Face-on
Scoop.
The handle is back and loft is dumped at the strike. Film face-on with the club in the frame.
Face-on · Club in frame · Pre-Impact, Impact, Follow-Through
What's going on.
The clubhead beats the handle to the ball. Face-on, the shaft is leaning away from the target and extra loft is added at the strike. High, soft, short. Fat or thin when the low point moves.
What's already OK.
You are still making a committed full mid-iron. The handle just lost the race to the ball.
The one thing.
Press the grip past the ball before the clubhead arrives.
The drill.
Handle first
A mid-iron. Camera face-on, club in the frame. Stock full swing. No extra gear.
10 half-speed rehearsals, then 10 balls.
Drive a nail into the back of the ball. The grip gets there first.
Film again.
5 full mid-irons, face-on, club in the frame. Share the best. The next look is only this idea.
Face-on at Impact the handle is still ahead of the clubhead. Follow-through is a strike that did not dump the loft.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:20–2:00
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 1:50–3:30
- Watch Mike Malaska 0:00–2:48
- Handle-first: 10 half-speed, then 10 balls
- Film 5 face-on 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.
They name the scoopy flip: the club works that way through the strike and the loft is dumped. Watch that handle-back picture. Fat and thin are the cost.
They name scooping and flipping as the same strike. Watch the handle lose to the clubhead. That is the face-on check.
Watch the flip at the ball, not the L-to-L as a second idea. Forcing the clubhead to catch up is how the loft gets dumped.