"Exit" Plane. The Plane from Follow Through to Finish

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O.B.,

The Plane of the 'exiting' of the golf club from the Follow-Through into the Finish is now all the rage. Is Turned Shoulder right? Is Squared Shoulder wrong?

Much of what is being written or said today concerns using the Body (Pivot / Zone #1) to control the Arms (Power / Zone #2) and Hands (Direction / Zone #3). From the hopelessly over-Plane practice stroke 'chop' I first saw years ago with Corey Pavin to the graceful On Plane exit of Sam Snead, it is an environment where Pivot-Controlled-Hands and Hands-Controlled-Pivot collide. Until this conflict is resolved -- consciously or subconsciously -- Bent Plane Lines and Compensated Strokes are inevitable.

Why not start a new thread for the discussion of same? Contact Bambam if you have any trouble moving any of this stuff over.

What do you guys think about the Plane of Follow Through? Finish? Homer had a clear preference for and an ingenious insight into the Turned Shoulder Plane and its ideal geometry for Startdown. But does this mean it has the same advantage at Finish?

I'd say ..........no. Im thinking that given the Downstroke Sequence of 6-M-1, "swinging from the feet", the Shoulders, the Right Shoulder specifically should pull the Hands Downplane in Startdown. A situation which leads one to deduce that its best for the Hands and the Right Shoulder to therefore be on the same Plane Angle in Startdown. So geometrically the TSP is "the ideal plane" for Startdown. Whereas in Follow Through or Finish the Right Shoulder is no longer pulling the Hands anywhere as the sequence has long since past that stage. Making the determination of ideal Plane Angle subject to different considerations for that part of the swing.

Plane shifting being dangerous, Im thinking that in Follow Through you should, in the ideal anyways, be on the same Plane you travelled through Impact on. In Finish you'd probably have to shift a higher plane angle if you rode through Impact on a low one. You just cant get to Top or Finish on some of the lower planes. Im sort of waxing theoretically and in the ideal here , I know there are plenty of exceptions on the PGA tour.

I dunno. I honestly dont think about plane angle too much personally, it just sort of "is what it is" for me. Normally Single Shift , Elbow then TSP but Im wondering what I exit on? OK, I just looked at video .....TSP exit. Ill have to check some old pre Yoda video to see what my Pivot to Hands swing looked like. Id guess way under plane going back then a lot of lifting then a vertical drop and ........ generally all over the place with a Zoro like sword action. Getting on plane can make such a difference.