Can your golf tempo and rhythm affect how solid your strike a golf ball?
With the new golf drills i have been working on, i seem to have fastened my golf swing for both the irons and driver. Should i go back to my usual tempo???
With the new golf drills i have been working on, i seem to have fastened my golf swing for both the irons and driver. Should i go back to my usual tempo???
Yes. Your tempo effects timing and rhythm. If your tempo is too quick, the timing of the release of the club would be late. Conversely, a slow tempo could mean an early release and or even a blocked shot if you’re slow turning through the shot. If you walk fast or talk fast, your tempo might be better if its quick. If you are a slow mover or are deliberate, a slower tempo might work better for you. After all that said, when you are working on drills, you may not work in your natural tempo because you are focused on your swing thoughts and new movements. You may be rushing things a bit trying to get a certain result (usually distance). Try to eliminate over swinging, try to make the movements slowly until you can make them without thinking about them. Forget the distance. When you get to where you can hit the ball the direction you want, the distance will come around.
Tempo would effect your swing simply by components of your body meshing together…. for example your arms correlating with your legs in the downswing…. with an off timed correlation your contact would suffer.
Having played baseball and tennis, I’m used to trying to swing faster so ball will go farther. The opposite is true in golf. If you try to overswing to get distance, then you lose your mechanics. On the range, try to imagine a metronome ticking in your head and swing with the metronome. No faster and no slower. As another person said, work on the accuracy of your shots. With practice and tempo, then distance will follow.