[bts]

O.K., I'm never going to stop being a hacker unless I fix this. On video, I see that I have the classic hacker's "over the top", too steep downswing. I'm trying to fix this by "holding back" my right shoulder until I switch my weight to my front foot. Unfortunately, for some reason, this has resulted in the return of topped and fat shots that I had almost eliminated from my game. The cure is worse than the disease in that I at least had a fairly repeatable swing before; now my vertical radius is wildly erratic.

I'd appreciate drills, swing thoughts, training aids, anything that might help, the simpler the better. By the way, I'm a swinger. Thank you.

teach

Love others posts, which are great. Here is my perspective on this.

It seems that you are doing at least three things here, to HIT the BALL STRAIGHT with the CLUB, with the ball flight ("Ball Flight Intention" I call it) as your primary concern, besides moving the club ("Club Intention") and your hands ("Hands Intention"). You may have three options here, too.

If BFI works the best for you, then adjust it to "slightly to the right of the target" or "hit it slightly to the right with the club".

If BI/II (Ball Intention/Impact Intention) works the best for you, then you "hit the inside after quad. (instead of the back) of the ball with the club".

If you would like to work on CI or HI, then "trace the plane line" or others as mentioned in other posts.