You see, I'm not sure my hop is even that high, and when I do it, I generally land in the same spot. I do think it has to do with momentum VS kneebend (the lack of) and that causing you to bent over foreward more. I can see how you are off balance due to it, but its more front to back and not so side to side, and probably doesn't influence hitting your target as much as it would varience in ball speed. I think you landed a little farther right because you have (cant tell exactly) a few boards drift left, and when you set it down its more on plane with where you started your push away and first step. I walk very straight in my approach (which is bad, because I don't have great hip clearance).
I tend to release the ball with a good bit more hand at the bottom of the swing than in your video and its a much quicker release (I don't have as high backswing though), that would generate foreward momentum. I noticed in your 2nd video though, its not much but you do have more knee bend than in the first one and by nature it let your upper body be more upright and also your back leg be more connected to the floor and that would help solve the problem too (Along with being more foreward on the approach). I think the knee bend is the main problem with my game. I don't stand back on the first set of dots, I'm more in between, and about 4-8" behind the 2nd set (5 step approach) depending on how I've tried to tweak ball speed.
I have a really crappy camera, and I'm not so sure its good enough to take videos with and be decent detail, but I might find some time to try in the near future. Thanks though,
Later,
REvans284
Edited on 7/14/2008 5:01 PM
