Golf Swing Instruction: How to Keep your Golf Swing on Plane.

Want to keep your ball on line and hit more fairways and greens? Then learn this simple golf swing plane drill to consistently and easily return the club to the ball on plane every time!



Ever watch the pros golf swing on TV? Most golf broadcast these days include a feature where the analyst, usually a former tour player, will examine a player’s swing using slow-motion stop action technology. They will draw lines representing the shaft angle (swing plane) at address and then follow the swing stopping at various points to comment on the club’s position relative to the swing plane established at address. The last thing they check is the club angle at impact. Most always the pros get the club angle at impact to match the angle they began with at address. They maintained their golf swing plane.

Dooley was talking about that very subject this weekend during our round. He was asking how, short of paying more that he could afford with a golf pro somewhere, the average golfer could tell that he was returning the club correctly at impact. He said, “I mean who is analyzing a video of my swing and drawing lines to show my swing plane?”

Jack Moorehouse, author of our favorite golf swing instruction eBook “How to Break 80…and Shoot like the Pros”, offers some good advice on the subject. Dooley and I stopped back by my place after the round to review his tips on the subject.

While you will need to combine this tip with other sound golf fundamentals to achieve a better golf swing and lower your handicap this is one of four important basics to a sound repeating golf swing. If you will use the golf swing plane drill he describes below you will be pleasantly surprised how quickly you'll see improvement in your game.

Here is what Jack has offered on the subject of swing plane.

Plane:
You probably have heard the term before, but you’re not sure exactly what it is or how it applies to your swing. Plane is defined by the angle your club creates when it’s ground at address. To master accuracy, the club must remain on this plane as it approaches the ball on the downswing. Actually, most golfers have two swing planes—the one formed by your takeaway and the other generated by your downswing, which is slightly flatter.
Of the two, the second is the most important. It’s the most powerful and direct route to the ball, as I’ve mentioned in my golf tips. Coming back to the ball above or below this plane short-circuits your power and causes pulls, slices, and an assortment of other types of bad shots. Ideally, you want to perfect your swing so that you’re always coming back to the ball on plane.

Plane Drill:
Place two shafts on the ground to represent the target line and two tees in the ground just outside the target line. Stick a tee in the grip end of your club before setting up. Now, address the ball and start your backswing. At the three-quarter position of your backswing, the tee in the club’s grip should point to the target line or out to the tee line. If the club’s butt points past or over the target line, the plane angle is too flat, so you need to do more work to perfect this basic. Keep working on the drill.

Dooley said he was sure glad to have that eBook available for easy reference. He said, “Maybe this eBook is better than a visit to a golf pro because I can review this anytime I need a refresher.” Now that may be the smartest thing Dooley has had to say in a long time.

Don’t continue another minute wondering if your swing is on plane or not. If you are having trouble keeping the ball on line, if you slice or hook on a regular basis, if you are missing fairways and greens then it is highly likely that your swing plane is different at impact than it was at address.

If you need sound golf swing instruction to help you perfect your golf swing and lower your handicap then I would like to point you in the direction of How to Break 80. If it helped Dooley Duffer than I am sure it can help you too!

The best thing is that all of this help is less than most lessons with a pro, a single training aide or instructional DVD. He is offering a 90-day money back guarantee, so if you don't like the book simply return it. But, once you get into his drills, I highly doubt that you'll need that guarantee.

Golf swing plane cure found here How to Break 80.

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Wayne Hudler is an avid golfer of over 30 years and golf writer. He writes reviews of golf improvement products sharing his opinion and experience with each. His reviews have been likened to your best golf shot, straight and down the middle.

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