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Blast Level 1: Drill 1 - Backswing Time

Blast Level 1, Drill 1 focuses on Backswing Time. Backswing time is one of the most important metrics for your golf swing, and will vary depending on the club. We recommend starting simple and perfecting backswing time, before working on downswing time. For your scoring clubs (wedges to 8 iron), the ideal time to strive for is .60 seconds. For your mid irons (7, 6, and 5 irons), the ideal backswing time is .68 seconds. For long clubs (4 iron to driver), we recommend a backswing time of .75 seconds.

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Backswing

The goal of this drill is to train your body to create a consistent and repetitive timing pattern to consistently and efficiently make solid contact with the ball.

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Downswing

The goal of this drill is to train your body to create a consistent and repetitive timing pattern in order to consistently and efficiently make solid contact with the ball.

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Improve Efficiency

The goal of this drill is to increase your Efficiency Index score by properly sequencing the backswing and downswing movements of the golf swing from the ground up to create an efficient release pattern and maximum clubhead velocity at impact.

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What is Backswing Time?

Backswing Time is the period of time from address to the top of the swing in seconds (sec).

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Why is Backswing Time important?

Watch the video to learn why Backswing Time is important and how it can affect your game.

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What should Backswing Time be?

Goal Ideal Backswing Time should be 3 times longer than Downswing Time. Pro Average 0.60 to 0.90 seconds Amateur Average 0.75 to 1.20 seconds Metric Tip Track the Backswing Time on your best shots to find your ideal Backswing Time. Try to repeat your ideal Backswing Time on every shot within 0.05 seconds.

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How do you improve Backswing Time?

—————————————————————– Drill: Consistent Timing – Backswing —————————————————————– Problem Backswing Time is inconsistent, too fast or too slow, resulting in inconsistent ball contact. The most efficient Backswing Time is 3 times longer than the Downswing Time (a Tempo ratio of 3.0:1). Solution Make 5 swings, and then review your Backswing Time and analyze your results. The Backswing Time should remain the same, regardless if you are swinging at full speed or only 50%. Once you find your signature time, generally close to 0.75 seconds, make 5 more swings trying to match your ideal Backswing Time within 0.05 seconds. Focus Keys Focus on the feel of your ideal Backswing Time. What does too fast feel like? What does too slow feel like? What does too fast feel like? What does too slow feel like? Aim to be within 0.05 seconds of your ideal Backswing Time. Goal The goal of this drill is to train your body to create a consistent and repetitive timing pattern to consistently and efficiently make solid contact with the ball.

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