The same old new problem - working on your swing

[amished]

Unfortunately I don't get as much time on the range as I would like to have, but I get out for casual rounds when my local muni isn't busy where I can implement swing thoughts and try out new swings in a "shot making" situation.

So through the course of this year, I've been able to work on a couple things that's gotten myself much better at key #2 while maintaining (or slightly improving) key #1.  In the past, focusing on one aspect of my swing has caused seemingly all other aspects of my swing to get worse, and so I begin the process of determining my major flaw again and then working on it.  A perfect example is that over the past month or so I've reduced my issue with key #2 to having maybe 3 shots be slightly fat per round rather than 3-5 shots have the low point be so far behind the ball you'd think I'm hitting out of a bunker, and then having 3-5 shots be slightly fat on top of that.  However, my swing path during this weight forward work changed significantly to creating a massive hook.  The ball would start relatively close to my intended start line and "Bubba Hook" if I wasn't careful.

Last night near the end of the round of league, I decided to go back to working on key 4 and was hitting shots that I would consider very successful (starting just right of my goal, and either staying straight or curving back to my goal).  So from hitting a couple 30 yard hooks early in the round to a consistent 5 yard draw is a big change and very exciting for me.  So I hope I can keep it all together and that this will be the start to another "round" of improvements and lower scores, and hopefully back to breaking 80 more consistently.  I think I'm still a ways away from ever breaking par, but my fingers are crossed...

tl; dr: Do you have a period during golf instruction and practice where one key or one aspect of your swing gets so much better but something else is affected and gets so much worse?  How do you handle that if it happens to you?

[Harpster]

I understand where you are coming from and appreciate your question.  It is my experience that when I start focusing on just one aspect of the swing I also will let others go.  What I have found to be more effective is to take a couple of practice rounds and really focus on the issue that I want to work, but do so in such a way as to make certain that I am not breaking other things.  Usually this means slow work and slow swings.  These will need to be on the range as they will not work on the course.  Then I can start to speed things up until it is playable.  I have been working on key 2 and had a period where with a good weight shift I was bringing my head forward.  This caused Shank after shank until I slowed down and went through the whole swing with the focus on then but not loosing the other keys.  Once I saw what was happening everything cleaned up and I have a more consistent swing that I am ready to take to the course.  Hope this helps.