest, and Top 100 teaching Professional, Mike Malaska. Forrest and Malaska are strong proponents of K-VEST, both having provided K-VEST product demonstrations in the Bentley Kinetics booth during the recent PGA Merchandise Show.
"We are extremely excited to have Bentley Kinetics return to our teaching summit for a second consecutive year," comments Michael Haywood, PGA Professional, and Chairman of the Southwest Section Education Committee. "In addition to a very informative curriculum on using wireless 3D technology, Bentley Kinetics will be this year’s exclusive title sponsor. This year’s sponsorship will include the production of a DVD that will allow our section’s PGA Professionals and apprentices to watch all of the presentations from the event."
The Middle Atlantic PGA Spring Education Seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 27th at the Fredericksburg Expo Center. The Education Seminar is part of a two-day multi-event gathering, including the Section Spring Meeting and a Merchandise Show. As part of the sponsorship, Bentley Kinetics is scheduled to conduct a presentation of K-VEST to all PGA professionals in attendance.
"Bentley Kinetics is certainly generating a buzz throughout the teaching community and I am excited to have Michael Bentley and his certification team present their exciting new instructional technology and programs to our members," comments Dick Johns, Executive Director, Middle Atlantic PGA Section.
Among the Top PGA Professionals who are utilizing the K-VEST instructional system in their teaching facilities include: David Leadbetter, Chuck Cook, Martin Hall, Mike Malaska, Mitchell Spearman, Todd Sones, Fred Griffin, and Ron Gring. Top 50 women K-VEST instructors include Kelli Kostick and Darlene Sommer.
For information on the K-VEST please log on to www.k-vest.com or call 603.472.3519.
About K-VEST
The K-VEST, which can be used indoors or outdoors, with or without a video camera, utilizes three (3) wireless sensors strategically placed on the golfer’s hip, shoulder, and hand. These sensors communicate with Bentley’s proprietary KINESYNCâ?¢ software on a laptop computer to display live video and 3-D animation. The instructor and/or player simply record a swing and, within seconds, the software generates a complete 3-D swing analysis allowing the user to quickly identify swing faults. The exercise mode is then used to provide real-time audio, visual, and kinesthetic feedback to optimize performance.
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