With a buried lie you must use your sand wedge as a digger to get below the bottom of the ball so square the clubface to dig into the sand and create a more downward swing arc
With a Spiky Ball under your armpit stretch your neck to the opposite shoulder, loosening the neck while firing the shoulder muscles
Reverse pivot means that your pivot is going in the reverse direction that you want it to, when you turn back to the right your weight should follow you and the same applies to the through swing, this is usally the result of a poorly balanced set up