When reading articles, or watching golf on TV the phrase “swing plane” can be difficult to understand. This term is used frequently by instructors to describe the path a club travels on in a golfer’s swing. The posture used for golf is more unnatural than baseball or tennis, requiring a spine-tilt to make contact with a ball on the ground. This makes it difficult to keep the club “on plane” swinging back and through the shot. An easy way to picture the swing plane is to im

Recently, many people have asked me what adjustments they should make to produce a fade. A fade is a golf shot that curves approximately 5-15 yards away from the player (to the right for a right handed golfer) and can be valuable to use. Many good golfers prefer this ball flight because it is easy to control and gives them more accuracy. When the ball lands, a fade will have spin on it that keeps the ball from rolling out farther than expected. The ball flight of a draw pr