March 14, 200519 yr comment_84785 can somebody please explain to me what is the difference between one and two plane swing. thanks.
March 14, 200519 yr comment_84799 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
March 14, 200519 yr comment_84840 check this out http://mountainweb.com/oneplanegolfswing/p..._two_plane.html
March 15, 200519 yr comment_84986 My pleasure! I think this development is the most important thing to happen in modern golf instruction. Jeff
March 17, 200519 yr comment_85645 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
March 17, 200519 yr comment_85725 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
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