#1 BACKSWING KILLER!! | The Secret To Side Bend

[@owned008]

“We want to build in the steepness in the left side bend and take out the steepness with the right side bend”-This is the most important thing I’ve been told after 10 years of playing golf.

[@CogornoGolf]

:) Thanks for watching Sean!!

[@davidcampbell2713]

The timing of this video was incredible. I have always had a decent iron game until recently where I’ve been raising up in my backswing due to other mechanic changes. The left side bend brought me back into form on the backswing, this is awesome! Thank you!

[@CogornoGolf]

👊Our pleasure, David!

[@samosborne791]

Great explanation - ‘build in steepness on backswing with left (lead side) sidebend, take away steepness on downswing with right (trail) sidebend.’ Key concept I’ve been missing for 30 years of inconsistent driving. I’ve been turning with no sidebend….

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you Sam! Hope it helps you out!

[@sean97712]

I really like using the ‘left side crunch” feeling on pitch and chip shots. It makes it way easier to keep your weight on the lead side the whole swing. Solid video

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Sean! Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@xqzttt]

probably the best thing that's ever happened to my golf swing, thank you! never knew how it should feel in the middle of my swing until that demo around 4:00. the rest falls into place if you get to that position

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes!!

[@stephenmccoy8005]

I have been trying to figure out my swing issues for weeks and bingo I found this vid. I know from watching video of myself on the practice range that my swing looks just like the "bad" one. I can't say that I entirely grasp the "fix" but I intend to watch this vid over and over until I get it. I want those feebies that come with a good back swing! Great vid!

[@CogornoGolf]

Keep at it Stephen! Thank you!

[@_LemonDropKid_]

How have I not seen this before? That concept highlighted at the end of video is a game-changer. TY Eric & JT.

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@cup4staples]

Sooooooo goood. I've understood the need to tilt but have never seen anything that resonated. The left side crunch puts me in a great plane combined with turning but, the right side crunch in the downswing is the real piece of gold for me. I have had the best and most consistent ball striking using that swing thought because not only does it put me in a great position but it also keeps me from casting the club like I love to do and gets me on plane. LOVE IT....thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it my friend--glad to hear its helped!!

[@kevincass5410]

Never heard of it. What an easy point to focus on to fix a lot of potential problems. Thanks Eric. 🤝

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure! Hope it helps Kevin!

[@permission2rock494]

Applied this today. Omg. This functioned immediately. Needed a lift as was feeling tight at the top. Felt like I had more time to explode never hit 8 irons 160-70 yards before on an autumn day in the uk. Thanks for this

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it! Our pleasure!

[@pkoren20]

I've been a 5 or better handicap for almost 40 years but always struggled with a flat shoulder plane. This is game changing for me. Tried it today. Future looks bright 😁

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it Paul!!

[@sevenunder29]

Well explained! The importance of this concept can NOT be overstated. Well done guys!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, Patrick!

[@JoeBoland-xg6op]

One of the best golf tips ever. Thank you.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Joe!👊

[@russquick7899]

What a wonderfully simple concept to help the build the backswing. This concept to me helps me cover the ball and in effect stay within "the barrel" and helps me stay centered. Thanks for another great lesson. Stay safe-Russ

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you Russ! Appreciate you watching!

[@carlor.s.4742]

Great video!! I recently came to the realization that I was taking the club too inside on the backswing. So I widened the backswing & swung more inside(elbow in) on the downswing. Almost like doing a figure 8 & what a difference it made. Here I thought I was doing the takeaway correctly!

[@CogornoGolf]

Awesome!! Thank you!

[@blue24563]

This is so important because it gives amateurs the feel of a real good swing - you don’t turn side to side. You actually turn up and down. Side bend is vital to stay on plane.

[@CogornoGolf]

👊Appreciate you watching, David!

[@rajanrai732]

Fantastic, thank you. The added benefit I got was tons of natural effortless speed!

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it!

[@johnkawamoto467]

Spot on! When I do it right I can SEE my trail leg. I struggle a bit with the sequence and timing of the transition.

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes! If you don't get it sorted join www.cogornogolf.com so you can send in your swings and we can help!

[@kellysmith1452]

Great lesson l have never thought of that concept before great job guys l will use this drill a lot thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Kelly! Our pleasure!

[@einstu]

I watch you from time to time. Glad I came today. One fundamental question: does this mean that I'm essential "stacking" the club on the back swing as I won't really need a recentering movement, as I`m already there. What do you think?

[@CogornoGolf]

You can think of it that way.....thats what the best ball strikers do Sternum on top of or ever so slightly farther from target than hips at top

[@stuartwalker7168]

Great Video Eric. Now I can understand why I sway on the backswing. On the backswing should you push away the club with the Lead arm or pull the club back with the trail arm. Thanks again Eric. Regards Stuart

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Stuart! Our pleasure!

[@EagleJim62]

You must have watched me play today. I didn't realize I was making a flat turn until toward the end of the round. I tend to do this when I'm a bit sore or tired. I topped a 3 wood off the first tee and had several more during the round. This seems obvious, but this is something that pops up in my swing from time to time.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope this one helps my friend!

[@WheelPowerGolfSwing]

Really great video, except for one small but very important thing... In order to get the right hand UNDER the left hand to grip the club (reverse for lefties) you have to first feel that the right side bends so that right hand gets down lower (under) the left when you grip the club. If you don't do any right side bend, your hands face each other more like holding a putter palm to palm. Try it in front of a mirror, unless your right arm is longer than your left !! your right side MUST first bend to allow the right hand to go under the left. So to grip the club, you have to first feel the right side bend, and LOCK it in place, THEN do the left side bend to make the turn back as per the drill. = When you come out of the turn on the way down, the locked in right side bend is still there; otherwise the club opens up a bit and you may fade or slice. It's a great drill to train yourself for the turn provided you remember that your right side comes down crunched.

[@CogornoGolf]

Of course

[@12poon]

This is a big key to golf swing

[@CogornoGolf]

100%!

[@wallstreetoneil]

The Athletic Motion Golf Guys did a video on what were some of the biggest differences between Pros & AM swings. In the Top 3 was Pros on average have a shoulder plane tilt of 40-45-degrees and AMs have on average 15-20-degrees - it's an Enormous difference that leads to so much chaos. The other top 2 are the Angle of Right-Arm bend at the top (Pros 80-degrees, AMs 125-degrees) and 3rd, the amount of Torque applied to the grip at the top (to square face) - Pros -> huge, AMs basically ZERO.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thats 100% correct! Always has been....always will be! If I were to add 2 more I would add 4. Grip placement in hands 5. Hip sway (both sides) that would make a nice top 5 .

[@malmond1972]

Is torque in the wrist, the same as flattening/bowing the wrist?

[@wallstreetoneil]

@@malmond1972basically yes - where you really see it, is with the longest hitters during their transition from backswing to downswing, when the left wrist bows/grip-twists under load, which is really just a further down-cock loading of the right wrist for more stored power - take a look at Keopka or Champ's transition with the Driver and you will see it.

[@brianpflaum9740]

Amazing video Eric. Should the Side Bend begin happening immediately with the takeaway or when the turn begins?

[@CogornoGolf]

Immediately and throughout the entire backswing progressively

[@brianpflaum9740]

@@CogornoGolf Thank you.

[@barbwood8932]

This is great!! I cant wait to try! Before seeing this...I think when I concentrated on my lead shoulder I would bend over instead! This may help. I'll let ya know after I try!! Thanks!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Barb! Hope it serves you well!

[@johnwoods8671]

Brilliant video, So helpful, thanks Eric 👍

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, John! Glad to hear it!

[@williammakolin1432]

Question I understand this with the irons is it the same with your driver

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes Replace forward bend with side bend Since driver standing taller at setup will have less

[@michaelhowell8898]

Awesome video. Can you do I side bend video for transition/downswing?

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Michael! Here are a few you may enjoy on that topic! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGmpfJZ-dpummpI kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXbWqYSvrbKAldk kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5jOZZ-LjLmKd80 Hope these help!

[@deweez1]

Time to get those side crunches done in the gym. I’ve noticed I’ve started making toe first divots recently. Do you have any drills or feels to get back to making those square, dollar bill divots?

[@CogornoGolf]

Check this video out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4WlioBvq8eZhZo

[@eksuwan2001]

Hi Eric. I’m Sake. So what I understand is backswing we feel the left oblique crunch to steepen the backswing, and downswing we just turn hip to shallow out. Am I understand correctly?

[@CogornoGolf]

You feel left oblique crunch on backswing to steepen yes.... then you feel right oblique crunch on downswing to shallow We have a video coming out I think this Sunday on this very topic :)

[@jason02xx]

So Eric, given that the shoulder setup with a driver is different than an iron, do the mechanics of the side bend remain the same?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Jason! From above comment same topic Good one...same concepts with some minor adjustment 1. You tilt more away from target (right side bend) at setup with driver 2. You tilt less toward the target (left side bend) in backswing 3. You tilt more again away from target in downswing Thats because 1. The ball is in the air and we want to hit up vs down like irons 2. Club longer and flatter makes us stand taller at setup which requires less left side bend in backswing to keep inclination to ground . Replace the amount of forward bend with backswing side bend is the idea kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGS6g31_jtCsZ5I

[@richardnorth6964]

How do I reconcile the need to have a slight spine tilt away from the ball at setup- with a left side crunch on the backswing. Seems one is undoing the other. Or why even to have the initial tilt away from the target.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Richard! That's a great question! We touch on this topic in the following videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXvHXmOberaIZtk kzbin.info/www/bejne/invXqWCni7iajLc kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJuWoaxvn79pp5o Let us know if you have any questions after checking those out!

[@thefiberaccount8595]

This has been such an amazing concept! Very excited to get a round in now. Tons of progress on the range, getting much better contact and to my surprise really helped me smoke some drivers with more power.

[@CogornoGolf]

Love to hear that Brandon!

[@kexith]

I've had advice before on setup to tilt away from the ball and to try and keep that. Does that still make sense with this left bend on backswing

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Keith! No it does not. Now maybe the message you were getting "advice" may have been right but the terms are not. you tilt away from target at setup (right side bend) you tilt toward target in backswing (left side bend) you tilt back away from target in downswing (right side bend)

[@StayConsistant]

Going to try this. Pretty sure I have the flat shoulder back swing and never even think about side bend.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps Cody!

[@LaughingOwlWands]

That’s so well explained.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you!

[@openminded1923]

Is it the standing up thats causing the overswing or is it the long armswing that causes the body to stand up?

[@CogornoGolf]

Could be both

[@wenbray6396]

Eric and JT, I have been doing this off and on for a couple of years, but mainly with the driver and it is a killer. I am a 3.6 index and when a I start doing this out of the blue it’s hard to fix on the fly. My question is, that I set up with the driver and have no idea how to start the move away. So is it a side bend, Turn and rotate sequence with hips also rotating? Or something else, I know in my mind what I want to do yet still do the killer move you showed not to do. Any help would be appreciated .

[@CogornoGolf]

Here are some ideas that may help kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX-6iYyXo9ycZ5I kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zoran4Z3qtmfeKs 1. There will be a press into trail foot 2. Tossing the club back away from target 3. Lead shoulder down and back

[@Deep_Daves_bbq]

thanks! helped a lot !

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad to hear it!

[@spencermurray1278]

Love your tutorials. However in this case with short to middle irons a little side bend is required and reversing side bend at impact is evidenced by any pro swing at the top and then at impact. I get what you’re saying though. Still need to load on the back foot…

[@mkurtzhals]

My head drops a bit and when I have had lessons at golftec they said I have way too much side bend. Wanted me to have the level feels.

[@CogornoGolf]

That can happen, Matt! Can either do either way. Want to find feels to more or less stay in the circle you started....can go down an inch or two in backswing but dont want to go FORWARD (toward the ball) with it

[@77bovi]

Is there a follow up for the downswing to match ?

[@CogornoGolf]

Yep: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZvMhGCwgqusarM

[@gchaudhry90]

Omg thank you for this! ❤

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it---hope it helps!!

[@aartvdmolen]

Hi Eric, when will you do a series of short game videos?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Art! If you search "short game" or "chipping" on my KZbin channel, we have a bunch of videos you may enjoy! We also have short game master classes available for members of www.cogornogolf.com as well👊

[@devidasa9637]

Excellent!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Devi!

[@gordonshow9407]

Elements of Stack and Tilt ?

[@CogornoGolf]

sure! And all other swing models! Everyone tilts

[@rogernewton7831]

Great!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Roger!

[@jeanlouisdubillon4212]

Reverse pivot for me if i try to this in sensation ….

[@CogornoGolf]

All good...will be for some for sure! Thats why I ALWAYS mention the checkpoint. Keep your head in the circle Feel that you need to do that Everyone coming from difference places.

[@robertwilliams2682]

Awesome

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Robert!

[@paulgeppert4559]

How does this relate to the driver?

[@CogornoGolf]

Good one...same concepts with some minor adjustment 1. You tilt more away from target (right side bend) at setup with driver 2. You tilt less toward the target (left side bend) in backswing 3. You tilt more again away from target in downswing Thats because 1. The ball is in the air and we want to hit up vs down like irons 2. Club longer and flatter makes us stand taller at setup which requires less left side bend in backswing to keep inclination to ground . Replace the amount of forward bend with backswing side bend is the idea kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGS6g31_jtCsZ5I

[@abigroman]

“Showder”?

[@555Trout]

👍💯

[@CogornoGolf]

👊👊