Face-on
No shaft lean.
The handle is not leading on a mid-iron strike. Film face-on with the club in the frame.
Face-on · Club in frame · Pre-Impact, Impact, Follow-Through
What's going on.
The shaft arrives vertical or leaning away from the target. Face-on, the handle is not still ahead of the clubhead. Extra loft, a high weak ball, or the ground before the ball. This is the handle not leading. A flip that dumps the loft is a different card.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The handle just is not winning the strike.
The one thing.
Let the divot start where the ball was.
The drill.
After the ball
A mid-iron. Camera face-on, club in the frame. Stock full swing.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
Cover the ball, then brush the grass past it. The ground after the ball is the win.
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 Impact the handle is still ahead of the clubhead. Follow-through is a strike that took the ground after the ball.
- Watch Titleist TPI (Dave Phillips) 0:18–1:48
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:37–1:10
- Watch Martin Chuck 1:08–1:35
- After-the-ball: 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.
Watch the mid-iron picture: ball first, then the ground, handle still ahead. Stop before the driver talk. That later bit is a different card.
They name ball first, then the ground, middle of the face. Watch that strike. The later covering talk is a different idea.
They name the delivery: a bit of forward shaft lean so the loft meets the ball below the equator. Watch that handle. Stop before the red-stripe product.