Face-on
Early hip slide.
The pelvis races the target before the club arrives. Film face-on and watch the belt line from Address to Impact.
Face-on · Address, Impact, Follow-Through
What's going on.
The hips run at the target before the club gets to the ball. Face-on, the belt line is already gone. The club is late, the face can leak open, and the strike goes fat, thin, or a push.
What's already OK.
You are still making a committed full mid-iron. The belt line just beat the club to the ball.
The one thing.
Let the club cover the ball before anything races the target.
The drill.
Club first
A mid-iron. Camera face-on. Stock full swing. A headcover or tee just past the ball is optional, as a gate the club must reach.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
The club arrives at the ball first. Nothing races the flag ahead of it.
Film again.
5 full mid-irons, face-on. Share the best. The next look is only this idea.
Face-on at Impact the belt line has not already run past the ball. Follow-through can go. The race is over after the strike, not before it.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 2:40–4:50
- Watch Titleist TPI (Greg Rose) 0:03–1:25
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 3:16–3:49
- Club-first: 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.
Face-on is the view. Watch the belt line run with no end. The amateur's hips keep going toward the target while the club is still late. That is the slide we check.
He draws the lead-leg line. Anything past that line toward the target before the ball is the slide. Watch that picture. The hang-back contrast is a different card.
They name belt buckle over the ankle as a flat-out slide. Watch that face-on picture. Skip the inch count. The picture is the check.