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Follow-Through.
The club has gone past the ball. Stock full-swing mid-iron.
What's going on.
The club has passed the ball. Face-on shows the clubhead going past the hands. Down-the-line shows the exit: out to the flag, or a wipe, or a collapse.
What this still is.
The club has gone past the ball.
Look first.
Face-on
The clubhead has passed your hands. The lead arm has not folded.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands release past the body toward the flag. The clubhead has passed them.
- Wrist picture
- The club has released.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The shaft is past vertical, going up and around.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- The belt faces the flag more. It has not stalled.
- Shoulder rotation
- The chest is turning through. Shoulders are catching the belt.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- The gap is closing. The shoulders are catching up.
- Foot pressure
- The front foot posts. The trail foot is light.
A lead arm that folds in, with the club not extending, is the chicken-wing picture.
Still stuck at the ball is a stall.
Space no longer has to match address.
Down-the-line
The club is going out toward the flag, not wiping across you.
Check these.
- Hands relative to body
- Hands extend out toward the flag.
- Wrist picture
- You are watching the exit of the club.
- Shaft to wrists / lead arm
- The exit sits on a similar plane as the downswing.
- Hip rotation / belt / depth
- Standing up after the strike is fine.
- Shoulder rotation
- The shoulders rotate through.
- Hip-to-shoulder difference
- Belt and shoulders are coming together.
- Foot pressure
- Balanced over the front side. Falling back is hanging-back leftover.
Immediately around the body, or folded in, is the miss.
You cannot judge the face from this camera.
A high steep wipe, or a low hook around the body, is the miss.
This still is after the ball.
A stall with the chest still down is the other picture.
You cannot see a load split from this camera.
When both cameras agree, the club has passed the hands and the body is still turning through.
How you see it here.
- A lead arm that folds in here, club not extending, is the chicken wing. Chicken wing→
- A club that dies at the ball and never passes the hands is deceleration. Deceleration→
- If the release already happened before the ball, this slide is just the leftover. Early loss of lag→
- If you were already closer to the ball at the hit, that is early extension, not this still. Early extension→
- Tall at the hit without losing that space is loss of posture. Loss of posture→
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this slide, not the whole swing.
Watch the fold from Impact to Finish: lead arm folding, club not extending. Stop before the later whole-swing talk.
Watch the club releasing after the ball, not a wrist cue. That is this slide. Skip the later drill list.