Simple tip to decelerate putting stroke

[nevets88]

Eager to try this out. Feel the backswing take twice as long. Thanks for the tip David Wedzik.

 

[Abu3baid]

If the backswing is to take twice as long then how is it decelerating?  That's 1 count 2 count and then for the downswing to be a 1 count it would be faster wouldn't it..  I thought it would be more like feel that the downswing takes twice as long as the backswing..  Am I missing something?

[iacas]

58 minutes ago, Abu3baid said:

Am I missing something?

Clearly.

With a longer backswing you'll be forced to swing forward slowly. People who "hit" tend to have short backswings, then accelerate from there.

[Golfingdad]

1 hour ago, Abu3baid said:

If the backswing is to take twice as long then how is it decelerating?  That's 1 count 2 count and then for the downswing to be a 1 count it would be faster wouldn't it..  I thought it would be more like feel that the downswing takes twice as long as the backswing..  Am I missing something?

Expanding on what @iacas said ... I think the answer would be extremely obvious once you tried it out.  But think about it ... if you take a twice as long backswing as you would normally for a certain length putt and you didn't decel, then you'd hit the ball 9 miles past the hole. 

Furthermore, I think you're confusing the "twice as long" part.  He's not saying the backswing should be twice as long as the downswing, but rather, twice as long as your "old" backswing.

Hopefully, that clears it up. :)

[boogielicious]

7 hours ago, Golfingdad said:

Expanding on what @iacas said ... I think the answer would be extremely obvious once you tried it out.  But think about it ... if you take a twice as long backswing as you would normally for a certain length putt and you didn't decel, then you'd hit the ball 9 miles past the hole. 

Furthermore, I think you're confusing the "twice as long" part.  He's not saying the backswing should be twice as long as the downswing, but rather, twice as long as your "old" backswing.

Hopefully, that clears it up. :)

To add to this: I think "let gravity start the downswing". I do a long slower backstroke and get the feeling that I am not moving the club on the downswing.

[Abu3baid]

Thanks guys, I think I understand now.

[Jeremie Boop]

I have to say thank you for this. I used this while playing today and I had 32 putts total. I had probably 3 or 4 putts that were inches from the hole and holed several of longer putts.

[iacas]

17 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

I have to say thank you for this. I used this while playing today and I had 32 putts total. I had probably 3 or 4 putts that were inches from the hole and holed several of longer putts.

Cool to hear. We've been using this technique for awhile.

On May 3, 2014 at 1:22 PM, iacas said:

If you still struggle with this, swing to the second or third longest coin, but still try to hit the ball a short distance and finish at the first or second coin on the follow-through.

[Jeremie Boop]

Just now, iacas said:

Cool to hear. We've been using this technique for awhile.

Putting has been one of the few things I haven't put much thought into outside of finding a putter. That said, I wish I had caught this tip a long time ago. This was super simple to implement immediately and see results, as you know that's what I love to see.

[DrvFrShow]

This is something the broomstick is teaching me. It's heavy. It's teaching me a rhythm on the putting stroke. I can feel the the natural pendulum movement of the club. I've just varied the length of the backstroke depending upon the length of the putt or the uphill or downhill lie and let the club head come through at its natural speed. My misses have been mostly because I misread the line. I'm getting closer to the hole than last year. 

It's stopped my short pop stroke, which while it worked on very slow greens, doesn't do well on the faster greens.