The Flat-Wrist Checkpoint
Why this drill
One position separates compressors from scoopers: the lead wrist at the top. Flat or slightly bowed and the face is under control; cupped and every downswing becomes a rescue mission. A nightly checkpoint against a mirror or phone fixes it at the source.
Setup
A mid iron, a mirror at face height or a phone propped to film down the line. Optionally a ruler or popsicle stick slid under the watch strap along the back of the lead wrist.
The drill
Swing to the top and stop. Check the lead wrist: the back of the hand and forearm should form one flat line — the stick, if worn, stays snug. Cupped means the stick lifts and the face has fallen open. Ten slow reps to the top, checking each; then ten continuous half swings feeling the flat wrist through the strike zone. Two minutes nightly beats twenty on Saturday — positions are habits, and habits are daily.
One thought to take with you
Watch face flat to the sky at the top — logo of the glove, flat to the ceiling.