Phase-by-Phase Timeline
Each sport has its own swing phases. Golf: address, backswing, transition, downswing, impact, follow-through. Tennis, pickleball, padel, baseball, and softball have sport-appropriate phases.
What it is
The Phase-by-Phase Timeline breaks your motion into the segments a coach actually thinks in — for golf: address, backswing, transition, downswing, impact, follow-through; for racket and bat sports, their own sport-appropriate phases. Each segment gets its own coaching note, so feedback is anchored to a specific moment instead of a vague "your swing looks off."
Thinking in phases changes how you practise. Most faults trace back to an earlier phase than where they show up — a poor impact position is often set up in transition. The timeline helps you find the earliest link in the chain, which is where a fix has the most leverage.
Who it’s for
- Visual learners who want feedback tied to a specific moment in the swing
- Players trying to trace a symptom back to its mechanical cause
How to take full advantage
A step-by-step guide to getting everything out of Phase-by-Phase Timeline.
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Scrub through each phase
Step the timeline one phase at a time rather than watching the swing at full speed. Read the note attached to each segment.
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Find the earliest fault
Identify the first phase where something goes wrong. Earlier faults cause later ones — fix the source, not the symptom.
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Pair phases with drills
Match the problem phase to a drill that targets it (your Fix Stack does this automatically for the priority fault).
Good to know
- • Phase boundaries are estimated from video; a clearer, well-angled clip yields cleaner segmentation.
Frequently asked questions
Do non-golf sports get real phases too?
Yes — each sport has its own phase model appropriate to its motion (e.g. a tennis serve or a baseball swing), not a golf template forced onto it.
Try Phase-by-Phase Timeline free
Works on any device, for all seven live sports.
Open SwingVantage FreeRelated features
Swing Video Upload
Upload a video of your swing from the face-on, down-the-line, or sport-specific angle. SwingVantage segments the video into phases and provides coaching notes for each phase.
Pro Reference Comparison
Browse a curated library of professional athlete swing references filtered by sport. Use as a visual learning reference alongside your own video.
Motion Lab (3D)
Turn a phone clip into a 3D figure of your motion you can spin, slow down, and step through — with a phase-by-phase breakdown, scores for power, rotation, balance, sequencing, timing, and consistency, your top 3 fixes, and a practice plan.