GOLF: Left Shoulder Goes DOWN! | Steepen The Backswing So You Can Shallow The Downswing

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@nickmastrogiannis5561 Күн бұрын

I am a JT disciple. I am on a short vacation across the street from a golf course. I practiced this for the first time and got good results. Can’t wait to keep going with this. Miss you JT

@CogornoGolf 12 сағат бұрын

Love to hear it Nick! JT one of the best!!

@jakeallen476 2 жыл бұрын

saguto is somewhere very happy watching this.

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

@ptnpharmd 2 жыл бұрын

Lol 👍👍

@greghill5183 11 ай бұрын

Eric: I've been playing golf for over 60 years, taken 100's of lessons, but never heard the swing explained this clearly! I'm 6'10", 72yo and always struggled with too flat of a backswing and my head bobbing up and down. Left shoulder down is the key! Thanks so much! Greg

@CogornoGolf 11 ай бұрын

👊So glad this one was helpful, Greg! Our pleasure!

@cornbin74 Жыл бұрын

This is a spectacular video. Proponents of the stack and tilt really promote that left side bend. But it works in a conventional swing just as well. Very very important!

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Gregg! :)

@David-tg8ku Жыл бұрын

I've played poor golf for so long and this is the best lesson I've seen on You Tube. I think this could be my eureka moment!

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps my friend!

@pjpcadet 2 жыл бұрын

Monsieur Eric, I often watch your friends vids ( Malaska, Saguto and so on), but I can say that all the good ingredients of a delicious recipe ( as a frenchman it counts…), are mixed in yours!! This vid is one of the best of yours therefore one of the very best on YT. There are all the main principles which lead to a real good impact and consistency. I unfortunately tried to have lessons from you online but I can’t technically join your academy… I’m gonna try again. Thanks for this good job!!

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words and support Pascal!

@jvitali60 2 жыл бұрын

another one of your amazing ah ha light bulb moments....this will help me and friends! the simplicity of the explanation is perfect. mahalo jim

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim!

@craigtorosian4877 Ай бұрын

Amazing video. 3:00 and 8:35...pure gold. Thank you Eric!

@CogornoGolf Ай бұрын

Thanks Craig!

@truthlifefishing1730 Ай бұрын

I realised I was turning flat far too late and I mean the next day, so I type in flat turn golf swing and I am flying with disappointment through channel after channel for minutes and then I remember. ERIC COGORNO.

@CogornoGolf Ай бұрын

Lol appreciate ya being here with us :)

@padysrini9955 Ай бұрын

Never used or thought about left side bend. Know about the right side bend. Backswing was always about getting left shoulder to ball. Feels different when you try left side bend. Skip stone left hand to feel left side bend

@CogornoGolf Ай бұрын

Yep!!

@walterlohman4207 7 ай бұрын

You really are the best online instructor out there. Thanks!

@CogornoGolf 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Walter!!

@brooklynzfinest 6 ай бұрын

Between this, the missing link video, the hanger tool, and videoing my swings, I'm going to make a lot of money off my friends and club this summer. Eric's the Goat of this online coaching thing. Never even sent in a vid of my swing and he has helped improve my handicap every year. Down to a 12 and this year making the bid for single digits. The breakthrough is now.

@CogornoGolf 6 ай бұрын

Lets go! Love to hear that----I'll be rooting for you! Appreciate the support

@johnfeilmeier8465 6 ай бұрын

steep to shallow is the great tip ever! I’ve had it wrong for years!

@CogornoGolf 6 ай бұрын

Hope this one helps, John!

@sirtogii5216 2 жыл бұрын

Been working on this since forever. Thanks for adding another visual

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!

@johnherman3261 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric. Best lessons on you tube!

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate ya John!

@caseyfit Жыл бұрын

Just in time. It's funny how you have "ah-ha" moments in golf and your like, man, why didn't I learn this sooner 😀. My spine angle in backswing has been killing me. Much better now.

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Casey!

@starks1974 Жыл бұрын

Oh WOW!!!! I was doing the head dropping down on my turn which my instructor noticed but never said to steepen the swing. When I look back at my session video I can see I was bringing the club in too low.

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

@gordonsteen5560 10 ай бұрын

Hey Eric thats one of the best explained videos youve done and i can definitely apply that to help my problem with my irons. Thanks

@CogornoGolf 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Gordon! Hope it serves you well!

@nickmastrogiannis5561 7 күн бұрын

Great video

@CogornoGolf 7 күн бұрын

Thanks Nick!

@BlackjackCZ 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks.

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gh50hill1 7 ай бұрын

Great explanation and makes a lot of sense. Thanks

@CogornoGolf 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hope it helps!

@Rd-bi7vr 4 ай бұрын

It would be interesting to see a video merging knee flex and this series .

@CogornoGolf 4 ай бұрын

Try this one I think we did that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMtoqbWp26nViYE.html&pp=ygUcRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHRpbHRzIGJhY2tzd2luZw%3D%3D kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g69pi8mgqajWYGQ.html&pp=ygUcRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHRpbHRzIGJhY2tzd2luZw%3D%3D

@ronsmith4569 2 жыл бұрын

Great info dudes!!

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ron!

@Ron28 10 ай бұрын

Great drill! It may well be exactly what I've been looking for. For me the second part of the drill is key. It allows you to turn behind the ball. I've tried tilting or bending while keeping my left shoulder over the ball and all of my weight or pressure on the front foot. Creates enormous stress on the back. In the video you can see that Eric has turned behind the ball while staying centered. When I do this I feel like 60% of my weight is on the backfoot. So far I've only tried this in practice but the swing feels really good. I consistently follow through with a full balanced finish.

@CogornoGolf 10 ай бұрын

👊 Thanks Ron! Hope this one helps your game!

@nickbaker1189 4 ай бұрын

Great job! 👏🏼 💪🏼💪🏼

@CogornoGolf 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Nick!

@justenoslund Ай бұрын

Hey Eric, love the video and excited to get working on this. Question for you - when I’ve worked on my left shoulder down in the backswing, I can’t seem to get any weight on my right side. Feels like all my weight is on my front foot. Very stack and tilty. Any thoughts on how to focus on this while still getting my weight transferred to my right side in the backswing?

@CogornoGolf Ай бұрын

Hey Justen! Yes.....make sure your upper body isn't moving forward toward the target. use video.....draw a circle around your head from face on....left shoulder goes down to the point where head stays in the circle. If head working down or toward target youre overdoing that/weight too forward Feel what you need to feel to keep head in your circle....thats what you need to FEEL. You may feel upper body more away from target when you do it.....

@michaelclark8368 2 жыл бұрын

Epiphany on the range yesterday! Never seen anyone mention “look down at the ball”. Head placement/angle was keeping me from the correct side bend and tilt. My head was upright but eyes looking down at the ball so my swing plane although feeling correct was not. I only say this to help if any amateurs out there were missing this very small piece of info.

@vernonbagay964 2 жыл бұрын

can you explain further

@michaelclark8368 2 жыл бұрын

My eyes were looking more down at the ball rather than my head. Keeping my chin up in the backswing kept me up too tall in the backswing.

@nicholasdemetriades9154 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Too much of a gap between chin and left shoulder at the top is generally bad. Also less speed because you won't be using the ground as effectively

@michaelclark8368 Жыл бұрын

Here I am a year later just learning this again haha

@jammuu 2 жыл бұрын

I’m definitely missing that left side bend in the backswing! Great video!

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!

@bd7849 10 ай бұрын

Hi Eric, I played three over (current at 20 hcp) on the back nine today trying to overdo it like you mentioned. I think that is the key for my (individually) golfswing because it makes a natural golf swing automatic. Great Explanation, thank you

@CogornoGolf 10 ай бұрын

👊Thank you!

@timphillips6440 11 ай бұрын

Excellent instruction, I had developed a very flat swing that caused me to continue to hook my driver and longer clubs. I've tried everything possible to get rid of the hook but all was in vain. This helped tremendously.

@CogornoGolf 11 ай бұрын

Glad to hear this is helping Tim! If you run into any issues send swings to www.cogornogolf.com and we can fix!

@ST-xg3gy 2 жыл бұрын

Your friend reminds me of Max Homa. Nice guy. Great tips!

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Both great guys!

@davidjackson7051 2 жыл бұрын

Basically what where doing is training certain muscle groups to memory where eventually it becomes automatic no thought involved just swing triggers to get the golf swing in motion but of course pre setup to the shot and effect your trying to accomplish

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@gordonsteen5266 10 ай бұрын

Eric is this the same for the driver swing, should the shoulder go down for that too. Just a different set up so as to hit up on the ball?

@CogornoGolf 10 ай бұрын

Yes thats correct. the left shoulder always goes down But you are looking to replace the forward bend at setup with the side bend in backswing The shorter the club the more bent over you are at setup so the more left shoulder down to maintain than inclination to the ground The longer the club (driver) the less forward bend you have at setup (standing taller) so less tilt required to maintain than inclination in backswing So it always goes down But less and less as clubs get longer

@EagleJim62 2 жыл бұрын

I fixed this issue in my swing earlier this year, for the most part. I appreciate the additional explanation on why this is necessary though. Hopefully I can make this stick. It really is a game changer.

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

@alecrosekrans Жыл бұрын

I think you've steepened the backswing less than you think. It's more that you're correctly using the internal rotation of the lead shoulder to provide the shallow elements (if you didn't the club would never work behind you) , while the pivot controls the steepening elements. It's not the shoulder that's actually doing the steepening. Yes it's moving down in space, but that's from side bend. There are some options of course for what the lead shoulder actually does vis-a-vis abduction and adduction, but it always lifts the lead arm to some extent, and unless you wanna be like Matt Wolff and do a crazy amount of shallowing in transition it also internally rotates, thus shallowing the shaft. Throughout the golf swing I think it's a good thought to think, body controls steep, shoulders and arms control shallow.

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the feedback!

@gregcochennet385 2 жыл бұрын

I need to work on this real bad. Have a very hard time getting my right shoulder down

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

I have faith in ya Greg

@ChildoftheMostHigh1 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Eric, I've been through alot of videos with various instructors and you are by far the best one to learn from. I watched the video on stack and tilt while straightening the back leg with Tom Saguto and it worked well for me. My contact is alot more consistent however I hit my shots to the left. I think it maybe due to my downswing. Any thoughts on this? Keep up the good work!

@staffan144 2 жыл бұрын

That's really difficult to answer without seeing your swing. Hogan (whom inspired Tom Saguto and many others, Eric c too) did use a weak grip though. If your grip is to strong, the balls would go to the left, using Hogan's method correctly otherwise. But of course, it could be other things too. Whatever it is, I am sure it can be corrected! Kind regards, S

@ZiPolishHammer 2 жыл бұрын

If you have a strong grip and aren't delofting the club (by having your hands ahead of the clubface at impact) you're functionally closing the clubface. The stronger the grip the more lag you need at impact.

@wilhelmnordlander395 2 жыл бұрын

Probably releasing the club before hitting the ball.

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and support! Yeah I would need to see your swing on video for sure to say whats going on there....could be several things

@lawman78727 Жыл бұрын

This has been the missing link to my golf swing. I've been plagued by pulling the left. The "natural" feel of right shoulder replaces the left shoulder doesn't cut it for me. Backswing with good left side bend gets you going back low, get a full turn, then a lowering move of right forearm combined with right side bend, beautiful down the middle shots. Thank you.

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure, John! Thanks for watching!

@ForeverCello 2 жыл бұрын

Does this apply to driver, as well ?

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Yes just not as much You replace the amount of forward bend at setup with side bend in backswing So Driver you stand the tallest....the least bent over at setup....so requires less tilt to maintain inclination to ground Opposite with short iron would need most

@Golf-ib4wg 2 жыл бұрын

Eric. As a golf instructor, please tell us one thing in golf instruction that you have been dead wrong about before realizing it later. Thanks

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Many things :)

@Golf-ib4wg 2 жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf give us a example of one that sticks out to you

@atorres0381 Жыл бұрын

This is very good stuff Eric! I'm currently working on this move. Reminds me of S&T. Is it ok to "feel" like I'm coming over the top in the downswing so that my trail shoulder leads coming down and the club shallows out? I think when I force to get shallow I early extend because I get a lot of fats and thins.

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Thanks AJ! I would recommend the feels and drills in the following videos: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZ-Hm8dyrN3aZpc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ja18ncSS0r-reas.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f65ghM53u8u6qnU.html

@patrickmccahill6773 2 жыл бұрын

Tremendous content!! I am a little confused how this works with the driver? If my driver set up is to have my sternum tilt back away form the ball... how does the side bend work?

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Hey Patrick....read through some of the other comments asking about driver I explain

@patrickmccahill6773 Жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf All good. Tks

@maartenvandongen1945 Жыл бұрын

Top video. Does this also apply to the driver swing?

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Yep! but since you are standing taller at setup the L shoulder won't go AS FAR DOWN Tilt shoulders 90* to spine line....more tilt the shorter the club

@jamiemccabe6690 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't have enough side bend could that lead to excessive forearm rotation and the club face fanning open early in the backswing?

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

100%

@nicholasdemetriades9154 Жыл бұрын

Bingo! And you miss left right fat and thin and occasionally time one perfectly!

@billmasterson4981 Жыл бұрын

Is this swing the same with the Driver ?

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Yes, just not as much tilt You replace the amount of forward bend at setup with side bend in backswing So Driver you stand the tallest....the least bent over at setup....so requires less tilt to maintain inclination to ground Opposite with short iron would need the most tilt

@pigslefats 2 жыл бұрын

So why set up with RSB at address (beyond the effect of hand positions on grip) when you want LSB going up to the top? Added benefit of LSB at address is it helps prevent a too inside take away/too flat. Should RSB ONLY be the result of how hands are arranged on the grip?. Also, even though the feel is as demonstrated-sliding left hand down, it is extremely difficult to get that degree of LSB when both hands are on the club.

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Bc if you dont your shoulders will be too open at setup (this generally leads to a lack of turn in backswing, lack of hand path depth)

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Try setting setting up with your trail shoulder higher than lead......where do your shoulders align?

@pigslefats 2 жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf They might align the opposite to where trail shoulder is lower than lead.

@kenpaveley1572 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, fellahs 👍 Does this apply to driver, as well ? Cheers boys, Ken

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

@kenpaveley1572 2 жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf Ok, cheers Eric 👍

@mikeblassie4238 11 ай бұрын

Same with driver swing?

@CogornoGolf 11 ай бұрын

Hey Mike! Yes, just not as much tilt You replace the amount of forward bend at setup with side bend in backswing So Driver you stand the tallest....the least bent over at setup....so requires less tilt to maintain inclination to ground Opposite with short iron would need the most tilt

@user-so1cw3ig7o 6 ай бұрын

Is this true for driver?

@CogornoGolf 6 ай бұрын

@vinhvo7532 2 жыл бұрын

Does this cause reverse pivot? How detrimental is that to the swing?

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Nope.... You want to move your shoulder down to the point where your head stays in the circle it started in You can OVER DO or UNDER DO anything in the swing So of course you always want to film yourself to confirm feels vs reals kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7apjbWg15-2d3U.html

@vinhvo7532 2 жыл бұрын

This is great, thank you!

@gordonsteen5266 10 ай бұрын

You Eric

@CogornoGolf 10 ай бұрын

👊Thanks for watching, Gordon!