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Step 1
Swing a club and realize that it moves in a circle. That means that at any moment, the face of the club is changing its position relative to the direction you want to hit the ball.
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Step 2
Hold a club face at right angles to the target line of a shot. This is the position you want at the moment of impact. This is the "square position" for a club face.
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Step 3
Look at the face of a clock. If your arms could move like the hands of a clock you could hit every shot correctly because both arms would be attached at one point, and the club would simply rotate around a center (like the original "Iron Byron"). You would also look a bit strange and have to buy specially made shirts.
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Step 4
Take your golf stance with a driver. Take just a one-quarter swing, concentrating on simply returning the club face to where it started.
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Step 5
Take a half swing, doing the same thing. Move up the length of your backswing until your shots stop being straight. That is the point at which you are taking the driver "off plane," that is, off the plane of the clock face.
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Step 6
Examine what you are doing at that point in your swing to change its plane. In all likelihood, you are moving your arms upright while you continue to turn your shoulders in a flatter plane.
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Step 7
Hit full effort tee shots only taking the club back to a point where you hit straight shots, one quarter, one third, one half--however full it was. Gradually move to a slightly fuller swing, working on the transition, but concentrating on returning the club to its on-plane, "square" position.
