This is Golfer Geeks’ review of the best golf tempo trainers on the market in 2024
I’ve been playing golf since 1993, and I’ve invested in golf training aids for about that long. The good ones have done wonders for my game, and the bad ones won’t be mentioned on these pages.
Luckily for us, there’s never been a better selection, technology, or quality. If you’ve got a swing fault – and we all do – some enterprising fellow golfer has invented a tool to help.
We’ve tested a ton of them and have included the cream of the crop on this page.
Let’s see which golf swing tempo trainer(s) can help your game the most.
Our Top 3 Recommendations
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Editor's Pick - Most Complete
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Runner Up
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Best Hittable Lag Trainer
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- Improves Swing Sequence, Timing, Tempo & Release
- Helps you maximize ground forces
- Audible and tactile feedback
- Beaucoup Training videos (including from Martin Chuck)
- Suitable for any handicap
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- Improve Swing Sequence, Timing, & Tempo
- Improve Swing Path & Release
- Plug Power Leaks
- Increase Swing Speed w/ Less Effort
- Learn lag instinctively for effortless power
- Forces you into correct positions to make solid contact
- Excellent for Timing, Tempo & Swing Sequence
- Extensive video training library from Inventor (20-year golf pro - Stuart Small)
Our Favorite Swing Tempo Trainers in 2024
- ONE Club (Most Complete Swing Trainer)
- Tour Striker Impact Sling (Best Sequence, Timing & Tempo Trainer)
- GForce ( Best Hittable Lag, Tempo & Timing trainer)
- Orange Whip (Most popular tempo trainer)
- SKLZ Gold Flex (Best Bargain Tempo Trainer)
Trainer Reviews
#1 ONE Club Swing Trainer (Editor’s Pick)
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- Improves Swing sequence, Timing, & Release
- Helps you maximize ground forces
- Provides audible and tactile feedback
- Beaucoup Training videos (including from Martin Chuck)
- Instructions could be better
The ONE Club golf swing trainer is our #1 Recommendation for the best golf tempo trainer.
What we like:
- Best training aid I’ve tried for grooving good swing sequence, timing, tempo & release. (This is how most of us will gain the most speed)
- Forces you to use the ground correctly to generate speed.
- Makes you slot the club on the correct path on the downswing.
- Provides audible and tactile feedback.
- Beaucoup Training videos (including from Martin Chuck).
What we don’t like: (kind of)
- Written instructions aren’t the best. (written by a smarty pants engineer)
You’ve got to put in the work.(Nothing wrong with having to earn it)
The ONE Club is not primarily a golf swing tempo trainer…but it’s 100% an outstanding golf swing tempo trainer.
Regularly swinging the ONE Club improved everything about my swing. I’m not talking about going through a full training session, either.
I work from home and I mostly swing it during my breaks throughout the day.
It helps me:
- With a one-piece takeaway.
- Pause before I start my downswing creating a smooth transition and allowing my arms and club to drop into the slot for a better path into the ball.
- Use the ground to transfer my weight and use my hip turn to generate more speed with less effort.
- Do all this in the correct sequence and to improve my timing and make my swing more efficient.
The ONE Club is billed primarily as a swing speed trainer. Our testing shows it does a lot more than that. It’s a legit complete swing trainer.
Yes, it’s great for overspeed training. (Which is the second way it helps you swing faster)
Yes, it’s also a weighted club – but so much more than that thanks to the inertia generator – that can help you strengthen your “golf” muscles.
I could not get the ONE club to release at the right time when I swung out of sequence and/or didn’t load properly in my transition. It took me a few tries, but I got it…without much or any thought.
Intuitively, I figured out I had to do something different to get the ONE Club to release at the right time – between my trail leg and the ball. And, once you do that, you can start to repeat it.
Then, you can add weight and/ or resistance bands. Thereby making your swing more powerful and efficient. Warning – this is where the work comes in.
This is me below going through a small part of a training session.
Bottom line: Excellent for tempo and excellent for every other part of your swing…if you’re willing to put in the work.
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- Improve Swing Sequence & Timing
- Improve Swing Path & Release
- Plug Power Leaks
- Increase Swing Speed w/ Less Effort
- Great for warming up pre-round or pre range session
- Pricey
The Tour Striker Impact Sling is our runner-up for the best golf swing tempo trainer.
What we like:
- Excellent for improving swing sequence and timing, smoothing transition, and setting the proper tempo.
- Forces you to use the ground correctly to generate speed.
- Improves your swing path.
- Video training series from Marting Chuck.
- Premium materials and construction.
What we don’t like: (kind of)
- A little pricey
I’ve been training with and swinging the Impact Sling for months now. It stays in my bag, and I swing it before every range session and every round.
I find it helps me with a few things:
- It helps to prevent me from yanking on the club at the start of the downswing and trying to create club speed by jerking on the club.
- It slows my hands down and forces my body to set the correct tempo, sequence, and timing for a much smoother swing.
- It helps me sync everything up and puts me in a position to make better swings.
You can not jerk the Impact Sling around our swing erratically without beating yourself up with the rope sling.
Bottom line: A great corrective for when your swing gets a little (or a lot) erratic.
#3 GForce Swing Trainer (Best Hittable Lag & Tempo Trainer)
- Learn lag instinctively for effortless power
- Forces you into correct positions to make solid contact
- Excellent for Timing, Tempo & Swing Sequence
- Extensive video training library from Inventor (20-year golf pro - Stuart Small)
- Be prepared to hit a bunch of bad shots when starting
The GForce NXT-GEN 7-iron is next on our list of best golf tempo trainers for your golf swing.
What we like:
- It teaches lag without you having to think about lag.
- It exposes swing flaws and forces you into better positions and on a better swing path or you’ll never hit a straight shot.
- Outstanding for teaching timing and tempo.
- Training by Stuart Small.
What we don’t like: (kind of)
- Requires patience and perseverance.
It’s also a great golf training aid for building lag and and good swing sequence.
Bad things happen for me on the golf course when I “try” too hard. Proper swing sequence goes out the window and my shots can, and do, end up anywhere. Goodbye, handicap.
Enter the Gforce…I’ve had mine for about a year now, and it’s one of my go-to swing trainers for putting me in the slot and forcing me into my best tempo and sequence.
How I use it:
- Before range practice: I want to see around 10 solid shots before I switch to my clubs. (Hit it well with the GForce 7-iron, and you will hit it well with your clubs)
- Before a round: see above.
- At home every single day: ingrain good tempo and lag.
Bottom Line: It does what it says it does and will be a staple of your swing training.
#4 Orange Whip (Best Pure Tempo & Rhythm Trainer)
- Improves swing sequence, tempo, & timing
- Stretches and strengthens golf muscles
- Helps lengthen swing
- Improves swing efficiency and power
- Quality construction
- Tons of training on website and YouTube
- Made in America
- None, delivers on promise.
The Orange Whip is next on our list of best golf tempo trainers. (it’s the most popular tempo trainer in golf)
What we like:
- Excellent for pre-round or pre-practice warm up.
- Improves strength and flexibility.
- Improves tempo & rhythm.
- Smooths transition from backswing to downswing.
- Tons of training on their website.
- Very solid reputation.
What we don’t like:
- Nothing. It delivers on its promise.
Simple and straightforward in design, it provides a wide range of feedback about your swing.
In addition to tempo, it helps you perfect your swing balance as well as your plane. It’s made to mimic the feel and motion of a driver, and it’s weighted so that you can feel the swing and make the necessary adjustments from this information.
Most notably, it helps with the transition between your backswing and downswing.
It’s perfectly designed and weighted so that you don’t rush or stall this important transition moment. Because it is weighted, it’s actually a strength-building workout, too.
I’ve got a buddy who owns the Orange Whip, and I own the SKLZ. It takes a little time to get used to this extra weight, but the results will speak for themselves.
Bottom Line: It does what it says it does and will be your most used training aid.
#5 SKLZ Gold Flex (Best Bargain Tempo Trainer)
- Improves swing sequence, tempo, & timing
- Stretches and strengthens golf muscles
- Helps lengthen swing
- Improves swing efficiency and power
- Quality construction
- Good Value
- No training provided
The SKLZ Gold is the best bargain golf swing trainer aid for tempo and lag.
What we like:
- Excellent for pre-round or pre-practice warm up.
- Improves strength and flexibility.
- Improves tempo.
- Smooths transition from backswing to downswing.
What we don’t like:
- Weight isn’t as balanced as the Orange Whip.
- Lack of training.
Like the Orange Whip, the SKLZ Gold Flex Trainer utilizes a weighted shaft design to improve your tempo. It’s comfortable, flexible, and just about the perfect weight.
Practice your swing for a few minutes per day with this training aid and you’re sure to experience serious results on the course in short order. Like other weighted swing training tools, the SKLZ Gold Flex Golf Trainer does take some getting used to.
It’s probably quite a bit heavier than you think (at least it was for me). That said, it’s easy to get used to after fifteen minutes of swinging. And from there, using the golf trainer is all gravy. The key feature of this trainer is the exaggerated flex. That added flex helps lengthen your swing and create the perfect transition between backswing and downswing.
The flex also takes the SKLZ Gold Flex Golf Trainer to the next level by enabling it to actually increase your flexibility and extend your backswing in addition to creating the perfect rhythm, tempo, and weight transfer.
Bottom Line: It’s not the Orange Whip, but it’s close and it does what it says it does and will be your most used training aid.
FAQs
What is a tempo trainer?
A tempo trainer is a golf training aid that helps you improve your swing tempo. Hopefully, to get it close to the ideal of 3:1. Which means your backswing should take 3 times longer than your downswing.
How do you use a tempo trainer in golf?
You generally use a tempo trainer by swinging it back and forth smoothly and in rhythm.
Does the Orange Whip really work?
Yes, the Orange Whip really works. It’s excellent for timing, swing sequence, tempo, and transition. Among other things.
Our Final Verdict
We like the ONE Club as the most complete swing trainer and also our favorite tempo trainer.
It helps with swing sequence, timing, and tempo and teaches you how to use ground force for a more powerful and efficient swing.
It’s not as well-known as some of the others on this page…Give it time.
Thanks for checking out our review of the best golf tempo trainers.
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- Improves Swing sequence, Timing, & Release
- Helps you maximize ground forces
- Provides audible and tactile feedback
- Beaucoup Training videos (including from Martin Chuck)
- Instructions could be better
