[Daryl]

How do you correct getting too far under the plane in the downswing? I have a tendency to take the club out on the backswing and drop it to the inside coming down.

Is anyone familiar with this problem? How would you correct it?

The ball will go dead right and short.

Keep to the Turned Shoulder Plane. The problem with many Swingers is over-swivel at Start-up. Over-swivel will disrupt the Left Arm Flying Wedge and your only hope of getting back to the ball is with a right shoulder thrust to the outside at the start of the downswing (and you're screwed). If you don't feel an overwhelming urge to pull the club Longitudinally with your body at Start-Down then your Left Arm Flying Wedge has been disrupted. The Pulling direction is along the plane line. If you don't FIRST develop that feeling, of Pulling, then all is lost and you will aimlessly spend the rest of your life trying to 'find a swing' that works. LOL

Use 10-18-F Wrist Action. Practice with Acquired Motion Strokes. During the Take-Away, don't allow the Left Arm to move across your chest (it shouldn't anyway). Keep your Left Arm and Chest synchronized. You MUST clear the right Hip at Start-up, so move it back out of the way at address if you have to. The Take-Away and Start-up may look and feel like your left hand is slightly under the shaft and you Clubface will look facing the ball on-plane when the clubshaft is parallel to the ground and parallel to the base line of the inclined plane. (Also, and I may get my butt kicked for saying this, but when the clubshaft is parallel to the ground and plane, your left arm will be in line with the club vertically, not horizontally). Allow your Torso to do the Turning. The Take-away will feel like your hands are traveling straight back. With the Left-Arm Flying Wedge intact, you will want to pull the shaft butt end first. This is a body pull, not a hands or arm pull. When you PULL, your Right Shoulder will automatically drop down and remain On-Plane during the Down stroke and Impact Interval. Your Right Shoulder will Feel Like it's Going Under and you will feel an underhand pitch motion. This includes an urge toward a Pitch Basic stroke.

You must develop a Backswing geometry that urges you to Pull with your body. Clubhead, Accumulator and Pivot LAG. If you do that, then all else become pretty easy.

To get on the right tract immediately, set up with some Axis Tilt and keep your head stationary during the Motion. Look at the Ball. Do-Not follow the club with your eyes (All of that is to allow a functional turn and not simply a torso rotation). And Lastly, you need some extensor action to pull on the left arm during the Backswing. The pulling on the way back will be followed by a pulling on the way down. You need structure. If you can't get Extensor Action right away, then slightly stretch out the left arm (I can see HK just shaking his head right now).

Get an Envelope sticker. Write the word PULL on it. Stick it to the top of your Driver.

If you want one over-all perspective to guide you through the Golfing Machine (for a Swinger) it is PULL. All motions and Actions should be viewed with the word Pull in mind. The right Elbow in a Pitch Basic Stroke is pulled, the Right Shoulder gets Pulled down by the Pivot, The Clubshaft is Pulled, the Secondary Lever Assembly is Pulled in-line (Centripetal force), Hands leading through impact because they are Pulling, etc, etc.