Tracing the plane?
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birdie_man
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Trace the plane line with your clubshaft.
Here: http://chuckevansgolf.com/media/plane_drilla.mov
(and while you're at it, check out Extensor Action- I just thought I'd post it while I'm on Chuck's page): http://chuckevansgolf.com/media/extensor_action_drill-1.mov
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BTW, it refers to the forearm only if your right forearm is on plane with the clubshaft, I believe.
Here: http://chuckevansgolf.com/media/plane_drilla.mov
(and while you're at it, check out Extensor Action- I just thought I'd post it while I'm on Chuck's page): http://chuckevansgolf.com/media/extensor_action_drill-1.mov
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BTW, it refers to the forearm only if your right forearm is on plane with the clubshaft, I believe.
Brian Manzella
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Put a small flashlight under a sweatband on your forearm.
Make sure it points 'with' the lower arm.
Trace the plane line with it.
Make sure it points 'with' the lower arm.
Trace the plane line with it.
No, the club moves in a circle with one single low point. Only the hands drive down the line. The cluhead will always travel in an arc- hopefully form the inside but never along the plane line.
No flat spots but... longer clubs have a swallower circle but still with a single low point. And that low point ia always after the ball location so the cluhead strikes down through it.
It took me a while to figure out all the planes.
Lets go over a few of them.
The Incline Swing Plane is the plane, much like Hogan’s plane of glass from his book, that is attached to the ground and is angled up to a chosen level (elbow, shoulder, etc) and is the plane that the club/forearm swings on.
Where this Incline Plane Line is attach to the ground (the ground is a horizontal plane- the body is a vertical plane) is called the Plane Line. This is the straight, unbent line that the hand or forearm traces. The hands drive down along this line as it traces. The clubhead doesn’t travel on this line, it travels in an arc and only crosses the Plane Line where the ball is- Impact.
Here is what Lynn Blake says about tracing the Plane Line- “ The skilled player uses the right forearm and pp#3 to Trace the Straight Plane Line and thereby maintain a constant Clubhead orbit. He has learned to disregard the clubhead and the body. Instead, he relies solely on his Educated Hands to control the Three functions of the Club - face, head, and shaft- through out the stroke.”
A mouth full for sure but key to consistent, solid impact.
One last plane- the Plane Line runs on the ground, the Low Point Plane Line runs under the Plane Line, therefore under the ground. The Low Point Plane Line is where the lowest point of the circle lies and where the clubhead bottoms out. That point is just after the ball location.
More than you wanted- I’m sorry. Ask more questions.
Thanks 6bee1dee, I think you have helped me understand the geometry a little better. The hands are moving in an arc but also tracing the straight plane line. So swinging down the line is a reference to tracing the straight plane line with the shaft, rt. forearm or lag pp. But it seems that trying move anything in a straight line might lead to a bit of steering.
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