A Golfer’s New Best Friend: Tour Striker PlaneMate Review

Being a teaching and former playing professional, I’ve seen nearly every training aid and, sadly, it’s become very rare to find that one training aid that can reach all levels of players, from beginner all the way though to a playing or tour professional.

With that said, I think that I finally found that training aid that checks off all the boxes!! Enter the Tour Striker PlaneMate!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yep, that’s Rory using a PlaneMate

It’s come as no surprise that Tour Striker has made another gem when it comes to training aids. Indeed, Tour Striker has made some great stuff, like the Tour Striker Iron, Tour Striker Wedge and the Smart Ball, but the PlaneMate is, arguably, the best of the lot.

So, what actually is the PlaneMate?

1. The Plane Mate Belt – Reversible for Right and Left-Handed Golfers, the Plane Mate Belt simply velcros around your waist with the PlaneMate rail facing your trail side.

2. Three Adjustable Waist Bands – The PlaneMate comes with 3 interchangeable resistance bands to give you the right level of resistance for different swing training.

• Standard Green Pitch-Motion Band — This is the “starter” band that help develop your takeaway and follow through with moderate resistance designed for less than full swings;
• Standard Green Full Swing Band — The next level is the moderate resistance band that’s designed for full swings. The drills with the Green Full Swing Band will help build muscle and muscle memory faster to help develop a long, smooth backswing that shallows as it comes into impact; and
• Pro Red Full Swing Band — This could be nicknamed the “Tour” Band. The Red provides intense resistance and is intended for avid and professional golfers who want to take their training to next level of resistance and development.

3. The Club Connector – A small piece that attaches to your driver, iron, or wedge shaft and connects the club to the resistance band and then to the PlaneMate rail.

4. Online Training – After registering your PlaneMate, you’ll be provided access to the Advanced PlaneMate Protocol and PlaneMate Protocol Series.

I’ve been able to work with the PlaneMate on several occasions to work on my chipping, pitching, and full swing and, simply put, it works. After attaching the appropriate resistance band to the club and PlaneMate rail, you’ll immediately notice the tension that helps gets your hand and entire body in the right position throughout the swing.

Here is a first hand review of Mike’s experience working with one of the inventors, Martin Chuck:

Can the Tour Striker PlaneMate Fix Mike?

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As recommended, I started off with the green Pitch-Motion Band. After hitting only 20 wedge shots, I was really impressed at how I could feel the resistance pulling on the club to keep it on plane. And if you try to go off plane, the PlaneMate will provide immediate feedback by, depending on where in the swing, either pulling you back or releasing all tension to indicate any improper movement.

When I switched to the green Full Swing Band, which I was able to use with my irons, hybrid, fairway wood and driver, it became immediately noticeably that you can NOT swing over the top. The green band will immediately pull you right back on plane. Additionally, if you go too far under plane, the band will dump all tension and let you know that you’re out of position.

Furthermore , regardless of which band you’re using the PlaneMate helps promote another source of swing consistency and power: rotation. Many amateurs often rotate too little, which robs their swing of impact proficiency and speed. But with the PlaneMate, golfers will be pulled when the band hits the end of the PlaneMate rail and forced to rotate throughout the entire swing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Tour Striker PlaneMate provides the feeling of a professional takeaway and transition. It accomplishes this by having the sense of resisting the tension band at the start of the backswing, which will train your body to take the club back properly even when the band isn’t attached.

Indeed, once you completed the drills and removed the band, you can still feel like the band is attached and guiding you through the swing. As a result, repeated use will help
reinforce muscle memory, from the top of the backswing until follow through, and create that perfect inside-out swing path and shallow angle of attack through impact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Being a PGA Golf Instructor, you get to see a wide range of players from all skill levels, and when you narrow it down to what causes most swing ailments it boils down to this one acronym that I want you to remember: P-G-A.

Fortunately, PGA won’t be hard to remember, but for you it now stands for POSTURE, GRIP and ALIGNMENT. Sadly, however, PGA represents the 3 most commonly flawed parts of amateur golf swings. With Tour Striker’s PlaneMate, you can focus on, arguably, the hardest change to make to PGA—Plane.

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