It should be coached, but I am sure it gets glossed over as it's probably considered too techincal. For me the clubs are the tools I use on the course. Understanding how they work should enable me to use them to the best of my limited ability.
Come Autumn/Winter the sand at our course gets wet and hard. In those conditions you cannot play a typical splash shot, but I see even good players (single figure) hacking away, and after blading the ball for the 3rd time, picking up and stomping out of the bunker moaning about "No sand.......impossible etc etc...). If they were on a bare piece of damp earth they wouldn't consider the splash for a second. They would hit down on it with a slightly closed face, similar to a plugged lie shot.
Amazing what bunkers do to players minds.
