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This was an interesting online lesson as it was one of the few I’ve done where the issue that I found with the iron was completely different than the issue with the driver, which makes sense since the two swings have some significant differences. With the iron Ryan sets up off center with his weight (pressure) well to the left. He loads a bit to the right but starting so far left he gets his right side behind him from P3 to P4 which breaks down his left arm and leans his upper body toward the target with his head moving ahead of the ball, a situation which almost always leads to a throw type release. Ryan needs to center his weight at address and get his head more behind the ball, then look for more width at the top to help keep the upper body from leaning left and messing up the sequence. The driver set up, on the other hand, is exactly right, with his upper body leaned slightly to the right and his lower nicely centered. Ryan’s driver problem is seen from down the line, where his right arm again pulls a bit too much behind him as it reaches the top. His posture starts off fairly erect, which is fine if you add posture during the swing, but not fine if you lose it like Ryan does. He needs to be conscious again of width at the top and starting forward while keeping the feeling of the hands and arms stretching away from the head as the lower body pulls the left arm into the forward swing. While he is extending his backswing, it would help a lot if he increased his right hip depth, as this would lower him slightly and get him feeling the ground better. In the forward swing he needs to keep the hips deep and feel like he is going to make contact while way more bent over. Ryan needs to picture more right-side bend from P6 to P8 and do some mirror work to get the feeling.
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