Unless you were born with a silver golf club in your mouth and the ability to make the perfect golf swing, it is pretty safe to say we all have room for improvement. The golf swing can seem relatively easy to learn, but most new players never seem to know if they are doing it the right way. Just reading on this subject can be very confusing because there are many different opinions on the subject. Of all the great golfers in history, many have said that Ben Hogan came as close as possible to having the perfect golf swing. It is probably impossible to duplicate Mr. Hogan's swing, but by constant analysis of our own swing we should be able to improve.
The swing plane is made up of swinging the golf club up backwards to shoulder level, which is called the backswing and bringing it back down to the ball is called the downswing. Doesn't seem too complicated, but what happens in between can dramatically change where the ball goes. Weather it ends up in a water trap, out in the woods somewhere, or right on the green can be caused by the smallest miscalculation.
Many experts agree that being able to control where your club is throughout the swing plane can make all the difference on how your club makes contact with the ball. If you really want to improve this process, I would suggest studying up on Ben Hogan as he was probably the best at maintaining concentration during this process. It was said that he could adjust the position of his club as needed as he was in the process of making his swing. And by doing so, he was probably the best on being able to focus and being able to hit the ball in the best place each time.
The one thing Hogan did best was to practice and practice well. Even when he was at the peak of his career he would still spend many hours practicing his swing. It was said about Hogan that he would take all day to hit a bucket of balls because he would replay each shot in his mind and make corrections before going on to the next ball.
So, if there is one thing we can learn from Ben Hogan, it is we can never practice too much. We can all take things a little slower and try to analyze our own shots a little more and try to improve each shot making the next one better than the one before.