PUTTER ACCELERATION
Why It Creates Inconsistency
You’ll often hear:
“Accelerate through the ball.”
It sounds simple.
It creates inconsistency.
What Acceleration Actually Does
Acceleration changes speed.
That affects:
• impact speed
• distance control
• timing
If acceleration varies:
■ results become unpredictable
What Shows Up in Measurement
• ball speed changes from putt to putt
• distance control breaks down
• dispersion increases
Even when the stroke looks the same.
Why It Happens
• compensate for poor tempo
• make up for short backswings
• “hit” the putt instead of rolling it
■ It introduces variability into the stroke.
What Consistent Putters Do
• repeatable tempo
• predictable speed
• stable delivery
■ The result is consistent ball speed.
What Actually Matters
Not whether you accelerate.
■ Whether your impact speed is repeatable.
How This Is Measured
• impact speed variation
• distance dispersion
• roll consistency
■ This removes guesswork.
What This Means for You
• distance control will suffer
• good strokes won’t repeat
• results will feel unpredictable
The Goal
Not “accelerate.”
Not “decelerate.”
■ Repeatable speed at impact.
The Only Way to Know
Measure it.
See it.
Understand it.