Quote:
Originally Posted by dave.  Nope, thats classic one planerism, that face would be shut fine for some, not for me. Pointing up is not wide open, its square. Its ok for higher handicapper, and those that follow the full one plane Hardy thing, but for those that don't need to close the face it be hook city. So if you are fighting a hook stop looking at the hands and look at how closed the face is, that may be where your problem is. Its highly unlikely your hands are to fast, its more likely something else is to slow, and/or you have a closed face as you describe. |
I have never really heard this concept in relation to a one or two plane swing, although from most of what I have heard through instruction, when the shaft is parallel to the ground on the back swing, the club face should be slightly closed. I never heard this in relation to being equal to the angle of your spine. Which in the case of a one-plane swing would make the club even more closed likely because the nature of a one plane swing would require more spine angle.
I do recall many of the instructional shows that I have seen specifically drawing reference to this issue. The one that comes most is the playing lessons from the pros, where many directly reference this as being a checkpoint in their swing. It seemed as though Chris Dimarco spent half his show on this concept. Although I am not sure if he uses one or two planes.