PlaneMate Review: $120 Anti-Flip Fix for Slicers

I have been fighting an over-the-top move for eight years. Eight years of instructors telling me to “drop it into the slot,” eight years of watching my ball start left and banana right, eight years of alignment stick drills that worked for ten swings and vanished the moment I added speed.

So when I first heard about the PlaneMate. A resistance band belt that literally pulls your hands into a shallower position. I was skeptical and desperate in equal measure. That is the exact emotional cocktail that sells a lot of $120 training aids. The question is whether it actually works.

What It Is

The PlaneMate is now sold under the ProSENDR brand. It was previously called the Tour Striker PlaneMate. Same product, different parent company, new 2025 design with upgraded bands and belt. It costs $119.99 on Amazon as of July 2026, a 20% discount from the typical price of $149.99.

In the box: a velcro belt with a rail running along the side, a shaft clamp that slides onto your club, and three interchangeable resistance bands. The short band is for wedges and chipping. The medium band is for full swings with irons and woods. The stiff band is for strength training at home. Every purchase includes free access to a 7-day video protocol taught by Top 100 instructors Sean Foley and David Woods.

The product was invented by Martin Chuck, the instructor behind Tour Striker. Tour pros who have used it include Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Charles Howell, and Russell Henley.

The pitch is straightforward: clip the band from the belt rail to your shaft, make a swing, and the tension pulls your hands down and behind you instead of over the top. If you flip your wrists or throw the club down the target line, the band tangles and you feel like an idiot. If you rotate properly, the band slides smoothly and you feel what a real shallowing move is supposed to feel like.

You cannot hit real golf balls with the PlaneMate on. That matters. This is a movement trainer, not a ball-striking trainer. You are learning a feel, not seeing a ball flight.

The 7-Day Protocol

The protocol walks you through a progression: day one is chips and small pitches with the short band. Day two adds one-arm swings. By day four or five you are hitting half swings with the medium band. Full swings come at the end.

Reddit users hammer this point: follow the protocol. Do not skip ahead. Every user who tried to jump straight to full swings regretted it. The chips and pitches are where the anti-flip training actually lives. That is the section that teaches your hands to stay quiet through impact.

Does It Actually Shallow Your Swing?

Practical Golf tested the PlaneMate for nine months — and their answer is not what the marketing says. The reviewer, a left-handed golfer with 117 mph driver speed, followed the protocol exactly and kept practicing with the device for hours afterward. His verdict after nine months: he could not get the shallowing pattern to stick. As soon as he added speed without the device, he reverted to his steep downswing. He gave up on shallowing entirely.

But he did not give up on the PlaneMate. Because while the shallowing faded, something else stuck: the anti-flip effect. The resistance band tangles when you throw your hands at the ball. After enough reps, his flippy release got muted and mellowed. His ball striking became more consistent through every club in the bag. He recommended it to three friends. All steep, all flippy. And all three had the same result. Shallowing did not stick. Clubface control improved across the board.

That pattern holds across dozens of user reports. Reddit is overwhelmingly positive. One user wrote: “I’m shocked at how well it works. I ran through some of their basic protocols over about an hour and it made a huge difference.” Another: “This thing is damn near foolproof and really gives good feedback. I was on the fence a while about the price, but it’s well worth it.” GolfWRX users call it “a phenomenal training aid” for steep swings.

The caveats from long-term users: some report tennis elbow flare-ups from the resistance band tension, especially if they overdo the protocol. One GolfWRX user who successfully neutralized his path noted the elbow issue and backed off. Another pointed out that the price has crept up over the years. Pre-orders were $80, now the typical price is $150. At $120 on sale, the value proposition is better.

What the PlaneMate Actually Fixes

It gives you the feel of a shallow downswing. For a lot of mid-handicappers who have never physically experienced what “shallow” means, one hour with the PlaneMate shows you. Reddit is full of golfers who saw draws for the first time after their first session.

It does not permanently change your swing path for most people. The feel fades when you take the device off and add speed. That is not a PlaneMate problem. It is a swing-change problem. No training aid permanently rewires a movement you have grooved for decades in a week. It gives you the sensation. You have to do the work of making it stick over months.

It absolutely improves clubface control and release. The anti-flip mechanism is the PlaneMate’s real superpower. Even if your path never shallows a single degree, quieting your hands through impact reduces your two-way miss. For a 15-handicap fighting a slice, that alone is worth $120.

Who This Is For

Buy it if you are a 10 to 25 handicap with an over-the-top move and a two-way miss. If your swing thought is “keep my hands quiet” and it never actually works, the PlaneMate’s anti-flip training is exactly what you need.

Buy it if you are a low handicapper who wants to clean up release and add consistency. The anti-flip benefit works at any level.

Skip it if you are a beginner shooting 100+. The PlaneMate plugs into a functional swing. If you do not have a consistent path yet, you are adding complexity instead of removing it. Get your fundamentals right first: grip, stance, basic alignment. Then come back.

Skip it if your path is already neutral and your release is clean. The PlaneMate does not create speed or fix tempo. It is a path and release tool. If those are not your problems, you will get nothing from it.

The Verdict

The PlaneMate is $119.99 right now, less than two one-hour lessons in most markets. It will not give you Sergio Garcia’s shallow move or Ben Hogan’s exit left. What it will give you is a physical feel for shallowing that most mid-handicappers have never experienced, plus a built-in anti-flip mechanism that forces you to stop throwing your hands at the ball.

Follow the 7-day protocol. Do not skip the chipping section. That is where the anti-flip training actually lives. Do not try to bomb full 7-irons on day one. And when you take the PlaneMate off, expect the shallowing sensation to fade until you have put in real work over weeks and months.

The clubface control, though? That stuck for a nine-month reviewer who had given up on shallowing entirely. His three friends stuck with it too. I have not seen that consistency in a training aid review before.

If you fight a slice and you have never felt what “shallow” means, buy it. That one-hour revelation alone is worth the price. Just go in knowing the real benefit is not a permanent path change. It is learning to stop flipping your hands at impact. For a 15-handicap, that is the better outcome anyway.

Where to Buy

• ProSENDR PlaneMate $119.99 at Amazon

Prices updated July 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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