Flat vs Upright Swing Plane(s)
Ava White
Updated on April 06, 2026
think often times folks maybes get a little ways hung up on 1 or 2 plane, flat or upright swing descriptions when for good bunch of folks that isn't what is actually going on through the motions anyways
- 'one plane' 'A swing' etc all kinda marketing gambits - the hook line - by whichever particular teacher to get their own 'swing model' in the market to try to make it stand out so their stuff gains some traction
having a lead arm plane on a similar plane to the shoulder plane - or having a lead arm plane little ways higher than the shoulder plane - either - still means the body pivot, coil, has to be there just the same ways
so look at where would it be beneficial for a particular golfers motion to be from set-up, through the backswing to give the optimum opportunity from atop the swing to then have a good functional downswing to have real sound impact conditions
(taking in any physicality issues folks may have)
{would say to what you looking to do through a change that some set-up adjustments plus a little ways different takeback to the top of the swing - mostly based on what the right arm/shoulder are at address & then what happens through this movement back to the top
- looking to change this would have a very marked improvement on the subsequent motion to impact, so impact & the shot outcomes as a norm
- looking to change this would for sure but just as a by-product give a lead arm position that was a little ways higher than the shoulder plane (so not under the shoulder plane as currently is) but that would come about by a little ways better right arm/shoulder movement back & not just by looking for a more upright top position
but bunch more important would mean having the right arm/shoulder motion through the backswing to atop the swing that could then function a good ways better to deliver some real sound impact conditions}