| Are you a spastic with your golf swing? Do | | | | tip is the big pause at the top before you |
| you tomahawk from the top of your backswing? | | | | come down. I mean pause! When you're |
| I don't mean to get right at it, but what i | | | | hitting balls at the range, make 10 swings |
| am talking about is tempo of your golf swing? | | | | with a 2 second pause at the top, before you |
| Tempo is a topic that is not talked about | | | | make your move down. The first couple of |
| enough when it comes to a consistent golf | | | | swings will be hard. Your contact with the |
| swing.When you think of tempo, don't you | | | | ball will be terrible...but after a while |
| picture Fred Couples, Retief Goosen or even | | | | you'll get to where you can make good contact |
| Ernie Els? Do you site a "hit motion" in | | | | almost everytime.Golf Swing Trainers Can |
| their golf swing? You don't! They take it | | | | HelpThe use of golf swing trainers to improve |
| back smoothly and bring it down in the same | | | | tempo can be very effective. In fact, I |
| fashion. No jerk, ballistic movement or hit | | | | strongly recommend you do. One training aid |
| in those golf swings.Tips For TempoThere are | | | | I really like is the Medicus Golf Club. This |
| dozens of tips in regards to improving your | | | | club is one of the most effective training |
| tempo. One good one is counting. Get into | | | | aids for not only tempo, but swing plane and |
| a rythmn with your swing by counting one on | | | | path.For the sake of this article, we are |
| the way back, two at the top (give it a | | | | talking about tempo. When you take the |
| little pause) and three on the way down. Be | | | | Medicus back with a jerk it breaks. When you |
| consistent with this and you will see your | | | | come down too quickly it breaks again! When |
| tempo improve.Another tip is "think smooth". | | | | you first use this...you'll get very |
| If I ever get to where I am trying to kill | | | | frustrated...but it will open you eyes to how |
| the ball...the very next swing I think smooth | | | | slow (and smooth) you really need to swing to |
| all the way. No aggressive or jerky motion | | | | not break the hinge.Your golf swing tempo can |
| for the entire swing. This usually gets my | | | | make or break your performance. Work on it |
| swing back in the groover right away, instead | | | | and your scores will show it. Don't...and |
| of the dreaded snow ball effect with your | | | | let your playing partners blow the doors off |
| game, getting worse and worse.The last simple | | | | you every time you play them. |