🧠 The Golf Tech That Lives in Your Shoes
“Wait… my insoles just roasted my swing?”
Look, I’ve seen a lot of golf tech.
Some of it lights up.
Some of it talks back.
Some of it claims to "unlock 20 yards instantly" — sure, buddy.
But this one?
This one lives inside your shoes… and it has opinions about your swing.
👟 Introducing: The BAL.ON Smart Kit
📍 Made in Germany
🎯 Used by actual biomechanics nerds
📈 Built to analyze your swing in real time
It’s a pair of pressure-sensing insoles that slip into your golf shoes.
You sync them to the BAL.ON app, make a swing, and boom: you get a live pressure heatmap, real-time metrics, and personalized AI feedback.
No launch monitor.
No $4K camera system.
Just… your feet. And this tech.
📊 What does it track?
🦶 Weight shift: Are you loading properly onto your back foot during the backswing?
⛳ Balance at impact: Are you falling forward, hanging back, spinning out?
🟢 Swing tempo + force zones: Are you exploding off your back foot or just dancing around?
The pressure data is displayed as a color-coded heatmap, synced with a video of your swing.
It shows exactly when you shift, how much pressure you’re applying, and whether you're screwing it all up.
💬 “This thing told me my front foot looked like a panic attack during transition.”
— User, after 3 swings
⚠️ Why is this a big deal?
Because every coach talks about weight shift, but almost nobody can show you what’s really happening unless you’re standing on a $10,000 balance plate.
BAL.ON basically shrinks that tech down and puts it in your shoes — for about $600 USD.
👤 Who's it for?
🏌️♂️ Mid-handicap grinders
📉 Swing nerds who love data
👨🏫 Coaches who want receipts
🫣 Anyone tired of guessing why they suck
🧪 The WTF Scorecard™
✅ WTF Golf Tech™ Approved
When a product actually delivers on the hype — it gets the stamp.
BAL.ON Smart Kit is officially WTF Golf Tech™ Approved.
Because it’s smart.
It’s weird.
And it’s actually useful.
✍️ My Take:
This is one of the most legit training tools I’ve seen in years.
It’s not a gimmick. It doesn’t give fake metrics. And it doesn’t care if you hit a 350-yard bomb — it’s watching your feet, not your ego.
TL;DR: Launch monitor for your lower body.
📬 Want more gear like this?
Every week I track down the weirdest, smartest, most WTF gear in golf.
Sometimes it’s game-changing. Sometimes it’s garbage.
Either way — you’ll know before your buddies.
🛒 Try it Yourself
🧠 Want to see what your feet have been hiding?
If you live in North-America it is only available in the USA right now.
👉 Buy the BAL.ON Smart Kit on Amazon
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See you next swing,
– WTF Golf Tech
Hey — great question! I actually haven’t tested the BAL.ON Smart Kit myself (yet), and I mention that in my About page — some tech I write about is filtered through my experience. I’ve played professionally and spent years around gear that claims to help — so when something stands out, I dig deep.
For this piece, I went down the rabbit hole: user feedback, pro reviews, how the app visualizes pressure mapping, and how it stacks up against other systems I’ve seen in action. I only feature tech if I think it has real value — or at least real potential.
It is unfortunately only available in the USA for now, however, I reached out to Continental AG about availability in Canada.
*Will update this comment as soon as I hear back.
Where and how did you get your hands on these