jerry1967 Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 is the jimmy ballard method a one plane or two plane swing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsg4tch Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 He's a two plane guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibste Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 can somebody please explain to me what is the difference between one and two plane swing. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffy Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 In a two-plane swing, the arms are on a different plane (usually steeper) at the top of the backswing than the shoulders (e.g., Tom Watson, Davis Love, Greg Norman, Seve, David Toms, Tom Weiskopf). In a one-plane swing, the arms and shoulders are on the same plane at the top of the swing (Hogan, Trevino, Snead, Nelson, Boros, Micky Wright, Knudson, Venturi, Moe Norman, Tiger, Duval, Singh, Els, Annika). There are a couple of very notable hybrids: both Jack and Freddie have two-plane backswings, but both reroute the club to a one-plane downswing, very tricky! Don't try this at home! Also, John Mahaffey thought he was swinging like Hogan on one-plane, but, in fact, his was a very rare two-plane swing: his arms were more shallow than his shoulders. Not appreciating the different methods and, more importantly, the incompatible moves each method requires has led to massive confusion in teaching golf. The critical moves that made Hogan's swing work so well would destroy Tom Watson. All this and more will be presented soon in a new book by Jim Hardy called "The Plane Truth". If you subscribe to the Golf Channel video vault, you can access a Golf Academy Live segment with Hardy and pupil Peter Jacobson where Jim summarizes the key points. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibste Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 thanks for the info jeff. :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibste Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 check this out http://mountainweb.com/oneplanegolfswing/p..._two_plane.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry1967 Posted March 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 thanks jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffy Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 My pleasure! I think this development is the most important thing to happen in modern golf instruction. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheelgolfer15 Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Ya, the guy i am takin lessons from is trying to get me on a one plane swing instead of a two and it is takin a little while for me to adjust Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffy Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 tarheelgolfer15 wrote: Ya, the guy i am takin lessons from is trying to get me on a one plane swing instead of a two and it is takin a little while for me to adjust Hopefully your instructor has been trained by Jim Hardy (he's given dozens of teaching seminars the past couple of years); if not, he might not know everything he needs to if he's trying to teach you the one-plane method... Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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