Thank you Todd. I have been using the single plan swing for about 5 years now. I can't thank you enough for your video. I hope some day to attend one of your schools to learn even more about the single plan swing and the short game. I watches this video once again because I had a pretty difficult round and just could not get on track. So, I felt like I needed to go back to the basics. I was so excited after watching this video again that I went back to the driving range to hit a bucket of balls. That's a lot of swings in one day for a 67 year old. But it was worth it. Just watching this video got me back on track and striping the ball again. Thank you again for all you do to teach this great golf method.

My AH HA. THE TORSO TURNS THE SHOULDERS, THUS ARMS & THE DOWN SWING WORKS for me when my FIRST FEELING IS THE ACTIVATION of the MUSCLE ON THE INSIDE OF MY TRAIL LEG THIGH. Todd you're changing my life. Thanks ever so much. Cheers Robby

Boom. Trail foot on the ground is my A-HA moment. A real game changer. When my contact gets inconsistent, you can almost bet I am coming up on my trail foot and "spinning out" with my pelvis on the downswing. Great stuff. Thanks Todd and crew!

I started the single plane swing 2 weeks ago. It's the way I've always wanted to play the game but wasn't sure how. I'm striking the ball so well now thanks to your great channel! A lot of work to do but so happy with this. Thanks a lot!

Your instruction is ridiculously good! Every once in a while I click on another golf instruction videos on KZfaq and they don't hold a candle to your understanding of the golf swing. I can't watch more than a few minutes before exiting the video. I love the overhead camera view, that is super helpful. One thing I was doing... when I laid the club down behind the all with the proper rod from the lead arm (at address), I noticed that naturally because the clubhead is 2-3 inches into the backswing, the clubface is slightly open to the target line. At impact, it's not because it gains back those 2-3 inches with the rotation. I was trying to force it square to the target line at address and drawing/hooking everything (club was a few degrees closed at impact). Seeing your overhead view, I now realize your clubface is slightly open to the target line as well, when it's 2-3 inches behind the ball into your backswing!

Last night we got 14 inches of snow here in MA. All I can do for now is watch more videos and practice the single plane swing in my living room. Winter sucks!

Watching this video again 18 months after it originally came out is much more meaningful now that I have the swing down a lot better (22 months of practice) and can really appreciate the nuances of the points covered. Thanx, Todd!

Possibly your best video on the SP swing! These positions are the essence of the SP swing, and understanding them is what makes it work so very well! Thanks for this video!!

Todd, this is one of the best explanations of the single plane golf swing I have seen ! Thank you for your continued teaching and insights from your perspective !

I’m trying the single pane swing, awesome so far. Straight and accurate shots with every club in the bag. I know when I don’t hit a good shot one of the positions we’re not hit. Also when I revert to my old foot work, results are definitely sub par. I am trying to figure out the feet / ball. And club positions. Just ordered the guide today. I am a work in progress with this but love it so far. Too bad we’re getting close to the end of the season in Pennsylvania. Thanks Todd. I appreciate your years of developing this.

The "A-HA" moment was finding your channel, thank you Todd for all your teachings & wisdom and letting us all experience it 👍

Loving the details that you went into explaining the golf swing. Thanks!

maybe the best golf video out there.

Grateful for finding this channel. The “limitations” in the downswing have created a lot more consistency in my ball striking- huge! Just wish I found the guide on distance from the ball before having my irons adjusted. I had to give myself more space (which feels surprisingly good/natural) but it looks like it is bringing the toe up. We will see when this weather clears up. Thanks as always Todd 👍🏻

Great video. Makes many things click into place. Thx.

Finding your channel has made me love golf again and play so much better. Thanks to you and Tim!

I love it, Todd. You definitely gave me an A-HA moment just now. I now know how to get more speed by having my chest catch up with my hips at impact. Now I need to WORK on it.

Beauty. Thanks as always Todd.

May be the most informative, incisive video that you've done. The overhead stuff is priceless because, to me, this is the angle that I most call in to question my own positions in the swing i.e. 'am i going too far back, too little, lower body turn, etc. really educational and much appreciated.

Sheer genius and well presented. Todd - you have allowed me to internalize the A-HA Moment and understand the importance of Separation! I now also understand that keeping the trail foot down results in the club releasing. See page 70 of John Jacobs "Practical Golf" where he says: "This happens in EVERY good swing". With Moe it was Automatic due to the trail foot down. Pure GENIUS!!!

The disassociation of torso and shoulders at setup has taken my ball striking to a new level. There is not one instructor in the world that as made that distinction. Bravo! My arms now fall and stay underneath.... once that happens the swing becomes a “blink of the eye” and the blur of fast arms. wow.

I got it! It was THIS video. The absolute kicker was the top down view. I was to far forward with the ball in my stance and the club was not aligned with my lead arm. Thanks Todd!

Great explanation! I recently saw my swing on video🤢 and realized I was over turning(left arm even collapsing)and have started working on shortening my swing. This really helped clear up what I need to work on.

Excellent teacher !!

Hi Todd, always a great teaching, hurry to become a on plane swing golf instructor in France 😉

Great tips on separation tired but I’m 72 and it’s still rough to turn I guess the torso going all the way back enough and then creating the cub club head speed but I’m working on it Danny in toms River

The vertical drop is the feeling of greatness. I get it alot with the wedges and up to my 3 iron. I do not get it as often with the woods and driver.

I love how you break down Moe’s golf swing I hope in the near future I can get a in person lesson

Still one of the best instructional videos!

Excellent!

I really appreciate those overhead shots of Moe's swing. I have never seen that angle before and it gave me a new perspective. Thanks!

I know you have to provide fresh content and this is going pretty deep. I’m hitting the ball so much better with the SPS. Many times I have A holy cow moment after impact. That is good enough for now. Not going too deep into why. Year two of my change. Gone from a 12 to an 8 handicap this season.

I think I've watched this five times in the last hour lol. Ty sir Todd

A-HA - Thank you Todd!!!

Love it. There is 2 feet of snow outside and i can work on my swing. Love the lower body tips. I think about my lower body when i swing sometimes because i know it effects my swing. NOW I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. Thanks Todd

For me, limitation in the hips was huge, and hand position, even if i put those elements in a traditional swing it helps but trusting the whole system is just amazing how straight the ball goes

Thanks mate best tips ever. I’m flushing it now with no back pains..

I really enjoy your videos. I am sure you are really busy, Todd, but I'd love if you had a few moments to read my comment here and told me your thoughts. My two main hobbies are golf and ballroom dancing. It's amazing how many biomechanical principles are the same between the 2 sports, and your videos of shown me the connection and allowed me to draw on my dance experience in golf (and I'm a better ballroom dancer than I am a golfer, thanks to a very high level teacher who has worked with me diligently for years). One thing you must be able to do in order to dance correctly is to be able to separate and isolate the movements of your hips and legs from your torso and arms. Most important of all is the relationship between the hips and the rib cage. The ribcage must be kept in contact with the partner in high level ballroom dancing, you have to be able to maintain this contact no matter what position the rest of your body is in. You might be facing the partner in a closed position, or be open in a promenade. You may be moving in a straight line or rotating. Your feet might be flat or you might be up on your toes. You torso may be swaying left or right. You might have torso and hips in the same plane (square) or the two may be 30-45 degrees apart ("contrabody" position). I am constantly working on this in dance, and I never thought of how it might be relevant in golf. The idea that the torso must move "twice as fast" as the hips....just a question. The torso and hips are linked by the vertebral column, so unless you try to isolate the two areas, any rotation in one will tend to cause a rotation in the other. Similarly, as the club accelerates, it exerts a rotational force on the whole body, accelerating its rotation. So the torso should speed up naturally, right, it shouldn't need any conscious effort to do it? When you say the torso must move twice as fast as the hips, I assume you are not saying this is something we should be "trying" to do, trying to actively accelerate our torso 2x as much as the hips. Or maybe you are....not sure. Anyway thanks very much for making these videos.

Great video !

Mr Todd great clip.as I see moe locks lower body and pelvic move and thus cuts off second swing plain,what remains hence is single plain of upper body movement, mostly controlled by arms shoulders elbows and wrists.he effectively crosses out duality of two plains of lower and upper body through the swing

excellent

This is fascinating as I always wondered was my takeaway too short before I added leverage. But if most of the rotation occurs in that first two feet of takeaway I know I'm there or thereabouts and I'm okay to then add the leverage and not force the issue by insisting on an unnecessarily long takeaway (where all elements move together)

I have trouble casting the club out, I still get the club square at impact but I have turned so far that the ball goes dead straight 50-75 yards left of my target. Fairways I play are not that wide. lol This Single Plane Swing makes since, and after I hit a few thousand balls and "get" the feel of it I know it will work for me.

Ty sir 💪

Several ah ha moments in this video. Shoulder turn separates from hip turn in backswing. And shoulders and hips have the same 30 deg open angle at impact. I can work on this. Thanks Todd.

When lining up at address with the club behind the ball, are your eyes on the ball prior to starting your backswing or on the face of your club?

Hi - I am 82 and for many years of fighting the way I hit the ball and how I should be hitting the ball I have found what works for me.. Even with the single plane swing I have found that it all goes wrong if I do not make sure that my eyes stay watching the ball and not move it over the ball ahead of the club. If you keep the eyes behind the clubhead the shot is always perfect. I have therefore brain trained myself to keep my head still behind the ball until the club has struck the ball. Hope this works for you if you struggle.

What about Ball position for all clubs with the Single Plane Swing? Love your Videos!

Wow you really coming out of the closet with this one, reckon this will piss off a lot of golf instructors, again thanks for the hard work and dedication through honesty . . love it!

Todd,Excellent video.Upper body can turn 90 degrees.Lower body only 45 degrees.Once you get them so one is not ahead or behind the other at impact ,good things start happening.

Interesting analysis, Todd. What is the “check point” to look for with proper torso or shoulder rotation at address from a down the live view?

Good stuff T. I’ve heard you say when practicing this go slow. Is there a realistic slowed down swing drill or half swing to really ingrain the lower body limitations? Thank you for excellent instruction pro.

hi Todd great information! at address i understand that shoulders should be closed relative to target line, and torso open, that means that the hips are also open to the target line. is this correct or you don’t pay attention to your hips at address?

Working on the separation of the torso.did not réalisé how we had to separate the arms and shoulders, taking that too the range.piece by piece to put this together.and then work on the lower body after...thanks Todd

Thanks Todd, I've gotten away from the idea of keeping the back foot down during the downswing and as soon as our snow melts here on Cape Cod, I'll be putting it back into my swing. Question, what is that on the bottom of your grip? A reminder of some sort?

It works

Hi Todd do the size of the clubs make a difference im 6 5 in height and just started using a standard set of clubs . Thanks

Todd, you’ve probably had several of these moments over the years. Did you find yourself having some of these before you met Moe when you were doing your early VHS work comparing and trying to match with him, during the time you got to actually work in person with him or...have you found the most meaningful of these discovery moments coming in these more current stages of your career as you found yourself really having the resources to study every detail of the SPS? I find it interesting to know where guys like me should start really having a genuine moment that’s a real sign of progress. Of course it’s a “cheat” for me to be able to ask you these questions when you’ve already navigated these waters.

Study begets data which begets information which begets knowledge which is power ... in the swing. A new definition of the separation of powers. ;)

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As always Todd great instruction, my ha ha moment was the vertical drop in all you instruction and teaching this is not emphasized enough and only now discovered after 2 years that that drop is so crucial to stay in the plan so true that right knee plays a huge and crucial part with out the sequences it’s not happening When Moe demonstrates the vertical drop and horizontal movement it looks like his upper body is moving a lot but that what he feels from what I see with his head still,because this happens so fast in my mind I need to really exaggerate to make that happen When this is done that lag you produce is crazy good and even if you swing at 60% the distances are great with so little effort less is more Please challenge me and build on what I be said and need correction

hi. interesting, what about de finish and follow trough? Thanksd and regards

How is the 15 degrees of torso left turn at address achieved? Is it forced or natural?

Ahah. This is good.

Good analysis. I have always wondered if Moe played a closed or opened stance at address. I need to try opening the torso and closing the shoulders at address. Not sure how that will play out though

For me the correct club path fixes all this automatically.

Is that film of Moe swinging ever going to be released in full?

I know you like Moe’s “Robot” approach, but if you had to pick one swing thought, what would it be?

Wouldn’t limitations cause back pain?

After considering all these positions. I tried to walk to the Teebox and fell over

What about players like Rahm?

At 12:30 you goofed on the math. At position 2, your pelvis is at -40 degrees and your shoulders at -80. At position 4, they've moved to +30 for both. That's 70 degrees for the pelvis and 110 degrees for the shoulders. That's about a 1.6x turn of shoulders relative to pelvis. You said "twice as fast." Oops. The basic idea was correct.

Actually, the only way. you can move your torso is to move your hips or your shoulders. That is because to move the torso ( chest) you must move the spine. And the spine can only move if either the hips move or the back muscles move . And when the back muscles move, the shoulders move. Try this: stand up and fold your arms in front of your chest. Now try to move your torso without moving your shoulders or hips. You cannot do it. So if your torso is open either your hips are open or your shoulders are open.

So, are we saying this is not an arm driven swing? The arms do swing but driven by body position through the ball? The whole instruction of Natural Golf emphasized arm driven swing with body following the arm swing. Or, is this body movement anticipatory to the arm swing and not something we actually have to do?

I like your videos. I purchased one length irons partly because of your videos. But this one left me scratching my head. In your video of Moe. His shoulders are open at address not closed. And I think your estimations of degrees are off. And I think you need to explain a little more how the torso is different from the hips. I think if you stood over a circle with degrees marked off painted on the ground. And had sticks strapped to your body. Or have someone hold sticks against your body. You may find that you are not doing what you think you are doing. Which is almost the rule . Not the exception..what we feel isn't necessarily what we are doing. I enjoyed the previous video of keeping the right heal down to stop hips and then shoulders. At times one of brothers keys were to stop the shoulders when square . I sent the link to him

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