Swing Plane, Creating the Swing Plane

Many golfers are confused about the term "swing plane." It is used extensively throughout golf instruction, and Ben Hogan is credited with popularizing the concept in relation to the golf swing.

The swing plane is vastly misunderstood by most golfers. How do we create a swing plane? Why does it matter? What do we do with it once we have established it?

Today we are going to examine how to create the swing plane correctly. It is remarkably simple, and it is probably nothing like what you think.

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When most golfers think about creating a swing plane, they focus on the lead arm. They take the lead arm and just swing it on an arc. There is no doubt that this creates a swing plane — in fact, it produces a very good one using just the lead arm.

The problem is that just swinging that arm creates unnecessary movement. All the movement in that lead-arm swing originates from the lead shoulder socket — that is what creates this type of swing plane.

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