In a continuing effort to improve my abyssmal putting, I am concentrating on tempo and rythym. Seems to work for other important things, so why not for putting?
Pelz in section 11.3 of Putting Bible talks about it in terms of relating it to your walking speed, which I don't totally agree with. After years of marching in the Army, I unconsciously walk at 120 steps per minute, which would equate to a very fast 96 beats per minute on Pelz's putting scale.
Instead, I seem to putt best at about 72 beats per minute, which is kind of slow. Since a true pendulum has an inate period related solely to the length of the pendulum and the strength of gravity (an accepted constant here on earth) , wouldn't your best putting tempo be based on the effective length of your putting pendulum? I.e., the distance between your shoulders and the ball?
Here is a shareware electronic metronome if anyone wants to try it out and find your optimum putting tempo.Seems to work on my PC running XP with no problems.
http://shareware.pcmag.com/product.php[id]80733[cid]201[SiteID]pcmag
Pelz in section 11.3 of Putting Bible talks about it in terms of relating it to your walking speed, which I don't totally agree with. After years of marching in the Army, I unconsciously walk at 120 steps per minute, which would equate to a very fast 96 beats per minute on Pelz's putting scale.
Instead, I seem to putt best at about 72 beats per minute, which is kind of slow. Since a true pendulum has an inate period related solely to the length of the pendulum and the strength of gravity (an accepted constant here on earth) , wouldn't your best putting tempo be based on the effective length of your putting pendulum? I.e., the distance between your shoulders and the ball?
Here is a shareware electronic metronome if anyone wants to try it out and find your optimum putting tempo.Seems to work on my PC running XP with no problems.
http://shareware.pcmag.com/product.php[id]80733[cid]201[SiteID]pcmag