All drills

Drill · At home

Towel Swing Tempo

Swing a rolled-up towel like a club and keep it stretched taut through the change of direction instead of letting it go slack.

Duration
6 min
Reps
3 sets of 10
Equipment
towel
Level
Intermediate

How to do it

  1. Roll a hand towel lengthwise and hold one end with a normal golf grip.

  2. Take your golf posture with enough clear space around you.

  3. Swing the towel back and through, feeling for the tension in it.

  4. If it flops or goes slack at the top, slow your change of direction until it stays stretched.

  5. Do 3 sets of 10, then pick up a club and repeat the same tempo.

Goal

Use a floppy object as a tempo meter that collapses the instant you snatch at the transition.

Feel cue

Feel steady tension in the towel all the way through the change of direction, never a slack moment.

Mistake to avoid

Swinging the towel so gently it stays taut by accident — swing it hard enough that a rushed transition would genuinely make it flop.

Works on

Find the drills your swing needs

Record a swing with your phone. You Got Golf checks all ten P-positions and picks drills for what it finds.

Open this drill in the app