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Jesh Well Established Member

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I play on a HS golf team, and lately, I've been shooting 45-48 on 9, but with the occasion explosions, like 56. I know a lot of times, my swings are always different speeds. My coach told me to work on my tempo, something like "1-2-3-Go" during the backswing, which I've been working on. At the range today I hit like 50 balls, and around 45 were right where I was aiming, but some hooks and slices. My question is, can tempo cause a hook/slice?

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I play on a HS golf team, and lately, I've been shooting 45-48 on 9, but with the occasion explosions, like 56. I know a lot of times, my swings are always different speeds. My coach told me to work on my tempo, something like "1-2-3-Go" during the backswing, which I've been working on. At the range today I hit like 50 balls, and around 45 were right where I was aiming, but some hooks and slices. My question is, can tempo cause a hook/slice?

yes, tempo is very important for your timing. Being too quick or too slow can cause hooks and slices. Every person has a different tempo though. Ernie Els has a much slower tempo than Nick Price for example. You have to find a tempo that feels comfortable to you. The tempo mirrors ones personality. More quiet introverted guys usually have slow tempos while someone that is emotional, outgoing etc... has a quick tempo.

Golf is a game in which the ball always lies poorly and the player always lies well.


Jesh Well Established Member

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Ah, I have a quicker tempo, it's normally a 1.5 backswing when I do it right, and I'm pretty outgoing so it makes sense.

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I had the same problem with my tempo.
Making swing (hitting the ball) with only your right hand helps a lot. I always start my warm-up with this exercise.

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I agree. Get that book. It will change your life.

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Jesh Well Established Member

Jesh

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I'm working hard to hopefully get my handicap down to a 10 by the end of the season, and I think my tempo might drop a good 3 strokes per 9, since I have around 5 or 6 terrible iron shots, that go like 30 feet and to the right. I know it's gotta be tempo, because my coach says I do most things right expect my swing count.


I used to lift up my front foot a little, baseball style.

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'07 Burner 10.5 Driver (S Flex)
Hyper X 5 Wood
J33CB 4-PW Irons (S Flex)
Vokey 54-10 Spin Milled Watson 08 60 Lob Wedge G5i Blade


mrserv0n18 Established Member

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The tempo mirrors ones personality. More quiet introverted guys usually have slow tempos while someone that is emotional, outgoing etc... has a quick tempo.

Wow, that statement seems so true and I never thought of that. Im going through all my buddies that I golf with and myself and Its dead on accurate

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cirem22 Established Member

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Reading this thread has just helped me out a bunch. I have never done a count in my head to keep good tempo and just tryed it at the range. This was very helpful in consistancy.

What was more helpful was working with 3/4 swings. So if my full swing count is a 4 count to the top of backswing I stop @ 3 for a 3/4 swing.

Don't know why i never thought of a tempo count.

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Leftygolfer Great Member

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Tempo and Alignment are my keys. If my alignment is bad, (too closed) I have to be quicker at the top and hit pulls. If I have good alignment I can have a good transition.

Tempo effects timing, and timing effects direction/contact/everything golf related.

Brian


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yes, tempo is very important for your timing. Being too quick or too slow can cause hooks and slices. Every person has a different tempo though. Ernie Els has a much slower tempo than Nick Price for example. You have to find a tempo that feels comfortable to you. The tempo mirrors ones personality. More quiet introverted guys usually have slow tempos while someone that is emotional, outgoing etc... has a quick tempo.

Ernie els only swing 3 frames slower than Nick Price, and he swings faster than Greg Norman and 1997 Tiger! Ernie's backswing takes 24 frames to complete, Nick's takes 21 Greg's takes 25, Tiger's took 27. A lot of people mistake smooth for slow.

Ignore the plane lines. It's the only non slow mo video I could find

A quote from Kris
...is that college bball really isn't "lower tier". The better teams have their rosters filled with guys who could play in the NBA. hell, guys used to come straight from high school to the NBA. I really don't think there's much of a difference skill-wise between the two.


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