Club path vs swing plane question

[Rorys7iron]

ive just to the understanding that club path is The angle the club meets the ball at IMPACT not your swing plane.

i play my ball for iron shots quite far forward in my stance, and my club path is -8 on average, if i was to move the ball back in my stance to where its just favouring left of centre, and opened the face accordingly, will this create a less negative club path and a straighter shot without he need to alter  my plane? does club path necesaraly mean an out to in plane? i do notice when i play the ball back out of lack of focus i hook the ball, perhaps due to closed face when normally battling a slice?

 

My 7i stance

[saevel25]

 

4 hours ago, Rorys7iron said:

if i was to move the ball back in my stance to where its just favouring left of centre, and opened the face accordingly, will this create a less negative club path and a straighter shot without he need to alter  my plane? 

Moving it back in your stance will take some of the leftness out of the club path at impact. Though, I question it's enough to account for -8 degrees.

For a 7 iron you don't want to be playing it where you would hit a wedge shot. 

 

[shortstop20]

You might be playing it a little far forward but not to where it's a problem, in my opinion. 

Your out-in path is likely from other things. 

[iacas]

12 hours ago, Rorys7iron said:

i play my ball for iron shots quite far forward in my stance, and my club path is -8 on average, if i was to move the ball back in my stance to where its just favouring left of centre, and opened the face accordingly, will this create a less negative club path and a straighter shot without he need to alter  my plane? does club path necesaraly mean an out to in plane? i do notice when i play the ball back out of lack of focus i hook the ball, perhaps due to closed face when normally battling a slice?

That's pretty far forward.

-8 is left 8°. Moving the ball back will help that slightly, but you'll also tend to increase your AoA (negative direction).

The ball shouldn't really ever be back of center.

[Rorys7iron]

I ask because my pro says to just work with the path i have at the moment and open the face relative to path to hit a fade, but im fairly sure i want to learn to have my path more in to out as a fade from.out to in isnt really a fade is it? a fade has to be in to out with the stance open to create the path no? 

im only playing 7 months but ive aspirations to get to single digits in 5 years so i want to learn appropriate swing path not one that will help me in the short term

[iacas]

1 hour ago, Rorys7iron said:

I ask because my pro says to just work with the path i have at the moment and open the face relative to path to hit a fade, but im fairly sure i want to learn to have my path more in to out as a fade from.out to in isnt really a fade is it? a fade has to be in to out with the stance open to create the path no? 

im only playing 7 months but ive aspirations to get to single digits in 5 years so i want to learn appropriate swing path not one that will help me in the short term

A fade is any shot that moves left to right slightly. As long as the face is slightly right of the path, the shot is a "fade." Majors have been won with pull fades, push fades, and straight fades.