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Spine Angle - Plane

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There are many terms for this adjustment including: Axis Tilt, Spine Angle, Sideways tilt or Hip bump
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This may be the most non-intuitive position but it is useful to properly position the torso and hips. Properly positioned, these will assist in proper movement in the downswing. It sets the plane.
If this is new to you. Try gripping the club with the left hand only while the club is grounded in front of you. Now as you extend your right hand to grip the club. Angle your spine a bit. This is a hip shift! Not a torso movement - moving the torso will cause a weight shift to the right side - don’t do that! (Another thought is to bump your left hip a bit to the left. Note: this method can have side-effects.) Grab a club, hold it like a neck tie, shift hips until club face touches your left leg.
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If this is new to you. Try gripping the club with the left hand only while the club is grounded in front of you. Now as you extend your right hand to grip the club. Angle your spine a bit. This is a hip shift! Not a torso movement - moving the torso will cause a weight shift to the right side - don’t do that! (Another thought is to bump your left hip a bit to the left. Note: this method can have side-effects.) Grab a club, hold it like a neck tie, shift hips until club face touches your left leg.
It prevents the dreaded reverse pivot. As you get more serious and stack more principles to improve your swing it really becomes crucial in bridling everything in the swing. It is not recommended to keep the axis-tilt during the follow through.
Spine angle can help with so many things:
Keeping head behind the ball.
Delaying the shoulder turn.
Keeping your C.
Helping with a proper shoulder (90 degrees) and hip turn (45 degrees) on the backswing.
Keeping your upper body quiet and reactive to the lower body and core movements.
Shaft lean or hands in front of the ball. I will admit that this is a bit of mystery to me but it does seem to help.
Flattens plane
Shallows golf path
Don’t over do it! It hurts!
Secondary axis tilt happens by sitting into left side. No other action is needed. Don’t over do it.
Left side shift should be to hip joint neutral. No more.
Two way miss comes from the plane being too shallow
Too much inside to out.
Hip spinners fire hips too fast and club gets stuck behind
Too much access tilt
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