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Address.
This is the start picture, before the club moves. Stock full-swing mid-iron.
Driver only: the ball sits more forward and the club stands more vertical. Still both feet on the ground.
What's going on.
Nothing has turned yet. Face-on is hands, the club, and which foot is on the ground. Down-the-line is the tilt from the hips and the space between you and the ball.
What this still is.
This is the start picture, before the club moves. Look for this, then move on.
Look first.
Face-on
Both feet on the ground, ball in the middle, clubface at the flag.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands hang a little ahead of a mid-iron. Not in the stomach, and not reaching for the ball.
- Wrist picture
- The face looks roughly at the flag.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft is about vertical, or a little toward the target. Hands sit a little ahead of the clubhead.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- The belt is roughly square to the target line.
- Shoulder rotation
- Shoulders roughly match the belt.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- No coil yet. Belt and shoulders still face roughly the same way.
- Foot pressure
- Both feet share the ground. Neither foot is already off.
A hair open or shut is still this still. You are reading the club, not a bow or a cup.
Not a reverse lean, and not a press.
A hair open or closed is still setup, not a turn. You cannot see space toward the ball from this camera.
A hair closed is common. A big open or closed set is the miss.
Do not invent a split.
Down-the-line
You tilt from the hips and the club hangs under your shoulders. Not slumped, not arched.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands sit under the chest. The club hangs under the shoulders, not out toward the ball.
- Wrist picture
- You see the toe and the lead edge.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft is a line from the hands to the ball.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- The belt shows the space between you and the ball. That space is what the hit will compare.
- Shoulder rotation
- The shoulder line matches the belt in a simple tilt from the hips.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- Still one piece. There is no twist to measure.
- Foot pressure
- You can see a trail knee already kicked in, or a lead side already collapsed.
You cannot see whether the face looks at the flag from this camera.
Nothing has moved, so it is not yet across the line or wrapped behind you.
A slump or a big arch is the address-posture card, not this row.
That tilt is the start shape, not a swing fault yet.
You cannot see which foot owns the ground from this camera.
When both cameras agree, the club still hangs from a simple tilt and both feet share the ground.
How you see it here.
- Down-the-line, if you are slumped or arched, that is already the start shape. Address posture→
- Feet and belt should share a line next to the face you aimed. If they do not, that is this card. Alignment→
- Face-on, a mid-iron sits halfway between your feet. A ball already off that spot is this slide. Ball position→
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this slide, not the whole swing.
He names the three start shapes: a simple bow, a rounded C, and a poured-out S. Watch Address. Stop before the toe-touch test.
Watch the Address picture they name: how the club sits to the body before anything moves. Skip the later walk-in talk.
Face-on, ball position is this slide. Watch mid-iron near center, driver farther forward. That is the one driver difference.