- Jun 14, 2014
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Single plane swing
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This thread is proof of 2 things:
1) People will argue about anything on the internet
2) it’s not football season
1) People will argue about anything on the internet
2) it’s not football season
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Drink beer when I play golf and keep score as follows:
I count the number of balls I start with. If I finish the round without losing one, I shot par.
If I lose a ball, I am 1 over. If I find 1, I am 1 under.
I guarantee I have way more fun than anyone of you.
I count the number of balls I start with. If I finish the round without losing one, I shot par.
If I lose a ball, I am 1 over. If I find 1, I am 1 under.
I guarantee I have way more fun than anyone of you.
- Jun 12, 2014
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We certainly aren’t arguing. I’m enjoying the discussion.
As for the grip I don’t consider opening the face to be altering the grip. The grip is round. I can use the exact same grip with any club face angle. I could even hold the face upside down if I have to swing left handed. It would be interesting to measure how much the feel changes due to centrifugal weight caused by a slight opening or closing of the face.
As for the grip I don’t consider opening the face to be altering the grip. The grip is round. I can use the exact same grip with any club face angle. I could even hold the face upside down if I have to swing left handed. It would be interesting to measure how much the feel changes due to centrifugal weight caused by a slight opening or closing of the face.
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Alex, I typically like what you post. Don’t just flush it all down the toilet after all the good you’ve done.
- Jun 11, 2014
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I'd like to
I'd like to throat punch "lefty" for making me try to hit that damned flop shot into low earth orbit from 10' off the green. SOB had me fighting off one of the worst cases of the shanks in my life for about a month after that.
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This part isn't correct. I thought he has his clubs at the same length and weight but let's the face angles stay like normal clubs in that each one is different.
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By lie angle he’s talking about how they sit on the ground. This angle has to change with clubs of different lengths so the sole sits flat. If you lengthened your PW 1.5” like a 7 iron the toe would be pointed up unless you bend the hosel to make it sit flat.
I don’t think I said that single length and single plane weren’t part of Brysons total package, but you most certainly can use one without the other.
I don’t think I said that single length and single plane weren’t part of Brysons total package, but you most certainly can use one without the other.
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Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying, but once you change the lenght of your clubs you have to adjust the lie of that club. Otherwise, you will inevitably cause yourself to hit shots left or right of target (depending on if the lie angle is obtuse or acute) as well as cause action on the ball to further move that ball left or right).
Correct. That is exactly what I was meaning. But for that second part, unless you are deliberately changing the swing plane inorder to work the ball one way or the other, the foundation of having a single swing plane revolves around having all your clubs the same length. I think you are referring to each individual swing staying with in the swing plane of that swing instead of the same plane whether he uses a 3i or 9i. They most definitely do require the other.
BTW ... on cue, Bryson is golfing his ball great at this weekend's tourney. Haven't really been following it but I wonder if most the big names are at the Irish Open this weekend. I have been more focused on getting caught up for the Tour De France that starts tomorrow.
- Jun 10, 2014
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And Bryson asked the question why should my swing plane be different for different clubs. His answer was it shouldn't. His driver is different though. I haven't looked into it but don't you have to adjust carry by adding or subtracting loft to each club. His short Irons must make rain.
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Yes. And no. Yes, everyone of us who have picked up a golf club have tried to produce a full swing over and over so that we could predict exactly where the golf ball would end up. Part of that quest was to stay in a plane during the swing from address, up top, impact and finish ... all on a single plane.
But ... no, when you reference Bryson and a single swing plane then you have to understand he has tried to take it a step further with his irons. I think his original premise was to have one single swing plane no matter what iron he pulled out. A 3i and a SW would all be on the same plane. To do so ... he has all his irons the same length ... 7i ... which I believe is 37 to 38" depending on how tall he is. It gets much deeper than that because the more you cut a shaft down the stiffer it gets, modern irons all have different weights per clubhead (2i-LW) which have play a big role in torgue through the swing and a number of other factors that would be a red herring to the point. I assumed you knew this ... Bryson's single swing plane is much more than just staying on a single plane for each individual swing ... it encompasses all of his irons being a single swing plane.
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Man now I feel like we really are arguing. I understand what Bryson does but this thread isn't about Bryson. I used him as an example because he's the best player in the world using the single plane technique. The fact that he also uses single length clubs doesn't mean that is the definition of a single plane swing. Moe was the master of the single plane swing but he used normal clubs like most others who use the single plane swing.
- Jun 10, 2014
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Zambo you have two versions of single plane. Moe is more like a single plane the club more of less never leaves the back swing plane, Meaning its on the in the same plane on the downswing.. A different version means that there are two separate planes but they are both parallel to each other. Which one were you trying to do. I'd kill myself trying moe's version. And its ugly.
