[GooseofIron]

I would agree that I my body quits and I sort of 'throw' the hands at the ball. This winter, I have actually been trying to hit the ball with my zipper facing the target. I've always had a lot of lateral motion and not a lot of rotary.

I've had the same problem as well. I used to play mini-tours back about 10 years ago and was a low as a +1.7 handicap, but I would essentially time the flip and get by with my good putting and chipping. I've improved by leaps and bounds using the connection and right thumb and index finger off the grip drill (neither drill is new, but I've never seen them both combined). There's talk of feeling like you're "blasting the left arm off the chest" on the downswing which you have to be connected to do and can't "blast" that left arm unless you pivot. I think part of it is not only do we quit with the body, we also get too fast and anxious to use our ARMS and hands to hit the ball. I just keep telling myself things like:

- get the zipper to the target (or over the left knee)
- "blast" the left arm off the chest
- Hit it with your pivot, not your arms and hands.

There's other different feels as well. Trevino felt like he was "breaking his knees down" on the downswing which gave him that pivot. Hogan felt like he was just purely rotating the hips from the beginning of the downswing.

There also may be some flexibility issues, particularly in the hips, hamstrings and calfs which make it harder to pivot.