PlaneSWING Training Aid - worth the investment?

[andrew_mac]

Really struggling with the moment after chopping and changing my swing to the point I don't know how to swing it anymore. I have a lesson tomorrow with a new pro who uses the device and depending how it goes was thinking of buying one for home.

Anyone used one or had any positive experience?

 

[Leftie]

From the adverts I've seen, £450/500 ??

That would buy a lot of lessons using your Pro's device (plus expert advice)

Each to their own ....

 

[Evesdad]

Looks like a rip off of the explanar? But yeah £500 gets you a lot of lessons!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Is this it http://www.planeswing.com/

Definitely an Explanar copy and to be if I was using it for chipping I'd be looking for a good short game teaching pro with a decent short game area and having some lessons to sort my technique and then spending hour after hour working on touch, feel and learning how to control spin and trajectory

 

[LinksTurf]

The guy who developed the planeswing is the co-developer of the explanar. He claims it is the next evolution. Haven't used either personally, but £500 does buy a lot of lessons, IF you find a good teacher.

 

[ManinBlack]

I'd have one if I could sneak it into the house & hide it from the wife. Have had a couple of goes on an Explanar and it's a revelation. I've got a shallow, too inside backswing. When I went on it the first two feet of backswing felt perfectly natural. Then it felt as if the club was moving vertically upward. If I couldn't have seen the arc I would have sworn that's what I was doing. I was at the range this morning hitting irons badly when I remembered this, tried to simulate that feeling and immediately started to hit it better. Everyone should have a go, it's especially useful for "One Plane" swingers, i.e. people who swing the arms & shoulders on the same plane. Give one a trybif you get the chance, no need to own one, just remember the feeling of a correct swingpath.

 

[Beezerk]

I'd have one if I could sneak it into the house & hide it from the wife. Have had a couple of goes on an Explanar and it's a revelation. I've got a shallow, too inside backswing. When I went on it the first two feet of backswing felt perfectly natural. Then it felt as if the club was moving vertically upward. If I couldn't have seen the arc I would have sworn that's what I was doing. I was at the range this morning hitting irons badly when I remembered this, tried to simulate that feeling and immediately started to hit it better. Everyone should have a go, it's especially useful for "One Plane" swingers, i.e. people who swing the arms & shoulders on the same plane. Give one a trybif you get the chance, no need to own one, just remember the feeling of a correct swingpath.

As a diy project, could it not be plausible to knock one together Heath Robinson style using a large metal hoop with legs? The club shaft would run against and around the hoop (no pun intended ) if you see what I mean.
Can't see why it wouldn't work, you'd still get the feeling of the swingpath as suggested by MIB.