There is described a golf training apparatus for use both indoors and outdoors which includes a direction indicating means for indicating a horizontal azimuth direction of ball struck from a starting position and wherein the direction indicating means comprises a means for defining a vertical plane through which the ball is intended to pass, and a means for determining a horizontal position of an intersection of a path taken by the ball with the vertical plane. The invention also relates to a method of training a golfer to improve his golf swing, using the above apparatus.
