Basics and General Understanding
Traffic Light System
There are many different measurements available to you within the Vertex App, it can sometimes seem rather daunting as to what all of these numbers mean! Fear not as we are here to make at as simple as possible.
Traffic Lights (Green, Orange & Red)
Some measures are easily definable and us such we group these in to a Traffic Light System, based on your output.
Green – Great
Orange – Ok, needs some work
Red – Not so good – Key focus area for improvement
In order to define what is Great, Ok or Not so good, we use generally accepted parameters within the golfing world, which are largely independent of whether you are trying to sink a 3ft putt or a 30ft putt, such parameters include Face Change, Lie Angle, Loft Angle, Rhythm etc…
Once you have completed putts / sessions you will be able to access some guidance – Menu Bar, accessible top right of the session page, highlighted with a red border. This guidance will highlight areas deemed to be Red / Orange (Not so good / Ok) which are areas you should focus on for improvement.
At first we define the measurement for you, so that you understand how it is measured, secondly we identify the desired ranges for what you should be trying to achieve, here is an example.
Face Change
The Face Angle at Impact is the single most important metric of your putting stroke. Aiming square to target and with a neutral path direction, a putt that has Face Change of more than 1° Open or Closed will miss an 8ft Putt.
The desired range falls within 0 – 1° and as close to 0° as possible.
Therefore if your Face Change is less than 1° you will get Green, and then further away from 1° you are will determine whether you have Orange or Red.
Consistency
Some measures cannot simply be determined by using a formula based around accuracy, Rotation is a simple case in point, every golfer has a unique putting stroke, Golfer “A” might have a backstroke rotation of 1°-2°, whilst Golfer “B” might have a backstroke rotation of 5°-6°, if both golfers achieve the objective of starting square and returning to square (Face Change 0°-1°), then neither golfers are wrong and we then put much more emphasis on the consistency between those measures.