How to use a golf metronome: your first session
Your first metronome session takes fifteen minutes and needs no manual. Here is the whole thing, step by step.
1. Choose a stroke
Full swing for the long game, Short game for chips and pitches, Putting for the green. Each mode has its own timing — switching modes mid-set resets your feel, so commit to one per session at first.
2. Listen before moving
Press Start and stand still for the first few cycles. Hear where START, TOP and the final cue fall. Most beginners skip this and spend the session chasing beeps they never internalised.
3. Pick a comfortable tempo
Begin at the middle preset (24 / 8 for full swing, 16 / 8 for short game, 60 BPM for putting). The correct starting tempo feels slightly too slow — that means your body is not bracing for the next cue.
4. Run a short practice set
The web tool runs 20 cycles per set with a short rest between swings. Swing at half effort, no ball at first. A set takes about two minutes. Stop if you tense up; shake out and restart the set.
5. Adjust between sets, never mid-set
Use Slower / Faster only while stopped. Changing tempo mid-set teaches nothing except scrambling. One step per set, and give each new tempo a full set before judging it.
6. Cycles are not detected shots
The counter shows practice cycles the tool played — it detects no shots and measures no swings. In the app, history works the same way: a log of sets you completed, not a launch monitor. That honesty is the point: the number tracks your practice, nothing else.
When the app helps most
Two moments: when you want a guided plan instead of choosing presets yourself (guided learning), and when you find a tempo worth keeping (saved profiles) or want to see your week of practice (history). Until then, this free page is the whole instrument.