I have a list of tendencies to fight:
- The slide. (I think this is where I became handsy as I needed to do heroic things to hit the ball.)
- Using the hands instead of letting them do their things as the body rotation brings them to the hitting zone. This tends to cause me to come over the top and not be in position when the strike occurs. So, accuracy and distance suffer.
- Keeping the shoulders working on a vertical plane and not allowing them to get parallel to the ground until the arms pull them up.
- A slow swing seems to be as powerful and better direction as a swing designed to hit the ball harder. Who would have guessed? Who would be brave enough to try it!?
I also tried some of the sand technique that Bobby Lopez illustrated in a video: A quick wrist break, place the ball in the middle of the stance and then make sure to turn through the shot. Also one wants to swipe across the ball with an open club face. The ball, of course, will fly based on the face angle, not the swing path.
The practice bunker is filled with very hard sand this time of year. But I was taking very nice shallow divots, hitting the bounce nicely into the sand, and the ball height and carry were very good.
The changes for me with this are: I used to setup the ball forward in the stance, I didn't cock the wrists much and finally, I was not turning all the way through the shot. I've been pretty good out of the sand, not withstanding, so I hope to be more accurate with this. Distance control has been my soft spot.
That's it. Hope the weather is warmer tomorrow -- come on global warming!
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