GOLF: The Perfect Downswing Sequence (NEW MOVE!)

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[@wallstreetoneil]

You learn this move as an Ice Hockey Player in order to keep your slapshot from rising up to high. As you get stronger by about age 14, your slapshot starts to rise dramatically - but since you want your own teammates to stand in front of the goalie & block his vision, you have to send the slapshot in low or you'll hit your own players in the head. We thus learn to move our ribcage in front of the puck with a very forward handle delivery.

[@CogornoGolf]

Love this, Paul!

[@wallstreetoneil]

@@CogornoGolf Hockey is old-school when it comes to hitting your own players, or worse, your own goalie during practice, in the head. You will have your coaches, your parent group, and all the forwards yelling at you (or worse) if you hit them up high. As a kid, you basically get to make this mistake once - after that, you do whatever is required to send it in low - it's why my peak iron height is 70 feet

[@CheezDaBoss]

This is very interesting!

[@peterlesniewski6675]

That is so interesting. Makes sense. My ball flight immediately lower once I started incorporating this move.

[@pzazzcreativemedia7205]

as a single figure handicapper, I was intrigued into the ribcage motion.. been battling over the top for years.. when you break it down you can feel the ribcage sway but one tip at 13min in one sentence allowed me to feel this perfectly, "throwing a frisbee".. If you try throwing a frisbee with the left hand you get that ribcage sway at speed. Absolute lightbulb moment @ericcogornogolf

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad this one helped!

[@kaiserwilhelm3879]

Eric is definitely one of the best I wasn’t getting my weight through the ball I could only hit my 7 iron 145 now I’m hitting my 8 iron 155 . Love the videos they’ve helped a ton and easy to understand

[@CogornoGolf]

Fantastic to hear, Kaiser!! Keep up the awesome work and thank you for being here with us!

[@johnherman3261]

Eric, it’s amazing how complicated it is to hit a little white ball with a stick. Physics at its best! Just when you think you got it all down, pow, there’s a new twist to the equation. Really makes you appreciate the people that truly can hit the ball in any direction with convictions. Thanks my friend.

[@CogornoGolf]

:) Our pleasure, John! Always appreciate you watching the videos!!

[@golfolie64]

So good love it !

[@pohoresky]

Wow- How golf instruction has evolved. This was never taught years ago until now- essentially rib cage sway explains how to get lead shoulder down to start the down swing- something I have struggled with greatly. Video is of immense help explaining how to execute the rib cage sway.

[@CogornoGolf]

Happy you enjoyed this one, Harold! Thank you for watching!!

[@marcuslebeau]

Excited to have seen this video!!! Thank you so much! I am glad I am subscribed to your channel. This new magic move makes so much sense and was the magic ingredient I needed to finally understand the golf swing. I now know that I will be able to swing my own powerful and consistent golf swing on the golf course.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps ya :)

[@criticalthinking8665]

Eric truly brings us some top notch content. All these guys are next level especially this one. H e my favorite. You can tell Jeni's extremely intelligent.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you! Appreciate your kind words and support!

[@bb4udig]

Love JT Thomas. Attended his two day golf school in Orlando and learned a ton.

[@CogornoGolf]

One of the best!

[@camfraley11]

@cogornogolf you and JT just did a video on Performance Golf Zone where JT was talking about a side bend drill where you put a club across your chest, swing to the top and on the way down rotate back to the ball and then side bend. I’m just wondering where this rib cage sway portion plays into that video. Love your content!

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Cam!! I would say this would be great for those who do too much right side bend too early......and get the club too under plane in the downswing! This would help neutralize that and the club path

[@petertulich7842]

Eric, so how do you do this AND staying centered over the golf ball? This video shows the head moving ahead of the ball

[@WilliamWilsonEgoliGolf]

Yet another absolute beauty, Mr Cogorno! Thanks, William

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it, William! Thank you for watching the channel!

[@herbertcumming2080]

Always enjoy and learn from Eric and guest videos.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate you watching, Herbert!

[@michaeldoyle4688]

Great video - I like to concentrate on keeping my weight down the front leg head fixed while applying side bend and rotation - it’s probably a similar thing - just alternative ‘feel’ to avoid falling off it

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, Michael! Appreciate you watching the channel!

[@mattnei1503]

I think it's great for the player being fast at the top and not getting weight on the front foot drill. Mind vs reality and feel. Another good training video. Cheers mate

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks a lot, Matt!

[@raindogred]

guilty of the wrong side bend. this one has resonated with me. I have sat on a chair and practiced this movement for the past 2 weeks, feel a crunch on the right love handle and rib cage moving towards the left knee..a movement i have never felt before..I've drilled it so i don't have think about it. It bloody well works!!! another piece of the puzzle for curing my over top swing path. your just not getting these lttle details on any other channel..thanks Eric and JT

[@CogornoGolf]

Happy to hear this one helped!! Thanks so much for watching the channel!

[@davidoug22]

Amazing video needed this!!..;been casting pulling everything to get inside but still flipping and early release. This move. So simple but it's what I was missing..just need to square face with wrist turn now..then think I have it ..cheers guys

[@davidoug22]

Can I do video lesson with one of you guys to try this and talk next steps

[@CogornoGolf]

Love to hear that man!! For sure...send swings in at www.cogornogolf.com and request JT and I and we'll hook you up!

[@everetturech799]

This appears to be what other internet golf instruction sites call the "recentering move". A wonderful instructional piece that really explains what the golfer needs to do to get a more powerful, solid swing, especially for irons and other clubs that require a descending blow to achieve sucess. The only critique I can add is a little more explanation of the role the legs and pelvis play, if any, in the downward forward move of the sternum and chest to be ahead of the belt buckle into the downswing and the impact area. Is it a completely independent move or does it originate elsewhere in the lower body?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Everett! Thank you for watching the video! When measured on 3D, tour players actually shift their ribcage/"sternum" ahead of their hips/"belt buckle" for the first half of the downswing. In other words, this move happens until about hands hip high in the downswing. The hips will then start to shift in front of the ribcage from about hands hip high through to the finish. I would look to blend this move with the pieces discussed in the following two videos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKGbZomhnqiko7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZfUdZWKd5WNnJo Please check these out and let us know if you have any questions!

[@ryajsmit]

This move is amazing your body frees up with free speed

[@nickbaker1189]

Great video! Working on this very move.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Nick! Hope practice is going good!

[@veggiehead13]

I have sensed this while hitting balls on the range and recognized that the upper body moves forward before rotating but have not seen an explanation of the rib cage getting in front of or ahead the pelvis, excellent video.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks so much, James!

[@davidabrams3008]

Fantastic video. Rib cage sway is so much more efficient than moving your pelvis left. When you look at skeletonal structure your rib cage and pelvis are only root causes to move you left and into the slot. By focusing on rib cage sway you have isolated the key anatomical movement that gets your torso left and then arms can be a reaction to get into the slot. It’s how you actually use your core to swing

[@CogornoGolf]

Great points David!

[@davidabrams3008]

Can you do a video combining this with your right side bend videos?

[@samadler5635]

Hey guys, this video is very helpful and is one of the last key moves that will help me fix my down swing path. Thank you! could you elaborate more on the ‘keeping shoulders closed & relative’ that JT mentions @7:45 ? could you demonstrate open vs closed shoulder as it pertains to this or point to which of your shoulder videos explains this?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hi Sam, Glad you enjoyed this video! The simplest way to think about the chest and shoulder action is: The more you keep your chest and shoulders closed in transition, the easier it is to swing from in to out. The more you rotate or over-rotate your chest and shoulders open in transition, the easier it is to swing from out to in/across the ball (or the harder it becomes to swing from in to out). Here are some more details on the shoulders that you might enjoy checking out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mITGg5-VhJuIi9E Thanks so much for watching the channel!

[@matt_sallie]

Love this drill Eric 🍻🇦🇺⛳

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps, Matt!👊

[@djpoints]

Hmmm...love you guys and love this move 🥁🥁🥁 buttt I really think and "feel" this is part of the *backswing* and not the downswing. Assuming you properly load up like Hogan with front cheek pointing towards target (belt buckle towards trail foot as he instructed). In other words it naturally happens as your lead leg starts posting right before the top. And yes continues thru the transition down, but I wanted to make this distinction because if you actually wait to do on downswing your head will move in a very undesirable postion towards or even ahead of ball. Again though, to be clear for others this move assumes you've got a proper Hogan backswing with loaded front cheek towards target. I would recommend just doing and feeling that and it will naturally lead to the most fluid transition that sends the ribs forward.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@andytaylor1452]

Thanks guys!!

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it Andy!

[@commanderchair]

Confused how this would stop my pull until I tried it with some pitch shots and it actually does work! path is much more neutral. Felt weird at first as my body and head were going down and forward but you rotate around and up and are actually pretty centered and balanced. Thanks guys!

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure! Thank you for watching!

[@shaftc]

Thanks for this. Seems to be really helping! Assuming this is just for irons?

[@CogornoGolf]

Great to hear! All clubs for this one👍

[@tjcurran6041]

Learn “Rib Cage Sway” from Elite Golf School YT channel. That and the pelvis drop changed my golf swing in a weekend and added 10 yards to every club. Love those guys.

[@CogornoGolf]

Excellent!!

[@michaelpryor9195]

Eric, best on you tube.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks so much, Michael! Appreciate your support!

[@Bluedolphin53]

Eric, would you ribcage sway to the right in the backswing?

[@CogornoGolf]

Very Very little pelvis/ribcage sway if at all and very very early.....Pelvis and bottom of spine moving toward target on way back

[@lenardtan7169]

Awesome video tips

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, Lenard!

[@Paul-viking]

How does this move differ from Stack and Tilt swing or are they similar?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Paul! You would find this move in ANY great golf swing, to include S&T!👍

[@nicotrancoso]

Hi Eric. Thanks for yours videos. They are helping me a lot!!! I want to know if this movement you aplied for a drivers shots too. Of there is any difference.

[@CogornoGolf]

Love to hear that, Nico!! This would apply to all clubs👍 I'll link some videos below for more details on driver vs. irons! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJuWoaxvn79pp5o kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5-UmJ2Nh7t1d9U kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJm9gIqqnMp3ldk

[@pleroma5924]

Since the ball is on the ground can this technique work with fairway woods?

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes! This one works for all clubs in the bag!

[@freewillow1]

Nice video as always. I have a question how do you manage to right side bend when you start with your torso going towards the target. My mistake is that my upper body moves too much toward the target. How to avoid this with this movement?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey! These will explain how to do the right side bend and fix that issue kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXbWqYSvrbKAldk&pp=ygUcRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHJpZ2h0IHNpZGUgYmVuZA%3D%3D kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvVmYN4ibJpbbs&pp=ygUcRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHJpZ2h0IHNpZGUgYmVuZA%3D%3D

[@pboothvideo01]

Isn't it the same thing as continuously putting more weight on your lead foot through your down swing? Because it seems similar? Thoughts?

[@CogornoGolf]

similar things yep

[@colorfulmagicbybruce448]

Great video Eric! I wanted to know if this move is used with the driver? Thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, Bruce! Yes, all clubs! :)

[@3253222]

Does this apply with the driver?

[@nicotrancoso]

Hi! Thank you for the videos Eric! I have the same question!. What about drivers shots?

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes! All clubs👊 Appreciate you watching the video!

[@RD-mg7jf]

When I was practicing, I had an idea to start the turn using my rib cage. It is already paying off. Two days ago, I shot the easiest 74 I have ever shot.

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it! Great playing!!

[@roymunson8586]

I used to do a feel similar to this, but eventually started to lead to a reverse pivot and was bending my spine too much. Any recommendations on doing this without leading to a reverse pivot?

[@forumjp]

Yes i need to no as well !

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Roy and Benson! Appreciate you both watching! As long as you shift your hips/weight fully FORWARD towards the target on the way down (not backward away from the target), you will not reverse pivot👍 Check these videos out for more details! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooSyeX6LorGkbdk kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnXdapWwgK6Lesk Hope this helps!!

[@rajeevsharma-hf1dq]

0 seconds ago What set up or swing adjustments would you make to use this for the driver?

[@CogornoGolf]

This concept applies to all clubs👍 Driver vs. iron details here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/invXqWCni7iajLcfeature=shared kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJuWoaxvn79pp5ofeature=shared

[@freddague783]

Does this work also with Driver,Fairway clubs

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes! All clubs :) Thanks for watching, Fred!

[@andybecker5001]

I think this is like what milo lines talks about with swim move

[@CogornoGolf]

Sounds right---Milo is great!

[@philliprash6887]

Hi Eric enjoyed this video, please reach out to Alison Thietje she has much more information on this New Move Thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

👊Thank you, Phillip! Appreciate you watching!

[@nelsonjames1272]

This would also fall in the category of a re- centring move would it not? Thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Nelson! When measured on a 3D system, the average tour player essentially has no ribcage sway to the trail side on the backswing...so they effectively wouldn't even have the opportunity to re-center the ribcage piece. I would look at this move as a key element to your forward shift in transition👊

[@nelsonjames1272]

@@CogornoGolf I looked at it again and yes, I see what you’re saying. Massive!! Thanks

[@Rd-bi7vr]

The golf swing is less than a second . If this is so, should downswing be a reflex reaction to the backswing? So one really does nothing as there is no time and also so much torque built up as body unwinds!

[@jacobolson2181]

Just compressed golf balls all day in this video...

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@randyunderwood2894]

i could be the poster boy for this issue

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope this video helps, Randy!

[@beniteztheconman]

Haven't seen one slow mo pro swing with a left ribcage sway... it might be a feel but it is not reality.

[@sandywinnnerman2156]

How can your chest move forward without your head also moving forward 🤷‍♂️

[@Matt-zs6zd]

Eric don’t both of these videos contradict each other. This one emphasize lower body first “Why Amateur Golfers Can't Create Rotation” and this one upper part of the body first. “The Perfect Downswing Sequence (NEW MOVE!)

[@CogornoGolf]

Hi Matt! I would look at blending the concepts in the sense that we want the lead side of our body and our arms, hands, and club working in different directions in transition. As the arms, hands, and club are still working UP & BACK in transition, the lead side (with a bit of emphasis on the ribcage) should be shifting down & forward as well as rotating open towards the target. Here's a good one on a similar topic that you might like to check out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnLUiZ1qiMynrqM Appreciate you watching!

[@Matt-zs6zd]

@@CogornoGolf Thanks I'll try it. Thanks for responding

[@Matt-zs6zd]

@@CogornoGolf Just watched your suggested video "How To LOAD + UNLOAD The Left Arm In The Golf Swing" Im not sure how ir relates to what we were talking about

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Matt! Sorry for the confusion! I do not think they contradict but I see where you are coming from the point of the rotation video is not to emphasize lower body first.....its more that the arms and body are moving in different directions. Either way.....the ribcage needs to move down at some point.....and some how.....right? This is just describing that part Hope that helps---best.

[@Matt-zs6zd]

@@CogornoGolf Thanks big fan of yours

[@mtdstc]

Man I follow all your tips and stuff just never works. I'm destined to be bad at golf.

[@CogornoGolf]

Lol....of course the APPLICATION of the stuff matters :) I trust if we could see your swing on video we could fix ya right up. www.cogornogolf.com you can't send us your swings

[@Gusto747]

G’day. I pretty crap too. But my % hit rate has improved by slowing my downswing and keeping my weight on my left side. Do I hit shockers. Yeah. Keep trying. Failing that, drink a beer while you play and you can blame the beer and laugh at the same time. I do. I like Eric’s tips plus Tom Saguto/Nick Taylor (Stack & Tilt has help heaps for me). Take Eric’s advice and video your swing.

[@sheedy9]

Looks over the top

[@tgchris2222]

I’ve tried to understand this move down into the left foot forever. I think the mistake in the guidance is that you have to start getting the lower body moving to the target and unwinding “ahead” of the upper body move down. If you don’t, the hips are stuck behind and you have poor results.

[@CogornoGolf]

Lots of micro variables involved :)