I'll elaborate a little. I'm quite new to the game and I'm still learning. For whatever reason (probably because I was always getting told to get forward) I developed a style of taking quite a large stride forward and across my stumps. My cover drive was quite strong but anything toward middle/leg had me playing round my front pad often unsuccessfully and I didn't have the pull shot in my artillery, also and I saw VVS Laxman mention this recently in the zone. In doing what I was doing if the ball was straight I'd instinctively clear my front leg but that left a corridor between bat and pad and therefore you are prone to getting bowled. To counter act this and because I wanted to 'get in line' and add the pull shot to my game I started getting back and across. It improved my straight drive, on drive I wasn't getting bowled as often and started to play the pull (rarely and cautiously)
Unfortunately as everything else improved my cover drive deteriorated, now good lines had me fishing outside off stump. my cover drive has deteriorated and kincking/chopping on has become a feature.
I tried standing still and backing myself but feel this negates the things I have learned a little and I'm going back to the start.