Swing plane tip

[CalBoomer]

Here's a swing tip/thought which has helped the consistency of my game a lot. It seems that, in any discussion of swing plane, responders immediately fall into two groups. One claims that they alter their swing plane making it more horizontal as the clubs get longer. The other claims that they do not alter their swing from club to club. As you will see from this tip, both may actually be correct. It merely depends on your viewpoint.

I perceive the line running through my two shoulders at address as an approximation of the axis on which the swing plane rotates from horizontal to vertical. Consequently, if my left hand passes through an extension of this line beyond my right shoulder at address during the backswing, I should be perfectly on plane. When I practice my backswing, I visualize my left hand always passing through this point just to the right of where my right shoulder was at address. The interesting thing is that this is true for every club, from wedge to driver. But as the club gets longer and you are farther away at address, the swing plane becomes more horizontal even though left hand goes through the same point as it did with shorter clubs. Work with a mirror has convinced me that this is actually true. As I have practiced with my left hand going through this same point with all clubs, the more my swing feels the same no matter which club I am using.

So, as the first group contends, the swing plane does change from club to club, but depending on how you visualize the backswing, the swing feel may not really change, as the second group contends.

[safetrip]

Have you read Ben Hogan's book? If not, I guess you've discovered what he has discovered 60 years ago.

[Lean, Mean, Hitting Machine]

Have you read Ben Hogan's book? If not, I guess you've discovered what he has discovered 60 years ago.

hah! A little late...

[CalBoomer]

Have you read Ben Hogan's book? If not, I guess you've discovered what he has discovered 60 years ago.

Hogan tells you what the end result should be not how to actually get your body to do it. Watching someone ski and being told how to do it are not the same as actually being able to do it.