How to train swing tempo?

who8168 wrote:

I have an inherent problem with swing tempo, since the day i start to take golf seriously 4 yrs ago. I am too quick in the backswing, resulting in a momentum that pulls me a little taller, and the club shooting past parallel. The next problem is I don't 'pause' at the top, and the overly quick transition causes bad balance, difficulty in timing the club face square to the ball, usually misses with a hook.

I have consciously been trying to slow down the backswing, and things are improving a little. However, sometimes old muscle memory creeps in & the problem surfaces.

Anyone has got an ingenious or more effective way to ingrain a better tempo (read slower) of the swing?

If that is you in the avatar, I really don't see where the problem is? It will need one heck of an effort to go from an overswing to that position I believe.

Scorecard can cheat. Good golfswing can't.

ps. why is my avatar missing???