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Greetings golfers. This week's question comes from Jon in Edmonds. He had heard of one plane swings and two plane swings and wanted to know what they are and what differences there were.
To understand these concepts we first need to define plane. Picture a plane of glass that is placed on the ground where the ball lies and is angled to pass through your shoulders when addressing the ball. A club is on plane when, during the golf swing, the club stays in this imaginary plane.
The concept of one-plane swing and two-plane swing refers to (at the top of the swing) the plane of the shoulders and the plane of the left arm (right handed golfers). The one-plane swing means that the left arm angle and the shoulder angle are in the same plane. A two- plane swing will have the hands at a higher position over the shoulder which causes the left arm to be at a steeper angle than the shoulders resulting in the left arm and the shoulders being on two separate planes.
I prefer the two-plane swing because it will allow the clubhead to spend more time on the target line during the backswing which will increase the likelihood that the clubhead will travel further down the target line through the ball. In a one plane swing, the club travels inside the target line sooner. This allows the hands to get into the same plane as the shoulders.
Because the club spends a lot of time inside the target line, there will need to be some very timely adjustments made to get the club on the proper path and the face in the proper angle at impact. There is no right answer as to which one you should use. Think about this: one plane- swing think around, two-plane swing think back and up.
Please e-mail your questions to tyroneh@ballingerlakegolf.com.
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