A big part of my teaching is getting students to swing the club more consistently up and down the swing plane. To me, it's absolutely necessary if you want to have a swing that repeats. The plane is established at address by the angle you set the club at. The club should swing up that angle until it's about hip high where the club should be parallel to the ground and target line. As the club continues to swing back it should move above the original plane but remain parallel to it throughout the rest of the backswing. The process should repeat itself on the downswing and followthrough. When the club swings up and down the plane you maximize your chance for hitting a solid and straight shot.
The pictures above help support my ideas. The top one has the club coming down the plane and into the ball. Notice how square the clubface is to the swing plane.
On the forward swing the shaft and the clubface mirror the plane before the club swings through to the finish.
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