This is a mix of personal observations amd questions so perhaps not the most focussed post- apologies in advance.
As I've started to give more time to golf over the last year and take some lessons I've noticed a fairly consistent pattern. I have a flaw identified in a lesson, the lesson proposes a fix (be that a change in understanding or specific drill etc), I practice that fix, then finally I overshoot.
An example would be -
I had at one time a very under plane in to out swing that was identified in a lesson. We did a few things to fix this and it got gradually better and perhaps 2-3 months later I had very acceptable path numbers for my level (ranged from +2 to -2 on launch monitor). I then had a spell of playing noticeably improved golf. Fast forward to 2-3 months later and my numbers had gone the other way and I began to struggle with an out to in path (which in turn have rise to compensations and changes to my impact conditions such as delivered lie angle etc).
Anyway, this pattern for me has been pretty common. Its happened with quite a few swing aspects. The over correction is usually picked up in a lesson and I can reign it back in in a few weeks often with just a slight tweak to a swing thought suggested by the pro.
Is this a common pattern in students? Is it just part of the process of getting better or can the overshoots be managed more effectively? If I take a step back and look at a longer time scale than week to week my scores are getting better. The graph would certainly be trending down if viewed over the year but it would look an incredibly noisy signal to borrow an engineering term.
Does this sound familiar to fellow handicap golfers? Is it something the instructors on here see in their students?