It certainly seems that many people have the problem with trying to cover the plane line with the clubhead. What are some ways to explain to people that the clubhead points at the plane line and does not cover it?
How can someone practice there Arc of Approach with knowing that they are doing it correctly?
Demonstrating the Straight Plane Line and the Arc of Approach
Originally Posted by ndwolfe81
It certainly seems that many people have the problem with trying to cover the plane line with the clubhead. What are some ways to explain to people that the clubhead points at the plane line and does not cover it?
How can someone practice there Arc of Approach with knowing that they are doing it correctly?
Here's a photo of me doing my best to deliver exactly that message in a classroom setting way back in 1983. I was using an improvised 'low bench' (two chairs and a rod), a double-headed flashlight, a dowel, a golf club, a handful of golf balls and an impassioned explanation.
Today I would add a couple of dowel drills, particularly one using my Right Forearm Flying Wedge (with a dowel, not a Club) to trace a Straight Plane Line, with a second dowel 'clamped' (by my left hand) onto the Right Forearm (to indicate its simultaneous Tracing. It is the same setup I demonstrate in the video demonstrating Delivery Path alignments and dynamics (see The Gallery/Free Video/Lynn Blake/Dowels and Wedges http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery...els_wedges.wmv). Many thanks to LBG member Doug for contributing this video clip from his lesson.
By the way, that's Dr. Gary Wiren, then Director of Instruction for the PGA of America, in the background wearing the tie and black, crested blazer. Also, with his back to the camera in a white sweater is Tim Rash. Tim was a 5-handicap when he attended that school in late winter. He would go on to win the Richmond City Amateur in the summer.
Here's a photo of me doing my best to deliver exactly that message in a classroom setting way back in 1983. I was using an improvised 'low bench' (two chairs and a rod), a double-headed flashlight, a dowel, a golf club, a handful of golf balls and an impassioned explanation.
Today I would add a couple of dowel drills, particularly one using my Right Forearm Flying Wedge (with a dowel, not a Club) to trace a Straight Plane Line, with a second dowel 'clamped' (by my left hand) onto the Right Forearm (to indicate its simultaneous Tracing. It is the same setup I demonstrate in the video demonstrating Delivery Path alignments and dynamics (see The Gallery/Free Video/Lynn Blake/Dowels and Wedges http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery...els_wedges.wmv). Many thanks to LBG member Doug for contributing this video clip from his lesson.
By the way, that's Dr. Gary Wiren, then Director of Instruction for the PGA of America, in the background wearing the black, crested blazer. Also, with his back to the camera in a white sweater is Tim Rash. Tim was a 5-handicap when he attended that school in late winter. He would go on to win the Richmond City Amateur in the summer.
Wow! The path of those balls in the photo is very curved so the clubhead will be covering those, but the sweet spot will be pointed at the plane line.
Wow! The path of those balls in the photo is very curved so the clubhead will be covering those, but the sweet spot will be pointed at the plane line.
Boy that is sure something!
Right you are, Nathan. In the photo, note that the Sweetspot -- not the Clubshaft -- is pointed directly at the Plane Line (as indicated by the dowel). Yet, if I dropped the Club, it would fall directly on top of the second ball in the Arc. So, the Sweetspot is pointing at the Plane Line, but is clearly inside it. In other words...
It is On Plane.
And that Plane is the Plane of the orbiting Sweetspot, not the Clubshaft. The Clubshaft begins its journey pointing at its unique Baseline, the Baseline of the Clubshaft Plane, i.e., the Clubshaft's original Angle of Inclination. Then, assuming other than the shortest Strokes, it leaves that Plane in the Backstroke and moves to the Sweetspot Plane (which has its own unique Baseline -- usually the Target Line). During Release, the Clubshaft returns to its own Plane and remains there through Impact. Finally, from Follow-Through to Finish, it moves once again to the Sweetspot Plane. The important thing to realize is that the Clubshaft rotates about the Sweetspot, not vice versa. Said another way, the Sweetspot is always 'On Plane'...the Clubshaft is not.
Also, the curved Arc of Approach -- as represented by the golf balls -- is seen by the golfer as being on the ground. However, this is an illusion because it is actually occurring on the face of the Plane (as the clubhead orbits Down Plane through Low Point and Up Plane thereafter). The curved Path as seen on the Plane itself is known as the Arc of Attack. Thus, the Attack Arc is three-dimensional (Downward, Outward and Forward) whereas the Approach Arc is only two-dimensional (Outward and Forward).
Once these facts are understood, the illusions can be utilized for a lifetime of better golf.
That video is really worth a look...it has lifted the fog and really shown me the
importance of the right arm paddle wheel motion tracing down the line.
The right forearm traces the plane line through through through the ball! Thus it is not important to do any tracing during the backswing?
I ask this because it seems much more difficult to get the clubhead to cover the golf balls in the photos during Start Up unless your right hip and shoulder clear a lot.
Through the ball is not a problem because there is more room.
If one is experiencing this are they doing something incorrect?
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