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Hello friends, it’s Chippin’ Chewsday, innit?! Have you struggled with timing around the greens? Unable to make proper contact or find the rhythm with your shorter swings to the point where you’re just putting everything from within 30 yards to save strokes? Well, today’s tip should help immensely with that, because we’re going to talk timing. See, in my opinion, I think the reason that a lot of golfers struggle with the shorter swing motion is because your swing motion isn’t mechanically perfect. Neither is mine, by the way. With that being the case, you’re relying heavily on timing for good golf shots. Timing your unique release pattern, your unique hip turn, or lack thereof, with your unique body rotation, your unique arm speed, but what happens when you have to shorten that swing and the timing completely changes? Obviously, that makes the shot and the timing a lot harder, so simply put, why the hell are we changing the timing when we don’t actually have to? It can help a lot with your three-quarter and half swings, your chips and pitches as well, if you can maintain consistent timing and tempo for all of your shots, no matter the length of your swing. The shorter your swing, the slower you should be taking that backswing back for your shot. Next time you’re hitting balls, take your phone and headphones with you if you don’t already, download a metronome app on your phone. It’ll have a nice little woodblock timing out your stroke in your ears. You just have to do a little trial and error to dial in your BPM for your unique swing. Your swing, your full swing, should take roughly three times as long on the way back as it does to deliver to the ball. So you’re looking something like one, two, three, back, one, down. Then for your putting stroke, you’re generally looking at two to one. So one, two, back, one, down. Those should be the only two tempos you have to dial in. Doesn’t matter what your tempo is. Your tempo is yours and it’s beautiful, and you’re beautiful and I love you. You’re just trying to find your natural tempo for your full swing. Once you have that, you can use that same tempo to improve your timing and consistency for your half shots and long pitches. And for those extra short strokes, those short chips and pitches, we can use that same tempo we use for our putting stroke. Taking out the unnecessary variables in your swing, like changing your timing shot to shot, can be one of the quickest ways to eliminate those unforced errors and mistakes through your round that lead to those big blow-up holes. The shorter that shot, the shorter you’re going to take that swing, the slower you need to be taking back that club, matching your shorter swings to your full swing and putting stroke timing that you’re already used to. I promise the game and those short shots will be 10 times easier than trying to use a different timing and tempo for every shot. Be sure to like and subscribe for the next tip next Chewsday. We’ll see you on the course!