Method and system for producing personal golf lesson video

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems described above associated with existing golf video systems.
It is another object of the present invention to help golf players improve their skills.
It is another object of the present invention to allow golf students to view their golf swing and compare it to a professional's swing while receiving instruction from a professional golfer on the basic fundamentals of a golf swing.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a personalized golf instruction video which is relatively inexpensive and which is compatible with most standard commercially available video tape players.
It is another object of the present invention to automatically edit a partially prerecorded standard video tape by inserting additional full motion video or still frames in predetermined locations on the tape.
Some or all of the above and other objects of the present invention are achieved by a system for producing a personal golf lesson video comprising one or more cameras for recording a person's golf swing, capture and memory means connected to the one or more cameras for capturing and storing the recorded golf swing, selection means connected to the capture and memory means for selecting at least one portion of the recorded golf swing, a partially prerecorded golf lesson videotape having gaps in predetermined locations, and a video cassette recording device for copying the selected at least one portion of the recorded golf swing into the gaps of the prerecorded videotape golf lesson.
The partially prerecorded videotape contains a golf lesson given by a professional golfer or instructor explaining various aspects regarding the fundamentals ol a good golf swing, including factors such as proper positioning and weight distribution.
Time codes are recorded in the gaps in the tape to help the VCR locate the gaps under the control of a computer.
In preferred embodiments, the capture and memory means comprises a capture board which receives a video stream from the cameras and converts it to digital images to be stored on a computer readable memory