Quick question about S&T backswing

[LongballGer]

How is the backswing plane defined?

At the halfway back point should the butt end of the club be pointing just inside the target line, or somewhere between the feet and the ball?

Thanks in advance.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by LongballGer

How is the backswing plane defined?

At the halfway back point should the butt end of the club be pointing just inside the target line, or somewhere between the feet and the ball?

Thanks in advance.

Pretty much at the target line. But it'll depend on hinge rates and some other things. See the image below.

Backswing and downswing planes should stay between the shaft plane and the elbow plane.

[LongballGer]

Thanks for the reply.

I know Foley likes to see the butt end of the club point in between the feet and target line, like Charlie does in the pic. That´s how I naturally do it, too.

Is there an advantage/disadvantage to doing that instead of having the club point at the target line? In other words, why should it point at the target line and not in between the feet and target line?

[iacas]

Originally Posted by LongballGer

Thanks for the reply.

I know Foley likes to see the butt end of the club point in between the feet and target line, like Charlie does in the pic. That´s how I naturally do it, too.

Is there an advantage/disadvantage to doing that instead of having the club point at the target line? In other words, why should it point at the target line and not in between the feet and target line?

It's simply a matter of how much left forearm roll you have during the backswing. If your hands are on the plane, you can make the shaft point inside, outside, or at the ball simply by rolling your left forearm a little. If the amount that it rolls is different than the rates of the other parts of the takeaway, it can get pointing in a different location. It's not a big deal so long as it gets on track by P5 at the latest and ideally sometime shortly after P4.