Face-on
Deceleration.
The club dies at the ball instead of through it. Film face-on with the club in the frame.
Face-on · Club in frame · Pre-Impact, Impact, Follow-Through
What's going on.
The swing is aimed at the ball, so the club slows as it arrives. Face-on, the head has already quit by Impact. Weak contact, a short ball, and a finish that never happens.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The club just spent its speed on the ball instead of past it.
The one thing.
Swing to a finish. The ball is in the way, not the destination.
The drill.
Past the tee
A mid-iron. A tee in the ground just past the ball, toward the target. Camera face-on, club in the frame. Stock full swing.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
The club is still going when it passes that tee. Finish the swing.
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 Follow-Through the club has gone through the ball. Impact is not where the swing ends.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 11:20–12:40
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 7:13–8:26
- Past-the-tee: 10 rehearsals, 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 picture: a full motion that then dies into the ball. Watch that quit at Impact, not the rest of the iron session.
Steering the club is how the speed dies at the ball. Watch them let the club go through instead of guiding it to Impact.