Ben Hogan's plate glass swing plane analogy,

[delc]

In one of his books, Ben Hogan has a drawing of himself with his head sticking out of a hole in a sheet of plate glass, aligned to the correct swing plane. I thought about this during my round this morning and immediately started hitting better shots. I know that my swing plane tends to be too flat, so maybe this thought is a cure for this? Anybody tried any similar swing thoughts or analogies?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

In one of his books, Ben Hogan has a drawing of himself with his head sticking out of a hole in a sheet of plate glass, aligned to the correct swing plane. I thought about this during my round this morning and immediately started hitting better shots. I know that my swing plane tends to be too flat, so maybe this thought is a cure for this? Anybody tried any similar swing thoughts or analogies?

I learned my golf from that book and have a very clear picture in my mind of the very illustration. Problem I have is that my backswing plane dropped terribly, and so when I try and do what my pro tells me to correct it because I think I was doing what Hogan shows, I feel like I'm smashing through that glass plane. It feels very odd, but I keep telling myself that what I am doing now is what Hogan's illustration depicts.

 

[Foxholer]

I learned my golf from that book and have a very clear picture in my mind of the very illustration. Problem I have is that my backswing plane dropped terribly, and so when I try and do what my pro tells me to correct it because I think I was doing what Hogan shows, I feel like I'm smashing through that glass plane. It feels very odd, but I keep telling myself that what I am doing now is what Hogan's illustration depicts.

10 minutes on an Explanar would imbed the 'correct' feeling!

Edit: I too know that picture very well! Bears no resemblance to my swing though!

 

[Sweep]

I guess it just teaches you to keep your spine angle the same throughout the swing? The image is from "Five Lessons" which is generally regarded as one of the best golf teaching books of all time. It is certainly a good book, but I am not as big a fan as most seem to be. I read it all as gospel and it's far from that. Some stuff like "an average golfer who applies himself intelligently should come close to breaking 80 or actually break 80" within 6 months is absolute tosh, otherwise anyone who ever read the book would be off single figures.

 

[chrisd]

My coach is very much a Hogan style teacher and we did the pane of glass feel early on. Not sure I try it now but im very happy with my swing plane anyway

 

[delc]

What the analogy did for me was to make me start my backswing a bit more steeply. I know that one of my faults is starting my backswing too much inside, which then makes my swing too flat.