Face-on
Grip.
The hands on the club set the face before it moves. Film face-on with the club in the frame.
Face-on · Club in frame · Address, Impact, Follow-Through
What's going on.
The hold is already pointing the face left or right of the target. Face-on, that face is set before the takeaway. A weak hold leaves it open. A twisted hold shuts it. The swing then spends the whole trip trying to save a face that was wrong at address.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The hold just pointed the face off the target before anything moved.
The one thing.
Set the face at the target first. Then take your hold around that face.
The drill.
Face first
A mid-iron. Camera face-on, club in the frame. Stock full swing. Set the club behind the ball with the face at the flag, then take the hold.
10 pauses at address, then 10 balls.
The face looks at the flag. The hold wraps around that face.
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 Address the face is already looking at the target. Impact and Follow-Through do not have to save a hold that started shut or open.
- Watch Titleist TPI (Dave Phillips) 0:03–2:20
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:03–2:00
- Watch Mike Malaska 0:08–1:15
- Face-first: 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.
The hold in the fingers, not the palm, is how the face can return square. Watch that face at address. Stop before the fitter pitch.
They name the hold as the only thing that controls the face. Watch that, not the later in-swing pressure talk.
Watch how the club in the palm versus the fingers sets the face before it moves. Stop before the mailing-list pitch. Cupping at the top is a different card.