Sports Coach Virtual Golf Simulators

Sports Coach Systems manufacture the largest indoor golf simulator range on the market. The virtual golf simulator engine is 2 years ahead of any competitor worldwide. The programming team update the Golf Simulator engine, the 3D Camera Technology and the Course Library free of charge.

Indoor Golf Simulators from Sports Coach Systems are the most advanced, accurate and affordable range of virtual golf simulators in the world. Indoor golf academies are discovering that it has unrivalled accuracy due to the 3D High Speed Camera technology, with superior graphical features and the best course library around.

Company

Sports Coach Systems is the only golf simulator company in the world, to develop all its golf simulator software in house. The programming team constantly enhances the 3D golf simulator engine, the comprehensive course library and the 3D ball flight detection, ensuring all golf simulator software is of the very highest quality. The high speed camera detection system, is fully controlled by the computer, allowing regular enhancements. Allowing the detection system to be regularly updated, without ever replacing or upgrading any electronics parts such as processors. The golf simulator software is regularly updated, free of charge to generate high levels of performance and accuracy.

Camera Technology

Two High Speed Cameras work simultaneously at separate 90 degree angles to create the world's most accurate 3 dimensional ball flight model. The micro cameras utilise high quality CMOS sensors, capturing up to 1,000 frames per second produced at 60Hz. With each powerful lens producing a wide telephoto angle of view, capturing multiple images of the ball from impact, through the air and towards the screen. Tracking the golf ball very accurately in up to 30 separate positions, from original strike point for 3m or 10 feet of the ball flight. Whilst the golf club is also tracked for 0.6m or 2 feet, before impact on the follow through. This enables the simulator software to exactly mirror the golfer's ball flight and swing performance.

Camera Data

The overhead high speed camera tracks the ball from impact and alerts the software that the ball has been hit. At the same time it records the exact data relating to the horizontal launch angle, club speed, ball spin, swing path and face angle relative to the target line. This camera is also used for putting when the software is in putting mode. The data is sent at high speed via a USB2 interface to the computer's enhanced host controller, enabling the software to instantly produce the 3 dimensional ball flight. The side high speed camera constantly tracks the golf ball from impact as it travels towards the screen. Accurately measuring the vertical launch angle, the ball speed and the ball spin to the point that all bad and good shots are registered producing the very highest of lob shots to the shots hit along the ground. In game play or practice, the choice of using a wedge or a seven iron from off the green illustrates this performance of producing the shots and trajectory you would expect to see. The ball speed is so accurately measured to produce the carry of the ball through the air. Again the data is sent to the computer through a high speed USB2 port connection using a 2nd host controller, so that the information is instantly analysed and not affected by the data from the overhead camera.