Im tall like you, 6'3" and used to hit sky high. I once when demoing a 9 iron hit it over top of the net ..........problem was it was in the middle of a golf store. I had people running for cover back in the shoe section!! No exaggeration here sadly.
Anyways my deal was, (I think currently, tomorrow might be different) that I had a slide, with little turning, a pivot stall, that promoted a flip and a pull or worse if you know what I mean, yes a ducking hook if my clubhead path got going to the outside. To compensate for the flip I would Steer, a manipulation of the Hands to prevent the face from turning to the left , which approached Vertical Hinging (lay back with no closing). Steering also introduced me to its frequent companion Left WRist Bending. I dont know what the deal is with those two, lets just say they are really good buddies!
I picked the ball off pretty clean back then, hardly a divot at all, the shots werent penetrating more floaty, my driver was plenty long but my irons were shorter than my buddies. A symphony of compensations that scared the heck out of the shoe shoppers back when I was young.
Now, I try to get left via a Slide but once there I Turn and also try to Roll the left wrist as if Horizontal Hinging. Despite the fact Im Hitting and really probably Angled most days. "Angled with a chance of Horizontal" is a weather report I prefer to "Angled with a chance of Vertical". As long as I am executing a Hinge Action and not an overswivel, Im not going left, given a good ball placement.
Its not the arrow, thats for sure, its the physics of impact. Its the left wrist doing its job as de facto clubface. Staying perpendicular to one of the Three Basic Planes. And so I must look, LOOK , LOOK at my Left Wrist to make sure it is doing so. And play with the associated feel to reproduce it. A feel that changes from day to day for me.
But I can now, so many years later, hit the inside of the net with a 9 iron!! No problemo.
PS I think Homer would like your idea about looking for something in Startdown. He might even suggest you look for something before that, at Top. See 12-3-0 pt 22. Top is where you prepare to ROLL on a preselected Delivery Line. "DELIVERY LINE ROLL PREP" . Homer putting special emphasis on the Roll!
From my experience, I dont think a golfer can just say "ok lets have some more shaft lean next time and a flat left wrist too". One ounce of Steering and those good intentions are paving the proverbial road to golf hell again. So break Steering's code, the false logic of the reason for the Steering and the Zone 1 problem that may promotes it by way of compensation or whatever. As if fixing your Zone 3 problem and your impact conditions will most likely reveal the Zone 1 problem that promotes/necessitates the Steering in the first place. Although in a hierarchical sense we are supposed to address Zone 1 problems first.
Maybe you are chasing the wrong thing? The Angle of Attack by itself anyways is not the likely culprit. Even though you may be steep, especially if you are OTT. Its a system after all, your components are. Decode it to change it. Probably gonna need work in all three Zones. Everyone does after all. From Tiger on down.
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