Down-the-line
Reverse spine.
The spine tilts the wrong way at the top. Film down-the-line and watch Address to Top.
Down-the-line · Address, Top, Transition
What's going on.
At the top the upper body has leaned toward the target. Down-the-line, the tilt you set at address is reversed. The club steepens, contact wanders, and the lower back takes the twist.
What's already OK.
You are still making a full mid-iron. The turn just became a lean at the flag.
The one thing.
Stay behind the ball as the club goes to the top.
The drill.
Behind the ball
A mid-iron. Camera down-the-line. Stock full swing. Imagine a wall just in front of your chest, toward the target.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
Turn without leaning into that wall. The club goes back. You stay behind the ball.
Film again.
5 full mid-irons, down-the-line. Share the best. The next look is only this idea.
Down-the-line at the Top the tilt is still away from the target, as it was at Address. Transition starts from that tilt, not from a lean at the flag.
- Watch Titleist TPI (Dave Phillips) 0:04–3:06
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 1:00–2:30
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 3:55–5:19
- Behind-the-ball: 10 rehearsals, then 10 balls
- Film 5 down-the-line mid-irons and share the best
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this idea, not the whole channel.
He names reverse spine angle: the spine leaning toward the target at the top. Watch that down-the-line tilt. The lower-back cost is why this picture matters.
They name the top-of-swing picture: spine tilted toward the target after the turn. Watch that. Skip the degree talk.
They name reverse spine as the pattern not to do. Watch the lean toward the target at the top. That is Address to Top on down-the-line.