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I am using plane training to feel the body pivot. Without the laser I have found that when I pivot my body back without the lasers I end up under the plane at the top of the swing. If I do not think pivot I end up moving the club without a sufficient pivot in the backswing. My hope is that the repetive motion willl sink into the brain.I don't expect to be perfect but closer than where I have been. I can feel a lot of what is happening with my hands and where they are going while doing the exercise.

Dave

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Originally Posted by SECGolf (Post 44713)

The thing is that focus should be on feeling lag pressure (feeling the sweet spot with PP #3). Then tracing your chosen plane line with PP#3. Doing so means a laser would be on plane. But with feeling the sweet spot you have total focus where it needs to be. A focus that you can have when ACTUALLY PLAYING. As you can't have a laser when playing. And the dowels do a have sweet spot that can be felt in the hands.

If you want to make sure your not off in your tracing I guess a laser would be OK in a limited fashion. But the bottom line is most people would start to focus on the laser and not on clubhead feel (you may be unique). Worst case scenerio, people think that if they trace enough with a laser, they will eventually always be on plane (even with a golf club). And that is just silly as there is no muscle memory - each shot is a test - the clubhead must be felt and directed each shot.

The weighted dowel??

Could one improve upon the standard dowel by increasing the mass at the sweetspot tip of the dowel.

This would increase the experience of lag pressure during the dowel but not allow the brain to be diverted by clubface issues which might lead to steering?

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Originally Posted by golfbulldog (Post 44728)

Here's what I have thought about:

Normal dowel - Must be really sensitive to sweet spot feel (good) More so than if a weight is at the end. Less weight - allows one hand pratice.

Weighted dowel - easier to feel sweet spot (could be good, too, what is said above). Also would allow for more off course feedback, in that the head woiuld have more momentum (if and when throw away occurs).

Can you get the same information by inverting a club instead of using dowels?

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Originally Posted by Scottgas2 (Post 44896)

Can you get the same information by inverting a club instead of using dowels?

Not really ,because of shaft diameter and the clubhead interference-a poor substitute IMO