I disagree Graham, I struggle with quickness of swing myself. I am not naturally given to fast swinging, my tempo is very measured, i am a bit of a coiler, but when I am playing poorly I always compare a tape of myself to one I took when I knew I was playing really well. Almost every time I have increased my swing speed, with no time to store the power and release it.

I am not advocating a chamge of tempo, I'm just trying to suggest ways to fix a particular problem with a small but incredibly important part of the whole swing.

Your natural body tempo has nothing to do with the speed of certain parts of your swing. Its very easy to get quick at the top -starting down before you have finished going up, I think this is what Al is talking about. All over tempo is the key and if any one part of your swing goes (for example beacuse of another sport or an injury) usually only that part is affected and throws the rest out.

That said opinions are like a$$ho!es, everyone has one.......

D.