The Plane, The Plane.

I know, I know, there has been so much written about swing plane, but I just wanted to get this down, and once and for all give golfers a good idea of what swing plane is all about.

I have read many many golf books, and the best definition of swing plane I have found was in Homer Kelleys writing The Golfing Machine, now before you all throw your arms in the air and scream at your computer screen, please bear with me, so to quote Mr Kelley ‘the clubshaft always points at the plane line except when they are parallel to each other’ (1-L, 6). Now that wasnt too painful was it?? So lets have a look at what is being said here, when you are in start-up, the bottom of the shaft points at your plane line(target line), I didnt say covers it, please dont think I am asking you to swing the clubhead away from the ball on a straight line, the shaft POINTS at the plane(target) line, so imagine you have a laser attached to the bottom of the shaft, and as you begin your swing, that light will still be pointing at your plane line(target line). The shaft stays pointing at the plane line, until the shaft becomes level with the floor(1st time in the swing the shaft becomes parallel to the plane line) now when you go beyond this point, the end of the handle is now closer to the floor, so it is this that should be pointing at your plane line(target line). So to quote Mr Kelley once again, ‘the clubshaft always points at the plane line except when they are paralel to each other’.

So here is your first new years resolution, go out and buy some lasers and attach them to both ends of your golf club and start practicing tracing your plane line, and lets make 2010 your best golfing year yet.

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