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PGA Tour Players have complicated Golf Swings and their coaches teach a difficult way to plane the club. Years ago, I tried everything to become a better ball striker – to the point of exhaustion. I wanted to quit until I saw a video that changed my life – and it made so much sense. It’s common sense.
This video describes my discovery and shows the video of Moe Norman swinging on a Single Plane – this is the video that simplified my golf swing forever.
About the Single Plane Golf Swing
The Single Plane golf swing is not a quick fix golf technique. It is a system, beginning at address, that simplifies the most important moment of the golf swing – impact.
Starting at address on two planes where the arms hang straight down at address, the Conventional golf swing is complicated. Because the arms are hanging straight down, a conventional golfer must lift the body into impact creating stress on the back.
This upward movement to accommodate the two planes is unnecessary.
The Single Plane Golf swing simplifies the golf swing by eliminating the need for the upward movement by starting and impacting on the same plane.
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You made a good point about practicing. I’m nearly 57 and I can’t hit balls all day. With the single plane I rarely hit more than 4 or 5 full shots before I play. I mostly practice chipping and putting and maybe 2 or 3 irons and a driver or two
Excellent and all true. It seems so friggin' obvious; it reminds me again of the population driving wagons around with square-like wheels until someone comes along, looks at the situation and says, "this would be easier if the wheels were round." In this swing you start the swing plane and end (at contact with the ball) in the same place…it is that simple. I've been a single plane golfer since I saw the Golf Digest 1995 December issue and the 1994/95? issue of Outside Magazine which featured an article on Moe Norman ("the wonderous Moe Norman with the Popeye forearms"). Follow Grave's Golf/Todd-Tim Graves and you can attain 'MoeVana.' Good stuff. And no, I have no connection with Graves aside from being a disciple of the SP Swing & their teaching program.
I'm so glad that you actually stuck with it showing people this way because like you said with the other swing that they've been trying to keep there so much biomechanically wrong with the traditional two plane type swing their teaching yeah it works for a very small percentage of players so my question is why would we be trying to learn something that only works for a very very small percentage of players? I think in general of people just understanding how the single plane swing works they could probably drop 10 shots off their score easy just simply making better contact and hitting the ball straighter isn't that the whole point of golf
And like you said anyone that claims that they're hitting the ball shorter is not doing it right because consistently now I hit the same distance or a hair farther than I was with their other swing and that's just overall consistency on the yardage and dispersion like if you consistently make better contact and put better swings on the ball you're efficiency goes up therefore you gain yardage from hitting the middle of the face and being set up to be on a good swing path automatically instead of trying to force it so much and the other swing where you have to kind of stand up and jump yourself out of the way and stuff like that
Great video!
I love the concept. I think Moe was extraordinary. My question though is why do I find single-plane so difficult to hit repeatably especially the irons? I understand now why Moe hit tens of thousands of practice balls, you really have to groove that swing and imbed that muscle memory.
It works y'all 💪
I would love to get this swing to work after years of playing inconsistent golf. I’m 68. I could get the swing to work with short irons longer irons and woods I keep topping my shots and or big hooks. Any advice for this beginner on this swing? Thanks
The so called “conventional” 2 plane swing requires superior athleticism and timing skill which few people possess. Whether intentional or not most typical weekend golfers are using some sort of manufactured single plane combined with a 2 plane swing. The result is that the average golfer struggles to break a hundred and eventually gives the game up.
A single plane is obviously the easiest way to hit a golf ball. There are several good instructional single plane golf videos on YouTube. There are some good variations of Moe Normans single plane swing. I prefer Ben Hogans single plane mechanics, but that’s just my personal preference. Any single plane swing mechanics is an easier and simpler way to hit a golf ball.
Why do these people talk and talk without saying anything?
Impeccable as always. Cartesian logic demolishing the myth of classic swing superiority. People refuse to change solely because this is a country club game and they don't want to look different. Nothing else.
I got this to work for 4 rounds in one weekend. Best weekend of golf i ever had. Came home played a round following weekend and played like i normally do
Just trying to learn here. Recently purchased the DVDs and training aids. Very excited to dive right in.
Question: Does he not take the club back below his impact plane? Or does it just appear that way because of the torso rotation? Thanks for any help!
Todd, would you ever consider trying out for the Champions tour? Or at least a Champion open qualifier? I think you would do well based on your playing videos.
Easy is better…bet Inbee Parks swing would drive you nuts, does me….
one word AWESOME!
Great for the driver but the irons I use my own single plane technique
I am only five feet seven and this stretch just does not get it. .
Very complete explanation thank you
I played with high hands at address a few times, and I always played better. I’m going to stick with this.
I have a question about the pointing of the stick at the ball. We can’t really do that when the clubhead is on the end of the stick, because the club face doesn’t line up with the shaft. We are pointing the shaft at a spot underneath the ball at address. With the SPS, if we used a driver that has the sweet spot directly in line with the shaft, would it not be easier to hit the sweet spot? Is this worth experimenting with?
Is it the same swing for irons
You're above the plane Dummy but you recover on the way down.
I have watched just about all your videos on the single plane swing. One thing that I think I have noticed is that your lead arm is not straight at the top of the back swing. Is that the case, and if so then it must not be important as not a rule or check point?