My #1 fault on the AI report. The club goes past horizontal at the top — and everything after that is damage control.
Overswing feels powerful. It isn’t. Past parallel usually means the trail knee straightened, the lead arm folded, or the wrists collapsed — you ran out of turn and the club kept going anyway.
Now there’s no stored width to release. You have to re-grab the club on the way down, and that’s where the over-the-top move is born.
Tap to pause. Watch it drift past the dashed line.
“Every inch past parallel is an inch you have to fix on the way down.”
Width and angle are what make speed. Past parallel, the shaft has run out of angle to hold — there’s nothing left to release into the ball, so you swing harder to make up for it.
A shorter, tighter top with real width delivers more speed and lands the club in the slot. That’s why tour players look like they’re swinging easy.
Short and wide beats long and soft. Every time.
Waist high back, waist high through. Feels like nothing. Hit them solid.
Three-quarter. Trail arm folds, but the lead arm stays long and the trail knee keeps its flex.
Your “full” should now land at parallel. It’ll feel three-quarter. That feeling is correct.
Feel lies by about 15 degrees. The camera doesn’t.
Shaft at the top is at or short of parallel — measured, not felt
Lead arm still long, trail knee still flexed
4 of 5 unannounced swings pass
Film down-the-line, scrub to the top of your backswing, then drag the two dots onto your shaft — hands and clubhead. The tool measures the angle against parallel in degrees. Video never leaves your phone.
Scrub to the exact top of your backswing. Drag H to your hands and C to the clubhead. The blue dashed line is parallel.
Lead arm is still straight-ish at the top
Trail knee kept its flex — didn't lock straight
Lead wrist flat, not cupped at the top