Dowell/Flashlight Drills?

curtisj76
I'm new to this so be easy on me. I've seen drills that involve flashlights and wooden dowells to help you with swing plane. I've worked with the dowells a little bit. Either way, if I keep doing these drills, I'm going to be used to swinging with 1 plane right? I believe in my bag I have 13 different planes correct? I'm afraid that I'm going to ingrain 1 plane for all clubs. Does this make sense? Any comments are welcomed. Thanks

PS Great site! I think I've been a hitter my whole life now.
metallion
Oddly enough this simple concept can be a bit hard to describe in text, but here's an effort. Just keep asking. I did and I will.

The is ball laying on a Straight Plane Line.

There is an infinite plane cutting through that Straight Plane Line.

Any time the clubshaft does not lay on the plane is is off plane.

The angle between the plane and the ground may vary during the swing, but the plane will always cut through the same Straight Plane Line.

At Impact Fix the angle between the plane and the ground is determined by the lie of the clubhead and the forward lean of the shaft. So basically the angle varies between clubs with different lies.
lagster
Originally Posted by curtisj76 I'm new to this so be easy on me. I've seen drills that involve flashlights and wooden dowells to help you with swing plane. I've worked with the dowells a little bit. Either way, if I keep doing these drills, I'm going to be used to swinging with 1 plane right? I believe in my bag I have 13 different planes correct? I'm afraid that I'm going to ingrain 1 plane for all clubs. Does this make sense? Any comments are welcomed. Thanks

PS Great site! I think I've been a hitter my whole life now.
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If you are using a laser or flashlight... you could simply alternate moving closer and further from the baseline at Address to get a feel for different Plane angles when practicing.

In one post by Yoda... I believe he recommends that the laser, or light ideally should shine from the #3 Pressure Point.