The Secret To How The Right Arm And Wrist Work In The Downswing
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
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I can’t say it enough.. Eric seems like the most down to earth human being on the planet. Absolutely love it.. so easy to understand everything he is saying.. great teacher! Would love to meet him in person. Thanks for all the tips !
Thank you! Appreciate the kind words Vincent!!
Best coach on UA-cam by far! I've completely transformed my swing using your videos! I went from a huge slicer (maybe 3 fairways over if I went for it with the driver) to now a massive hook! I don't mind that so much..
I kept going through all the various issues in my head thinking I was casting, early extension to even trying the DJ left-wrist move to force me to square the club face. I used to think that me being a lefty playing right-handed my right wrist was counteracting my left causing the face to stay open.
Then I fixed my club path. No longer coming over the top, now i'm swinging from the inside! HUGE hooks on command! Re-learning to grip the club again as my grip was way strong before for the slice. The weaker grip is helping straighten the hook nicely.
Thanks again coach!
Love it! Those are the correct steps to take!! The next step to take it to even a whole other level is to learn to lessen the hook .....but that's the problem you want (so much money....big tax bill) good problem!
Your golf content is the best on UA-cam. I enjoy watching the tips you give to help us become better golfers.
Thanks, Jonathan!
I have watched hundreds of your videos and this is easily in the top 10! I really liked the way that you emphasized doing these drills slowly to get the feel and gradually increasing speed over the course of a year. Many people do not understand that it takes a lot of time and practice for your mind/body to "unlearn" bad habits and learn good habits. At the end of this video, you included a card/link to another one of your videos featuring Mike Malaska. This is another one I consider to be in your top 10! Great content and wonderful explanation. BTW- I purchased the Hanger and have been working with it for a few days.
Appreciate it, Nicholas! Hop e you love the hanger as much as I do....what an awesome tool!!
Your tips and pointers are legit, wow you make absolute sense in the simplest form of understanding and putting it to work, just got off the range range, shot tracer was one thick line👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
:) Thank you Troy!
Great video explaining the loft changes and mechanics caused by the flip. This is something that I've been struggling for the last five years of me playing golf because it's what my instructor told me to do, to flick the wrist to generate club head speed. I'm afraid I've built on this habit that it will take the full 12 months or longer to undo it, unfortunately.
Hope this one helps David!
Wanted to tell ya, thank you for your videos!!! This has killed me for years upon years high ball flight, inconsistent shots and average yardage! I finally felt what it was like to smash a ball effortlessly with this drill using my driver!!! Thank you!
Love it Neil!
Eric, I really love your explanations and the way you combine your words with your body positions on the videos. It allows me to see visually what you're explaining. You re-iterations emphasize what you're explaining and demonstrating. Those qualities are a real strength of your teaching style. Great communication! I was in Hazelton recently...I almost went to Bethlehem to look for you just to say thanks in person. I didn't want to seem like a stalker - ;p LOL
Haha appreciate the kind words and support my friend! Next Time!
This is so important that for the last 18 months, I have re-built my preshot routine to emphasize this right wrist position on the pre-shot backswing and also on the preshot downswing (with the club behind the hands at 2nd parallel). This one move has entirely transformed my game 18 months later and I will never stop practicing it - it is a lifetime commitment to better clubface control. Every golfer should put Morikawa's slow-mo swing on continuous loop
Doesn't Justin Rose practice a similar move? I've seen him advocate the same principle although much less thorough.
Love those parts Paul (as you know :) )
Fantastic information as always keep these great video's coming from the UK
Thanks, Aaron!
Eric Thank you. This is an excellent video. It emphasises that this requires a lot of work and implies that you don't just "get it" you have to keep working on it. I'm still working Eric!🙂
100%....work in progress Bruce!
Thanks for the $10 off the Hanger! Wish I waited to order mine until after I saw this video, but the one I ordered with your code will make a great gift for one of my golfing bros. It's only been a few weeks since I started using this aid, but so far, the instant feedback on my hand and wrist has helped improve the consistency of my swings and contact immensely!
Love it, Christopher. I agree with ya....the feedback if gives you is SO GOOD and so immediate....it really is the best one I have ever used.
Getting the wrist angles/arm motion is so important we can all get better at!
Another great video! Keep ‘em coming, Eric!
Thanks!!
Takes a long time but worth it. When you begin you’ll think you’re doing it and the video will expose you. Unbelievably frustrating but all good things come to those who wait.
:)
One of your best videos ever!!!
Thanks, Wayne!
I have been trying this for the past 3-4 days ( keeping right wrist bent as long as possible) and it definitely adds 20+ yds to my 8 iron, and if I keep my head from moving in front of the ball then it goes further still....lol....so many things to work on
Nice distance gains there my friend!
Yesterday’s video was “sling” your arms for extra clubhead speed. Useful for us seniors. Todays’s video was practice swinging with your right wrist bent throughout the swing. Reduce the loft of the club for more distance. You do casually mention that in a real golf swing there will be a bit of a throw. Can you combine these two lessons, detailing how to incorporate both elements?
:) Maybe a future video for us to make! Thanks for watching, Vern!!
Great clear explanation Eric! Video idea: I'm able to do these drills well on half swings but would love to hear thoughts on feels for this dynamically once the speed is added and perhaps the differences between the two (throwing vs. keeping trail wrist bent). I may be wrong but I think GG's 'trippy swing drill' video was a different way of feeling the same thing dynamically. He gets someone to flip-hook waaaaay in to out then adds rotation and bizarrely the two sorta cancel each other out and create what feels like no hand movement. When I get it going the ball goes 20 yards further but I often can't commit to it totally when playing because I know if I don't rotate the balls gonna go left-left-left and I may not hold a green. Anyway, just throwing out ideas as fan feedback. :D
Appreciate the thoughts and suggestion, Christian! Maybe for a future video!
Nice one. 🤙🏻
This is a revealation for me!
TQ Eric.
You got it!
Hi. Great video. How does that drill/approach work with a driver/wood?
Thanks, Chris!
It depends on your speed.
Generally speaking the same movements apply.
A bit more throw sooner with longer clubs. Even more if your speed is lower.
Hey Eric, would you advocate this for Driver? I always suffer with a miss to left. Casting and throwing the right hand. If you would, is there a caveat for the longer clubs or just the same principle?
Great video as always, thanks
Great question----same questions a few times above I guess I should have spent more time clarifying this :)
Please see other comments for response on this!
“The Hanger” by Watson Golf 😉 would have been a great training aid to use in this video!
Lol don't you worry its going to be out there much more moving forward! I freakin love it! So good
Eric I have a question on the hanger. I bought it and received it today and have already been practicing bowing my left wrist the last month or so. My question is: I have the hanger in a neutral position at the start and bow my wrist as much as possible but my face is still a little open at impact and the hanger is into my forearm the whole time, of I course my body needs to turn which helps but I feel more bowed without out it? Am I doing something wrong or any thoughts? Almost like it’s limiting the bowing of the wrist. Maybe I’m just more flexible than I thought or My grips pretty strong Thanks, possibly something you could talk in a video.
Eric. Please explain how you fit yourself for the size of grip you are using? What size grip are you using and why/ how did you figure out that size? Thanks
Hey Brody!
Great question.
Check out our resident fitter John Hutzler here and ask him he can help better:
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What are your thoughts on the starting position with the shaft leaning forward?
I like to see hands inside left thigh as a stick with ball 2-3 balls inside lead heel
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Forward shaft lean can also be result of body turn, without manipulating wrists, that are free swinging hinges.
Sure---but if your wrist angles are off your body will not do what you want
Defeats the purpose
Is this right wrist hinge the same for the driver (all clubs) as well?
Mostly the same---yes.
If you have less club head speed you may have a bit more throw (flexion) of right wrist earlier to add more loft to hit it high enough to carry far enough.
Eric, one thing i don't understand is by taking off dynamic loft then how do you hit a high ball? Is it speed?
Yes
The players who lower the loft and hit it high has speed
that is non negotiable
If you have less speed you cannot take off as much loft
So I’ve been watching all your videos, I’ve really started using the bow with hands and firing my body, my control has improved a ton, and even distance, my curiosity is in your opinion how much of the right hand and arm are involved in swing?
Hey!
Unfortunately thats a tough question "how much" to answer in a general sense without getting into the micro details.
A general question that requires a complicated answer.
If you search right hand/arm and my name you should see 10-15 videos and few hours worth of content explaining it all!!
Eric, could you please tell me why pros are going to those graphite putter shafts. Thanks
Will need to consult with some great club fitter friends.
Check out our resident fitter John Hutzler here and ask him he can help better: ua-cam.com/channels/MrwSRmGfxsFGkJjeikXWPQ.html
Hey Eric, what is the variation of spin between the shots
Hey Michael! Didn't catch those off hand, sorry. Will check next time if I can
@@CogornoGolf I try to control my trajectory by delaying my throw. I guess after watching your video it better to vary trajectory by varying speed and ball positioning rather than what I taught was good
Either can work.
Eric, would you recommend the same technique (keeping right wrist back) with hybrids and other clubs (like 3 and 5 wood) with a lower loft? Or would you recommend something more like the throwing motion there?
Hey Ruud!
Of course it will need to throw
A bit more/sooner as the clubs get longer.
The main point here is if you throw TOO SOON (90%+ of golfers) you need to train the opposite
@@CogornoGolf Gotcha, thanks!
Dude in the red behind Cogorno nearly comes outta his shoes at the 7:42 mark..hilarious.
Hi Eric. I have a question: do you have a similar feeling with driver?
I have been wondering the same thing. I would guess the answer is yes. The real differences with Driver are the ball position being further forward and the upward swing coming into the ball vs irons. But that right wrist angle and the handle ahead of the ball will promote the same ball compression and ball speed translating into distance off the tee. Just my two cents
IF you throw too early....yes.
Of course you need to throw (let wrist release)
The question is when and how much
You throw a BIT sooner and a BIT more with driver
It depends some on your speed
IF YOU throw too early already you have to train the opposite is the main point of all of this (with all clubs)
Thanks Eric. Just doing some little quarter swing drills with a wedge and to get say 12-14 deg of shaft lean it literally feels like I have my right wrist fully bent back to near injury. That can’t be right?
would need to see on video to say. could be
Eric, can you talk about the thought of using your forearms instead of your hands for someone who is too "handsy"?
Hey!
I'm not sure what you mean?
My dear Eric,
I´am not a hand player, I`am a body player.
So my hands are all the times not in focus.
I`am right handed.
I am concentrade me everytime to my left hand, the leading hand for the palmar wrist.
If I concentrate me at the right hand, I have problems.
Do you have any idea for me to get more shaft lean in impact?
Shall I change my focus from left to right hand?
Thank you, you are the best,
Erich from Vienna
Hey Erich!
I would really need to see your swing on video to say for sure what is exactly going on and how to fix without seeing it.
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Perfectly ok to think about left wrist----I would start with the hanger
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@@CogornoGolf Thank you Eric, I will do
Clubhead speed is a result of kinematic sequence. Ref. TPI
Wrists need to be free swinging hinges in order for the kinematic sequence to work properly.
Thanks for the feedback, Mikah!
Club head speed not at all the topic of this video though!
@@CogornoGolf Flat left wrist is a result of proper kinematic sequence, which can only happen if wrists are free swinging hinges. Holding wrist angles is not going to do it, IMO.
Haha clearly from your comments I understand you think the body motion is the answer to everything :)
It would be nice if it were that simple.
@@CogornoGolf If you learned from Gerry Hogan, author of The Hogan Manual of Human Performance: GOLF, 1991, you too would understand, proper intent is everything. That is how the human body accomplishes complex motion, that happen too quickly for conscious movement. Before you can determine the intent, you have to know how the body and mind work..Check with Gerry Hogan.
thanks for the feedback and suggestions!
Yes sir! I'm a little disappointed I can't hassle you anymore. 😎💯
Trying to make you proud :)
@@CogornoGolf Much respect Eric.
With so much dynamic loft, how do u control your distance? Hitting a 56 into 39, some day is 37 and some day is 42. So you just play around with dynamic loft for all shots less than 120yd?
Hey!
Well---it shouldn't be 37 some days and 42 another----thats lik a whole club different. That should not happen.
My dynamic loft wouldn't change more that half of one degree from shot to shot.
How you do that is with good swing mechanics (there is a lot to that)
So all the power comes from you turning your body, not driving the club with your right hand or turning it over with your left hand, correct?
Hey Fenton!
Unfortunately no, its not that simple.
Power (speed) comes from A LOT of areas. A culmination of all of the things.
Hi Eric, I try this to clear my hip，but I find that I easily push the ball to right hand side. How can I fix it?😩
Would need to see your swing to say for sure
1. Path may be too far in to out
2. Face may be open
3. May be aimed right
School's about to start when that glove goes on!
:)
Is a part of this a kind of “ hinge and hold” feeling?
You can think of it that way if you want.
"hinge and hold" is typically used to describe a chipping motion made popular by the likes of Phil Mickelson.
That is more about the vertical (up) hinge of the wriss (radial deviation)
This is more about the bending BACK (extension) of the wrist
But to train you are "hinging" and holding yes
I wonder if you could take the time to answer a quick question..
How much club head speed is really required to use a 3 iron well?.. 15 years ago, I could hit a two and a three iron very well. I was away from the game for about 15 years, and now just coming back into it I realized I don't have the club head speed that I used to.. according to the swing caddy, I'm currently generating around 80 to 85 mph. I would imagine 15 years ago I would have generated more.. anyway, I would appreciate your thoughts.
Same here. I'm about to buy the Ping g425 5 and 7 woods.
Hey!
I would 100% look at hybrids.
I would also 100% suggest an in person club fitting with a good fitter
I do not think there is a black and white speed answer but lets say if your driver speed isn't well over 100mph I likely wouldn't use a 3iron.....even if it is I may not.
Hybrids!
@@CogornoGolf Thanks Eric, that makes sense.. I did start a gym routine aimed at improving upper body strength and flexibility, but in the mean time, I'll look into that.. Thanks again.
Can it be that I flip because I fire my hips to early, like a coordination problem? My grip and clubface seem strong enough
Yes it could be!
Need to see on video to say for sure what's going on and what to do specifically to help.
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If your wrists, right elbow, and right shoulder are in correct positions can you still “rush the downswing”?
Hey Ken! Depends on how you define "rush"....and what we assume any consequences are
Coach Cogorno, you really have stuff amateurs need. You and Russel Heritage are two most;y important UA-cam have watched and been most beneficial for me like this right hand wrist bent. However, a small suggestion to make, please show some softness on your face. You rarely smile even you have good information to deliver. If not, I still watch your videos.
Thanks for the support and feedback!
@@CogornoGolf you have delivered many good videos and I enjoy them. A little smile may go a long way! Thanks for reading and replying my message.
You got it---Mary tells me to SMILE all the time a well :) its funny bc I dont feel like my face looks that way its just the way I naturally look :)
@@CogornoGolf OK, be yourself. We don’t think you less!
Maintain right wrist angle will improve your ball striking dramatically
Its a biggie!
To warm up for my full swing. I do Extensor Action short chips. Been doing it for 20+ years, while the other guys in my foursome hit 2 7-irons then take out their drivers. ;) Part 1 - Left hand goes on strong. Then cover the top knuckle of the left thumb with the V in the left palm and take the leftside grip (with the trigger finger of potential evil note). To "measure" the club down to the ball and get good compression on the little chip, don't "straighten" the left arm, use some pressure from the right arm on the left thumb to fully extend the left arm. Part II - The evil Antagonist in the Story of Ending Thrown-away Hands is the righthand trigger finger. Until full release that should never act on the handle, it should be a laid back Receiver of the lower part of the club/grip/shaft lagging behind the upper part of the grip/handle. Which is being driven forward at the very top part of the grip/club , by the right ulna/forearm, while the right hand remains quietly Extensored (aka bent back). Part III - IMHO, To make this a permanent fixture of one's game takes a very simple over-drill of Action involved. Take an impact bag and place it a foot or so further forward than you would tee up your ball for a driver. Take your longest iron and make swings slamming the club forward into the bag (without rolling or release) while maintaining your Extensored right hand. You probably can put this drill aside when your iron swings starts to garner 14 inch long shallow divots. ;) BTW, stick to the Corgono brand. There are a kazillion instructors on Yt now. But Eric is one of the handful who is coherent and thorough.
Appreciate it my friend!
I see the name and all I can think about is what is the best ravioli.... can we get Nona on for a guest appearance?
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