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FixYourGame.com – You’re Swinging Too Fast

Guest Author:  Brant Kasbohm
PGA Director of Instruction
Fixyourgame.com
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I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone say after a bad shot, “I swung too fast”, or “I swung too easy”, or “you let up on that one.”  So what is the ideal tempo to swing the club?  Should you swing short and fast like J.B. Holmes, or long and slow like Ernie Els or Fred Couples?  Unfortunately, there is no simple answer.  Everyone has their own, internal clock that sets your tempo.  And people get into trouble in their golf swings when they try to swing in a way that is unnatural to their internal clock.

What does this mean?  If you’re the kind of person that’s always in a hurry, drives fast, walks fast, talks fast, etc., you’ve got an internal clock that ticks fast.  So your golf swing tempo should mimic this.  J.B. Holmes is a modern example of this type of player, and possibly the best example is Nick Price, who was a #1 ranked player in the 90′s.  You could see him walking fast down the fairways, and talking fast in interviews, so it’s natural for him to swing the club at a quick tempo.

Conversely, you have a player like Fred Couples, who has a slow tempo, and you can see that in his manner as well.  So the lesson here is to not fight what how your body works.  Take a look at yourself and determine if you’re a fast-tempo, or slow tempo player.  If you’re not in a hurry to do anything, then you shouldn’t be in a hurry to swing the club either.  Just make sure that you accelerate the club during the swing.  You can still generate a tremendous amount of speed at a slower tempo–no one ever accused Fred Couples or Ernie Els of being short hitters!

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