The best move in my swing is the squat into transition. The problem? I don’t hold it. I stand up out of it before the club ever gets to the ball.
From the top, the good move is a squat — knees flex, hips drop, pressure shifts into the lead side. It buys the club room to fall into the slot.
Losing it means the hips rise before impact — you literally stand out of the shot. Coaches call it early extension. Your body calls it “the club is going to hit the ground before the ball unless I lift.”
Watch the dashed hip line. Tap to replay.
“The squat isn’t the move. Holding the squat is the move.”
When the hips rise, your hands get jammed and the club gets steep. The only way to still make contact is to flip the hands at the last second — and that’s where thin shots, fat shots, and the two-way miss come from.
Hold the squat and the low point stays in front of the ball. Same swing, better strike, no hands required.
Squatting is easy. Staying down is the skill.
Or a chair back, or your golf bag. Address position, glutes just touching.
The trail side should press into the wall going back, never pull off it.
Not forward into the wall — down. That’s the squat. Contact stays.
If you lose the wall before impact, you stood up. Reset and go again.
Hips are level or lower at impact than they were at address
Head doesn’t rise between the top and impact
4 of 5 swings hold it — unannounced, on camera
Film face-on, upload it, and drag the line to your hips at three moments. The tool measures whether you squatted or stood up — in your own body height, not guesswork. Video never leaves your phone.
Three drags. Scrub with the video bar, drag the line with the white handle, then hit SET.
Scrub between the top and impact and watch your belt line.
Head doesn’t rise from top to impact
Rear end stays back — doesn’t drift toward the ball
Lead leg straightens after impact, not before