Internal Clock?

[Heat]

One tip that a guy was floating around on "personal lessons" on the golf channel is to have an internal clock for timing your swing. Do any of you guys count to a number so that proper lag is achieved? When I tried it today, I was thinking too much and couldn't make consitant contact. An example of this is counting to 2 when you get to the top of your backswing, and then to 3 when you hit the ball.

[TheGolfer]

That sounds like too much, just hit the ball

[putterboy]

That sounds like too much, just hit the ball

agreed....so much is already going on in one's head

[Golf4life]

i do that when my tempo is off, works for me.... 1...2222222....3

[TheGolfer]

Sometimes I go Teeeeeemm-po. But not always because sometimes it causes me to over swing on the downswing.

[Arsenal Forever]

I either go, one, one thousand two, two thousand, or I say my whole name.

[TheGolfer]

Arrrrssennnaallllll-Fore!

Like that?

[Arsenal Forever]

Arrrrssennnaallllll-Fore!

Not quite.

[gbk56]

I started counting "One, Two" on my backswing. I felt I was getting over anxious and not taking my time so I began counting on my backswing to slow myself down.

[beung]

Use Vijay's tip....

He used to start his backswing on one and hit the ball on 2, but under pressure and the heat of battle, counting from 1 to 2 can be done quick because both the number 1 and the number 2 are only one syllable each. So, Vijay starts his backswing on 17 and hits the ball on the teen of 18.

I have tried this but only so it during my practice swing, I tried it while I was actually swinging and it was distracting to me. I use it to control my tempo but never during my actual swing. It's hard to take some one else's tempo and use it, everyone has a different tempo and different speeds work for different people.

Also try this little tip, when taking your practice swing don't swing at full speed. Swing at like half speed, concentrating on how far to take the club back and where you want different parts of your body to be during the whole swing. If you notice not many pros actually swing full when they practice swing, they refer to it as a rehearsal swing. You practice your swing at the range, you rehears your shot on the course.