Well if you fix your reverse pivot you won't have so many bad second shots. see the problem is you are not only moving side to side but up and down.. you prob take a big divot or top the ball a lot oh and prob have a nice slice when you swing your hips forward to get extra power...
if you take the reverse piviot out... it is a much more simple swing.. which leaves less you can screw up...
golf is all about being simple... for a while i wouldn't even take more of a backswing than parallel to the ground because i'd screw things up too much...
the thing most people screw up is the backswing... they swing back way too fast and try to really crank it back so they can get more power... if you set it up right you don't need to crank it back to get more power...