{"id":150,"date":"2020-02-28T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T05:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2023-01-18T22:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:06:54","slug":"perfecting-your-golf-swing-tempo-with-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/perfecting-your-golf-swing-tempo-with-music","title":{"rendered":"Perfecting Your Golf Swing Tempo with Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tempo is the glue that sticks all the elements of a golf swing together \u2013 Nick Faldo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You probably hear all the time how important tempo is in a\ngolf swing. But what does that even mean? And how does music relate to a golf\nswing? There are three undeniable links between music and your golf swing:\nTempo, rhythm and timing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t matter if you are covering a song on your\nacoustic guitar or hitting a driver\u2026 if you lack tempo, rhythm and timing you\nare going to suck at both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is another issue with music and your swing.  The majority of the music in your playlist is counterproductive to your swing. Why? Because every song has a different BPM (beats per minute) than your natural swing speed. The first song you play is too fast and the next is to slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swing Tempo Ratios<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this article we will talk about a driver to keep it\nsimple. The correct swing ration for a driver is 3 to 1. It works like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If you\ntotal swing time is 1 second, then your takeaway time would be .75 seconds and\nyour downswing would be .25 seconds. So if you take .25 and times it by 3 you\nget. .75.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now your total swing time might be 1.12 seconds or .92\nseconds. Whatever it is, there is a perfect 3:1 ratio in those numbers. And\nthat my friend is what actually makes your tempo perfect. So the next time you\nare playing and someone says \u201cThat was a smooth swing\u201d you\u2019ll know you nailed\nit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that you know what the perfect tempo is, how can you\nwork on this while you are at the driving range? How do you even know what your\nratio is? Are you too fast on the takeaway or downswing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to figure it out \u2013 The hard and expensive way<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most effective way to figure this out is with the Blast\nMotion sensor (or similar). This is a small sensor that you attach to the butt\nof your golf grip. The sensor is incredible and has an App that literally tells\nyou your swing ratio after each shot. We love the sensor but there is one\nproblem\u2026 If your ratio is off there is no way for the average golfer to know\nhow to speed up or slow down their backswing\/downswing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or You Could Just Listen to Music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know earlier I stated that music is actually detrimental to\nyour tempo but what if\u2026 someone made music that had tones and voice prompts you\ncould time your swing to and have perfect tempo? That is exactly what we have done\nat Golf BPM. We launched with four stations and 24 tracks (with more songs on\nthe way). You just time your swing to the tones or voice prompt and you will\nnail perfect tempo, timing and rhythm. And the best part is the songs will get\nstuck in your head just like normal music does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a new concept. Masters Champion Jimmy Demaret\ncreated records in 1959 with waltz music to swing to for perfect tempo, rhythm\nand timing. I think I found and bought the last remaining set on eBay a two\nweeks ago. Plus, you can\u2019t bring a record player to the driving range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever noticed all the people on the driving range\nthat are listening to music while practicing? The next time you do, ask them\nwhat they are listening to. Or better yet, watch them closely and see if their swing\ntempo changes from song to song. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our App, songs and swing speeds are much more complicated than a written article explain. But the idea and concept and execution are simple. Put on your headphones, choose a swing speed and then time your swing to the tones. We recommend starting at 144 BPM\u2019s and then working your way up or down depending on your current swing speed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You probably hear all the time how important tempo is in a golf swing. But what does that even mean? And how does music relate to a golf swing? There are three undeniable links between music and your golf swing: Tempo, rhythm and timing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instruction"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfbpm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}