Down-the-line
Flat backswing.
The club is too around and too low for a mid-iron. Film down-the-line with the club in the frame.
Down-the-line · Club in frame · Takeaway, Backswing, Top
What's going on.
The club is rolled behind you on the way back. Down-the-line it sits low and laid off at the top. From there it has to tumble out over the hands, or it stays stuck. A mid-iron needs the club up the plane, not around the belt.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron is already a swing. The club just went around you instead of up.
The one thing.
Take the club up over your trail shoulder, not around your belt.
The drill.
Up the window
A mid-iron. Camera down-the-line, club in the frame. Stock full swing. Imagine a window behind your trail shoulder.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
The club goes up that window. It does not sweep around your hip.
Film again.
5 full mid-irons, down-the-line, club in the frame. Share the best. The next look is only this idea.
Down-the-line at Takeaway the club is not already behind you. Backswing and Top still show it up the plane, not laid off around the belt.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:03–1:50
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 1:38–2:30
- Up-the-window: 10 rehearsals, then 10 balls
- Film 5 down-the-line 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 laid off at the top: club behind the hands, too around. Watch that down-the-line top. Across-the-line is the other miss.
They name the classic roll inside: glove logo to the sky, club around you. Watch Takeaway. That is the too-around start.