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Thinned strikes are mostly the result of too much weight on your trail leg. You then try to save the shot with your hands and in the process catch too much ball and too little, if any, sand.

Too long a backswing can throw off your balance, so try taking the club back just beyond waist-height, this also promotes an acceleration through the ball.

We can’t say definitively what your bunker fix is but after a trip to the beach we’ll find it soon enough.