GOLF: How To Stop Hitting Fat Shots
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The first thing I typically do with someone who hits fat shots is I place an object behind the ball. In this video, I've got a towel that I rolled up about three times. It's maybe two inches high off the ground and I put it about a grip and a half, maybe a grip and two golf balls behind the ball. No perfect science here. I didn't measure that relative to like angle of attack. It's just about a ballpark of what I would normally use. If I make a swing where my angle of attack is steep enough and my low point is forward enough, I will miss the towel and It should prevent the fat shot.
What we're doing here is just trying to gather feels. When you take your normal setup and that towel is there, you might run right into the towel right away. In the takeaway you might feel like, during your downswing that really feels like it's coming steeper into the ball. Whatever you feel, that's fine. There is no perfect feel here.
There are three different reasons people hit fat shots.
The first reason has to do with the weight or pressure in the feet. During my setup, backswing or downswing, at any point, if I have more weight to my right or more pressure in my right foot, the odds of me hitting a shot increase.
Where the pressure is in your feet, throughout your swing dictates where the club is going to hit the ground. If from the top, I’m at 50/50, but I stay too far back on my right side too long, the odds of me hitting behind the ball increase.
Reason number two, for hitting behind the ball has to do with rotation. Where my chest or sternum points relative to the ground, is a big influencer of where my club head is. If you can get your sternum pointed forward of the golf ball with your irons, it helps move your low point. If I’m hitting fat shots, I want to feel that I'm trying to get my shirt buttons or chest forward of the golf ball and rotated in front of the golf ball.
The third reason for hitting fat shots has to do with the arms and hands. You can potentially eliminate hitting fat shots by adding left wrist bow, having your right wrist bent back at and point and by keeping your right arm bent.
Use the options in this video as a checklist. You are not supposed to do ALL of the stuff I recommend in this video to stop hitting fat shots. You should try to figure out why you hit the ball fat and then work your way backwards from there.
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A very good checklist to go through. I was taught to have 70% of my weight in my right foot in my backswing, so that was what caused me problems. Also had problem with rotation which your videos on shoulder tilt helped me fix. Besides hitting fat shots, I also sliced and shot right of the target a lot. What helped me was focusing much more on externally rotating my right shoulder in stead of supinating my wrists (which I did way too much of) in the back swing to get my club more vertically straight at the top - it was brought to my attention after watching your video: "GOLF: How To Make The Perfect Backswing - Right Arm". Thanks for all your tips and tricks, Eric.
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Love it! Thanks for the message!
I'm going through all these videos and doing like you said and instantly my swing looks and feels better. Eric you are underrated sir.
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Love to hear that!
I come back to this video all the time because its so good....so many good tips and checkpoints, thanks again for the great videos man!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure my friend!
Enjoyed the video. Well done! Your video quality at 1080p HD is much better now. Color and resolution great. Thanks!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it..thanks to my partner, Mary!
Solid video Eric....lots of good checklist to go through, thanks for this!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
No problemo my friend
This video brought my score down from the 90's to the 80s......just keeping my elbow tucked made all the difference on all shots! Amazing!
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Love to hear that, Chuck!
Great tuition as always Eric. KISS principle (keep it simple stupid) works every time. Keep it coming. If I was a little closer to Bethlehem golf club I would come over for some tuition but the video will have to do for now as I am in St Ives, UK!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'll be here :)
Just recently started having this problem. Thank you for the checklist to work through to fix the problem.
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Kirk! Hope it helps!
This is fantastic stuff. Your explanations are so clear😎
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, James!! Appreciate the support!
Definitely an issue of mine. Great video and great tips.
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it!
Excellent very clear & helpful video .Thank you.
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Alan!
I come back to this video every season. Keeps me in check when I stop rotating and start hitting the ball fat.
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
:)
Cool checklist, and speaking on feels. Something to use as a tool to refer to.
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
Dope! Great breakdown...
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks dude!
Thanks Eric. You presented 3 good check points to eliminate fat shots. Stay safe and healthy.
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure, Frank! Appreciate it!
Can't wait to try these steps, need to hit more solid. Great video.
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Hope it helps!
Great drill and video. Thanks
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
Thanks for the video definitely try the drill's
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Hope it helps!
Good Explanation...I ll implement it
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Hope it helps!
Awesome, now I know where to check & why, and how to solve!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Love it!
Great video. Definately need yo check my chest and wrist conditions as I do sometimes fat the ball
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
THANK YOU. Great tutorial. Well explained in "normal" vocabulary. E
@CogornoGolf
3 ай бұрын
Thanks Edward! Hope it helps!
your videos cover everything- Wowow!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
:)
Good video & good advice. Had the "fats" two years ago: it was awful. They eventually went away, but if they ever come back, I've now got three ways to get rid of them. That's a big deal: appreciate the plain talking, sound advice, Eric.
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
MY pleasure, Chester! Thanks for the kind words and for being with us here!
#3 is my issue, you're the only instructor I've seen that includes hinging and possibly shortening the right arm as a "cure". But I believe there is another dimension to this (not being contentious, you are the expert, but a PGA instructor at a clinic I took once told me this), and that is the speed of rotation, or swing speed. When I bend my trail wrist back I try not to "lock" it; i.e. I try to keep it somewhat loose so the club head can "release". Unfortunately, I don't generate much rotational speed so the wrists actually unhinge early, causing the club head to strike the ground behind the ball. The faster I swing, the less time the wrists have to unhinge, so the low point actually gets in front of the ball. In other words, "time" is a dimension in #3; the less of it you give the wrists to unhinge the more likely it is your low point will be where your sternum is pointing. At least that's what the instructor told me. Regardless, thanks for the video; it's certainly not the "same thing you see everywhere else on YT".
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, Norman! Appreciate you being here!
Flawless vid.
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
The second Messiah to come from Bethlehem !! Cool eh? Love you Eric,the Saviour of the golf swing !!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe that will be part of our new marketing campaign :)
Eric, What ever happened the old saw “low and slow” on the takeaway?
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Thomas! That can work so long as you hit the checkpoints. kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6Oul8yvota6faQ.html (very detailed) kzread.info/dash/bejne/dp1nxKWTn8iqiZc.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/moCqstiSgZvagaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y3ZhlbGud7fJo7A.html
I've been using one ball position for years(clubhead inside left heel). Could that be a cause? Played 3 rounds this weekend in Myrtle Beach and the fat shot is the bain of my golf game. Nothing worse than 20 foot fat shot after great drive!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Could be! I would have to see your swing to give you specific advice...
Eric. Good vids, just wondering with the arms, do you lock them out as they hang or do you slight twist so the elbows are turned out a bit if that makes sense
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Not sure what you mean...can you ask differently?
@dafyddgould9485
5 жыл бұрын
Eric Cogorno Golf it’s hard to explain when u have straight arms when addressing the ball do u lock the arms and slightly twist the elbow out a bit
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Arms not locked at setup....nope
Had perfect baby draws. Started to slice the ball after the winter break. I saw the video on using the right shoulder/elbow. On having the right under arm pointing towards the sky. Now I've reached the point hitting fat shots. What is the next thing? Love golf.
@CogornoGolf
2 жыл бұрын
Sign up for free trial so you can send me your swings that way I can see what you are doing and really help www.cogornogolf.com/fathersday
Good vid, thanks. Over the years I have been told I don't turn very well through the ball but I have also been told my shoulder turn needs to be steeper. What I don't understand is how I can get my chest more open at impact at the same time as having a steep shoulder turn?
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
You can open and at the same time add "right side bend" to add shoulder tilt. Rotation and side bend go together so that should be no issue. Ofcourse I would have to see you swing to give you specific advice.
@johncreet1254
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe its just me but I find this quite difficult. I am doing a 3D bio-mechanical analysis of my swing in a couple of weeks time. That might highlight some physical limitations or I might come away thinking I just need to practice it more.
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Let me know the results! Interested to hear
@johncreet1254
5 жыл бұрын
Yep, I am very interested too not having done anything like this before. I took up golf at an older age and have an arthritic complaint that has always made me wonder to what extent my swing is limited by sub normal (whatever that means) flexibility. It might turn out that this is just an excuse for my inability to progress. Actually, this is all about one's aspirations in the game. There are plenty of people I play golf with who are perfectly happy to carry on as they are. In my case, I want to see how good I can get and would probably give up and go back to tennis if I didn't think I could improve significantly.
@johncreet1254
5 жыл бұрын
@@CogornoGolf I had my analysis done this weekend. Turned out to be possibly the most valuable sporting related session I've ever done. Even though I've always felt I had limited thoracic mobility, it turns out that rotation is not my problem. What is a problem is positioning (of the pelvis) through the swing. This is important for me because it is apparently putting a lot of stress on my right hip and the right side of my back. If I want to keep playing golf, I have no option but to fix it - otherwise I could end up with some more serious health problems. It has also helped me to understand why I find it so hard to do the right side bend you mention to create the steeper shoulder turn! I think this kind of analysis is a great thing for golfers to do; I wish I had known about it earlier.
I simply move the ball back in my stance if i'm hitting duff jizzones. Seems to help. Other than that, solid video
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
You can do that too :)
This guy is a good teacher.
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Shane!
Super job, Eric! You're Assistant can reply to this one😉
@CogornoGolf
2 жыл бұрын
Haha thank you, I got ya covered this time :)
If I keep my left arm from bending in BS, this prevent straightening it in DS -gets better distance for me, cleaner hits.
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
I really like the first 2. Can getting to quick during the downswing cause fat shots? I’ve playing 52 years and only recently started hitting fat shots. My irons were the best part of my game. Really struggling now. Thank you.
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Hope you get it sorted, James! It could.
@BigDaddy19461946
3 жыл бұрын
Eric Cogorno Golf I’m not sure what you mean, Eric. Thank you.
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Hey James! You asked if getting quick during the downswing can cause fat shots? -It could. As for you struggling... -I hope you get it sorted out and improve!
If you bow the left wrist or hinge the right wrist early in the swing, does this not cause other problems? I was always taught to try and keeps the hands passive on the backswing?
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Gordon! What other problems would it create? Of course what an individual needs to feel is all RELATIVE to where they currently are. I have other videos with give checkpoints for everything...the goal is to feel whatever you need to feel to hit the check point
@gordonwilson8028
5 жыл бұрын
@@CogornoGolf thanks so much for writing back. I'm not sure of the problems it would create but almost every instructional video I've seen has stressed the importance of "quiet hands" and all of the takeaway/backswing feeling coming from the upper body?
Eric could you say that height plays a big factor? Im only 5'5, and I hit a lot of shots fat and I sometimes wonder if its because my irons are much longer for me than it is for someone who is average height.
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
100%....definitely would get a fitting!
Good.
@CogornoGolf
2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it!
What do I need to do to get a look at my swing ?
@CogornoGolf
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Tyler! Join www.cogornogolf.com !
I hit wedges nice on mats but I chunk it fat on actual turf. They just come out so dead don't go anywhere.
@CogornoGolf
3 ай бұрын
Send swings to www.cogornogolf.com we can fix that for you In the meantime try some of these: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iauhwZiRm7HRcrg.html&pp=ygUmRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIGZhdCBzaG90cyBoaXQgYmVoaW5kIGJhbGw%3D
Love feels. Would much rather have feels than a mechanical approach. Thanks so much!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed! My pleasure my friend
Fat shots definitely show up every so often. When things aren't going well they can even show up with my driver & fairway woods. Very frustrating. Do you think that comes from hanging back on my right side? Anything you can help with would be appreciated!!
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Hey! Unfortunately there could just be too many possible reasons why. I would need to see your swing to say for sure. Check out www.cogornogolf.com so you can send in your swings! Likely too much weight/mass to the right away from the target at some point in swing.
If no!? FIX THAT!!!! Lmao bro you crack me up!!!
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
:)
How about head.moving to far forward ? Does that cause fat shots?
@CogornoGolf
2 жыл бұрын
It can cause a bunch of contact issues....head moving too far forward player usually goes too far UP along with it the what make the player release the club early to lengthen the radius of the swing (get the club to the ball) Fix for that here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpanqtp8Y8Wvp5c.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/opatvNKihNG0nLw.html
@Rd-bi7vr
2 жыл бұрын
@@CogornoGolf you are a Savant!
mentor...
I am trying to cancel my membership to your paid site which I joined recently. How do I go about it? I don't see anything on the site to help me accomplish this!?
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Hey John, I will send this message over to the guys and have them contact you about canceling. I hope you had a chance to join the facebook group, the live Q+A and everything else. Lots of guys posting swings that I am giving specific feedback on. If you have a few moments and don't mind helping me out...could you possibly send me an email to ecogorno@yahoo.com with your reason for canceling? What could be better on the site to fit what you're looking for? Want to make it as good as we can. Thanks!
I hit fat mostly on down slopes on fine fairways...I am ok from rough and first or second cuts...
@CogornoGolf
3 жыл бұрын
Hey! Yeah thats common. The ground is higher behind the ball than normal with downhill lie I would put ball more back in stance....lean body more forward..weight more forward, etc
I I have enjoyed watching your videos but the one thing I can't figure out is how come we don't are you don't slow down and super slow-mo your one shot of two shots per video to show that you're what you're trying to explain like in your why you hitting the ball fat thank you
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe we will start adding those in! thanks for the feedback!
What exactly is a fat shot? Tip for next video: state what exactly the term means that you are using. I golf by myself a lot and Im unfamiliar with certain terms.
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Gotcha... Fat shot----Club hits the ground behind the ball
When I first got into golf 2 years ago, I watched all of these online coaches talk about bowing your wrist in the backswing, downswing or whenever and it only made things worse. Most instructors I watch online seem to teach you to manipulate the swing so much and it shouldn’t be like that. The thing that finally helped me have an effortless swing was when I finally realized that you should be releasing the club to the target and not the golf ball. I never hear coaches talk about this. Releasing at the golf ball...this is a big reason for fat shots, thin shots, very little power, and many other things.You’re throwing away all that stored, effortless power when that should come after the ball, not at the ball. When you imagine you are throwing your club to the target and not at the ground, everything else in the swing typically should happen naturally. Same concept with any sport that involves throwing. Why aren’t coaching teaching this? Trying to bow your wrists through such a fast swing never helped me, only stressed my body more.
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Jonathan, Thanks for the message. I agree with you and talk about that concept often in person during lessons, not sure whether we have done a video on it or not but its something that definitely gets talked about! I don't agree that focusing on bowing the wrist is wrong or wont work or anything along those lines because Ive seen it work hundreds of times...myself included. Perhaps it didn't work for you and thats perfectly fine.
@phenomejon2
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply. Sorry if my reply came out a bit negative. You are right, some things work for people that may not work for others. I have recently been following your videos and they have definitely been beneficial to me so thanks for posting!
@CogornoGolf
5 жыл бұрын
All good man, we are on the same page!