Hanging Back
What is actually happening
Your body loaded onto the trail side going back and never bought the ticket forward. Coming down, the weight stays on your back foot and your spine leans away from the target. That drags the bottom of the swing behind the ball, exactly where the ball isn't. You end up throwing uphill at a shot that needed to be hit downhill.
What it costs you
The strike pays first. With the swing bottoming out behind the ball, you catch turf before contact or blade it thin on the way up, and the two alternate without warning. The scoop comes free with it, because hands that arrive behind the ball have no choice but to flip. Get to your lead side and the divot, the compression, and fifteen yards all come back together.
Finish with everything stacked over your lead leg, trail foot up on its toe like it's resting on a scale that has to read zero.
Trail-Toe Finish Holds
The finish position is a lie detector for impact, because you cannot arrive balanced on your lead side if your weight spent the downswing hanging back. So make the finish the whole assignment. Hit 8-irons at three-quarter speed and hold every single finish for a slow three-count: lead leg posted straight, chest facing the target, trail foot vertical on its toe with the laces showing to someone behind you. Wobbling, or stepping out of it, means the weight never made the trip, and no swing thought is required to know it. Just hold the next one. Hit ten shots this way, counting every hold out loud. Then hit one at full speed and film it face-on. Freeze P7 and look: head and chest over the ball or ahead of it, never leaning away. The finish tells the truth about impact, every time.
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