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Backswing.
The club is going up. Stock full-swing mid-iron.
What's going on.
The club is going up. Face-on shows a turn around the ball versus a slide off it. Down-the-line shows whether the club is still in front of you, climbing, or already flat around your belt.
What this still is.
This is the climb. The club is going up. Look for this, then move on.
Look first.
Face-on
The club is going up. Your body is turning around the ball, not sliding off it.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands travel up and in, still in front of the chest. They are not already behind the trail ear.
- Wrist picture
- The clubhead still trails the hands. The club is setting. It has not been thrown.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft is climbing.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- The belt is turning. A slide of the body off the ball is sway.
- Shoulder rotation
- The lead shoulder is working under, toward the ball. That is the turn.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- A coil is often visible here.
- Foot pressure
- Both feet are still on the ground.
You are reading the club, not a hinge.
It is not still at the waist, and it is not already laid across the neck.
A little move of the trail hip with that turn is still a turn, not a slide off the ball. Space toward the ball is the other camera.
A more one-piece climb is still this still. The miss is a lift or a slide with no turn.
Some players load the back foot more. Some stay more centered. Both can still be this still. Miss: a foot already off, or a walk-off.
Down-the-line
The club is still in front of you, climbing, not already flat around your belt.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands stay in front of the trail shoulder line.
- Wrist picture
- The toe and the shaft give a hint.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft climbs on a line like address.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- The space from address is still there. The belt has not walked toward the ball.
- Shoulder rotation
- The shoulders have turned.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- A coil is often the picture.
- Foot pressure
- A trail hip that slides off the ball instead of turning is sway — that is the face-on card.
Buried behind the body is already the inside picture.
You cannot see loft to the flag from this camera.
A little under or a little over is still this still. Already over the head, or already flat around the back, is the miss.
A lift that stands the club up is the miss. Lean toward the flag is a face-on picture.
Moving together is still this still.
You cannot see which foot owns the ground from this camera.
When both cameras agree, the club is still in front of the body and the belt is turning, not sliding.
How you see it here.
- Face-on, if the body drifts off the ball instead of turning, that is sway. Sway→
- Down-the-line, a trail arm that flies behind the shirt seam is this climb. Flying elbow→
- Face-on, a chest that has leaned at the flag because the body never turned is reverse spine. Reverse spine→
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this slide, not the whole swing.
Watch the face-on Backswing: turn versus a slide off the ball. Off-the-ball drift only. Skip the later drill talk.
Watch the trail arm on the way up. In front of the shirt seam is the picture. Behind it is already flying.