GOLF: How The Left Leg Works During The Downswing

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Күн бұрын

How The Left Leg Works During The Downswing
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While we’ve done some other videos about how the left leg works in the golf swing, we still get questions. So, in this video I’m specifically talking about how your left leg works during the downswing.
We’ll go over how much it should bend or straighten and when. We’ll also look at internal and external rotation of the left leg and how to match up all of the pieces for your swing.
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@johnd1926 8 күн бұрын

Great Video. Love the matchup discussion. Most videos do not discuss matching variations. Thank you.

@CogornoGolf 8 күн бұрын

Thanks John!

@guitar1950 3 жыл бұрын

Just watched Milo Lines talking about tracing a circle with the lead knee. I had been focusing on moving my lead hip/glute behind in transition. After working on knee action I find that movement automatically moves the hip behind and rotation is much better. Proper sequencing is the key. Good stuff here!

@CogornoGolf 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@jamesbrey1719 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative !!! Thanks again !!!

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

MY pleasure!

@stevepiccinnin1157 2 жыл бұрын

Great channel, thanks , your tutorials are quickly paying off .. thank u

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve!

@spinhan1 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... What a brilliant lesson!You told me what I really wanted to know exactly. Thanks.I really like your lesson because you always mention different swing style, not just telling one.Most of the teachers on youtube just teaching one type of swing that is his own style and it makes us confused because we amatuer golfers have different body and swing mechanism. You always give us the choices those are suitable for each person learing golf.Great job you've done. !!

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words my friend!

@pohoresky 4 жыл бұрын

Terrific explanation on why external rotation of lead knee from the top is so imprtant to commence the downswing to get the necessary degree of hip rotation for the rest of the downswing.. Very insightful observation that had escaped my attention . Thank you..

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

MY pleasure!

@jacobbelmontes4899 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks for adding instructions on when to trail side crunch as lead leg extends

@CogornoGolf 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jacob!

@renzdouglas 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your perspective on this topic. Many KZfaq instructors discuss this aspect but did not present it in a way that hit home for me. As I age, I've found my swing rotation, both back and down, has been affected more than I realized. I appreciate the kinetics discussion to help me understand this point.

@renzdouglas 3 жыл бұрын

The added insight of motion (bend and pivot) and timing of left knee has drawn attention to aspects I never had to think about in my younger days. Thanks again!

@CogornoGolf 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Renz! Our pleasure!

@davidthomas291 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sending me this video Eric. Exactly what I needed......

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Glad this one helped, David!

@davecollins1998 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, & explanation!

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dave!

@FC-yw7cn 4 жыл бұрын

Its so helpful to avoid early extension and more power from the legs. Eric you are the best:)

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Frank!

@francobelmonte8601 Жыл бұрын

Very solid video. Great work

@CogornoGolf Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Franco!

@VimMitt 4 ай бұрын

Best tip ever. It is biggest secret in golf to swing like pro.

@CogornoGolf 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one!👊

@kevinmurphy8644 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent instruction- thanks

@CogornoGolf 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kevin!!

@ggkk6474 4 жыл бұрын

No doubt about it this man is very good.

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

@bjohnson515 4 жыл бұрын

Eric, did I miss you talking about "swinging both the knees"? It seems to me that thinking of swinging the knees is an easier concept than just swinging just the one knee out... McElroy seems to swing his knees.. and if the knees are swung from the top of the swing, the left gets where you describe where you want it to be, and the right swings back into a braced right leg position...both good your thoughts on thinking in this manner.... thanks for the vid...

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Thats cool if that works for ya!

@charlesjones7304 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!

@CogornoGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@longlivechina7538 4 жыл бұрын

My KZfaq hero

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

@scottsanders2641 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, that left knee move will also allow you to maintain your tush line so you don’t early extend

@CogornoGolf 3 жыл бұрын

Yessir

@youdidist 4 жыл бұрын

thanks 👍

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@pohoresky 4 жыл бұрын

Another observation is that the downswing is to be coordinated with the external rotation of lead knee into impact .i.e. they (arms hands) both move down at the same rate as the knee externally roatates. They need to be synced up.

@brianstumpf7296 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Eric great video. As someone who lifts their left heel , should that heel be back on the ground prior to starting the downswing (hands starting down). Thanks!

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Brian! In general....you would want to re plant it as the trigger to start the downswing...

@JeffRAX 2 ай бұрын

Another banger video EC. Are you shifting your weight simultaneously as you make the move? Or is it right after? Thanks sir!!!

@CogornoGolf 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff! The weight shift forward with the hips ideally starts around lead arm parallel in the backswing/P3 while the hips and shoulders are still rotating closed up to the top of the swing/P4. You may enjoy this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM6KgrqlzMuoj6s.htmlfeature=shared Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any questions!

@sandwah9901 11 ай бұрын

Good stuff EC, goes back to Alex Morrison, who taught Henry Picard who was the only guy to ever teach Hogan, and Morrison also taught Jack Grout who taught Nicklaus. And Bobby Jones completely endorsed Morrison's concepts on golf swing.

@CogornoGolf 11 ай бұрын

Love it-small world sometimes in the golf world :)

@aaronmccardie8795 4 жыл бұрын

I've tried over the years in some sort of way trying to improve my rotation in down swing sequence ,for me I have a hard time being successful with this due to my lower back pain and am reluctant just incase my back goes all of a sudden .also if I do this motion with the right knee to a certain degree i pull alot of shots to the left .am 50+ now and unfortunately not very flexible as i used to be.

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Hope you get it sorted out!

@MrGolfhimguy 4 жыл бұрын

You describe the Sam Sneed ‘squat’ beautifully. Describe how the weight gets so deep into the left heel so fast like you do please.

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Sure...what would you like to know?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/psqCnNZ8vrqlmpc.html

@AGCampagna 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Eric, is there any correlation with the left glute and left heel?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

For sure

@123GPA 4 жыл бұрын

Eric thanks for the lesson. I am guessing you do not need to think about pulling down with your arms when you rotate your left leg? They just fall into place naturally until you start additional rotation?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Ideally....yes.

@jjcampbell3654 4 ай бұрын

Hi Eric good basic explanation does the movement of the left leg or knee on the down swing have anything to do with the low point of the swing thanks for your help kindly advise Jack

@CogornoGolf 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Jack! It definitely plays a part, yes! To keep it really simple...you have a lower center (think belt buckle) and an upper center (think shirt buttons). If one or both centers move back during the downswing, the low point moves back. If one or both centers move forward during the downswing, the low point moves forward. Hope this helps!

@jjcampbell3654 4 ай бұрын

Hi Eric thanks for your prompt reply any suggestion on where the low point should be during the golf swing thanks for your help kindly advise Jack@@CogornoGolf

@CogornoGolf 4 ай бұрын

You got it Jack! When the ball is on the ground, the low point of the swing should be after the ball. We want ball first, ground second contact👍

@lhweib 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Eric, all make sense to me. Would such external rotation, i. e. putting great pressure on, hurt the left knee cap in a longer term?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully not!

@michaelcunningham438 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it can, especially the meniscus. I flare the lead foot out and also try to copy Bubba Watson where his lead foot lifts and turn with his leg so there is no extra strain on the left knee.

@halwal24 9 ай бұрын

@cogornogolf Does the right leg/knee stay passive (or quiet) as the left knee/leg starts to turn towards target?

@CogornoGolf 9 ай бұрын

Hey! Good question---here are the details of the right leg and foot in the downswing during that phase that should explain it well: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gd6mfdCi1qjbhI0.html&pp=ygUWRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHJpZ2h0IGxlZw%3D%3D kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Ztx6oZqpkt3aoGg.html&pp=ygUWRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHJpZ2h0IGxlZw%3D%3D

@openminded1923 4 жыл бұрын

SO if I tried to straighten the left leg last week. But the effect was that i started to top the ball. Could that have been cause I didnt add right side bend to the upper body? Might add that Im kind of a low launcher of the ball and interested in trying to launch it a little higher. But at the same time Im thinking that increasing right side bend would lead to my left hip raises earlier and that would make me top the ball even more?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Hey George....if you are to raise up something on your left side, something on your right side would have to go down to even it out...yes. Ofcourse I would have to see your swing to say specifically what you need to do

@pm1a 10 ай бұрын

Do you feel this left knee move in transition can help keep the head back and prevent it from darting towards the target?

@jconcrete0833 4 жыл бұрын

Eric I have tried to keep my left leg flexed longer to add power but always hit fat shots. I always make better contact when straightening the left leg before the club is parallel to the ground. I’m thinking it’s because I have short legs and long body? Great video

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the message. It would be perfectly OKAY for you to get the leg straightening earlier..plenty of great players do that.

@michaelblock8630 3 жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf One of the best lessonsvia a video. Yp are like an instant personal coach. Thankyou .

@Rick102667 4 жыл бұрын

Are you pushing off with the inside of your right foot to start your transition of the down swing ?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Nope...pushing back and away from target and then pushing forward later ideally.... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNieiMWU2p_QnoU.html

@Rick102667 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply Eric, really like how you break things down in your videos.

@scottharmon5583 4 жыл бұрын

Eric - One thing you didn’t mention is that most instructors till tell you you’re supposed to shift some weight left before all of this left leg externally rotating and bending, but you didn’t. I’ve never figured out how to do this move with weight left while at the same time increasing flex in my lead leg. Any suggestions?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Think PRESSURE down and forward more than BODY SHIFT should help. Like your body is floating forward.

@scottharmon5583 4 жыл бұрын

Eric Cogorno Golf OK that makes some sense. Is this the ‘float-load’ concept people talk about? I’m supposed to start it before end of backswing?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

See if this helps: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLRmZ7OYvM7HkWw.html

@scottharmon5583 4 жыл бұрын

Eric Cogorno Golf Eric, this is good, too, thanks a ton. The lead leg/rotation stuff, sit, squat, re-flex, all make sense and I know they’re correct because everyone teaches them. The part I struggle with personally, because I’ve always been a pusher with my trail leg into lead side / early extender, is how I’m supposed to get my weight left if not by pushing. Clearly it needs to get there, or all of this ends up being a reverse shift. All I can come up with is a fall toward the lead side. Is that right?

@Construct87 3 жыл бұрын

My knee kicks out and rotates a lot - just what happens for me and feels natural when swinging. I had a trainer once who tried to force me into not doing it and telling me it'd mess up my swing which was bs. You can't force once specific set of movements on any human being just because you read about it in a book.

@CogornoGolf 3 жыл бұрын

@Concordeagle 4 жыл бұрын

Is that Butch Harmon behind you?

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not :)

@robertmayer1497 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Butch is a Titelist guy.

@tipsy09 4 жыл бұрын

how do you do this but not come over the top

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of micro answers to this question.... Good ball strikers rotate their body a lot....steepen their body angles....and shallow their club independent of that... Thats why they are GOOD ball strikers :) "HOW" do you shallow? Search my name and shallow

@tipsy09 4 жыл бұрын

@@CogornoGolf thanks. so pretty much when i pure shots its a fluke.

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Would have to see your swing to say...

@vicp7059 4 жыл бұрын

i have four pair of golf shoes. will gladly donate one pair to the kid in red trunks.

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Ill relay the message :)

@robertmayer1497 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Jim McMahon [sp] former Bears quarterback playing shoeless. I have seen drills where you are encouraged to practice without shoes. I guess feeling the ground more.

@vicp7059 4 жыл бұрын

I know people play shoeless, I did once when one of my shores came undone. But this kid, although a nice swing is wearing sandals. Not good for support I guess.

@simmo5071 11 ай бұрын

Obviously you shift weight to the lead leg prior to the knee rotation. Although you look like your arm is coming down at the same time. A lot of folks claim the club is still going back as the weight shift to lead leg has occurred.

@CogornoGolf 11 ай бұрын

Arms going back as the pressure starts moving forward ideally yes but by the time you see the actual mass of body moving the arms will start coming down

@longlivechina7538 4 жыл бұрын

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@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

@PLA5207 4 жыл бұрын

"Lead" leg. YES, that's it!!!

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

@PLA5207 4 жыл бұрын

"Front" leg versus "left" leg suits both right and left handed players. Just sayin'. :) Great videos Eric.

@CogornoGolf 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@TooHonestButtTrue 3 ай бұрын

One thing I would add is the external rotation occurs slightly before the top of the backswing. This is really important for timing. All your practice shots showed this.