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One of the strengths of Paul Casey’s swing is his ability to keep the club on plane. Below is a swing sequence of Casey’s swing followed by a break down of each position.

You can see in this sequence how often both the club and body parts remain on plane.

At set-up he has good posture, arms hanging from his shoulders, hands below his face. From set-up watch how Casey keeps many good angles during the take-away, especially how he keeps the club on plane and his hand swing back on the line, not out and away.

Here you can see how he’s taken the club back on plane, left shoulder, chest, club, hands, everything has moved away together to this point. His hands are still slightly inside the blue line and his left arm / club shaft are on a parallel line to the target line.

At the top look how his left arm angle closely matches the shaft angle at address, even his shoulders are almost a perfect match. This puts him in a very square and powerful position that won’t require any re-direction of the club during the downswing.

Mid-way down the club has remained on plane, left arm is again pretty parallel to the target line. His lower body is clearing making room for a powerful hit.

Impact! Club shaft almost back to the starting position, hands also back to the same spot. This means his arms and hands have not been thrown out towards the ball. Hips and lower body continue to turn through, shoulders are square to slightly open, weight is moving to the left side which is braced and allowing for efficient transfer of power to the back of the ball.

Mid-way through to the finish the club shaft and shoulders are still on plane.

Almost to the finish. Right arm is now on a parallel line to the original shaft angle at address. Also notice how his spine angle as stayed remained very similar throughout his swing to this point. No movement forward towards the ball, no movement back away from the ball and no standing up and coming out of the swing early. He does this as good as anyone.

Finally at the finish the shaft again is parrallel to original shaft angle, he’s completely released and come to a nice balanced finish over his left leg.

If you model your swing positions to these you will develop a very repeating and powerful swing. Let me know if you have any questions.