Swing Tempo and Pivot Affects

[kc8kir]

Question about swing tempo and it's affect on the pivot. I have recently noticed that my swing has slowed considerably because I am focusing so much on "making the right movements", and I wonder if it might be causing some of my problems regarding flipping, too much in-out path, closed clubface, etc.

Is that reasonable? Can a "slower than required" swing tempo hurt your swing (potentially)?

I may try at my next range session going back to counting 1-2-3 on the swing (1 forward press, 2 backswing, 3 downswing) and seeing what affect different tempos have.

 

[Chip Putterman]

The majority of Tour Pros have a swing tempo that is 3-to-1 in ratio. That is, three parts backswing to one part downswing. So instead of 1-2-3 as you mentioned, it would be:
1-(takeaway), 2,3 (top of swing), 4 (impact). It may seem impossibly fast at first, but that is the tempo of the most highly skilled players.

 

[kc8kir]

I thought it was 1 2 3 for the tour tempo, to a 3 count beat (I have the tour tempo book, but haven't read it in a while). 1 and 2 for the take away, 3 for impact. Could be wrong though.

The 1-2-3-4 feels really slow to me.

In anycase, the backswing feels too long in comparison to the downswing.

Maybe I just like a faster backswing.

 

[Chip Putterman]

If you were to film a Tour Pros swing, the backswing would take (for example) 27 frames. The downswing would then take 9 frames. Hence, he has a 27/9 tempo.