Laid Off at the Top
What is actually happening
Your club points left of the target at the top, flattened behind you. It almost always starts two seconds earlier, with a takeaway that whipped inside and forearms that rolled the club flat. By P4, the shaft has nowhere to point but left. The top didn't fail on its own. It inherited the takeaway.
What it costs you
From laid off, the club comes into the ball from too far inside, and you trade between two misses: the block that starts right and stays there, and the flip-hook your hands make trying to save it. Distance leaks too, because the club travels around you instead of down through the ball. Fix the first two feet and the top fixes itself.
Take the club back with quiet forearms and the clubhead outside your hands through P2. At the top, the shaft points at the target.
Two-Checkpoint Backswing
Two stops. That's the whole drill, because a laid-off top is built at two addresses and both need inspecting. Stop first at P2, shaft parallel to the ground. Three things should be true: the clubhead is even with or outside your hands, the face matches your spine angle, and your forearms feel like they've done nothing. If the clubhead is behind you here, the top is already lost, so fix it before continuing. Stop second at P4 and check that the shaft points at the target, not left of it. Hold each stop a full second and look, or film it down the line. After five two-stop rehearsals, make three swings that flow through both spots without stopping. When both checkpoints pass on video at full speed, the inside route is closed for good.
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