Tour Tempo: Golf's Last Secret Finally Revealed [With Instructional CDROM]

by John Novosel

Book Overview

What swing secret is shared by nearly all golf greats - from Ben Hogan to Tiger Woods? John Novosel's revolutionary breakthrough has cracked the "genetic code" of the golf swing - Tour Tempo. Tiger... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385509278
• ISBN13: 9780385509275
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Simple concept for a complex sport

For a person who struggles for consistency, this may be the golden key. Two major swing drills are taught. These drills are so basic but so essential to the component of a swing that it must be taken seriously. Half of the book is dedicated to how the author came across this discovery and how he applied it to golfers of all levels of play. A section about myths and tips to improve play are outlined. The value is not so much by reading the book but by watching to provided video clips and listening to the varying cadences. In a short time, I have improved my ball striking ability significantly. Instead of focusing upon a dozen "Swing thoughts", I concentrate upon the tempo of the swing based upon the cadences from the CD. This is a piece of the puzzle that cannot be learned from reading books or even taking lessons - tempo is the key to consistency and likely, the reason why a hiatus from the game leads to a steep learning curve. I listen to the tracks when practicing and on my way to play. I highly recommend this system. It is proven to work. UPDATE SEP 2008: This book is no fad. It has kept me consistent in my game and I still have the tracks stored on my MP3 player. The tempo works for every stroke in your game.

Smart Golf Review from Travel + Leisure Golf

Smart Golf SWING GET IN (TOUR) TEMPO A NEW SYSTEM FOR PERFECT RHYTHM BY JOHN PAUL NEWPORT If you've ever wandered out to the range at a PGA Tour event to watch the pros practice, you were probably less impressed by how far they hit the ball (you already knew they were long) than by the smooth, leisurely tempos on display up and down the line. Compared with the quick-jerk artists at your neighborhood range, the best players in the world seem to swing in slow motion. But the truth is that they are completing their swings much faster than it seems. If you were to start your take-away at the same instant that a languid-swinging pro like David Toms started his, in all likelihood you'd still be lost somewhere in your backswing by the time Toms made contact. Moreover, your swing almost certainly would look rushed while Toms's swing would look like it always does, smooth and easy. What the top pros have that you, I and the quick-jerk range rats don't is perfect tempo. And now, thanks to the work of John Novosel, a businessman, inventor and golf enthusiast from Leawood, Kansas, we know a lot more about what constitutes perfect tempo than we used to. Novosel closely analyzed video of most of the world's greatest golfers, both past and present, and discovered that virtually all of them executed their swings, from take-away to impact, within a very small window of time, from .93 seconds to 1.2 seconds. He also discovered that nearly all accomplished golfers have a precise, identical rhythm: three beats back, one beat down. Novosel then devised a way for average golfers to approximate the tempo of a pro swing by hitting balls while listening to tones through a headset and watched in amazement as their shots improved instantly and dramatically-without any attention whatsoever to wrist cock, hip turn, swing path or the countless other mechanical issues that are the bane and substance of traditional instruction. This improvement happened essentially, Novosel came to realize, because once the tempo is right, there isn't any time left over for the club to do all the crazy, inefficient things it usually does during bad swings, like pause, hitch, wander around in loops and come over the top. Novosel has compiled the results of his research and offers an instructional program (see below) based on his findings in a compelling new book, Tour Tempo: Golf's Last Secret Finally Revealed, cowritten with John Garrity, due out this spring. In Novosel's view, good tempo ought to be viewed as a bedrock fundamental of the golf swing that helps produce good mechanics, rather than something tacked on as a kind of extra once a player has supposedly mastered the mechanics. "The old paradigm of teaching club, hand and body positions at every conceivable point in the swing doesn't work very well," Novosel said. "There's really no good way for a player to incorporate all that information during a swing that lasts just a second and while the player is moving the club at a hundred

This is great stuff

Order two books -- Tour Tempo and Swing Like a Pro. Here's my story: None of my friends could believe I was an 18 handicap as hard as I worked on my game and the basic swing I had. My problem was inconsistency, and I never knew which golfer was going to show up -- the pretty good one or the hack. Breaking 90(!)became the holy grail. Bought these two books a couple of weeks ago, and had about four 2-hour practice sessions in that time. Went out Friday, shot 82 and left at least 3 strokes on the course. Went out Saturday and finished third in our year-end tournament, winning money, golf balls and a trophy. Normally I've been disgusted after playing and VERY frustrated -- not anymore! Tour Tempo allows you to improve without thinking, and you WILL be able to hit the ball farther and straighter. I am just crushing the ball and hitting the sweet spot on the club every time. That said, if you start hitting the farther but not straighter, do 2 things: (1) Check your club position going back (the positions are in the book for a reason)and make sure your club is over your toeline half-way back and / or go straight to Swing Like A Pro. The biggest help in Swing Like a Pro was the set-up. I thought there was no way I was going to be able to hit the ball from that position. Watched TV, and Davis Love looked just like the composite. It helped make my swing more efficient and consistent, in terms of path. HIGHLY recommended. Hey, look what it did for me!

Tour Tempo: Golf's Last Secret Finally Revealed

Tour Tempo - It Works! I got the Tour Tempo book less than two weeks ago just out of curiosity. I've read the book twice, I've viewed the DVD for a short while, and I have listened to the CD repeatedly in my car. I have played since I was a kid, but not being a natural golfer, I have been burdened with too many swing thoughts. The best I have ever been is a 16 handicap; in the last two years playing once a week I have not broken 90. I do not belong to a club so I don't have easy access to a practice range; I sometimes swing a club in the yard. I have only played 9 holes 4 times this season. Yesterday I played in an outing at Little Mountain in Concord, Ohio. It has a reputation for being a difficult course.In preparation for this round I listened to the Tour Tempo CD in my car on the way to the golf course. I arbitrarily picked the 24/8 tempo (27/9 sounded too slow & 21/7 seemed like it might be too fast). I alternated between track 5 (3 tones) and track 6 "Swing, Set, Through". There is no driving range at this course, so a few swings on the first tee had to suffice.On the course, before each shot, I took two practice swings silently saying "Swing, Set, Through" in my head.I missed only two fairways, shot a 40-43-83 but more importantly, my biggest swing flaw was entirely eliminated. I have had a tendency to not finish my swing. With Tour Tempo, I found myself accelerating through the ball with the club swinging to finish naturally. My bad swings, which were few, were not bad swings at all, but alignment errors. Even my few mis-hits had decidedly better results.I always knew tempo was important, but no one was ever able to tell me what good tempo is. You have not only solved the mystery, but made great tempo almost instantly accessible. I am obviously looking forward to even greater improvement. Thanks!Jeffrey S. YoungChagrin Falls, Ohio