When my shoulder plane is off level, the arms drop and the club shaft of course has to drop, and then I come too far from the inside and I block it out to the right.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's When that happens, that tilts my shoulder plane back. When you move that base of the spine, you not only shift your center of gravity, but if I put a shaft down the center of my spine and I shift just the base of my spine towards the target, my spine shifts away from the target. The base of the spine in the one plane swing is very critical because that is your central point that allows you to rotate around and keep everything on plane and on axis. When that happens, the base of the spine is moved. Golfers who struggle missing shots to the right in the one plane swing, or blocking shots or blocking cutting shots, typically have one main culprit in their golf swing, and that is for their hips to move towards the target during the downswing.

Moving base of spine toward target tilts spine & shoulder plane This is the ideal feeling of the Rotary Swing. Notice in the photo above that I have rotated my body aggressively through the shot while 'swinging left' but the ball has come out perfectly straight and on line with the target. Your hips should rotate, not slide and your shoulders must rotate on the same plane back and through with no dipping of the right shoulder. To stop missing shots to the right, maintain your angles throughout the swing. Somewhere in between these two extremes is a ball flight that starts right and draws back toward the center, but the timing required to execute this consistently is not something that can be repeated over the long haul by the average golfer. If he does try and “save” the shot by squaring the clubface with the hands, this will cause a snap hook. If the golfer does not have an overly strong grip and does not try and rotate the club face back to square with the hands, the ball will be blocked to the right. From this position the golfer must rely on his hands to square the club and control the ball flight. This change in the shoulder plane drops the right shoulder beneath the desired plane which, in turn, drops the club beneath the plane. When the hips slide toward the target, the position and angle of the spine is changed.įirst, the upper spine tilts away from the target, which in turn, changes the plane angle of the shoulders. This move drops the club back to the inside and is unnecessary in a more rounded type golf swing.īecause the one plane swing is built around a rotational action of the body, sliding the hips toward the target causes the club to be delivered too much from the inside causing blocks or snap hooks. In order to give the hands time to get back down on plane, their hips will slide laterally toward the target while delaying the rotation of the upper body back to the target. Most of these golfers come from a two plane swing background that teaches the golfer to drop the arms back down from their “high above the head” position at the top of the swing. Golfers learning the one plane swing who miss to the right are often more experienced, lower handicap golfers who have been taught to swing more from the inside.

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