Sportsbox AI, an AI-powered technology company that brings 3D AI Coaching to mobile applications, is pleased to announce that preeminent golf instructor David Leadbetter has invested in the company. Leadbetter joins other leading instructors, including Mike Adams, Sean Foley and Terry Rowles, as an advisor to Sportsbox 3D Golf's Product Advisory Group.

"We are delighted to have David as an investor and an advisor," said Jeehae Lee, Co-Founder and CEO. "As the world's premier golf instructor, David has seen and pioneered the full spectrum of golf improvement tools and coaching technologies. It's incredibly validating that he believes in our team and product so much that he's supporting us as an investor and advisor.

"David's name is synonymous with golf instruction and his experience and global recognition in the golf instruction world will help us develop a better product for coaches and golfers. His vision for teaching and learning using 3D data and analysis tools matches ours and he's always been at the forefront and a pioneer of finding solutions to help instructors teach more effectively and enable golfers to play better."

Leadbetter is considered by many as the world's leading golf instructor for the past few decades. Among his many accolades include 2017 PGA Teacher of the Year and PGA Hall of Fame Professional. His students include 23 major champions, seven world no. ones, and dozens of other famous and accomplished professionals. He continues to mentor and teach many Tour players including Patrick Reed, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Charl Schwartzel, Michelle Wie, Maria Fassi, Sean Crocker and Jodi Ewart-Shadoff.

He has also authored seven golf instruction books, including the recent best seller "The A Swing," making him the world's most read golf instructor with 2.5 million copies sold globally. In addition David has developed many training aids to assist golfers and is also a long-time contributor to the world’s leading magazine Golf Digest. In 2019, Leadbetter partnered with Golfzon, the manufacturer of the world’s best-selling golf simulator, and together, they operate 36 academies worldwide.

"I've seen everything in the past 30-40 years when it comes to coaching tools and new technologies," said Leadbetter. "Sportsbox's technology is light years ahead of anything I've seen and dare I say, it will revolutionize golf instruction and analysis. It's truly incredible that the advanced 3D technology transforms a single video into a 3D avatar, capturing over ten thousand data points for every swing, all with just a mobile phone.

"There’s no doubt in my mind that 3D motion data is absolutely critical for understanding the golf swing for all levels of golfers -- Sportsbox will provide millions of golfers and instructors the access to 3D golf data in the palm of their hands.

“Sportsbox is really an amazing tool that enables coaches, teachers and golfers to observe golf swings as never seen before. It makes our job so much easier to pinpoint problems, create solutions, quantify improvement and get golfers, no matter their level, on the road to improvement quicker than ever before. It’s going to be a huge step forward in growing the game. “

With Sportsbox Golf, coaches and golfers have the ability to take a single 2D video from a mobile phone -- with no markers and sensors -- and turn it into a full 3D avatar that can be viewed from six different angles, as well as provide 3D biomechanical measurements in inches, degrees, linear and angular velocities. The app enables golfers to:

Sportsbox plans to work with a broad spectrum of elite instructors who believe in the power of 3D measurements -- agnostic to swing methodology. The AI Coach will be built using the data collected on what creates optimal outcomes for different golfers based on their skill level and biomechanics.

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About Sportsbox.ai, Inc.

Founded in 2020, Sportsbox.ai, Inc. is an AI-powered technology company that develops AI Coach mobile applications in sports and fitness using patent-pending 3D Motion Capture and Kinematic AI technology. Through our unique technology that can capture, measure and analyze complex athletic motions in 3D, combined with the knowledge and experience of the world’s leading instructors in each sport, Sportsbox AI brings real-time corrective feedback to help athletes achieve their goals in sports and fitness.

About David Leadbetter

Originally from Worthing in Sussex, England, David began his career in golf on the European and South African Tours. He soon realized his interest was in the technique, mechanics, and intricacies of the game, which eventually led him to spend more time teaching than playing. Soon after David’s retirement from playing, he began to incorporate his methods and philosophies into a stringent, holistic training program for qualified instructors that remains unmatched even today. Since launching the first Leadbetter Golf Academy over 30 years ago, David has coached players to over a dozen Major Championship titles and over 100 individual worldwide tournament victories. Four of those players have even held first place in the Official World Golf Ranking. With a desire to bring that same world-class instruction to players of all ages and abilities, and in addition to the numerous articles written for publications like Golf Digest and Golf International over the past three decades, David has authored seven books on the topic.

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