Quote:
Originally Posted by TheWOAT  I dont get the one-plane vs two plane thing... You could have a an upright, two plane, setup, then drop your arms in the transition to more of a one plane impact... Or you could use a more "Big Muscle" swing from either setup position, or be a more Armsy swing, from either position. You could have an armsy, upright, One plane swing, or a rotary swing, hunched over setup, and have a two plane swing... too many exceptions to this "plane truth" deal. |
This is probably why as I mentioned in my prior post that I do not really think about it and just do what feel natural. Which according to what people see is a one plane swing. Even when I tried to read about it after being told that was the case with my swing, trying to actually concentrate on any of the keys just screwed me up and didn't feel natural.
For me, the only advantage I saw to knowing is when my swing felt uncomfortable and when I found out I was on one-plane, was when I started addressing the fundamentals from when I learned to play, and it felt very unnatural and led to poor results to concentrate on let the club fall back on plane as was characteristic of the 2-plane swing I learned.
So while I agree with your observation, I also think it is important to know which one you primarily do, so that if you need to address the fundamentals of your swing, you know which method to address. To me, I basically just follow Hogan's Fundamentals, and possibly the reason I resemble a one plane swing. I figure outside of the fundamentals, the rest can sort itself out as long as using those fundamentals feels comfortable and natural. Where my issues were caused by following to differing interpretations of fundamentals.
The beginning of each year I like to do a refresher on my fundamentals, and I am good with whatever plane Hogan's Lessons will lead to, as it is the easiest I have found to find that comfort zone.