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.

Film or choose 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.

Swing 1 of 5

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