A rare look at the from the top view of Moe Norman shows us the simple geometry of a perfect single plane swing and the way Moe simplified the golf swing. I call this the “grid”.
At address you can see the shoulder blade alignment and its relationship parallel to the target line where, as Moe Tilted the spine, the shoulders align to the target. The lead arm is above the trail arm. (line through shoulders).
The club aligns with the lead arm and is at an angle pointing to the lead shoulder. The head is positioned behind the ball.
The club face, even thought is is placed well behind the ball is square to the target line and the lead foot is slightly rotated toward the target. (clubface arrow / line)
Notice how the trial shoulder is back at address more than the front shoulder.
It is geometrically significant that the club shaft points through the lower spine (Yellow line) at address, the exact location of the golf ball position (white line from ball to mid back) noting that this club to body relationship is in tact making it easy for Moe, as he rotates and moves his body forward, to lead the hands into impact.
The club pointing to to the lead side is due to the proper spine tilt at address allowing the upper spine to be behind the lower spine.
The club shaft pointing to the mid spine and back is significant as it shows how the Single Plane swing is lead sided where the lead hip is forward throughout the entire golf swing through impact.
Moe was not “pre-turned” as many people speculate. Moe’s shoulders were actually parallel to the target. The club sits behind the ball because it is in front of chest. The club positioned behind the ball allowed the club to move immediately inside on the backswing. (conventional (typical) golfers have their shoulders open at address causing additional rotation to make a backswing). This was another major factor to how Moe simplified the backswing by eliminating movement.
When you watch Moe Swing, you notice how the club moves on an inwards path and hands move to a position in front of the trail shoulder approximately shoulder height. The Trail elbow moves to a position just behind a
round and in front of the trail hip.
As Moe transitions, you see the lower body move forward into the lead knee as his hands move down into impact where the hands are ahead of their original starting position.
Moe’s demonstrates the ideal rotation of the shoulders and hips showing how the arms move down and lead the hands into impact creating the ideal motion to through impact where Moe produced maximum speed at the ideal place and time – making him the greatest and most consistent ball-striker to ever play the game.
