Iron swing the correct start position and swing in golf, it is hard enough to learn one swing. There are golfers out there that can hit their driver well but struggle to strike their irons and vice versa. Nov 16, 2018 in the oneplane swing, your arms and shoulders move on a plane that matches the clubs plane. Understanding swing plane and club path andrew rice golf. Is a singleaxis motion the best way to swing a golf club. Swing plane is one of the most important components of your overall golf swing. Apr 06, 2018 feel the swing plane of your short and long irons with this simple golf practice you can do on every driving range. Unlike hitting an iron, your focus during the backswing is on the center of the golf ball. Adjust your angle of approach to hit the fairway woods.
Ben hogan was a classic one planer, and tom watson was a two planer. He labels these swings oneplane and twoplane, respectively. Single plane golf swing the fastest way to learn it. The hands should be even with the ball at impact, not in front of it as it is with an iron. Science proves traditional golf ball position is wrong. It may only take one second, but this video proves the backswing can be studied and practiced for hours. Dec 11, 2018 to hit a driver off the tee, you tee up the ball, which elevates it above the grass. The key factor here is that with an iron the ball is on the ground if youre on a par 3 and can use a tee you should still tee it up low enough to simulate a very good lie in the fairway while the driver is teed about halfway above the top of the face of the driver, a good inch and a half off the ground. Feel the swing plane of your short and long irons with this simple golf practice you can do on every driving range. Odds are good that the number one reason you struggle to equal quality between your iron and driver shots is. The idea for a set of irons in which all the clubs, from the 3 iron to the wedges, are the same length, is not new. Driver vs iron swing, the correct start position and swing. Clubs to fit the single plane swing december 20, 2004 july 14, 2017 tim graves, pga clubs instruction i have been getting a lot of emails and calls lately in the past week about students wanting to change their clubs to fit the single axis swing.
Play your best golf with help from one of trafford golf centres pga golf professionals. Some instructors refer to it as a rotational swing. If youre swinging identical swings with both clubs i. There are golfers out there that can hit their driver well but. Jul 25, 2011 firstly, it is important to understand the difference between swing plane also referred to as swing direction and club path, because too many golfers believe they are one and the same. My left hip has rotated in a counterclockwise direction more aggressively than it would with an iron. Brian mogg gives advice on finding the proper swing plane for your driver in this 30 seconds to know.
He exclusively teaches normans single plane golf swing. It is similar to moe norman in many ways but i still think brysons swing can be simplified even more and moes golf swing is definitely easier on the back. The one plane golf swing hitting your driver youtube. I switched to the single plane swing 12 months ago, attended your school 10 months ago, broke 80 for the first time with the new swing 8 months ago, shot 75 3 months ago, and today broke par for the first time since my 30s with a 2 69. I was interested in finding out the relative swing speeds of golfers based on their handicap level, so i had my friends over at swingbyte run an analysis. To shallow out your golf swing you only need to perform 3 critical moves. The plane of your swing is dictated to a large extent by the shafts angle at address. Driver vs iron backswing after setting up a little differently for the driver, we are going to make a few slightly different moves than in the iron swing. This video discusses the basics of the driver and the iron golf swing.
Moe didnt have the universal onelength club set through the irons. The two plane swing is more common, but the single plane motion has many advocates. We took driver and 7iron swing speeds around 800,000 shots total and separated them by handicap level. Todd graves is a professional golfer and the cofounder of graves golf academy. In his book, the plane truth for golfers instructor jim hardy says there are at least two ways to swing the golf club. Hardy compares the movement to a baseball swing that has been angled to hit the ball off the ground. You will automaticly feel if youre doing it right or wrong. Another point here, his long iron like a driving iron hybrid 3 wood and driver, are all a. The minimalist single plane swing is the ultimate slice fixing golf swing. The pivot is going to be more core driven, so the arms may set a little bit later. The swingplane is a frequently misunderstood, and frequently misused, term that has entered the golf intructional worlds lexicon in recent years, and there are endless debates in golf discussion forums on what represents the correct swingplane.
Graves says its a lot easier than the traditional swing. Ged shows you how to hit great tee shots with a one plane. But if currently need more power and distance like most golfers over 50, actually increasing the hinge in your wrists can help keep you in the game when competing against younger golfers. A while back i wrote an article about a golf tip proposed by michael breed from the golf fix. Clubs to fit the single plane swing moe norman golf. See my more recent videos for even more info on learning this easy to learn golf swing. Here i show you the fastest way to learn the single plane golf swing. Our original irons that introduced the golfing world to single length play in 1997. He could pound the ball consistently down the fairway about 280 yards every time he stood up to the. Jan 19, 2010 it really depends on what you mean by the same swing.
Jan 24, 2017 swing on a single plane circle making a singleplane swing is so easy, it feels like cheating. Sep 14, 2016 bryson dechambeau thinks outside the tee box. Theres the one plane, the two plane, and everything in between so its understandable that many golfers get confused or annoyed. Todd graves is a golf instructor who teaches the single plane swing.
A lot of people think it means youre swinging the club on the same plane the whole time. Apr 03, 2016 iron swing vs driver swing rick explains the difference between a driver swing and set up compared to an iron swing and set up. The conventional swing, single plane golf swing, and the minimalist single plane golf swing. Get these right and i guarantee better ball striking and lower scores. The twoplane swing is more common, but the singleplane motion has many advocates. Steal bryson dechambeaus 5 swing secrets for your game.
The oneplane golf swing is growing in popularity and is easier to perform than the twoplane golf swing as it requires less movement. At the very least, it effectively simplifies and helps improve the most important part of the swingimpact. If my driver swing speed is 100 mph then my 6 iron should. I believe because it is so different, the spine tilt is the most difficult position for students to learn with the single plane swing. Jul 23, 2017 to shallow out your golf swing you only need to perform 3 critical moves. So the reality is, iron swing, driver swing, i want you to try and feel the exact same body speed. I took the 5iron and pwedge to the range to compare to those from my current mizuno mp58mx300 mixed set. These moves are, shift your weight to your lead side, let gravity drop the golf club on plane and flatten the left wrist or bow slightly in the downswing. That doesnt mean with the driver, when everythings clicking, you cant ramp it up and make it pick up another five, six, seven miles an hour by swinging harder. In this video youll learn what determines the bottom of your swing arc so that you can hit crisp iron shots every time and stop chunking the ball or topping it. Long iron vs short iron swing plane practice youtube. The single plane golf swing the perfect swing system youtube.
Many instructors will talk about swing plane and in some circles this is a huge area of debate. The single plane address requires you to tilt into a position similar to impact moving the swing easier. First of all, the single swing clubs are much heavier. But single length irons are getting much more attention these days thanks to one iconoclastic pga tour pro who. This is because the longer the golf shot, the more amplified your miss becomes. Driver swing vs iron swing have you ever wondered what the. In his 2005 book, the plane truth for golfers, golf instructor jim hardy labels all golf swings as either oneplane or twoplane swings. The difference between an iron swing and a driver swing sportsrec.
Without a doubt the easiest to hit irons that you will ever own. Lets look at some of the arguments for and against the one plane swing. Sep 17, 2017 taking away and returning the club on a single plane fueled normans consistency and correctness at impact by decomplexing the swing. If you use an iron swing and shift your weight forward as you rotate your body at the moment of contact, the longer club is drawn off the correct insideout plane.
I took the 5 iron and pwedge to the range to compare to those from my current mizuno mp58mx300 mixed set. I like the single plane swing of bryson dechambeau but even. Apr 09, 2014 here i show you the fastest way to learn the single plane golf swing. Sep 21, 2019 the single plane method is a golf swing system with clear fundamentals starting at address moving to the backswing, transition, impact and finish. Driver vs iron differences in the golf swing advanced.
For example, the golfers who are good at hitting the woods are generally not as good at hitting their irons. As clubs move from short to long, the swing plane should become progressively flatter. Twoplane swingers move their arms in a more vertical arc. Lets look at some of the arguments for and against the oneplane swing.
My mentor jim hardy came up with this term, zander explains. It would be nice if one swing would work fine for every shot. Your swing plane is simply the vertical angle between the ground and the circular angle that the club head follows during the backswing, downswing, and. One swing is the iron swing and the other swing is the wood swing. I personally always think of my swing plane as going through the line created by my shoulders at address. Lets view swing plane as the hula hoop in the pictures below it is the angle upon which the arc of the swing travels. Nov 16, 2018 a slice usually results from an outsidein swing plane, or one in which the club is taken back away from the body during the backswing and brought in closer during the downswing. It affects everything related to the balls path, from direction, to its trajectory to the distances it travels. Add a set of clubs that have the same length, weight, flex, etc. Steel in the 21st century, all drivers and fairway woods utilize some sort of composite graphite shafts. Brent kelley is an awardwinning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism.
Learn more about what makes my single plane setup 4 impact golf method your best choice for fast improvement of your golf game. Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a singleplane swing while playing irons that. To hit a driver off the tee, you tee up the ball, which elevates it above the grass. Certainly, every swing has elements that are similar or even exactly the same, but if you are going to drive the ball well and hit your irons well you are going to have to make adjustments. You should be able to tell to what degree you hit down on the ball simply by analyzing your divots too much dirt being moved and youre more than likely 8 degrees down, no divots would mean a flat or neutral attack angle when a golfer hits down on the ball with a neutral swing plane. Instructor josh zander, a teaching professional at stanford university golf course, starts out by explaining what the one plane golf swing is, and what it is not. The best way to determine an individuals needed lie angle is through dynamic fittings off lie board but with the single axis single plane swing static fitting using height vs. You let the swing unwind and unfold without you trying to force it from the top. Jul, 2016 for golfers interested in the one plane golf swing, zanders video provides a good opening tutorial with solid teaching that can be incorporated into your own swing. Because the driver is the longest club in the bag and the most difficult to hit, its absolutely imperative you swing in the proper sequence. In a oneplane swing, a golfers arms and shoulders swing along the same plane.
Singlelength golf clubs and the one plane swing were made for each other. Problems arise when golfers attempt to hit drivers with the. You can use the same swing and ball position with every iron and on every shot for a stunning improvement in your ball striking ability. Anyone who tries to hit their driver with the same plane as their wedge is going to come to grief.
My mizunos are supposed to be d1 and the single swings are supposed to be d3, but they felt even heavier than that. As the club circles the body, the oneplane swing depends more on body rotation than welltimed hand action, making it more repeatable, hardy says. In the oneplane swing, your arms and shoulders move on a plane that matches the clubs plane. Learn whats correct based on the physics of the golf swing and your anatomy. Instructors debate if the golf swing produces more accuracy with a flatter simpler one plane golf swing or if two planes in the golf swing simply creates too much power to sacrifice for the accuracy. This is because its easier to maintain the shorter shaft of an iron on the correct insideout swing plane. The difference between an iron swing and a driver swing. Learn why i am one of the top golf instructors in the game for helping struggling golfers improve quickly. Iron swing vs driver swing rick explains the difference between a driver swing and set up compared to an iron swing and set up. Moe norman did have a more upright hands and was swinging a bit more on one single plane, but not nearly as much as what bryson is doing. Our original irons that introduced the golfing world to singlelength play in 1997. He has introduced the golf world to the single plane address position that i have promoted for years.
It is way too involved and complex to go into here but i would suggest that an easier way for most people to understand what its about would be the difference in a player who swings flatter and more around his body vs a player who swings more vertical where the club travels above. This is much better than the average 1415 handicap golfer who comes in at 2. Obviously the actual differences are more complex different swing weights, swing planes, and the focus on accuracy mentioned above, i think a few mph below. If you think about it, this makes sense because professionals hit the ball more consistently around the sweet spot. After all, a loss of a little accuracy with a 9 iron is more beneficial than having to hit into the same green with a long iron, even if you hit the long iron straighter. If you want to increase your accuracy than decreasing the hinge in your wrists may make a big impact on your game.
Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a single plane swing while playing irons that are all one length nearly identical to a. Dec 12, 2012 i played one plane swing by mistake,as i started of 2 plane,and just picked it up on the range,as i was bending over more, trying it get an angle in to do a draw shot, anyway i became very armsy and rotating the body around me,but i lacked distance,and my back started hurting after a while,so ive gone back to 2 plane,but the problem i have now is, on the takeaway i keep bringing the club. Mar 21, 2018 bryson dechambeau has riveted spectators with his unique golf swing and style. But singlelength irons are getting much more attention these days thanks to one iconoclastic pga tour pro who. This is one of the most debated topics on web forums for a very, very long time. Jun 01, 2018 you let the swing unwind and unfold without you trying to force it from the top. I have always said that there are two different swings in golf. The idea for a set of irons in which all the clubs, from the 3iron to the wedges, are the same length, is not new. In this video, one plane vs two plane golf swing which is better. Steelshafted drivers simply could not produce the same results in todays power game. The swing you make with a wedge in your hands is naturally more upright or should be than the swing you make with a driver. The noodle will train you to swing back and through on the same plane, and will make your swing more efficient. The tour average runs about 1mph and they hit about 290 yardsdrive, which means their driving efficiency is about 2.
Nov 01, 2007 the hands should be even with the ball at impact, not in front of it as it is with an iron. By the way, since switching to the single plane swing my score has not been higher than 88 and breaking 80 seems like a realistic and attainable goal stay committed and hit them straight 9 people found this helpful. At address, picture a tilted circle around your bodythe bottom runs through the ball and the. If you like this drill and want more tips, check out our full video series with kyle. This video shows you the difference between the iron swing and the driver swing. This motion causes the club to cut across the golf ball, resulting in the lefttoright spin.