Face-on
Early loss of lag.
The club throws its angle away before the ball. Film face-on with the club in the frame.
Face-on · Club in frame · Pre-Impact, Impact, Follow-Through
What's going on.
The club's angle to the lead arm is gone before the ball. Face-on, the clubhead has already caught the hands. The strike goes weak and high, or thin, or fat, and the ball will not hold a line.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The club just spends its angle too soon. That is common, and it is one idea.
The one thing.
Let the clubhead stay heavy until the ball, then let it pass your hands. The grape in the Chuck clip is that mass. It bursts on the way down, not at the top.
The drill.
Pump and go
A mid-iron, no ball for the first set. Stock full swing.
3 sets of 10 pumps, then 10 balls.
Pump the club to waist-high twice with the head still behind, then swing through the ball.
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 Pre-Impact the hands are still ahead of the clubhead. Impact still shows the hands winning. Follow-through is a release that started at the ball.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:18–1:24
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:36–2:07
- Watch Martin Chuck 0:05–1:35
- Pump drill, 3 sets of 10, 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.
The face-on picture they name is the one we check: hands still ahead of the clubhead. Watch how a throw from the top spends that angle before the strike.
Watch the trail wrist, not the whole backswing talk. When the trail arm drops behind, the wrist un-cocks and the club is already gone.
The grape is the mass of the club. Pressure builds when the pivot changes direction. That is the feel to take to the mat.