Tempo & overcooking your shots

[GolfBear]

Ever since I started playing golf I've struggled with maintaining tempo and controlling power. I'm a fairly sturdy build (grew up on a dairy farm) and I've never had an issue with strength, distance, power etc. Not surprisingly though, what I find myself struggling with is maintaining a smooth tempo and keeping the throttle in the 80%.

When I can keep it "throttled down" I hit the ball just as far if not farther but my accuracy goes up dramatically. During warm up I focus on doing things slowly and take a lot of nice easy smooth swings. I also try to take my practice swing with my feet together. Despite those efforts, I find that it gradually ramp up and find myself swinging way too hard.

What drills, tips or swing thoughts do you use to keep your swing within the speed limit?

[WUTiger]

Try hitting some wiffle golf balls. They don't go very far, but they reflect the sweep of a given swing. After 3 or 4 wiffles, you're swinging nice and smooth.

[Bullitt5339]

What helped me was narrowing my stance a lot, feet about a foot apart all the time, even when playing. But I see you're trying that. I don't do it just for practice, I do it all the time now to control my overswinging, when I overswing, I lose my balance and I know to back it down with a narrow stance.