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L.O.L Wally Armstrong is the "creator" of the tempo ball. Manio De La Torre used to teach his students the free flowing centrifugal force of a swing using a pen knife attached to a towel. The tempo ball is the same concept. It comes with an instructional tape of Wally Armstrong explaining how to use it in his classicaly simple manner. The tempo ball works by swinging it like you would a golf club ( unless you are swinging the club incorrectly and that is what the tempo ball improves) You allow it to hit you somewhere on each tricep as you go back and through. It develops great tempo because if you try and rush the swing, the ball will hit you in the head or back :). I like to have it brush the ground to get feedback.

I was asked to describe the tempo ball ( a yellow ball attached to a rope attached to a plastic golf handle. It is about the length of a 7 iron. It is adjustbale though.) and why I feel it is so effective. There are so many training aids out there. The newest "sensation" is David Leadbetter's Swing Setter. It costs about $120.00. You can go on E-Bay and get the Tempo Ball for $1.00 and I think it will do more to improve your game. It is easy to outbid people because nobody knows about it. The problem many people run into is hoping that atraining aid will give them overnight success. People don't give the training aids enough time so they never find out if it is effective. When first working with the tempo ball, I had troubling swinging it. Once you get the groove it will do wonders for your game. It teaches the proper swing motion and grooves a nice tempo in your swing. What I love about it is that it takes thinking about the swing, out of the equation.

I live in Belmont California which is about 20 minutes south of San Francisco. My favorite course in the Bay Area is Cinnabar Hills in San Jose. http://www.cinnabarhills.com/coursetour.html I started playing golf when I was 16. My cousin played in the Junior World Tournament at Torrey Pines every summer for 3 years in a row and he taught me the ropes. I lived at the end of a driving range and played alot of golf but then got really involved with soccer and golf took a back seat for several years. I started up again about 5 years ago. About 2 years ago I was introduced to Wally Armstrong who showed me the tempo ball. The tempo ball has changed the way I play and approach golf. It is such a simple but effective tool. Things I have learned on the path: 1. Whether you play poorly or superbly, PLAY FAST! This means no mulligans and not spending too much time lookinf for your ball. Slow play is ruining golf. There is no need to take more than 4 hours to play. 2. Repair one divot for every divot you make on the green. 3. Talk when you walk, but when you are waiting to tee off, plan your shot instead of bullshiting. 4. Know how far you hit with each club instead of guessing or inflating your ego 5. Play the ball as it lies. That is a great way of getting better instead of improving your lie all the time. 6. Leave your cell at home, or turn it off. 7. Patience and experience rule in golf. Only extremely gifted golfers can cheat time. 8 Spend 80% of your free time on the short game. It can take a lifetime to develop a repeatable swing, but you can develop a red hot short game in a much shorter time.

I use Golf Wits to plan and record my rounds.

Instead of trying to describe some technical mumbo jumbo about the two swings just think Colin Montgomerie for the 2 plane swing and Ernie Els for the 1 plane swing. Colin Montgomerie reroutes the club on the way down and Ernie Els swings back and through on the same plane.

My name is David. Have tempo ball will travel.