The Secret To Rotating Your Chest And Shoulders Through Impact

[@markkelly1847]

holy cow, i was practicing this morning and was trying to add speed making sure i was still swinging in to out. I hit the shot fat and it hit as i was taking a few practice swings. Whenever I was trying to increase speed I would rotate my chest at the start without giving my hands time move. I was going through the masterclass to confirm my thoughts and found this video instead. Keeping my back towards the target and chest towards my right foot is exactly the cues I was looking for. Awesome stuff as always, wish I had found your channel sooner. The way you articulate your golf swing for hacks like me to understand and apply is gold.

[@CogornoGolf]

👊 Appreciate your support, Mark! Thanks for being here with us!

[@integrito3323]

Brilliant, Eric! You see most good players do this! Thanks for posting! This along with right wrist "maximum bend back" as you say, should put an end to those pulls and hooks that I am accustomed to! On it!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you! Appreciate you watching!

[@jerrythegolfer]

This is golden I think.have to watch again and again.Hits my question of many years.thank you

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad this one helped, Jerry!

[@jerrythegolfer]

@@CogornoGolf I just watched another of your videos and you say move the hips and chest into the downswing from the top. What am I missing here.

[@joelsuskin1838]

Awesome video. This is exactly what I was working on all year. Trying to keep the shoulders down and not opening up too soon. Doing that added significant power but did cause a steeper swing with larger deeper divots.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Joel! Hope this one helps your game!

[@frankvuletin8700]

Thanks Eric I’m learning ST with Tom Saguto’s online school because ST is easy on my surgically repaired back. My analytical mind loves how you give actual numbers even if they’re only approximate because it’s easier for me to process then if you only give feels cause in my case feels are never even close to reals. This lesson is perfect for me because I have always been over active and out of sequence with my upper body. Thanks your channel is very informative and helpful

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you Frank! Appreciate you being here with us!

[@2cardarsenal310]

Excellent video instruction and breakdown. Made it really simple to understand where the upper body needs to be in transition. Thanks Eric!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you! Our pleasure!

[@michaelromaner4601]

Wow! This is so clear Eric. Perfect presentation of some tricky but critical stuff. Thank you!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you Michael!

[@georgetinwick3450]

Wow that demonstration is awesome that is as good as it gets tanks you are a wonderful teacher and professional

[@CogornoGolf]

Really appreciate that George! Thank you!

[@seekinggreen4481]

I like the way you described the downswing with squaring your hips, and feeling that your chest is on your right leg.. I'll have to go try some of these, really nice video, per usual.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you!

[@impassive8412]

im korean golf student but almost all golf coach is just said lot of time and lot of practice is the answer and they are not be concrete very simple so i saw so many global golf coach video but just i think that you are the best golf coach please keep giving video viewers more concrete and quality video please and have a good day my coach

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate the kind words and support!!

[@malmond1972]

Makes so much sense, thanks again Eric.

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it!

[@absbica31]

This is a very nice drill. I continue having issues with hip / shoulder sequence, right side bend, pulling left hip down and back, and trying to keep my arms quiet and pulling the club down from the top (on video appears to look like casting) but having 2 focus points like this video shows...clearing that left hip while holding the chest back over the right leg seems (in theory) to keep the sequences in better order for me.

[@joetroupe893]

It looks like I am not alone either the Hip shoulder dilemma. Eric’s video are about to pull me out of the darkness.

[@absbica31]

@@joetroupe893 Unless I'm incorrect in thinking this...it almost seems like in the first handful of moments in the downswing, your left hip and your right shoulder would experience a lengthening in distance between each other

[@joetroupe893]

@@absbica31 Bica, I am not so sure we have that much time between the starting the hip move an beginning the shoulder turn to feel that stretching or lengthening as you describe, although it sounds good. If you notice, sometimes it looks like the two independent moves, hips first followed by shoulders look almost instantaneous, which is what I am going to work on this afternoon at the golf course. I just hope I don’t embarrass myself. Just a thought.

[@absbica31]

@@joetroupe893 correct, there likely is not a stretching taking place and simply 2 separation events happening but the visual or swing thought I was going thru watching Eric's video and when I practice the move is as if there is a band connected from my left hip and right shoulder and I'm trying to keep it elongated in that initial downswing move. If that makes sense

[@CogornoGolf]

Excellent!

[@MrShank12u]

Nice! I can tell on the days when I’m out of sequence with these moves because I just cannot strike an iron crisp for love nor money.

[@CogornoGolf]

:) Thanks for watching!

[@davidkott1596]

This is gold! Thank you

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks David! Our pleasure!

[@allenminter4728]

Thanks Eric, been moving my shoulders way to early. Great content.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Allen! Our pleasure!

[@hubertmikula8873]

Great Eric, thank you very much!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you Hubert!!

[@nelsonjames1272]

This move is huge in the golf swing, I mean HUGE. Without it you can only be average at best. I have found this to be one of the most difficult things to time from day to day with the wrong swing thought. For me you have to get away from the hips controlling the downswing too much. It’s feet to head winding up and then back down. You have to let the shoulders unwind first before you get to the hips. Everything is so much better when you do. If you do this right it completely eliminates the pull down and therefore maximizing your speed and centre hit ability. Thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure Nelson!

[@michaelb6801]

Great check points Eric🤙

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Michael!

[@michaelb6801]

@@CogornoGolf just back from trying this. Really worked on that shoulder and hip piece in the first part of the downswing. Really helped me power through to my left side. Great stuff Eric.

[@georgiapeach2647]

How does the shoulder tilt concept apply to your driver set up? Given that you like to set up with a slight shoulder tilt toward your back foot, therefore starting with your right shoulder below your left.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey! So In the backswing our goal is to always replace our forward bend at setup with side bend in backswing So if we are bent over 30* we want 30* tilt......etc Driver we stand the tallest so will have the least amount of tilt in backswing Slight right side bend at setup replaced with left side bend in backswing to keep inclination to ground The reason you dont START with level shoulder or left side bend is your shoulders would be to open/grip too weak. Thats the mistake the highest handicappers make. Hope that helps

[@bobb3261]

Very clear. Thanks 👍🏽

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Bob!

[@carlor.s.4742]

Keeping that left shoulder down from P5 to P6 is something I have to work on all the time. It is THE key to beating early extension.

[@dapperdank3701]

Nice mate, thankyou for these words. Maybe this will be the key to getting my stratospheric ball flight down

[@CogornoGolf]

100%

[@dykim90]

Best video I’ve seen

[@CogornoGolf]

:) Happy to hear that! Appreciate you being here with us!

[@CKGolfer]

Love the chest pointed at back leg.

[@CogornoGolf]

:) Hope it helps!

[@mauritzvandenheever2780]

Great video showing important angles. What would shoulder degrees be when shaft parallel to ground?

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks! From face on shoulders will be tilted closed to same amount as address. From down the line anywhere from square to 20* closed depending on player/pattern

[@jimgold5582]

Hi Eric as usual another great video when does the left shoulder start to rise and pullback before impact or after

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Jim! I go through that in detail here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enaZkmZ_jZamb7s

[@joetroupe893]

apparently the shoulders start in about a second after you lead off with your hips. My problem seems to be moving my hips to fast and they are almost 45° Left before my shoulders start. I know that is not right. From this lesson, I feel I must not be so fast on the Hip turn. Thanx.

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure Joe!

[@driver4009]

Can I apply this to the driver as well?

[@CogornoGolf]

Yep! More on driver differences here Head more back at setup and in downswing with driver kzbin.info/www/bejne/invXqWCni7iajLc kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHu5d3l_fMZjnJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6DFimCHjZeWoZI

[@DenaWald]

I like Eric's content, but using a pro as an example, may not be the best way to try to get us weekend warriors to improve. Adam Scott probably puts in hours a day, for years, while we maybe play 18-36 holes a weekend.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thats for the feedback, Dee! Appreciate your support!

[@pohoresky]

Aren't you really talking about separation of lower body (hips and legs) from upper body (chest and shoulder) from the top of back swing to start the downswing? Whew - the video very detailed discussion whose main point is very hard to grasp. Too many things to think about so one can not see the forest for the trees though in and of itself otherwise accuarte.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Harold! Yep! I agree....not my best here. Appreciate the feedback!