Do You Train Tempo?

[Jack Watson]

Do you train it if so how?

 

[Mr. Desmond]

Tour Tempo has an app and a choice of different tempos to find what fits you.

[Lihu]

Yes, as a matter of fact just started. I use a metronome during my swing.

3-1 the downswing is possibly faster than the '1' part, but generally my downswing begins at the start and finish happens at the end of that beat.

[saevel25]

Good tempo comes from good mechanics. Golfers have different tempo's. You wouldn't tell Nick Price to swing like Ernie Els. 

 

 

[billchao]

20 minutes ago, Lihu said:

Yes, as a matter of fact just started. I use a metronome during my swing.

3-1 the downswing is possibly faster than the '1' part, but generally my downswing begins at the start and finish happens at the end of that beat.

The 3:1 ratio is from address to A4 for the first aspect and from A4 to impact for the second aspect. You should be hearing that beat when you hit the ball.

17 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Good tempo comes from good mechanics. Golfers have different tempo's. You wouldn't tell Nick Price to swing like Ernie Els. 

That's what Tour Tempo is about, though. Different pros work in different speeds but the 3:1 ratio is still the same.

[saevel25]

34 minutes ago, billchao said:

That's what Tour Tempo is about, though. Different pros work in different speeds but the 3:1 ratio is still the same.

It’s not. 3:1 is an average not an absolute. 

I read on a site that Nick Price was closer to 2.8:1 and Ernie was like 3.2:1. 

I still stand by that tempo is a product of mechanics. If your head is moving all over the place you will not have good tempo. 

[Jack Watson]

I've seen a lot of benefit using a metronome.  My pro got me into it.  It's great imo for pitching the ball also.

[billchao]

25 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

It’s not. 3:1 is an average not an absolute. 

I read on a site that Nick Price was closer to 2.8:1 and Ernie was like 3.2:1.

Is it? I haven't read the book in a while. I don't even know where it is at the moment. I honestly don't care enough to go look for it; it's an interesting concept but I don't completely buy their theory because as you said:

1 hour ago, saevel25 said:

Good tempo comes from good mechanics.

I think if you have decent mechanics, working on tempo can help with some minor things, but working on tempo as a primary focus is not going to improve your mechanics.

[Lihu]

2 hours ago, billchao said:

The 3:1 ratio is from address to A4 for the first aspect and from A4 to impact for the second aspect. You should be hearing that beat when you hit the ball.

Makes sense, I'll give that a try.