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Finish.
Can you hold the finish on your front foot without falling back. A trophy pose is not required.
What's going on.
The swing is over. Face-on shows whether you can hold it on the front foot. Down-the-line shows whether the chest made it to the flag or you fell back.
What this still is.
Can you hold the finish on your front foot without falling back. A trophy pose is not required.
Look first.
Face-on
You can stand there. The front foot owns it.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands sit over the lead shoulder. The club is behind or over the back.
- Wrist picture
- The club is done. You are looking at balance, not a hinge.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft is over the back or around the neck. Players vary.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- The belt faces the flag. The lead hip is posted.
- Shoulder rotation
- The chest has turned toward the flag.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- The coil is spent. Belt and chest both face toward the flag.
- Foot pressure
- The front foot owns it. You can hold it.
Do not invent a required angle.
Matching the belt is common, not a required square.
Falling back is hanging-back leftover.
Down-the-line
Your chest is toward the flag, not falling back.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- The club is wrapped. The body faces the flag.
- Wrist picture
- The face does not matter here.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The club sits over the shoulder.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- Standing tall is fine now. The belt faces the flag.
- Shoulder rotation
- The chest made it around toward the flag.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- No leftover coil required. Both face the flag.
- Foot pressure
- You see if they can hold it, fall toward the camera, or fall back.
You cannot judge the face from this camera.
There is no required shaft number.
A trophy pose is not required if they can hold it.
You cannot see a load split from this camera.
When both cameras agree, you can hold it. The front foot owns the ground. The chest has turned toward the flag. A trophy pose is not required.
How you see it here.
- If you cannot hold it and you fall back, the trail side kept the strike. Hanging back→
- A folded lead arm that never let the club go is still visible here. Chicken wing→
- A short, stabbed finish is a club that died at the ball. Deceleration→
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this slide, not the whole swing.
Watch the held finish: can you get through the ball and stay on the lead side. That is this slide. Stop before the later wrap.
Watch the finish that falls back. That leftover is this slide telling on hanging back. The strike itself is the hanging-back card.