Golf Tips : One-Plane vs. Two-Plane Golf Swing

In golf, a one-plane swing is a swing in which the hands and arms move back and return on the same plane. Find out how a golfer can still be effective with a two-plane swing with help from a member of the PGA National Teaching Committee in this free video on golf swings.

Expert: Jay Golden
Contact: www.goldengolftv.com
Bio: Jay Golden has been a PGA Member since 1982, and was selected for the PGA National Teaching Committee in 1988.
Filmmaker: Suzie Vigon

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[AmericansForGuns0com]

Fantastic video !

I have been playing a one plane swing for a while but I am a beginner so I havent really known what 'my' swing is yet.

Recently I allowed the club to drop just a bit at the top of my backswing so that the downswing is an inside to out path which is keeping the ball straight or a slight draw.

This swing really comes naturally for me over the one swing plane. My consistency increased 10 fold with the two plane and I actually almost got a hole in one for the first time with it.

[cybermarsactual]

Trying to force your swing to change from natural path is usually big fail, I think this is a good diagram. Best to play, see what happens. "Use a short iron around cars and express ways!"

[telescope3]

@G3nz3n1 I agree with you. What's this guy talking about? Two planes means that the arms swing on a steeper plane than the one the shoulders turn on, backswing AND/OR on the downswing. This guy is demonstrating one-PATH vs. two-PATHS, and doesn't seem to grasp the difference between paths and planes. Whether one-plane or two-plane swingers, most good golfers swing on two paths with the downswing path being tighter and more from-the-inside than the backswing.

[laptaffy6]

This guy cannot swing on one plane. His example of a one plane swing does not move around the same axis as his body, it is a two plane swing. His two plane swing is an exaggeration of coming too inside and too far over the top. He has no idea what either swing planes are.

[bgibson27]

Think of Hogan's pane of glass for the one plane swing. Think of Davis Love (horizontal shoulders) for the two plane swing. This guy is right and wrong. The swings he uses as examples for the two plane swing are in fact swinging on two planes. However, just because a person redirects their club doesn't mean they are a two plan swing. As others have pointed out the two plane swing goes above the "pane of glass" to meet it again at impact.

[schwabichinn]

this guy is a terrible public speaker

[G3nz3n1]

Daleatty is correct. This guy is an idiot! Two planes means that the rotation of the club is on one plane while the rotation of the torso is on another hence two planes.

Both swings require that the club traverses in one plane.

[aimatunub]

great video tbh, highlights very clearly the differences and identifies that the one plane swing is the better swing.

[golfprogress]

This is not at all what Hardy talks about with OPS vs Two Plane Swing. However, it is a different way to interpret those terms.

[twilliamson387]

He is okay with what he says. One plane being the same back and through. That is what Tiger does. It really doesn't matter what plane your shoulders are on. If you go back and through on the same plane, it's a one plane swing.