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PlaneMate 2.0 Review: I Fixed My Slice in 3 Weeks
I have fought an over-the-top move for years. The kind where your shoulders fire first, the club comes down steep, and the ball starts left and spins further left. I have tried every YouTube fix. The headcover drill. The towel under the armpit. The “drop the club in the slot” thought that makes sense in your living room and vanishes when you’re standing over a ball.
Nothing stuck. So when I kept seeing the PlaneMate pop up in every “fix your slice” thread on Reddit, I finally bought one.
What It Is
The PlaneMate 2.0 is a resistance band system. You wear a belt with a rail sewn into it. A stretchy cord clips from the rail to your club shaft. Swing the club, and the cord pulls your hands and arms into the correct positions.
It comes with three interchangeable bands: a Standard Pitch band for wedges, a Regular Flex band for full swings, and a Pro Stiff band that adds serious resistance for strength training. You also get a shaft clamp, a belt, and access to the free 7-day protocol videos from Martin Chuck, the inventor.
The current version is $149.99 on Amazon and the ProSENDR site. It used to be branded as the Tour Striker PlaneMate. Same product, new parent company. Same price. Same cult following.
The First Session
Day one of the protocol is simple. You put on the belt. You clip the band to a wedge. You hit small chips.
I looked like I was wrestling a resistance band.
The cord pulls your hands down and around your body through impact. If you come over the top, the band fights you. If you flip your wrists at the ball, the band tangles. There is no cheating. The PlaneMate gives you exactly two options: swing correctly or fail loudly.
The first thirty minutes were humbling. My chipping stroke, which I thought was fine, was actually a flippy mess. The band exposed it immediately. Every scoop. Every wrist flip. Every time I threw the clubhead at the ball instead of rotating through.
By the end of the session, I was hitting little 20-yard pitches that felt different. Crisper. The clubface was staying square through impact instead of rolling over. I took the PlaneMate off and hit a few chips without it. The feel was still there. That was the first time I understood why people rave about this thing.
The 7-Day Protocol
The protocol builds slowly. Day one is chips. Day two adds one-arm swings. Day three introduces half swings. By day seven, you are hitting full shots with the band on. You earn the right to swing harder by proving you can control the club at slower speeds. Rush it, and the band punishes you.
By day four, I was hitting three-quarter 7-irons with the Regular Flex band. The ball flight was a tight draw instead of my usual weak fade. My path had shifted from 4 degrees out-to-in to about 1 degree in-to-out. Not a massive change. But for a guy who has fought a slice for fifteen years, seeing the ball start right and curve back left felt like discovering a new sport.
The real test came on day seven. I took the PlaneMate off and hit full shots with my regular 7-iron. My hands stayed ahead of the clubhead. My path stayed inside. I didn’t have to think about it.
That is the entire pitch. The PlaneMate builds muscle memory through resistance. The band teaches your body the correct movement. When you take it off, the movement sticks.
What Worked
The PlaneMate fixed two things. The first was my transition. The band pulls your hands down into a shallower position automatically. You don’t have to think about shallowing. The band does it for you, and your body learns the feel.
The second was my release. I have always been flippy through impact. The band tangles if you flip. After a week of the band screaming at me every time I threw the clubhead, my release calmed down. My dispersion tightened. My big miss went from a 40-yard hook to a 15-yard draw.
Practical Golf’s reviewer had the same experience. He couldn’t get the shallowing pattern to stick. But the anti-flip feature improved his clubface control enough that he recommended it to three friends, all of whom had the same result.
What Did Not Work
The PlaneMate will not permanently shallow your swing. The Practical Golf reviewer drilled with it for months and still reverted to a steeper downswing once he added speed. I noticed the same thing. After a week of the protocol, my path was shallower. After two weeks without the PlaneMate, my old habits crept back in.
The golfers who get the most out of this thing use it for 10 minutes before every range session. Do the protocol once and forget about it, and you will be right back where you started.
You also cannot hit balls with the PlaneMate on. Not real ones. The band is too short for a full swing with a ball. That is by design. The PlaneMate is a movement trainer, not a ball-striking trainer. But if you are the type of golfer who needs to see ball flight to trust a training aid, this is going to frustrate you.
Who It Is For (And Who It Is Not)
The PlaneMate is for 10 to 25 handicaps who fight an over-the-top move and a two-way miss. If you have tried the YouTube drills and nothing has worked, the PlaneMate will force the fix in a way that conscious swing thoughts never will.
It is also for low handicappers who want to clean up their release and tighten their dispersion. The anti-flip training alone is worth the price.
It is not for beginners who are still building a functional swing. The PlaneMate assumes you have a swing to refine. If you are shooting 100+, spend your $150 on lessons.
Now, the comparison everyone asks about.
PlaneMate ($150) vs Orange Whip ($119). The Orange Whip is a tempo and warm-up tool. It helps you feel a smooth transition. It does not fix your path. The PlaneMate physically forces your path into a better position. Different tools for different problems.
PlaneMate ($150) vs Lag Shot 7-Iron ($129). The Lag Shot is a whippy club you can hit balls with. It exposes casting and poor sequencing. The PlaneMate is a resistance band system you cannot hit balls with. It forces shallowing and anti-flip. If you want contact feedback, buy the Lag Shot. If you want resistance training, buy the PlaneMate.
PlaneMate ($150) vs alignment stick path drills ($15). You can fix your path for $15 with two alignment sticks and a YouTube video. The PlaneMate forces the fix whether you are thinking about it or not. The alignment stick drill requires conscious execution. The PlaneMate makes the movement happen and lets your body learn it unconsciously. For $150, you are paying for the shortcut.
PlaneMate ($150) vs Tour Striker Educator ($65). The Educator trains your wrist hinge and grip. The PlaneMate trains your entire swing path and release. They complement each other. They are not alternatives.
The Verdict
The PlaneMate 2.0 is $149.99. That is about the price of two one-hour lessons, or a dozen Pro V1s and a round at a decent course. It is expensive for what it is physically: a belt, three resistance bands, and a shaft clamp. But it is cheap for what it does: it gives you the physical feel of a correct swing path in a way no YouTube video or swing thought ever will.
Buy it if you are a 10 to 25 handicap who has tried everything to fix your slice and nothing has worked. Skip it if you are a low single-digit handicap with a neutral path and a clean release. You do not need it.
The PlaneMate is not a one-and-done fix. Use it for 10 minutes before every range session and it will keep your path honest. Do the protocol once, forget about it, and you will be right back where you started inside two weeks. I know because I did exactly that.
I still fight my over-the-top move. The PlaneMate did not cure me. But I now know what a correct path feels like, and I can find that feel again in 10 swings with the band on. That is worth $150.
Just keep your expectations realistic. The PlaneMate will not transform your swing. But it will give you the feel of a correct path, and that feel is the thing most slicers have never experienced.
Where to Buy
- PlaneMate 2.0 on Amazon $149.99
- ProSENDR Golf $149.99
Prices updated July 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
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