Swinging left

[tightdraw]

I've noticed something in my swing that I can't explain and wonder whether anyone has the explanation that has so far eluded me.
I have significantly better control of where the low point is in my swing when I make a conscious effort to swing left post impact. Relying only on eyeballing, my downswing path when I focus on swinging left post impact (with what i think of as a CP release -- angle hinging and more body rotation), is still to the inside but much less so than it is when I do not think about swinging left. When I don't focus on swinging left post impact i hit more thin and fat shots -- which I take to mean that i have less control of low point -- and the difference is not minor. At the same time, having the thought of swinging left post impact does not lead to pulls but to pretty straight shots. I am obviously steeper with this thought but by no means over the top. i won't be able to video my swing until sometime in the next couple of weeks so I don't know whether I remain on the elbow plan coming down with this thought or whether instead my downswing plane has changed.
Any explanations for why the thought of swinging left post impact should improve control of low point; or is there no reason why this should be so beyond it working (for now) for me.
Thanks

[joec]

you are learning to swing with leverage. you are using your pivot. you are not relying on timing. i could go on and on. keep doing what you are doing, it will only get better. familiarize yourself with the 9to3 drill on golfworks.

[tightdraw]

I assume you are referring to Slicefixer's 9-3 drill, and not Chuck Quinton's :-)
I have been a low handicap golfer all my life but only during the last few trips to the range (heated fortunately) have I had such consistency in divots post impact. I had worked on ABS with John Erickson for quite a while and he emphasized a very inside path on the downswing, but a significant move left post impact. I had not attended much to the post impact move due to an injury and without it, my inside to impact path led to some inconsistent ballstriking. Just recently, however, I have gotten interested in a CP release and the idea of swinging left. I never expected that a post impact thought would have such a salutory effect on my downswing path and subsequent improvement in controlling low point. It would be very interesting if the thought of swinging left actually increased rotation and that in its absence I had something of a pivot stall.

I take it that that is what you think happens. I wouldn't be surprised, but I would be very pleased!

Thanks

[joec]

yes, i was referring to slicefixer. go to gotham golf and view dan
whittiker's videos. the setup is very key to swing in a circle.

it is easy to have a pivot stall if you sling it down the line. not so when you swing in a circle.

[youngsiwalker]

whats a CP release ?

[cloran]

"The CP Release has the upper arms 'packed into' the body past impact. It's called 'CP' which stands for centripetal force. The CF release has the upper arms off the body past impact. The CF stands for centrifugal force."

3jack.blogspot.com/2010/08/cp-release-question.html

[youngsiwalker]

cloran, thankyou dude. I thought i didnt quite have down the difference between the two, got me reaserch for tonite now