Golf Swing Demo – Jeff Ritter – One Plane Swing
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Golf Swing Demonsration. 6 Iron down target. Here Jeff is employing many of the principles of what has become known as the One Plane Swing. Visit Jeff’s site www.jeffrittergolf.com
April 28th, 2010 at 2:52 am
To have a swing like yours, do you need to have a stack and tilt swing? If I want to develop a one plane swing would I want to emulate someone like Sergio Garcia or Tiger Woods?
April 28th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
I would not consider Tiger to be one plane. He stand too close and tall and works to keep the club in front of his body. A single plane effort will have more bend forward, and the arms working in a baseball sequence of “Behind, In Front, Behind.” Hunter Mahan would be a good representation of what you are looking for. Sergio has the downswing and follow through elements, but works his arms more away in the take away. Hope this helps! Jeff
April 29th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Hi Jeff
I have tried this swing, BUT , 2 comments.
1, i lack power, any reason fo that ?
2, How do you get a divot ?
Thanks
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:31 am
Hi Jeff. I love your videos and your teaching style. They have helped me so very much. Tell me what you think of my 2 cents on Tiger. I agree with you that Haney’s method isn’t really one plane, more like a flatter two plane. That said, it seems that Tiger’s instincts say one plane. When he increases his spine angle and dips, he really looks one plane. It looks to me that if he stopped leading with his right elbow and started to lead with his chest, he might find more fairways. Your thoughts?
May 5th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
@Karlipbaum - Lipbaum- since you have so many great theories- please post them on Youtube so we can compare. You sound bright enough teach us what you know- Dalilama
May 13th, 2010 at 12:18 am
@Karlipbaum Moe Norman came the closest of any player to one swing plane. He was one of the best ball strikers of all time. Forget stuff like stack and tilt and study the masters of their own swings…Ben Hogan and Moe Norman.
May 13th, 2010 at 3:52 am
@headroom007 One problem that many players have is they don’t keep the hands passive. In other words, they continue to manipulate the hands as they would for a conventionally taught swing. There are many complex moves in the so-called modern golf swing and many pros master them but over time they have to change because it takes a toll on the body. The feeling you must get is that you are shortening the backswing a bit and breaking the knees toward the target. Put in the study time.
May 13th, 2010 at 4:02 am
@Karlipbaum If you studied Moe Norman’s swing you would understand why he was probably the purest ball striker of all time. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Really man, you have all the answers…lol…then you don’t know golf very well. Lee Trevino called Norman a golfing genius and Tiger said he hit the ball so straight it was scary. Call it one plane or almost one plane, does not matter, Norman hit it straight time after time.
May 13th, 2010 at 4:18 am
@Karlipbaum Maybe you keep engaging us because you think your the expert here…lol…I’ve been playing this game for about 45 years and back in the day I was a scratch golfer. But just because I am older now does not mean I can’t learn something new and thus my study and admiration for Moe Norman’s simple but effective golfswing. I guess Moe must have had good spine angle because at age 72 he was still shooting below his age. Nuff said!!
May 24th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
@jritter5
Almost nobody really does that, though. You’re certaintly closer than most to true 1P; so was Hogan on his shorter swings, so is Olazabal. But there are very few other examples that are that close, certainly almost none of the famous swings claimed by Hardy disciples and others (Snead, Els, et al.). IMHO, you have to go from shoulder joint to shoulder joint to establish the shoulder plane, and pretty much everybody (including Hogan) is at least a little above that on a full windup.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
@jritter5
It may be truer to say that the closer you get to perpendicular to the spine (with the arms, at the top), the more rotary power you can apply, and if you deviate radically from that (with the arms far off perpendicular at the top), you end up having to make so many adjustments (usu. along the lines of holding back in some way) that it makes it awfully tough to be consistent and to play at a high level.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
@Karlipbaum
I think you’re onto it, K.
If the 1PS were so vastly superior in theory and in practice, almost everyone on tour would be doing it. Too many millions of dollars at stake not to.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Having said that, the concept of plane is hugely important, even if it has to be understood more in broad terms because of the variables posed by the reality of the human body. I think it’s completely fascinating that in every big midcareer swing change from every good-to-great player that I can think of (Hogan, Nicklaus, Watson, Faldo, O’Meara, et al.), the changes have been centered around the idea of plane–and all in the direction of getting flatter, with more rotation…
May 24th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
…That could mean that skilled athletic players tend to swing the club too wide and too high naturally, and eventually go to excess, so they have to learn to swing within a structure that works. Just a theory, but it would explain why so many championship players have to bring themselves back down into plane after some period of deterioration or unsatisfactory ballstriking.
Still…pretty much nobody hits the 1P ideal.
May 26th, 2010 at 12:29 am
@Karlipbaum – No one cruising youtube videos to improve their swing is expecting to play in the PGA. To say that the 1PS is nonsense and simply a fad is crude at best. The fact that I went from horrible ball striking and inconsistent play, to much more consistent ball striking and consistent distances after adopting the 1PS is proof enough that it works, maybe not for you, but for many, me included. Advocating your opinion is one thing, but degrading those in support is ridiculous. Leave troll.
May 27th, 2010 at 2:21 am
Mr. Ritter, do you feel using a training tool such as the Medicus Driver, is a good way to “groove” in a consistent swing plane?
June 11th, 2010 at 1:10 am
you look at most the good golf swings on tour and you see that from down the line view there is no space inbetween there legs at impact. I know It is the way that the hips work and the way in which the right foot rolls so the right leg works almost behind the posted left leg. Does this just take amazing flexiblity? It seems like such an awkward way for the lower body to work and I am having a hard time getting this picture in my golf swing. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated Jeff.
June 11th, 2010 at 1:11 am
you look at most the good golf swings on tour and you see that from down the line view there is no space inbetween there legs at impact. I know It is the way that the hips work and the way in which the right foot rolls so the right leg works almost behind the posted left leg. Does this just take amazing flexiblity? It seems like such an awkward way for the lower body to work and I am having a hard time getting this picture in my golf swing. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated Jeff.
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:06 pm
if someone hasn’t said it already, moe norman. greatest ballstriker ever, and on one plane
August 22nd, 2010 at 6:32 pm
@fredwadegolf you are all over the Internet knocking others swing theories. I have yet to see you post your own swing, which if you had any real guts or talent you would. Put something up or shut up!
February 25th, 2011 at 7:20 am
You have a beautiful swing…can you comment my swing please!
March 15th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
@sabregold1999 Buddy this guy swings 10 x better than you.
April 6th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
MIKE AUSTIN WAS THE GREAT TEACHER IN THE WORLD OF GOLF AND HE HIT THE GOLF BALL 515 YARD AT AGE 64. DAN SHAUGER LEARNED FROM THE BEST TEACHER MIKE AUSTIN, I HAD SEVERAL LESSON FROM DAN AND NOW I HIT MY GOLF BALL STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE NOW AND WITHOUT BACK PAIN AND HE HELP WITH MY PUTTING AND SHORT GAME, DAN HAS 2 BOOK AND 27 DVD AND HE WORKING ON 3RD BOOK NOW aperfectswing I PLAY A BETTER AROUND OF GOLF NOW AND WITHOUT BACK PAIN AND CHECKOUT DAN BOOT CAMP I DID HE HELP ME OUT ALOT GREAT TEACHER
July 7th, 2011 at 9:27 am
@jritter5 Ben Hogan would be proud of that swing!
July 8th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Beautifully efficient swing. Pleasure to watch