Face-on
Closed face.
The face is looking left of the path at the strike. Film face-on with the club in the frame.
Face-on · Club in frame · Pre-Impact, Impact, Follow-Through
What's going on.
The face arrives shut to the path. Face-on, you can see it looking left of where the club is going. The ball starts left of that path and curves more left. A hook, or a pull that will not hold.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The face just closed past the path before the strike.
The one thing.
Keep the clubface looking at the target through the ball.
The drill.
Face holds
A mid-iron. Camera face-on, club in the frame. Stock full swing.
10 half-speed rehearsals, then 10 balls.
The face keeps looking at the target through the strike. It does not snap shut.
Film again.
5 full mid-irons, face-on, club in the frame. Share the best. The next look is only this idea.
Face-on at Impact the face is not looking left of the path. Follow-through still shows a face that did not race shut.
- Watch TrackMan (Martin Chuck) 1:50–2:58
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:03–2:00
- Watch Mike Malaska 4:50–6:20
- Face-holds: 10 half-speed, then 10 balls
- Film 5 face-on mid-irons with the club visible and share the best
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this idea, not the whole channel.
A face closed to the path tilts the spin so the ball draws. Watch that closed picture. Skip the shot-by-shot numbers. Open face is a different card.
They name an overly closed face as the hook. Watch that face at the strike, not the later body talk.
Watch how twisting the face shut through the ball is the pull-hook. The face looking at the target is the hold we want.