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