I've been trying to understand for YEARS why I lift my heels up in my downswing and impact and this is the reason. Thank you.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!

This was amazing! I have been struggling with early extension for the last year and just could not get a handle on it. I've watched many videos to no effect until I saw this one. I tried it and then went and played a round and was amazed at the difference! As you mentioned, I will continue working the drill and practicing, but I feel like I finally have my game back.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Love to hear that!!

Eric this is one of my favorite videos you’ve done. As a better player who struggles with a consistent toe miss from backing out at impact this is the most basic common sense tip I’ve ever seen on this topic. I can’t thank you enough!

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate those kind words TJ!

This is a fantastically visual video! Makes it really easy to understand the physical actions at play here. Thanks Eric!

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope it helps!

Eric is not only a good golf coach, he is an excellent educator. I Love the way he teaches! Teach, repeat, teach!

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that!

Can’t wait to go to the range and try this. 18 months of working on early extension.. slowly improving but I’ve never thought of the head moving up and back being the issue

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps man!

Thank you Eric, this drill really helps me understanding how the body rotation

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Michael! Hope it serves you well!

Thank you for this drill, super simple & effective, yesterday during my round I took 2 split practice swings before every shot. Made an immediate impact on my ball striking with irons & driver and gave me one simple swing feel to focus on. Thank you

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Love to hear this!

Struggling with early extension for years. This all makes perfect sense. Off to the range this week!!

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Hope it serves you well!

great tip! this is my fatal swing flaw. looking forward to trying this split grip drill

@CogornoGolf

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! hope it serves you well!

this guy is awesome! very easy to understand with details. Will try this soon. thanks!!

@CogornoGolf

11 ай бұрын

Appreciate that!

So easy and so effective. Such a simple thought. Tried this tonight at the range and then out on the course and it was great. Made so many other things fall in line as well with one thought. Funny how much easier this is to do than the butt on the wall. I always felt like I lost rotation from that thought and stalled out.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Love to hear that!!

Excellent video for EXACTLY my problem, clearly explained, simple and effective drill, with great level of detail. Great example of "feel" versus "real"

@CogornoGolf

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate it! Hope it serves you well

I like the details. Thanks for doing both!

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Pat!

This is the best early extension drill in all the land!! Thanks!

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!

Thanks for this great tip Really helpful and it works

@CogornoGolf

Ай бұрын

Our pleasure Pierre! Hope it helps!

임팍때 스파인 앵글을 유지하는 것과 왼쪽 힙이 뒤로 빠지는 것 오른쪽 힙이 앞으로 나오지 말고 타겟방향 수평으로 잘 배우고 갑니다

Great video! Thanks. Very helpful.

@CogornoGolf

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Gale!

Thanks Eric, you never fail to impress me with these simple explanations 🎉🎉🎉

@CogornoGolf

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate it Tyson!

Of all the videos I've watched of yours I never pieced together some how you were in bethlehem, PA. Might have to check out the course someday.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

:) Come on down!

Great video! Not only did I hit the thumbs up Like button but I saved it so I can watch it again and again.😍

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that Alex :)

Man I just wanna say thank you. That helped me a lot. Preciate it.

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Our pleasure, Will! Glad to hear it!!

Best video on this. I noticed for me that throughout the round, I’ll start strong then find myself early extended over time. Realized this is due to tense hips and a weak lower back, helps to stretch out and take a second at the turn

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

👊 Thanks Sean! Hope it serves you well!

great and very easy to follow video......for some reason I have developed early extension over the last couple months for the first time (after seeing videos and this one watching myself stand up early), been playing for years no clue why. This is a very easy drill to get it out of my system.

@CogornoGolf

4 ай бұрын

Hope this one serves ya well!!

Great lesson Eric. One of the biggest problems that goes undiagnosed.

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Landon! 100%

I'm a +1 but have fairly significant early extension. For the life of me I cannot fix it without dropping to like a 10 hdcp that's saved by my short game. I've tried to commit to it but I'm just so bad for so long that I eventually just go back to my early extension swing and back to low scores, despite how ugly my swing is. This is the first I've heard focusing on head and upper body vs trying to fix through lower body transition alterations. I'll be giving it a try.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Hope it helps!

Very well said. Hopefully I can apply what I’ve learned now

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Luke! Hope it serves you well!

A great video…hopefully this drill and related instruction will help eliminate my early extension.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks John! Hope it helps!

I like this explanation- thanks

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure, Dave!

Excellent work! Stay down and dirty is what I always say… without knowledge of this- the player has no hope. It must be taught early. If you’ve ever played hockey the best way I can describe it is a slapshot. I grew up in Minnesota and I’ll tell you right now the golf shot and the slap shot are so closely related.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

👊 Thank you! Appreciate ya watching!

This drill finally gave me the mental/physical picture I needed to get rid of early extension which was killing my swing…

@CogornoGolf

2 ай бұрын

Love to hear this one helped, Steve!

Great explanations and resolution to early extension. You briefly mentioned that this 'feel' is applicable to all clubs. Question: same movement for the driver?

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff! Def same feels for driver!

Great vdo indeed! May I ask if I got problem with ee for driver, should I apply this one as well, to have chest get low cover the ball? Thanks so much for sharing here.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Def same feels for driver!

@bogeyg0lf

3 ай бұрын

If I'm making improvement with this and hitting higher on the face with my driver what's the fix? Stand a bit further from the ball? Move the ball up in my stance?

Love it!

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Davey!

Excellent video. I can do this with my irons and rarely early extend. My drive is another issue. I top my driver or hit it very low about 70%on the time. What advice do you have to help. Thanks

@CogornoGolf

2 ай бұрын

Hey Bruce! Really need to be able to see your swing on video to best help you, otherwise we're guessing too much! Send swings to CogornoGolf.com and we'll build you a custom plan👍

Hell yes I want the Details! Keep pointing em out for guys like me 🙂 I didn't even know I was doing this until my game fell apart and I looked at Video of practice swings. Actually My Right Shoulder hurt because I was snapping it as well as flipping hands right at ball - gonna try this right away - I know the split grip will get me rotating, But, can I stay down...Hmmm .

@CogornoGolf

11 ай бұрын

:) Hope this one helps, Steve!

Great drill eric. How do we translate this to a driver swing?

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jerry! Same feels!

Great video Eric! I think my early extension is a compensation for casting. This would need to be sorted out primarily before implementing this video's advice?

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Hard to say without seeing your swing...early releasing your wrist angles/"casting" and early extension do often go together, but there could be several different root causes as to WHY that's happening. Always safe to start by checking you have a fairly neutral club face and club path first... Check these videos out for more details! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mHeLm7mYnKq3pLA.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZiHrcNtdLyag6Q.html

@mikemoodie

Жыл бұрын

@CogornoGolf Thanks for taking the time to reply Eric. Moving my right hand to a more neutral position is probably the key for me. Thanks.

dude bringing the whole fam to the range. All Balls

@raymanwithaplan

Ай бұрын

Lol, you're right 10:45

Hello Eric, I’m planning on coming to see you for in person lessons in August. I’m going to stay for a week I was wondering how to book it with you. Please let me know. Thank you

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hey there! All of my in-person lessons got booked up through the summer, but please send us an email with the subject line "in-person lessons" to service@cogornogolf.com and we'll email you when spots open up👊

Love the family in the back having a picnic at the range lol

Awesome video. Can this be used with 3wood and driver?

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Absolutely

@brdgolf1f814

Жыл бұрын

Ok, so I have been doing this drill for the past week. It has made a huge difference in my consistency of strike and direction. It also has had the added benefit of reducing my casting, just like you mention. This is awesome. Thank you!

thx i will test it later thats my biggest problem now

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!

The head was so helpful All the focus on hips was screwing me up thank you so much great video

@CogornoGolf

5 ай бұрын

You got it---hope it helps!

Hi Eric, would early extension cause thinning? I rarely if ever fat the ball.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

100% can

Can you do a vid with detail on early extending and stop weight goes in to the toes when I’m doing your drill. So I’m going down but keep shifting weight into toes😅

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hey Billy! I'd simply start by applying the concepts in this video but feeling your pressure work into your lead heel (instead of toes) as you swing through the ball. Start short and slow and build your way up! Only go as fast as you can perform the movement correctly👍

TY

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Eric - can I send you a Christmas card, a puppy, a crisp $20 bill, something? I have been an early extender for quite a while now (I actually lower my head during the backswing, creating way too much shoulder tilt, then early extend back up on the downswing), and it has resulted in MASSIVE toe strikes. I'm talking off the grooves. I must confess that I couldn't "feel" this drill all that well, but the idea of focusing on the head and feeling it stationary on the takeaway and then dropping in and down on the downswing completely changed my swing/life. I bought a pool noodle, attached it over an alignment stick at an angle, and took a bunch of swings where my head stays level with the noodle and then drops below - BAM. Nuking it dead center, no early extension.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

:) LOVE to hear this! Keep up the awesome work, Tony!

Quick question: why do the shortened split-grip practice swing rather than just set up to the ball normally, re-grip at the clubhead end of the grip, and make a swing-hit the ball from the normal stance? Will this encourage you to move toward the ball and clear your body rather than EE?

@CogornoGolf

5 ай бұрын

Hey! Yeah honestly you can do that....either way should work....so long as you have to get down to the ball it should work to produce the same feel we want

Another great tips Eric. Excellent educator and communicator of the game of golf.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that Al!

Would you setup with more sidebend? Or does this happen in the downswing?

@CogornoGolf

Ай бұрын

Hey Troy! Should happen in downswing. Dont want too much side bend at setup....3-5* of side bend with 8 iron good place to start at setup

Been a plus handicap golfer for 10 years and always struggled with early extension. Do you think this drill can work with a 3wood/driver?

@CogornoGolf

Ай бұрын

Yes, all clubs! Hope this one helps!

This man is goated for instruction.

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Appreciate your support!!

@tr1ckster726

10 ай бұрын

@@CogornoGolf I'm bout to hit the range and try out this drill, can't wait.

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Hope it helps!!

This is something I find really easy to do with an iron as my weight transfers forward, but really struggle with a driver as I'm trying to stay behind the ball and keep my weight more centred at impact. Please help :)

@CogornoGolf

3 күн бұрын

Haha would love to....send videos to www.cogornogolf.com so we can fix for ya!!

Hi Eric, Just curious you've taught lots of golfers, would you say the main reason for early extension is people who lack flexibility? Speaking for myself I'm 60 and out of shape and it hurts like hell for me to maintain my spine angle in the DS, which causes me to come out of posture to take the pressure of my lower back, so two part question, are most early extenders out of shape like me(in your experience) and what solutions other than get fit do you suggest for them? Thanks in advance.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Hey! I would say thats PART of it yes....being able to move your body well......but it's MORE caused by bad pieces earlier -poor setup -Shaft too steep in DS -Face too open in DS I would pair pieces that work with more EE.....THOSE depend on the player I would need to see their swing to say specifics

@Dreama40

3 ай бұрын

@@CogornoGolf Makes sense, thanks for responding. Ps...Your chipping videos got me down to single figures! Thanks mate

Genius

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope it helps your game!

I feel that early extension and losing the wrist angle (flipping the club) go hands in hand. If you feel like your head/chest goes down toward the ball as you said, the flip has to go away as well. You need to hold the wrist angle longer or you will hit the ground well behind the ball.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

100%! It would certainly encourage you to improve your arm and wrist structure coming through the ball exactly as you said👍

When I try to get lower while hitting a ball, I’m getting a lot of heel strikes. Any advice to stop this?

@CogornoGolf

10 ай бұрын

Hey! No good advice without seeing your swing unfortunately.....too many variables could be causing it. But some things to look for.... 1. Make sure trail arm is bent enough and trail wrist is bent back enough (if you get closer to ground something needs to shorten) 2. Make sure hand path works in (left) enough with body rotation If that doesn't sort it send swings to www.cogornogolf.com so we can fix Here how trail arm bent/wrist goes with body being lower: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6h7tMhsdra_Y5c.html&pp=ygUkRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHN0YXkgZG93biBib2R5IGFuZCBhcm1z

A year to cement a change. *If* you work the drill every day. Great. At least there's only six or eight *other* changes to work on. 🙂

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

:)

This is my current issue, early extension. I’m hitting the ball so far out on the toe it’s in the chrome. Leading to very weak and short shots.

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hope this one helps, Jason!

@jasongraham5648

Жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf I hope something works. I went from shooting between 78-82 driving the ball 229 to shooting 95-98 driving the ball 160 yards in 12 months. If something doesn’t change I’ll have to stop playing golf. It’s not fun hitting every shot on the chrome of the club and sometimes almost missing all together

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Come see me in person or online www.cogornogolf.com....need to identify the real root issue and then we can fix for ya

@jasongraham5648

Жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf I’d love to come see you, but I live in Wisconsin.

When I attempt to do this, or fix any other early extension, I just end up smashing the club into the ground. So I just end up really not trying to fix the extension since I can’t even make contact

@CogornoGolf

11 ай бұрын

Hey Mack...of course I would need to see your swing on video to say WHY that's happening and how to fix Generally when I hear this its either 1. You are not actually doing the body motions correctly 2. You are not matching the arms/wrists to the new body motions If your trail shoulder and chest are more down (closer to the ground) now with new motions then you need to shorten something else (right arm more bend and right wrist more bent through impact) These should help that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpag18VpiabdnKg.html&pp=ygUzRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIGVhcmx5IGV4dGVuc2lvbiBtYXRjaGluZyBhcm1zIGFuZCBib2R5 kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6h7tMhsdra_Y5c.html

@bulldogsforeva

11 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha I would pay to see that

But what about count yogi?

Bethlehem PA?

@CogornoGolf

29 күн бұрын

Yessir!

@bertpainter8385

20 күн бұрын

@@CogornoGolf This must be some new idiot thing for the comment section. Been seeing this all over when it's perfectly said. You're being too kind.

I've tried to fix early extension for years trying many different "this will definitely fix it" recipes. Nope. No luck with any of them, perhaps it's destined to stay.

@CogornoGolf

7 ай бұрын

I'll pray for ya :)

@MrSurfinglife111

7 ай бұрын

@@CogornoGolf Thank you, Christmas is a good time for that:) I love Eric's videos and have learned a ton from them....except how to fix my unfixable early extension... Happy New Year!

@daniellasko6398

5 ай бұрын

Same here man. I’ve tried pretty much everything and my body always goes back to it. Hard to break a 29 year habit I guess.

@Tywithay

5 ай бұрын

I've struggled with it for years and recently had an epiphany, though it's a small sample. I saw a Larry Cheung video that talked about trying to sit on your heels during the backswing. That single thought helped me stay down and brought my typical toe strike closer to center. I plan to add this split grip drill to my next range session to further ingrain the feels.

I cannot wait to try this…keeping my butt back never works

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps ya John!

I like this drill Eric, one question: Which club would you recommend for this drill? And that is something I would also ask maybe for you to mention whenever you give specific drills using an actual club. Please reference what club you have in your hand and that you feel is best for the drill. Thanks!

@Iamwrongbut

Жыл бұрын

This works for every club.

@Iamwrongbut

Жыл бұрын

But also at 3:55 he says 8-iron lol

@simmo5071

Жыл бұрын

The club is not important it’s the technique he’s demonstrating.

@BrianH020

Жыл бұрын

​@@Iamwrongbut thanks, I must have been doing something else right at that second I totally missed it

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

Hey Brian! I like something like an 8 iron for drills!

If someone moves their weight to the toes to get forward, that could be disaster. The forward must come from flexion

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

100%!

@underpartoday

7 ай бұрын

Eric… can you do this same drill with your driver as well?

Just send the ball home

@Iamwrongbut

Жыл бұрын

Easy as that. Just hit the ball straight

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

:)

@Michael-vw8ku

Жыл бұрын

It's from Happy Gilmore everyone can just calm down

Ok, now that my head is not lifting, I'm hitting 2 feet behind the ball.

@CogornoGolf

11 ай бұрын

Hey Nick! Of course I would need to see your swing on video to say WHY that's happening and how to fix Generally when I hear this its either 1. You are not actually doing the body motions correctly 2. You are not matching the arms/wrists to the new body motions If your trail shoulder and chest are more down (closer to the ground) now with new motions then you need to shorten something else (right arm more bend and right wrist more bent through impact) These should help that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpag18VpiabdnKg.html&pp=ygUzRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIGVhcmx5IGV4dGVuc2lvbiBtYXRjaGluZyBhcm1zIGFuZCBib2R5 kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6h7tMhsdra_Y5c.html

Question.. So the head lower during the downswing/impact FORCES you have a forward press with the hands because there's no room left to flip the club??

@CogornoGolf

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say it's forced/will happen automatically, but yes, it certainly encourages great arm and wrist structure through the ball (keeping the trail arm and trail wrist bent)👍