Contrasting a Two Plane and Single Plane Swing

We have been told a lot from golf experts and instructors on the term golf swing plane. To help complicate things they talk about one-plane and two-plane swings. During this piece we'd like to try to describe a big difference between them, as well as the benefits each have when implementing them into a golfer's game. It could become rather confusing since the differences may seem rather slight. But hopefully once and for all we will shed a little light on those two types of golf swings so you will know what they're referring to.

1. The one-plane golf swing sequence. The golf swing that was used by Ben Hogan in the past and now by Matt Kuchar, a lot of swing gurus think that this provides accuracy over power. When you watch a player having a single plane swing probably the most significant thing you will note will be the angle of the spinal column. It is going to be tilted considerably more than normal, about in a 35° to 45° tilt from a straight-up line. It is crucial to sustain this tilt in the course of the entire golf swing.

The primary reason for this is the shoulders and the left arm in the back swing must keep at around 90 degrees to the angle of the spinal column. During the follow-through your right arm ought to come across the chest area, and yet again with a 90° angle to your spine. Your grip ought to be medium to strong because there's modest hand action going into the golf ball; the action of the golf swing will routinely get the clubface into the golf ball.

So as to keep the one plane golf swing complete from beginning to end, it is very important to have virtually no sway in the golf swing. As a result your head must stay completely aligned correctly above the ball. It helps to accomplish this if you have a somewhat wider stance.

2. The two-plane swing action. It is called two-plane because the revolving of the body is not on a similar swing path with the arms when they arrive back into your back swing. Your backbone angle should be more upright plus the arms are going to fall downward. From this point the hips along with shoulders will turn back much like that of a one-plane golf swing, but the hands and arms will take a more upward, then downward swing path to the ball.

Some players that use a two- plane golf swing are Tom Watson, Davis Love and Geoff Ogilvy. This golf swing does not require as much strength or flexibility, though some claim the player will sacrifice some accuracy. The grip on the club shouldn't be as strong because this will allow more hand action going into the ball. The key thing to remember is not to start the swing with the shoulders but with both your hands from the top of the back swing. If the shoulders get too dominant the club is going to have a tendency to come outside of the ball, resulting in a pulled golf shot or when the face of the club is open a slice.