Face-on
Open face.
The face is looking right of the path at the 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 face arrives open to the path. Face-on, you can see the face still looking right of where the club is going. The ball starts right of that path and curves more right. A weak fade or a slice.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The face just did not catch the path in time.
The one thing.
Let the toe of the club beat the heel to the ball.
The drill.
Toe wins
A mid-iron. Camera face-on, club in the frame. Stock full swing.
10 half-speed rehearsals, then 10 balls.
The toe races the heel through the ball. After the strike, the face can look at the target.
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 face is not still looking right of the path. Follow-through shows a face that finished looking at the target, not hanging open.
- Watch TrackMan (Martin Chuck) 0:00–1:21
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 5:21–6:20
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:29–1:55
- Toe-wins: 10 half-speed, 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 how an open face to the path starts the ball right and, when it stays open to that path, curves it more. The strings are that picture. Skip the shot-by-shot numbers.
They name the common amateur picture: the face still open at the strike because the work started too late. Watch that open face, not the driver series.
The face does not stay square the whole way. When it opens late, it arrives looking right of the path. Watch that late-open picture. That is the strike we check.