How to Stay Down Through Impact

One of the biggest causes of inconsistent iron contact is standing up through impact, also known as early extension. When the body rises too early, golfers tend to straighten the trail arm and lose the bend in the trail wrist, which adds loft, reduces compression, and leads to thin or fat shots. In this lesson, the instructor explains that staying down through impact is less about forcing your chest toward the ground and more about maintaining proper side bend and rotation through the strike.

The key concept is to “reverse engineer” the movement by keeping the trail wrist bent back and the trail arm flexed longer through impact. Doing this forces the body to rotate correctly while keeping the trail shoulder working downward instead of lifting up. The result is improved shaft lean, lower dynamic loft, better ball compression, and more consistent contact. A simple half swing drill using a trail wrist training aid helps golfers feel the proper wrist position and body movement without overcomplicating the swing.

The main swing thought throughout the drill is simple: right wrist bent, right arm bent, right shoulder down. Golfers who struggle with standing up through impact often find immediate improvements in strike quality and control by focusing on these three pieces together.

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