Down-the-line
Rush from the top.
The transition snaps and the club is thrown from the top. Film down-the-line with the club in the frame.
Down-the-line · Club in frame · Top, Transition, Downswing
What's going on.
The change of direction is a grab. The club is still speeding up into the top, then it is thrown. Contact and path wander because the club never had a moment to fall.
What's already OK.
A full mid-iron with intent is already a swing. The club just got thrown from the top instead of being allowed to fall.
The one thing.
Let the club fall from the top before you swing it.
The drill.
Let it fall
A mid-iron. No ball for the first set. Camera down-the-line. Stock full swing.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
Let the club die into the top, then fall, like dropping a ball and then hitting it.
Film again.
5 full mid-irons, down-the-line, club in the frame. Share the best. The next look is only this idea.
Down-the-line at the Top the club is dying, not snapping. Transition still shows a fall before the downswing runs.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:29–2:35
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:03–0:58
- Watch Mike Malaska 0:33–1:35
- Let-it-fall: 10 rehearsals, then 10 balls
- Film 5 down-the-line mid-irons with the club visible and share the best
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this idea, not the whole channel.
Watch the club die into the top. Slow early, then a snap into the change, is the rush. The hairpin is that change of direction. That is Top, Transition, Downswing.
They name the rush: the club still gaining speed as you try to change direction, then a grab with nothing to wait on. Watch that throw from the top.
A rushed one-two is the same snap. The club's trip to the top and back should be one pace, not a grab from the top. Take that pace to the mid-iron.