1. How to use the shapes
1.1 Down the Line
1.1.1 Swing plane
Step 1.
Start with a line drawn along the shaft at setup. It is easier to draw the line parrellel to the shaft and move it in place.
Step 2.
Use the frame advance button until your arm is parrellel with the ground. Draw another line along the shaft. The more vertical the second line, the more upright your swing. The closer to the first line the flatter your backswing.
Step 3.
Use the frame advance button again until you are half way through your downswing. If the shaft is between the two lines drawn then you are "on plane".
1.1.2 Hand position at impact
Step 1.
Draw a vertical line outside the hand position at set up.
Step 2.
Use the frame advance button until impact, your hand position at impact should be the same as it was at setup.
1.1.3 Spine angle
Step 1.
Draw a line through the middle of your back at setup.
Step 2.
Use the frame advance button until you are at the top of your backswing, the line should still be through the middle of your back.
Step 3.
Use the frame advance button again to impact position, again the line should be through the middle of your back.
1.2 Face On
1.2.1 Head and leg positions
Step 1.
Draw a rectange with the left and right sides touching your knees, and the top touching your head when you are at setup.
Step 2.
Use the frame advance button until you are at the top of your backswing, your knees should not have swayed and will have turned within the box, and your head should not have dipped.
Step 3.
Use the frame advance button again until the finish. Your left side (for a right hander) should have moved outside the box.
2. How to use the app
2.1 Home Screen
2.1.1 Main Buttons
Play: Opens the video list.
Record: Opens the camera to record video.
Import: Opens the photos app so you can import previously recorded videos.
Purchase: Opens the list of pro videos available for purchase.
2.1.2 Title Bar Buttons
Info: Opens the info page of the app (a direct link to review the app is here).
2.1.3 Botton Buttons
iGolfApps: Opens a web browser at the iGolfApps home page. Here you can see all of our other golfing apps, and view SwingPlaneWeb, with SwingPlane videos uploaded by other users.
Twitter: Follow @iGolfApps on twitter, with regular app updates and more.
Facebook: Like iGolfApps page on facebook, with regular app updates and more.
2.2 Video List Screen
2.2.1 Main Buttons
Upload: Options to upload/move the the video to another folder, twitter, facebook, email or another device running SwingPlane. You can also upload to SwingPlaneWeb, our website where the video can be viewd and commented on by other users, or sent to a PGA pro for a swing review.
Remane/Trim: Options to rename the video or open the trimming function.
2.2.2 Bottom Bar Buttons
Delete: Option to delete videos.
Side by Side: Press this button then select two videos (can be in any folder), once the second video is selected side by side comparision will open.
Upload multiple: Options to upload multiple videos to another device running SwingPlane.
Download: Enters receive mode to get video(s) from another device running SwingPlane. NB: This requires both devices to be connected to the same local (i.e. not cloud hotspot) WIFI that has the bonjour service enabled. Personal hotspot is fine and will work (requires iPad2 or above or iPhone 4 or above).
Create Folder: Create a new folder to organise videos.
2.3 Record Screen
2.3.1 How to capture a swing
Set the device up so that the golfer is bewteen the outer reference lines for a down the line swing, and between the inner lines for a face on swing. Press the record button.
2.4 Import Video Screen
2.4.1 How to import a video
Videos need to be in your photos app to be imported into SwingPlane. You can import videos to your photos app that have not been recorded on your iPhone/iPad with the this process:
- Copy your videos to a folder on your computer
- Add this folder to iPhoto
- Open iTunes and go to sync/photos tab
- Check the "include videos" checkbox
