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Taking the club back on too shallow a plane is perhaps the number one most common fault I see on a daily basis with most golfers learning a one plane swing. It puts the golfer in a very deep and around position where the clubhead gets too far behind the hands and the club never works up on plane.
A very simple drill to check this is the Shaft Plane drill. Set two shafts end to end in the ground at the same angle as your clubshaft at address as shown below:
As you take the club back, slide the club back up the shafts until the club reaches parallel to the ground. At this point, the clubhead should still be inline or slightly outside your hands and your lead arm should be into your body.
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At this point, the club will leave the swing plane and work up to the top position. But it is the takeaway that most golfers struggle with. So, work on getting the club to start back and up on plane and you will be well ahead of the curve. Tools like an AI swing analyzer can quickly reveal whether your takeaway is staying on the correct plane or drifting too flat.
Perhaps the most common mistake I see in the takeaway in most golfers learning a one plane swing is for them to take the club too far to the inside. It gets very, very deep around and it gets too flat, too around, the club gets in a bad position at the top, it ends up coming across the line, and they don’t see it.
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