| Are you struggling to make solid contact on a | | | | You create a triangle between your shoulders and |
| consistent basis? You probably already suspect that | | | | both arms as you grip the club at address. Maintain |
| the cause is a breakdown in your swing plane. Odds | | | | this triangle until the upper body has turned to about |
| are that you're right if you do make good contact at | | | | forty five degrees. |
| times and fail to make good contact at other times. | | | | Keep the Hands Parallel |
| The concept of the swing plane is considered by | | | | The hands should remain at about the same distance |
| most to be among the more important fundamentals | | | | away from your body and the same height off the |
| of the golf swing. Every instructor and all of the | | | | ground during the first forty five degrees of the |
| fancy swing analysis systems begin their analysis of | | | | takeaway. In other words do not lift the club with |
| your swing with it. | | | | your hands during takeaway. Allow the upper body |
| You simply can not hit the golf ball well on a | | | | rotation and the spine angle established at address to |
| consistent basis without maintaining the correct swing | | | | move the club up. |
| plane. It makes all the difference to how straight, | | | | Maintain the Knee Bend |
| high and far you will hit the ball. | | | | Don't change the bend of your knees. You |
| Your swing plane is established at address. Imagine a | | | | established a slight knee bend at address to support |
| line drawn from the ball up the club shaft and | | | | the golf swing. If you change it during the swing the |
| extending through your body. This is your swing | | | | club head will either be too high or too low at impact. |
| plane. The club should remain on this plane until it | | | | Avoid the Inside Takeaway |
| reaches near parallel in the takeaway. It should return | | | | Don't move the club away from the ball too much to |
| to the ball on this same swing plane in the | | | | the inside. This causes the club to move under the |
| downswing. | | | | intended swing plane. You can't help but come back |
| Here are five tips to help you maintain a good swing | | | | to the ball from above the swing plane or get the |
| plane. | | | | club trapped so far behind you that your hips won't |
| Rotate the Upper Body | | | | be able to clear in sync with your hands in the |
| The upper body rotates back until the shoulders | | | | downswing. |
| reach about ninety degrees. This builds energy | | | | Use these five tips to help you maintain the proper |
| because the hips only rotate slightly creating muscle | | | | swing plane for every shot with every club. It may |
| tension which is the key to storing energy in the golf | | | | take a while for you to get comfortable with the |
| swing. Maintain the same spine angle you created | | | | changes but once you do it will be like going from the |
| during address as well. | | | | dark into the light. You'll see improved ball striking, |
| Retain the Triangle | | | | better control of the golf ball and lower scores. |