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Originally Posted by bdbl Hi guys - help please with some General Ignorance.
Having read Leslie King - "-the golf action consists mainly of a FREE SWING OF THE LEFT HAND AND ARM to the top...and down again into and through the ball" I think that this is what I'm trying to do as well.
However I'm a little confused with the difference between "Swing Plane" and "Swing Path" as I thought (perhaps wrongly  ) that this "free swing" was the Swing Path. |
Hi Bd,
They do mean the same thing but there are two ways it effects your swing:
Imagine when you address any club that a circle is formed around your body that is inclined back in line with the club shaft, the radius will be from the centre of your clubface to a line that extends to your spine. The surface of this circle is your "Plane" and the rim of the circle your "Path". As the
clubs gets longer the plane will be laid back at a steeper angle.
If you can swing the club around the circle then it will be on plane and path, if you allow the club to move outside the circle at any point it will become off path and plane.
Unfortunately it's a bit mire difficult than that! When your club is at address it should be pointing directly at the target, as should the plane of the circle. Now imagine the circle being rotated slightly so it's plane points left of target, if you followed the circle now with the shaft you would be hitting on an Out to In path, rotated to the left an Inside to Out.
Hmmm! Its not easy to describe without a picture but I hope this helped to explain.