Face-on
Arm-dominant.
The arms fire before the body has turned. Film face-on and watch Top to Downswing.
Face-on · Top, Transition, Downswing
What's going on.
The arms start the downswing. Face-on, the club is already moving while the body has not turned. Speed never reaches the clubhead the way it should. Short, steep, or a throw from the arms alone.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The arms just beat the body to the start.
The one thing.
Throw the clubhead through the ball like you are cracking a whip.
The drill.
Swoosh after
A mid-iron. No ball for the first set. Camera face-on. Stock full swing.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
Hear the swoosh after the ball is gone. The whip cracks at the far end, not at the top.
Film again.
5 full mid-irons, face-on. Share the best. The next look is only this idea.
Face-on at Transition the body has started before the arms throw. Downswing still shows the club last, not first.
- Watch Titleist TPI 0:00–3:47
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 2:10–3:00
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 1:44–2:40
- Swoosh-after: 10 rehearsals, then 10 balls
- Film 5 face-on mid-irons and share the best
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this idea, not the whole channel.
Watch the order: the body moves, then the arms, then the club. Arms first is the picture we check. That order is this card, not the club dying at the ball.
They show arms swinging with no body turn. That is the face-on arm-first start. Watch that, not the later distance talk.
The club is the end of the whip. Watch that last bit fly. That is the sequence, not a steer at the ball.