[innercityteacher]

Yo, City,

It sounds like "Practice Range Syndrome". Your components re-adjust to make the Ball go straight. I'm afraid that this isn't something you can take to the course. It sounds like you're hitting too many balls rather than practicing alignments. For example, look at the following Hip Alignments for a Standard Pivot. If it changes from day to day, then your component variations will change day to day. (look up, First Wobble)

The Illustration below diagrams pivot Hip travel/Path. A key alignment guide is the Red Line. Your Left Hip slides to the Right during the Backstroke and your Right Hip Slides Toward the Target on that Line during the Downstroke.

If your Left Hip (yellow circle) crosses the Red Line during the Backstroke, then it's difficult, if not impossible, to make the correct Hip Turn Back to the Ball for 3 reasons. (1) You will move OFF the Ball or lose Posture, (2) your Slide will be toward the Target Line, not Parallel, (3) You won't clear the Hips in either direction.

10-14-A STANDARD






10-14-B SLIDE

With this procedure, you have much less Turn in either direction.

HK was a genius! So simple and logical! Thanks!