Why You Need This: In this video, “One Plane vs Two Plane Golf Swing | Which is Better?,” you’ll finally discover what swing method is best for you.

This is one of the most debated topics on web forums for a very, very long time.

There’s the one plane, the two plane, and everything in between so it’s understandable that many golfers get confused (or annoyed!) with all the talk out there.

The truth is that you can use whatever swing plane you want.

Not a clear answer, huh?

Well, in this video, you’ll discover the advantages and disadvantages of the different swing planes.

Consistency, power, smoothness, and rotation are just a few points that are closely tied to the swing plane.

Watch this video now to see which swing plane is best for you!

Golf Pros Featured:

Instructors Featured: Clay Ballard    

Video Duration: 5:22

Video Transcription:

Hi guys, and welcome back. I’m going to talk about something that’s been debated every single day on every forum. There’s been attacks, which is better, one plane, two plane, which is better, somewhere in between? All these different types of swing planes, and it’s very confusing to know which one is the best.

Really, what it boils down to is we can really use whichever one we want to. If we go with a little bit more of an upright swing plane, we have a few advantages, and if we go with a more flat swing plane we have a few advantages. There’s also some disadvantages with more upright and flatter swing planes.

I particularly like to think that somewhere in the middle is probably the best, but I know for sure, we can play very good golf no matter what our swing plane is. So I’m going to go over a flat swing plane, some people call it a one-plane swing.

I’m going to go over a very upright swing plane which would be called a two-plane swing. The two main differences that you have to have when you’re using these types of swings, and then overall what’s going to happen in the middle which would be a blend of these two things.

So first let’s go over what would typically be a one-plane swing. When we’re doing a one-plane swing, all that’s happening is, is if we look at our arms, as we rotate back to the top of the swing our left arm is going to be basically going across our chest or our shoulders.

So my left arm plane is kind of matching my shoulder plane. Now in general when I do this, I need to be steeper with my shoulders as I’m going back. As I start to go flatter with my arm I need to be steeper with my shoulders to kind of compensate from that.

When I’m doing this, when I’m having a more flatter swing plane, the advantage of that, or the so-called advantage, what most people would think is an advantage, is maybe I can stay a little bit more consistent.

Because now as my arms go back on this flatter plane, I have less elevation and rise up and down with the arms, and I can stay a little bit more consistent. Then from there, I can come on through and be more consistent. That may be the case, you could argue either way on that.

We could talk about the pros and cons, and argue, and debate, and this is what most people do is they debate how much energy in this and that, it doesn’t really matter. I know that this can work, you take a look at Matt Kuchar, won a ton of money with a very flat, one-plane-type swing.

So the main thing to keep in mind is, when I’m going flatter, I have to be steeper with my shoulders and I also have to rotate my body more.

As I’m going flatter I need to rotate my hips, I’m going to tend to be more open at impact, my shoulders are going to need to rotate more, and I’m getting more of my speed from my shoulders, my hips, and my body rotating very, very quickly.

Now if we go to the opposite end of the spectrum there, now let’s imagine we’re going very two-plane or very upright like a Bubba Watson, long hitter. All right, so now we’re going to go more up, we’re here, our arm is very vertical so my shoulder plane is here, and my arm plane is much more vertical of that.

Now from there, what I need to do is I need to give time for my arms to drop down as I’m starting to open up to get my arms time to catch back up.

If you’re going to do more of a vertical swing plane, you’re going to feel a lot more arm action and a lot more hitting with arms, and speed with the arms to get your speed.

You don’t want to feel like I get to the top, I’ve got a very vertical swing plane, and then I rip open my body, I’m going to be left way behind because my arms are so high. I’ve got to give it time to accelerate my arms and to help build that acceleration.

The advantages of that are going to be speed. A lot of your longer hitters are getting those higher arms so that they can create the biggest time possible, the more room I have to accelerate, the faster I can accelerate.

So if we had a drag car and we added an extra quarter mile to the track, now we’ve got longer to accelerate, a longer distance to accelerate over, and we’re going to be able to go a little bit faster. That’s the so-called advantage.

We could argue the pros and cons on whether that’s true or not until we’re blue in the face, but that’s the general idea that the higher we get the arms, the longer period of time we’re going to be able to accelerate.

So if we have a more vertical swing, just remember we don’t want to rip open the body and start to race out in front, leave the arms behind, that’s going to give us trouble. We’re going to start to block some shots well over to the right if we do that.

If we get flatter, steeper shoulder plane, more body rotation, and the one that I particularly prefer is the one in the middle.

We’re going to get a little bit of elevation, we’re going to get a good amount of body rotation, and the arms working in together, it’s a nice balance of both of those, and we’re going to find a nice, consistent swing plane .

No matter if you’re flatter, more vertical, or somewhere in the middle, you will play good golf. The last thing I’ll leave you with there is, the reason that it doesn’t quite matter which swing plane we’re on particularly, is because that’s not what is really crucial to playing good golf.

In the Top Speed Golf System we talk about the five things that are most important. Good, stable, fluid spine, meaning my body isn’t moving around all over the place. I’ve got to load those shoulders up, come on through that shot, that’s going to get me the power.

I’ve got a lag, release that club, and I’ve got to get into what I call the compression line. I’m going to talk about those a little bit more in the system as we go through this Top Speed Golf System.

But for this video, whichever plane you choose, go out there play your best golf, be consistent, and have a lot of fun. I’ll see you guys soon.