Hey guys! So we were originally going to post another video today on how you can use the Straight Away training aid in the downswing BUT it looked like most of you all had enough of that lol so instead here's one of my downswing favorites as a substitute. Hope you enjoy :)

@mattbecham597

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Appreciate your attention to detail without complication, excellent video.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Its nice to have a drill or video thats just really straight forward and simple ! Will defo be trying this out.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks---hope it helps ya!

Good morning Eric. What a clear picture of the move forward. Could watch it continuously to ingrain the message. Will take it to the range this morning. Hopefully ingrain it. Be good-Russ

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Russ!!

Eric, you are an outstanding golf teacher. You are spot on with this video that has helped me strike the ball more effectively. Awesome! Thank you!😂

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Brian !!

@briancooke6417

3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Great video. Simple and easy to understand. Thank you from rainy Northern England.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Hope it helps!

If I may add a comment. First off, GREAT vid as are all of your posts. In this video you said "right hip forward" on the down swing. With my swing in the past, I was left hip forward on back swing, and then right hip forward on downswing. PERFECT recipe for my dreaded early extension. This is because now both hips were closer to the ball causing me to stand more upright at impact. I now think left hip back and DEEP so that both hips do not get closer to the ball causing the early extension.

@pfarrelli

3 ай бұрын

Watching to the end of the vid I see you mention a caution against early extension at 6:50. DOH!! :-)

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

I like it!! We are on the same page :) Right hip FORWARD......but not IN. How about forward (toward target).....and back (away from ball)....I like that!

Thought for sure the guy in the yellow shirt 50 yards behind you was going to "deliver the hozel first" and take out your shins...glad you're still with us, thanks for the video!

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

You got it :)

@suncitypro1

3 ай бұрын

Man that guy was something. I couldn’t watch Eric for watching that guy. I thought I had golf swing issues until I saw that guy.

Great description of the “feel”, as well as the mechanics 👍

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Ken!!

Looks like a real good drill and something that I need. Keep those helpful hints coming!

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Thanks, same problem here. What about also keeping the trail wrist extended so you must rotate to hit the ball and keeping the arms from outracing the body?

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Yep good FEEL

Great drill, Eric, I suffer from early extension, I’m guessing I drive that trail hip forward. That last part about not letting your trail knee break the wall is huge. When I do feel like I’m turning well it’s when I feel like I’m pushing my lead cheek backwards and pulling the trail side thru.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Love that mike

I like the thought of finishing in a balanced position with my trail shoulder pointing at my target. If I can accomplish that, then I definitely rotated through the shot.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

I like it

I mean this is a spectacular lesson, truly. As a golf instructor myself, Eric is a phenomenal coach.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Brad! I appreciate the support!

This is specific to what I have been looking to correct. Malaska brought me here. This drill corrects so many other issues along the way. One thing that is helpful is knowing that most of your weight (force) should be on your forward foot (Mike) coming into the downswing. I've always felt "too late" and never been comfortable through the shot. That's difficult to let go. Is there a drill for that? Thank you.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Love it---appreciate you being here and hope this serves you well!!

Thank you Eric for another excellent video.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

You got it! Appreciate you being here with us!!

Really helpful

@CogornoGolf

2 ай бұрын

Excellent!!

Looking forward to an update on your Lab Putter experience. Hard to find proof that you will actually make more putts.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

:) Will have more this year

Great video Eric, as always, my question would be, by turning the hips in a better fashion as the video suggests, will this prevent my shots from going left? That has haunted me for seemingly a lifetime. Thanks . You rock Eric!

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks bill! Well.....if you are getting left misses from straight pulls then NO the hip rotation probably won't help that. IF you're getting your left misses from HOOKS then YES it can def help with that

excellent instruction!

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent drill- When you finish you swing, your left big toe/ instep has come off he ground. The video that you show of Tiger, the left foot stays completely flat thru the entire swing. Any comment on that.

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Hey Richard! Nope---you'll see a lot of variations of this one tour. See Scott obviously as exaggerated :) Just helps complete the rotation when ankle rolled a bit

thx, needed that fix badly

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

You got it!!

This is really hard to do consistently. I look at my finish after each shot and only do it this way about 50% of the time. Just think if you could throw my body into a machine that forces this movement? Thanks much Eric!

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Lol :) Hope this one one helps ya!

Eric, will this help a push / slice. ?.

@CogornoGolf

Ай бұрын

Hey Mick! It MIGHT.....but if you are getting a PUSH or SLICE that means likely that 1. Your club face is too open through impact AND OR 2. Your club path is too far from IN TO OUT I would address that first with videos like these: kzread.info/dash/bejne/np9su6p-nNnTqNY.html&pp=ygUeRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHdlYWsgcmlnaHQgbWlzc2Vz kzread.info/dash/bejne/mHeLm7mYnKq3pLA.html&pp=ygU1RXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vICMxIHNraWxsIGNvbnNpc3RlbnRseSBjbG9zZSB0aGUgY2x1YiBmYWU%3D kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6yrlqSccsK4irA.html&pp=ygUZRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHNob290IGluIDcwcw%3D%3D

Is it right to say rotating right hip on the way back is needed to rotate left hip after impact ?

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Lots of variables but I would say yeah it helps

@Rd-bi7vr

3 ай бұрын

@@CogornoGolf thanks Eric

Good Stuff

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Todd!

Great video. Looks like your in a beautiful area. Where is it?

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Bethlehem, PA :)

I am 81 with some periphiral neuropathy dominate in my my left leg. When I try opening my left hip I lose balance. Any Suggestions?

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Hey John! Can't say for sure without seeing your swing and what you are able to do.....find good pro to work with in person or send swings to www.cogornogolf.com we can help

All you said about the hips, knee and toe is very correct but their must be something more to it then just turn your hips more. I personally hit the ball with my right foot on the ground and then finish with a little fake finish and a small chicken wing a little bigger then Lee Westwood which tells me I didn't really open my hips all the way. I play to a 3 handicap now and use to play to a +2 about 5 years ago before covid. Have never been able to get rid of the small chicken wing after impact which I hate, but its like ingrained in me. I have never been able to get my two arms straight 6 to 12 inches after impact like you see most good player do. So their is something missing in the formula. Thanks.

Eric, I would like more videos on the StaightAway - all too easy to be negative about something, I do wonder how many doom sayers have actually bought the aid. The genius of this aid is in its simplicity and lack of complication - my swing lasts for about a few seconds, I do not have time for more than one thought . Simple visual references are easier to process. DL and yourself deserve to benifit from its promotion, there is no such thing as a "free lunch".

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Brian! Yeah some of the feedback now a days you have to just laugh at :) We will in all likelihood not post another one on it but I hear ya and I like the device as well!

What u put in is what u can take out .... lack of hip rotation in the back swing makes one needing to "push" his lips forward to make some kind of good impact = also a famous back stiffness injury developing!!!! The golf swing is a FLOWING "machine" ... so PLEASE PLEASE figure out how to add a little hip rotation in the back swing without raising the left foot (so one can learn to use the hip AND forward knee in the back swing) that's naturally gonna flow forward with ur front swing ... right hip goes perfectly forward if the weight in ur back turn is plenty ... club... arms... hip will just drop into the slot.... golf is a FLOW ;)

@CogornoGolf

3 ай бұрын

:)

If anyone has played for TEN YEARS and cannot open their hips, Golf was definitely not for them. Infact any sport that requires throwing or hitting with a bat or racket is definitely not for them ! It's the most natural movement when trying to generate speed , the only variable is how much someone can open them!

Love the guy wearing the yellow shirt in the background !!!