Face-on
Cupping at the top.
The lead wrist is cupped and the face is open at the top. Film face-on with the club in the frame.
Face-on · Club in frame · Top, Transition, Impact
What's going on.
At the top the face is looking at the sky. Face-on, that open face is the cup. From there the face has to be timed shut, or it arrives open. A slice, a block, or a save that only works some of the time.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The face just got open at the top.
The one thing.
Keep the clubface looking at the ball at the top, not at the sky.
The drill.
Face at the ball
A mid-iron. Camera face-on, club in the frame. Stock full swing. Pause at the top on the first set.
10 pauses, then 10 balls.
At the top the face still looks at the ball. It is not pointing at the sky.
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 the Top the face is not looking at the sky. Transition and Impact do not have to save an open face.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:17–2:20
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:00–2:00
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 8:47–9:30
- Face-at-the-ball: 10 pauses, 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.
They name the cupped lead wrist at the top and the face going open. Watch that face-on picture. That is Top, not the strike.
Watch the lead wrist and the face at the top. A cup points the face at the sky. Our check is that face-on top picture.
Lead wrist extended, face pointed back. That is the cup looking at the sky. Watch the face, not the later wrist list.