Down-the-line
Stuck inside.
The club gets trapped too far inside 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 club drops too far behind you on the way down. Down-the-line it is buried inside, so the face has to be timed late. Pushes, hooks, and a two-way miss when the timing is off.
What's already OK.
You are still making a full mid-iron. The club just got trapped too far inside from the top.
The one thing.
Swing the clubhead through a branch hanging over the ball, not around behind you.
The drill.
Cut the branch
A mid-iron. Camera down-the-line. Stock full swing. No extra gear.
10 rehearsals, then 10 balls.
Cut a branch hanging over the ball. The club goes through that spot, not around your trail hip.
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 Transition the club is not buried behind the trail hip. Downswing still shows it coming through the ball, not looping out from deep inside.
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:08–1:50
- Watch Athletic Motion Golf 0:00–1:43
- Cut-the-branch rehearsals, 10 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.
They name the picture: club stuck behind you, trail arm too deep. That is the down-the-line trap. Watch how an early pull behind the shirt seam buries the club before the downswing starts.
Watch the trail arm relative to the shirt seam at the top. Pulled too far behind, it stays behind on the way down. That is stuck from the top, not a steep over-the-top.