These 2 Key Moves Will Help You Release the Clubhead ON PLANE!
Steve Pratt explains how to achieve a tour-pro impact position and release plane by focusing on two key movements. He utilizes Collin Morikawa's swing as a model to demonstrate the importance of hip flexion and a leftward-curving hand path. The video provides actionable backyard drills using a chair and pool noodles to fix early extension and improper exit planes.
Good ball strikers maintain at least 40 degrees of forward bow (hip flexion/side bend) at the moment of impact.
Early extension, where the head moves up and back, is a primary killer of distance and accuracy.
A proper exit involves the hands disappearing above the belt line and reappearing near the lead armpit, with the clubface pointing back at the camera.
The 'block-hook' pattern is often caused by a hand path that moves too straight toward the target ('second base') rather than curving left.
Practicing at slow speeds without a ball is the most effective way to internalize these postural changes.