The plane of your swing is directly tied in with your coil and uncoil and the plane has quite a bit to do with how well you swing. Too upright and you’ll correct on the forward swing, and too tight and you’ll drag the club across your body and hit the ball off center.
The dominant arm should be level with the opposite arm and elbow on the plane. Pulling one arm up or letting it drop is a common mistake; the correction of this is to remember that your swing involves both arms, not just the one that is dominant.
Pictures or video of your own swing can tell you if you have one dominant arm that floats above the other; if so, this needs to be corrected! Those who are baseball players often have a hard time with this when they get on the golf course since in baseball, the dominant arm is often above the other in order to produce the power needed to hit the ball. But again, golf is not a game of power but of smooth skill. The arms need to be even for there to be an even swing plane.
If your dominant arm drops, you may notice the club dragging into your body when you’re ready to release. This causes a block that many golfers try to correct at the last moment by changing the direction of their club face. One way to correct this is to put your club down next to the ball as you approach it and then back yourself up until it is the correct distance in front of you. Many golfers make the mistake of doing just the opposite – they walk up to the ball, stand a foot or two behind it, and then line up their club. If you’re too close to the ball at this point, your club will come inside the body and drag. However you can and should get used to setting the club down first and adjusting your body, not the other way around.
The proper stance will also help you with your swing plane. Many use clubs that are too short and so they hunch over the ball, causing them to drag the clubs too close. Others use clubs that are too long which means they’ll be pulled too far out from the body.
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