After reading the book Tour Tempo and working with its mp3 tracks, I was excited to learn about the Swing Tempo training aid. The Swing Tempo is a fully adjustable swing aid that helps you find your ideal temp and ingrain it. I knew I would like the Swing Tempo if it was half as good as the company said it would be.
The Swing Tempo comes packaged very nicely. It's packaging is very much like that of the Apple computer company (that is a big compliment). Inside the small package you will find: the Swing Tempo, the Swing Tempo pouch, batteries, instructions and an instructional dvd.
After putting the batteries in the Swing Tempo, I read through the instructions throughly. I went through all of the settings and made sure the Swing Tempo was set for my personal swing tempo.
The Swing Tempo aids you in learning in three ways. First if feel. The default setting on the Swing Tempo vibrates so you can feel your tempo. Second, is sound. The Swing Tempo has different volume levels you can set it at so you can hear it with ease, if you are an auditory learner. The third way is visually. The Swing Tempo has a emi circle set of lights that light up along with the tempo you have it set at.
The beauty of the Swing Tempo is that it is fully adjustable to you. Tour Tempo has sound advise, but it was not working as great as I had hoped. With the Swing Tempo, I was able to apply the advise in the book, while making it "my" tempo. I may have the same overall tempo as Phil Mickelson, but what if I take it up slower, but transition faster? With the Swing Tempo I just make adjustments to the settings and I am good to go. With Tour Tempo I had to change my natural tempo just a little bit too much for comfort. With Swing Tempo I keep the same overall tempo, but change the different parts to fit me. I am much, much more comfortable with that.
Conclusion:
The Swing Tempo is possibly the "be all, end all" to training aids. If were going to be stranded on a desert island and you could only bring one training for the full swing, I would suggest bringing the Swing Tempo. If you really want to make your practise time work for you, use the Swing Tempo with other training aids. I promise you this, every golfer can benefit from using the Swing Tempo.