Can't seem to find a groove in my swing

[twinke masta]

I can't seem to find a groove in my swing. Sometimes I'll swing perfect and through the ball, the ball flight is straight, my head comes up with my shoulder and everything is good. The problem is I can be doing the same thing 3-4 times then on the 5th time I just cut the top of the ball, or dig too deep into the grass/mat whatever I am swinging on. I can't seem to keep a consistent stroke the whole time. I been to lessons and while the instructor is with me he corrects alot of things but when I leave the lesson I just seem to occasionally hit consistently. I have had my irons adjusted with the proper lie, grip size and length (+ 1/2 in) for my arm length etc. I am kind of lost as what to do. I feel like I am ball watching too much, without even the club hitting the ball I am already looking forward to see where it goes. I know you aren't supposed to ball watch but you don't want to keep your head down all the time either, you don't get the lift follow through. Any help to fix this problem would be great thanks.

Edit: I also feel like my grip is an issue, I have seen people grip the club with their left thumb in line with the words down the grip, or 12 o clock. My instructor told me to grip it around 1 o clock and this kind of twists my hand over. Is this the right thing to do?

[senorchipotle]

I can't seem to find a groove in my swing. Sometimes I'll swing perfect and through the ball, the ball flight is straight, my head comes up with my shoulder and everything is good. The problem is I can be doing the same thing 3-4 times then on the 5th time I just cut the top of the ball, or dig too deep into the grass/mat whatever I am swinging on. I can't seem to keep a consistent stroke the whole time. I been to lessons and while the instructor is with me he corrects alot of things but when I leave the lesson I just seem to occasionally hit consistently. I have had my irons adjusted with the proper lie, grip size and length (+ 1/2 in) for my arm length etc. I am kind of lost as what to do. I feel like I am ball watching too much, without even the club hitting the ball I am already looking forward to see where it goes. I know you aren't supposed to ball watch but you don't want to keep your head down all the time either, you don't get the lift follow through. Any help to fix this problem would be great thanks.

here's a drill. get your pitching wedge, and swing it back and forth evenly back and forth, brushing the ground at the bottom of your swing, making sure it's square as you brush the ground. do this about twenty times then hit about three balls. after you've done it with each club, you should have a feel where the bottom of your swing is and place the ball accordingly. it is at that point you should release your club. the club should stay behind your hands until you reach this point, and when you release it should feel like you're going to fling the club down the fairway. this way you'll know if your grip is too tight or loose. if you're hooking it's too tight, if you're slicing it's too loose. as far as grip goes, i keep my left thumb straight and my right thumb at about 10:30, but that's neither here nor there. don't get too hung up on what your thumbs are doing.

[twinke masta]

here's a drill. get your pitching wedge, and swing it back and forth evenly back and forth, brushing the ground at the bottom of your swing, making sure it's square as you brush the ground. do this about twenty times then hit about three balls. after you've done it with each club, you should have a feel where the bottom of your swing is and place the ball accordingly. it is at that point you should release your club. the club should stay behind your hands until you reach this point, and when you release it should feel like you're going to fling the club down the fairway. this way you'll know if your grip is too tight or loose. if you're hooking it's too tight, if you're slicing it's too loose.

Thanks. I was hitting earlier today and I realized I been hitting the top of the ball alot lately, and rarely i dig under the ball. What do you think this problem could be contributed to.

[twinke masta]

I tried putting the ball a little closer to me and dropping my arms a little more so its vertical with the ground and i got some great results, took about 20 hits and only 4-5 of them were thined. I feel like with the ball closer and the club closer to my body I get the club into the mat more and thus digging into the ball before hitting the ball

[opie]

Here's the video. I like this explanation about weight shift. If makes a lot of sense