[BerntR]

grantc79,

Your OTT tendency could simply be a consequence, not a cause. If you've been used to starting the back swing with turning the pivot and now start with the arms only, you may have changed the relationship between the arms swing and the pivot swing in a way that requires an adjustment coming down.

I've had my fair mix of ott and push slices lately. The ott has been a compensation, while the push slice has beeen the compensation free stroke. Yesterday I managed to adjust the timing of the arms swing by pointing my nose further back in the stance at address and keep it there. It gave the arms more time to square the club face before impact and I hit it long and straight, with a healthy draw.

As long as you have just a little tendency towards dual horizontal hinge in there, the club face will close sooner or later. It probably squares up later in your case. If you turn your head a few inches away from the target (as Jack Nicklaus used to do) you can enable more club face squaring prior to impact. And you will not need to go OTT to put the ball in play.