hurt and back but with a new drill

I hurt my shoulder - more than likely doing yoga which was really probably a back injury coupled with a nice bout of tennis elbow.  Needless to say yet another summer where I am crippled from my favorite game.  No matter... a few weeks off plus going on vacation now I'm back at it.  New workouts and a new drill!   I've been playing well in spite of all of this - while injured I shot a 94 from the red tees at Strawberry Farms and last week shot a 97 from the white tees at Skylinks.  Not a bad showing, especially my game at Skylinks.  I did putt out of my mind so that's not a bad shout.

Back swing is looking pretty good after all my practice there and now the focus is really trying not to come outside in and instead inside out.  I really hate this bumping the hips idea... everyone always says it and I think it' a load of garbage, how are you supposed to think about bumping the hips and not f up your swing?  At any rate, it clearly must work (or not) for people so that's why you keep hearing it.  I on the other hand have the Lyda Ko drill.  If it's good enough for one of the easiest looking, most lovely swings on the LPGA then it's good enough for me.  I've been having easy success with it using my short irons but working my six iron with it has been a little tougher but I think will be well worth it.

With split hands taking the club back to a half swing still making sure to rotate the shoulders fully.  The takeaway remains unchanged - straight back with loose hands/no tension in the arms.  While the back swing remains arms free swinging, the down swing does too - first dropping the arms THEN rotating the body - the right arm is lower than the left arm while rotating though the ball.  The mental thought is to hit the ball with the "closed" toe of the club which promotes rotation though impact.  I tend to rotate my shoulders first causing an outside to in motion and keep the club face open after impact which almost always promotes ball flight to the right.  Wish me luck as I work on this for the next couple months!  The good news is today is the 15th and my handicap has come down to a 24 :)