What is Swing Plane?
The swing plane is the imaginary arch that your golf club travels along from address to the top of your swing, and then back to address (impact) and to your finish. A “perfect” swing plane marries your spine angle and shoulder angle. If a line was drawn, the swing plane (sometimes referred to as arch), would be just above the rear shoulder. Anything under that would be considered a flat swing plane and anything above that point would be a steep swing plane.
Your swing plane, when executed properly, should bisect the target after impact. At the lead hip, the club head should be at the target, not to the right or the left of it, but dead on. There are a great deal of factors that can influence the swing plane.
Ben Hogan was so good because his plane was pretty much perfect. He worked very hard on making sure the club returned to its starting position (see picture below).
Well done Freddie! Gets the point across nicely.
Simple, easy to understand, and to the point. Thanks, Freddie.
Great article FK! I think I have a flatter swing.
Great explanation. Very simple and easy to understand.
I so wish I had the percect swing plane. I feel like mine may be a little flat. And I don’t know how to correct it.
Great article Freddie. Really enjoyed your explanation of the plane. It certainly gets confusing sometimes!! Thanks for the information!!
What the hell did I read? Feel like i wasted 2 minutes of my life
I would love to see some additional pictures with lines showing flat and upright at contact as well as the backswing pics that are already shown. And maybe this is for part 2, but what are the results of a flat v upright swing plan?
One day I hope to catch a flight on the correct plane and keep it. Well done Freddie!
This is complete garbage.Who was the idiot who wrote this crap?