Swing Lab · Ep. 6
@tom.beaudet · Analyzed by AI

The
5-swing
test.

Anybody can make one good swing. The AI doesn’t care about one. Five unannounced swings is the only test that means anything.

Step 01 — The Real Fault

You don’t have
a swing.
You have five.

Most amateurs aren’t missing a position — they’re missing repeatability. Your backswing takes 0.55 seconds, then 0.78, then 0.61. Three different swings wearing the same clothes.

A tour player’s tempo barely moves swing to swing. That’s not talent, that’s a trained clock. And a clock is measurable.

FAST SLOW SCATTERED REPEATABLE

Same average. Completely different golfer.

“Average tells you nothing. Spread tells you everything.”

Step 02 — Why It Matters

Tempo is the
only thing you
can carry.

Under pressure, your positions get worse — everyone’s do. What holds up is rhythm. It’s the last thing to leave and the first thing to fix.

Which is why this test is unannounced. Anyone can produce a good swing when they know they’re being filmed. The point is to catch the swing you actually own.

One good swing is luck. Five is a swing.

Step 03 — The Prescription

Count it
out loud.

1

Pick a count and say it.

“One... two” going back, “three” coming down. Out loud, not in your head.

2

Same count on every club.

Wedge and driver get the same rhythm. Only the length of swing changes.

3

Hit 20 balls without changing anything else.

Don't fix positions today. Fix only the clock.

4

Film 5, unannounced, at the end.

No warning, no do-overs, no picking the best one. Measure all five.

Dose20 counted balls · then the 5-swing test
Step 04 — When You’ve Passed

All five.
Not the best one.

Every backswing 0.75s or longer

Spread between fastest and slowest under 0.15s

You didn’t know you were being filmed until after

Step 05 — Your Turn

Run the
5-swing test.

Upload a clip of five swings (or just tap along live at the range). For each one: tap START when the club moves, TOP when it stops. Five times. The tool shows your average, your spread, and whether you actually own a swing.

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Upload 5 swings (optional)
Or skip the video and tap along live

Swing 1 of 5

Video mode reads the clock off the footage. Live mode uses real time — tap as the club moves.