Little Plane Board

Would not Putting with a little plane board... set up on the angle of one's clubshaft(Inclined Plane) also produce an ARC with the Clubhead?

The Pelz way would be putting with the TOE of the putter running along a baseboard.

I use a 1" by 10" by 3 ft pine board. I prop it up to the correct angle with a couple of dumbells.

I use a piece of string tied between two small stakes.
Actualy works for all clubs as well......

Lagster you are dead on. You can set the incline plane at hands only, elbow, turned shoulder, squared shoulder or turning shoulder. All of these will inscribe an arc on the ground. However, each arc will be slightly different because of the different pitch in the incline plane.

Originally Posted by vj

Lagster you are dead on. You can set the incline plane at hands only, elbow, turned shoulder, squared shoulder or turning shoulder. All of these will inscribe an arc on the ground. However, each arc will be slightly different because of the different pitch in the incline plane.

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vj,

What angle have you found to be best for most people? Should the LIE angle of one's putter, and/or shaft angle from vertical of one's putter be a factor when setting up the little plane board?

I was thinking of building a planetrainer out of round stick sitting horizontal app 20" high. Then you can slide the puttershaft along the stick.

It's inspired by the "bench drill" I've seen on pics from the workshops.

Would it work? I'm aware that you can change the planeangle during the swing by lifting or lowering the hands, but then you'll miss the ball or at least the sweetspot.

A rail could work. I think a small board or sheet of hard plastic would be better. Depending on how it is designed, the whole shaft could ride on the plane angle. This would be good also for visualization of the plane also.

If the heel of the club only is touching the plane board, you can still see the ARC of the clubhead on the ground, as the clubhead go back, up, and in... down, out, and forward.

The lie angle of the shaft will not effect the plane angle unless you are utilizing the the plane angle of the putter shaft. Meaning, if you are using left shoulder, turned shoulder, squared shoulder or any of the plane angles listed in 10-6 lie angle will not matter.

Utilizing a bench to learn proper stroke is not necessarily wrong. Again, the precision is knowing what plane angle you are utilizing, and what type of arc that 3 dimensional plane angle inscribes on the ground.

Precision, Precision,

VJ,

Purchased a Putting Arc a few days ago (the Deluxe model). Spent just a little bit of time with it and noticed a much improved roll of the ball and more 10 to 15 footers going in during the 2 rounds I've played since I got it. I had done a little research on it (along with reading some of the posts here) prior to purchasing it and it made a lot of sense. Although I thought I was making a decent stroke before, the Arc showed that the "precision" wasn't really there in that I wasn't letting the putter head stay exactly perpendicular to the arc on the backswing and I was pushing it "down the targetline" on the thru-swing. I'm impressed with the initial results. As a scratch player who's putting is mediocre at best, I'm anxious to get some more time in with it.

Thanks for what seems to be a great product. And thanks also for the acknowledgement to TGM in the paperwork/instructions that came with it. When I saw that I KNEW there was going to be some good coming out of it.

Comet