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Downswing.
The club is coming down. Stock full-swing mid-iron.
What's going on.
The club is on the way down and not yet just before the ball. Face-on shows whether the clubhead is still behind the hands. Down-the-line shows in front of you, over the top, or hidden behind you.
What this still is.
This is the club coming down. Look for this, then move on.
Look first.
Face-on
The club is coming down. The clubhead is still behind your hands.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands come down in front of the body, still above the waist.
- Wrist picture
- The clubhead is still behind the hands. The angle is still there.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft is coming down.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- The belt is opening toward the flag.
- Shoulder rotation
- Shoulders are still quieter than the belt. They have not spun first.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- The belt is often more open than the shoulders.
- Foot pressure
- The front foot is taking the ground. The trail foot is still down, not spinning off.
They are not already at the ball with the body stuck.
A little open is still this still. A slide that dumps the lead hip past a posted front side is the miss. Space toward the ball is the other camera.
Not a required closed number.
A smaller leftover gap is still this still. The miss is everything spinning together, or the belt never opening.
Down-the-line
The club is coming down in front of you, not over the top and not hidden behind you.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands travel under the backswing line, not over it.
- Wrist picture
- In front versus over the top is the shaft row.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft matches or sits under the original plane.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- Compare belt space to address. If the hips are closer to the ball, early extension has started.
- Shoulder rotation
- The shoulders have not thrown the club out over the line.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- There is still a gap.
- Foot pressure
- Whether they kept address space is the hip row.
You cannot judge the face from this camera.
A little under is still in front of you. Over the shoulder is over the top. A dump behind the trail hip is stuck.
Gap size is a style. The body has not all turned together.
You cannot see which foot owns the ground from this camera.
When both cameras agree, the club is still behind the hands and coming down in front of you.
How you see it here.
- Down-the-line, the club out over the backswing line is over the top. Over the top→
- The club buried behind the trail hip is stuck. Stuck inside→
- If the belt is closer to the ball than it was at Address, early extension has started. Early extension→
- Face-on, if the clubhead has already caught the hands, the angle is gone. Early loss of lag→
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this slide, not the whole swing.
They name the down-the-line Downswing: club out over the line, or the shaft tipping over the shoulder. Watch that picture.
They name the other Downswing miss: club stuck behind you, trail arm too deep. Watch that, not the later drill list.