Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro

So what's the best swing tempo for you. Well this is really really individual to be honest with you we are all different builds shapes sizes some of us like to do things quickly others like to do them more measured and more slowly. So if you study the world's best players you'll see an array of tempos you may see someone like an Ernie Els who's more if you like casual long glazes swing a much smoother tempo a very gradual change of direction, and contrast that with somebody like Brandt Snedeker who's a lot more brisk brisk with his address position brisk with ease back swing and downswing a lot quicker tempo quicker change of direction.

So I say it is really personal and neither one of those is wrong but it's right for that individual so one of the tips is personalize the tempo to suit you what you've also got to do is establish the right tempo when you go to the golf course and warm up it's no mistake if you want on any practice ground or tour event you'd see the players warming up with a pitching wedge or a short iron. First what they're trying to do is just feel the tempo of the swing that suits them once they've got that tempo and locked into it then they'll move up to the bigger clubs and they'll effectively try and do the same thing so they're trying to lock into that tempo your ability to lock into that tempo will really determine your ability to be consistent. So remember the tempo is got to be personal to you it's not wrong to be brisk and it's not wrong to be slow. It's got to be right for you and your style put it into your pre-shot routine choose the tempo that you're going to use for that shot and then put that tempo on the ball.