Tour Tempo

[arny660]

Has anyone tried the Tour Tempo range of training aids? Any Good? They seem to be getting good feedback.

[bill reed]

Re: Tour Tempo

hi
i have the book and CD over a year, it does work but you have to work at it to find what tempo fits your swing and not change your swing to fit the tempo. i swing at 28 so i tend to swing slower than most pros but its the speed that fits my swing, i did put the clicks from the Cd onto MP3 player as its smaller than clipping a CD player to your belt and i set the MP3 for loop so it keeps playing it over and over. works great.
worth giving it a try.
cheers
bill

[mriff]

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Has anyone else tried Tour Tempo?

[dagosa]

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No. I do remember a swing tempo comment from Jack Nicklaus who referred to the ideal golf swing tempo as the same as the waltz tempo. Being a ballroom dancer during the off season, it was very relevant to me. If you're at all serious about making your golf swing tempo consistent and repeatable, I would suggest a few ballroom dance lessons. It works, and gives you a reference that never fails....once you learn the waltz tempo.
Just like the waltz tempo...it is variable depending upon your natural swing speed.

[bill reed]

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hi Dagosa
i think it was Sam Snead that use to think of a waltz and use to hum it in his head before setting up to get him in the right frame of mind.

if you can swing at the same tempo time after time then you should be more consistent in distance control.
cheers
bill

[dagosa]

Re: Tour Tempo

hi Dagosa
i think it was Sam Snead that use to think of a waltz and use to hum it in his head before setting up to get him in the right frame of mind.

if you can swing at the same tempo time after time then you should be more consistent in distance control.
cheers
bill

I sure you're right. I couldn't quite remember and tried to research after the post (poor timing) and found nothing relative to Jack on it.
The neat thing about the waltz tempo is that it's variable, like individual swing speeds and can be customized. Many of the golfers in our dance community use it at least in part.
Actually dancing the waltz is a full body movement that makes it more "relevant" to the golf swing and with a little practice is easily recalled.
I have even more respect for Sam now (if that were possible).

[bill reed]

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hi Dagosa
it seems Sam was quite a dancer in his day and had a good ear for timing and could tell you how many Beets Per Minuet just by listening to the tempo of the music.
I'm sure that help in him having such a smooth swing.
if you look at players and watch them walk, some stride out and most have fast swings like Tiger. other seem to walk slower like say big Phil and they have a slower looking swing. big Ernie walks slow and seems to swing slow too as does Monty.
cheers
bill

[dagosa]

Re: Tour Tempo

hi Dagosa
it seems Sam was quite a dancer in his day and had a good ear for timing and could tell you how many Beets Per Minuet just by listening to the tempo of the music.
I'm sure that help in him having such a smooth swing.
if you look at players and watch them walk, some stride out and most have fast swings like Tiger. other seem to walk slower like say big Phil and they have a slower looking swing. big Ernie walks slow and seems to swing slow too as does Monty.
cheers
bill

Interesting you refer to walking, stride etc. Hip and knee action, important in dance, is equally important for me in my golf swing. Recovering from shoulder surgery one year, I did more dancing and focused more on hip exercises prior to playing and actually gained distance from the previous year with weakened arms and shoulders. The biggest difference in strength between amateurs and professionals, I feel, may be in the hip area. Stronger hips helped my back pain, knee pain and above all...golf swing. My physical therapist daughter and OT golfing son in law convinced me of that.
If more amateurs danced and worked out on core muscles with hip exercises, BAPs boards and balance boards, their golf club head would "magically" arrive at the hitting area with more velocity and square, with less effort than they ever thought possible. I think good balance and core strength is important for good tempo.
But for many it's just, let's buy a new driver or training aid instead of and not in addition to the basics.

[bill reed]

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hi Dagosa
i agree having stronger hips and leg but also having flexibility as you would as a dancer would help your golf swing.
i always remember Fred Astaire in one of his films dancing then hit about 10 golf balls of tees all in a line one after the other! hit then swing back half a step to the ball and swing through then swing back and step and swing again, no lining up and you could see the balls flying down the fairway really a great bit of film if someone has it or it on the net please let me know. i believe he was also a good golfer and his timing was the best.
cheers
bill

[BrianW]

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I also believe we all have a natural tempo that reflects our personality and it is difficult to change it. We should identify our tempo and work at swinging the club to suit.

I also think that we need to understand the speed we can comfortably control the clubface at and swing at that speed for the best results.