GOLF: The Two Best Feels To Fix Your Early Extension

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Early extension is when your hips and pelvis kick in towards the ball from the top of the backswing to impact. Good golfers do still extend a lot, but they do it AFTER they rotate in the downswing.
There are two issues correlated with early extension. When you early extend, it's really hard to rotate. The second piece is how your arms and hands react to that chest movement. My arms and the length of my arms and my wrists are going to react to where my chest and upper body are. If my chest gets farther away from the ground, my arms are going to lengthen, and my wrist is going to unhinge literally just so I can hit the ball.
Feel and fix number one is about body motion. If you really extend from the top, you need to bend your knees more and get your chest closer to the ground. How far down should you go If you early extend? Probably as far as you can.
If we have the body motion getting closer to the ground, knees bending, chest down, that's part one. Part two is what your hands do. When you guys and gals early extend from the top you're getting farther from the ball, and your arms and hands are extending. Your shaft angle gets very vertical and wrists are unhinged. So, the feel here is the opposite of that. The opposite of vertical is more horizontal - or lower -and the opposite of unhinged is hinged.
Just to reiterate, there are two basic parts of this. Part number one is the body motion from the top of my swing. If I early extend, I'm looking to get closer to the ground through two things. Number one, my knees should increase bend as I turn. Number two, my chest should be getting closer to the ground. The second part is the hand motion, you need to feel like you maintain the wrist hinge and like your hands are lower.
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[@chrisstewart2988]

Wow, the clearest explanation of early extension on KZbin! I finally understood my dynamic loft problem and your feels drills take me back years to a swing when I enjoyed my golf way more. Thank you so much for this. The best early extension fix video on the whole net. If you are ever in Henley on Thames in the UK there’s a pint or two waiting for you! Excellent content. Chris.

[@CogornoGolf]

:) Glad to hear this one helped, Chris! Thank you!

[@beauty6620]

This is the best summary I saw on KZbin about early extension! Thank you, Eric!!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Ashley!

[@matts2496]

Dude the way you describe ‘feel’ makes so much sense. This information is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you!

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure my friend!

[@es9526]

After viewing countless videos and personal instruction, I finally get it! Most instructional videos fail to address or adequately explain the impact of early extension. Eric, you nailed it! Much appreciated.

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad it helped...appreciate the kind words and you being with us!

[@andreaslynen6113]

Great video...I´m a scratch player, but I've struggled with early extension my whole Live. This video helped a lot. Thank you very much from cologne Germany.

[@CogornoGolf]

Love to hear it Andreas!

[@Hittingitsolid]

Love these feels Eric, feeling new movements in the golf swing is so key. These really help with early extension problems. Cheers

[@CogornoGolf]

Agreed! I've seen. bunch of players use these feels successfully to cure EE

[@nealmi]

This is the best video I've seen on a problem that most amateur golfers have. Great content Eric!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Mike! Appreciate it my friend!

[@marklepollo8546]

I have been binge watching your videos on side bend, rotation, left knee movement and early extension. You are truly an excellent instructor!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it---appreciate the support---hope they serve you well!

[@wmartink]

First off, I never write comments. I have been struggling with this issue forever. I have watched tons of KZbin videos on this topic and nothing ever clicked until this. Great explanations and instructions that are simple to put into practice. Thanks for saving my swing!

[@CogornoGolf]

Love to hear this, John!👊

[@sergiomartin2007]

Thanks Eric. Very didactic and easy to understand. So hard for teachers to express sensations and feelings for the proper fix. Thumbs up.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it!

[@robbiek1999]

I practiced hard for 2 months prior to a 5 day Myrtle Golf trip. I didn't realize I had a problem until I used impact tape on the club as I was hitting off the toe. After my trip, I saw your video and all I can say is wow. I am hitting off the middle of the club and making dollar size divots again. I can't thank you enough. I have never heard anyone describe my flaw or best describe how to fix better than your video. Thanks again!

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure, my friend! Glad it helped!!

[@dalefury4416]

Your videos are the absolute best. I watch them and you describe exactly what I see myself doing. Bravo, sir.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it, Nick!

[@nhatube69]

Thank goodness for these videos... recently I've gotten into a swing funk somehow and started over extending and it threw off everything. Having no clue what happened I started to want to play less and less. I went through several of your early extension videos and was able to identify the issue and now I can work on them and recover my old swing! Thanks for the great videos!

[@CogornoGolf]

you got it my friend!

[@bendavies5409]

Thanks Eric. This lesson transformed my golf. Struggled to swing “through” the ball well and was always hitting left. Watched so many videos about shoulder turn and flattening swing etc which really didn’t help me - staying down on the ball keeping hands low is helping me strike the ball cleaner and longer -aiming now to halve my handicap of 20 over next 3 months 👍

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it, Ben! Glad to hear you are heading in the right direction my friend!

[@Wadeo-om8lm]

Nice video Eric! Very well diagnosed and great tips to correct. You're a great instructor. Can't wait to put these tips to use!

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it!

[@radiohd07]

The moment a lightbulb goes off. Awesome vid. Extension has been my nemesis for 2 decades. Thanks Jack Black!

[@CogornoGolf]

You are welcome my friend!

[@msandford9754]

Best advice ever on early extension! This is excellent information for one of my golfing buddy. I don’t really early extent however I can definitely try these new principles and feels. I want to rotate more on the downswing and feel like my right shoulder is deeper and closer to the ground at impact. I can’t wait to hit the golf range and try this out. Thanks Eric!

[@CogornoGolf]

MY pleasure! Appreciate it!

[@jjgolf1808]

I've taken lessons from several pga teachers over the years and none have gone into early extension in any great detail. I watched a couple of Eric's videos on this and went to the course today and getting the hip higher was a swing thought I never had... and it made a difference. Thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad to hear you're heading in the right direction, JJ!

[@metroapartmentslondon2272]

This is great Eric thanks. In my case (a few years back) the early extension was in the backswing. I was shallowing my shoulder turn going back rather than keeping my left shoulder low and adding side bend. I see that happening a lot in higher handicap golfers. keep up the good stuff

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it! Hope you got it sorted!

[@gregmiller8927]

Amazing video. my #1 problem. Really pieces together what we discussed during my lesson. Thanks Eric

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure man

[@matkasim]

Best explanation of early extension. Thank you. now i understand

[@CogornoGolf]

Happy to hear it my friend! Thank you for watching!

[@garrettwalker1555]

Finally, my early extension fixed! Been struggling with this for years, and cured after watching your video and one range session. Thanks so much, Eric!

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it! Glad to help!!

[@thevinsk]

Garrett Walker How’s it going? We all know how the ‘honeymoon phase’ can be short lived. How’s the swing going?

[@thomasweymouth8306]

After trying countless "cures" for early extension, I had just about lost hope. After watching this video, believe it or not, I tried this on the range and from the 1st ball on, I was making great contact. I was stunned. And I knew I had overcome this problem because I videoed my swing. Thanks for the great advice Eric and please keep 'em coming.

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it, Thomas! Glad to hear that my friend!

[@levijano4320]

This addresses my issue exactly. Felt an immediate change in swing right away! Thank you

[@CogornoGolf]

Love to hear that, Levi!

[@maralvor]

Fantastic Eric! For the first time in many years with your super clear explanation I think I have been able to identify the source of many of my difficulties-mainly involving high and short shots; thins and unmentionables -to name a few! I am really amazed I actually manage to get round in under 90 with my clearly defective swing! Lots of work to be done, but thanks to your assistance I now know what I have to do and why. Regards Ian

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Ian! Happy to help my friend and happy to hear you're heading in the right direction!!

[@briangolden3090]

This video changed my life! I had the shanks for years. I notice that if I stand a little bit further away from the ball at address... it is easier for me to hinge my wrists and keep the club more horizontal through impact. It feels weird, but I have been hitting the ball so purely. Thanks Eric!

[@CogornoGolf]

Excellent! Love to hear that, Brian!!

[@robertdremluk810]

Awesome video. So many of us like you have early extension issues. One trick that that I've found that makes bending legs and getting chest lower is to move your pelvis more underneath at address, and if necessary bend your knees a little extra and round your shoulders to reach the ball. It will not look pretty but it works because on the downswing the pelvis will push backward ---opposite of pelvis forward at address, then legs can bend, chest stays down and you can rotate easier as you mention in video. The look of pelvis underneath is not the pretty posture that we've seen in golf magazines for decades but it makes perfect sense---if your hips are thrusting forward on downswing do something to cause them to thrust backward---move the pelvis forward at address.

[@CogornoGolf]

Yup! I've done videos on that earlier this year...

[@seancolby]

This is the best explanation and fix I’ve come across. Thanks so much! Just figured out I had early extension. I’ve managed to play mid 80s with it but my driver had a 2 way miss and my long irons struggled. Can’t wait to get to the range

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure, Sean! Hope practice goes great!

[@jbohardy]

Bought a launch monitor, and I figured this out on my own this year. Completely changed my game. I can actually hit the ball straight with consistency. Wonderful job explaining it. In the past,I never understood why sometimes when i play I hit straightish draws and sometimes I hit fades pushes, and this is the biggest variable.

[@CogornoGolf]

Nice James! Thank you!!

[@domnicholls3944]

Awesome Eric! Your teaching is a blessing.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate ya Dom!

[@jeandewan1480]

Brilliant video as usual Eric !!! Many thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Jean!

[@webbgod1]

Fantastic tips! Hitting it better after two Practice sessions 👍🤛

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad to hear that!

[@MWF820]

Great video Eric you have nailed it. This is the second biggest swing error for amateurs golfers next to the 'over the top' move and it comes from a 'hit at the ball' mindset. Get this sorted and you are breaking 80 every day.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Mark!

[@PDadz64]

Sooooooo good Eric , def trying this tmrw in my Covid garden net, 4 weeks to sort it , lockdown finishes in 4 weeks in the UK 🇬🇧 and courses back open finally 😊👍🏻🏌🏻‍♂️

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it! hope it serves you well my friend!

[@kietvo1518]

Thanks for your information! Really help me

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure! Happy to hear it!

[@itzgotti]

great video as always!!! my only quibble is with the title. HAHA for me, the best feel you have given us is the right side crunch/bend. just that thought/feel alone has completely erased my early extension. love the member site as well.

[@CogornoGolf]

Lol! Thanks man! Happy to hear that...let me know if you ever need anything!

[@philshardlow7297]

Great video Eric. Was having ball striking consistency problems so took a video of my swing. Early extension was the obvious problem. I had no idea i was doing it. Watched this video and problem solved (mostly ;)). Thank you.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Phil! Thesemay help as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2m9aJ18q9efbc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYqqnYCtatlqlc0

[@willisvanderklees9013]

What a coincidence! Was practicing this very drill. Perfect timing. :)

[@CogornoGolf]

Great minds!

[@BrittJRosen]

Thanks Eric. Excellent video.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it, Britt!

[@JohnnyJr396]

Thanks Eric! I posted this on another video but meant it for this one.Im going to show my ignorance here and I may still be wrong. All of my life I have extended because of the way I deliver the club to the ball because of how I thought I should swing. I’m sure you exaggerated the looks for demonstration . I tried to over exaggerate the knees bent and the hinged hands under the bar while delivering the club and I feel more of a stay low swinging out sweeping feel than swinging down into the ground . I don’t know if that’s right but doing so I Can make it to 10 and extend. I feel goofy doing it but probably look good 😂 Thanks!

[@demzunoplayer]

Leaning your body towards the ball, steepens the angle of the shaft. Which creates more push upwards in the early downswing. I like the suggestion of compression of the legs, plus a slow transition to a flatter shaft plane. An open club face and early release throw the club to the outside and can cause the extension problem at a later point in the swing. Its a hard problem to understand and hard to fix. When you are getting it solved you should start to see a more conventional follow through with your left palm facing the ground after impact. Hope this helps. This problem can wreck a golf swing. I see you have a new vid dealing with this. Good work. All the best.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!

[@illvibe1887]

The first second of your theme song sounds like, “Ice Ice Baby.” Subscribed!

[@CogornoGolf]

Lol

[@miguellemme6483]

Great vid .Eric Thanks!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Miguel!

[@kdub3288]

This is the toughest concept for me to master in the swing. Have been a flipper for years (and actually got good at it with a 7 handicap index). Seems so counterintuitive to me but when I hold the lag later and make solid contact, I just want that hit every time. Def have to work on this though because I had a lot of chunk/fat hits by trying to lower to the ground

[@CogornoGolf]

Keep at it my friend! I think the concepts in this video below regarding the trail arm and trail wrist may be the key to solving those fat shots👊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2bYcpafjK9-f8U Hope this helps you out!

[@jasontroutman9845]

Great video. Just was looking at my impact position and some tour pros and their Hands are lower at impact. I’ll be working on the suggestions you make in this video. Thanks again

[@CogornoGolf]

Key for hands and shaft angle (VSP) is ulnar deviation vs radial deviation

[@demzunoplayer]

Another really great lesson. Many thanks.

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure, David!

[@nicholasthornton7000]

Pretty much summed up all my faults in one video. Am definitely going to work on these drills - thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure, Nicholas! Let us know if this one helps!

[@TheGunnyUSMC]

Great explanation of when extension should occur.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!

[@TheGunnyUSMC]

@@CogornoGolf have a Merry Christmas.

[@michaelhall8323]

Thanks Eric, great lesson!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Michael! Our pleasure!

[@aau240]

Thanks Eric, I found trying to get the toe up and the heel on the ground at impact helps me get the handle lower as well

[@CogornoGolf]

I like it

[@BlackjackCZ]

Really good video..I struggle with early extension. Will try out these tips.

[@CogornoGolf]

Keep me updated!

[@TravisBAnderson]

I haven’t been able to fix my early extension. I’ve tried many things, I’m goin to try this for certain. Thanks for the video.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps!

[@michaelhamilton8916]

Great video! Actually understand the problems I’ve had all along. Other videos don’t click for me like this one did, I am a 11 handicap and an early extender. Hopefully when I practice these feels more it will come naturally and lower my scores

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad this one helped! Hope practice goes great👊

[@michaelhamilton8916]

@@CogornoGolf Went out and played after this video, pured almost every iron and I was hitting them 5-10 yards longer than I usually do! It all makes sense now

[@gessed]

.Early extension well explained. Thank you.

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure, Ramsay! Thanks for being here!

[@pb4820]

I'm a 4 handicap but have been suffering from this for years. First time I've seen this explanation and fix. I just got back from the backyard practicing this chipping/pitching. Amazing difference. I found it easier to push the chest down on the downswing than lowering the knees. The lowering of the knees seems to happen slightly and automatically if I focus on just lowering the chest a bit. The backside also pushes backwards...as a result not as a cause. A much better fix than trying to keep you backside on a chair. I also remember years ago a you tube video of Tiger Woods, Butch Harmon and Peter Kessler...it was from a Golf Channel show. In it, Tiger explains his death move...hips moving to fast and hands having to catch up and flipping at the bottom. He called it his "ole" move....early extension. He thought it was the hips moving too fast. Then fast forward many years and you saw Tiger practicing the drop move on the downswing. I don't think it was when he was with Haney...may have been during Foley...but it seemed he over exaggerated it...his head dipped about 6 inches on his downswing. No more "ole" but he may have overdone it. I look forward to taking this to the range tomorrow for the full swing. I really thank you for this tip...and so does my Goat. :)

[@CogornoGolf]

Haha love it! Happy to hear you're heading in the right direction my friend! Lets get rid of that EE!!

[@davepatterson3132]

Eric, really great video. The hands under the bar feel is brilliant. Maybe at some point in the future you could do a video on why the early extension move creeps into the swing. I know for me it seems powerful to extend right as I make contact. Thanks for all the great information.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Dave! Good idea! Several reasons I typically see as to "why" people early extend. Open clubface Steep Downswing Setup too far on heels Too much forward flexion during setup/backswing Pelvis too Far toward target during backswing To name a few

[@steveperry1344]

i've had early ext. for years but didn't know it until youtube. i had lessons but none of these guys ever told me about it. i'm getting better at avoiding it now that i know what it is. for me it almost seemed instinctive but way wrong. it really had ruined my game but now getting a lot better. good luck to our golf games, steve

[@Leeglefty]

Excellent video helped me greatly 👍

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks! Love to hear that!!

[@golfnutt1969]

I'm curious, who downvotes your videos? Your instruction is so easy to follow and has so much detail without being complicated. Another great video Eric!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Jeff! Appreciate it... Cant please everyone :)

[@saabtech3510]

Nice work. I'd like to mention two things that can cause early extension. 1) Trying to help the ball into the air. 2) Trying to square the face early for impact. Both things cause the club to release early, and your subconscious realizes your arms are too long and you will hit the ground before the ball, so you extent your body to keep from sticking the club in the ground. Kind of a cause and effect thing.

[@ST-xg3gy]

I believe he covered all of that in the video.

[@stefwannabe]

You described my early extension perfectly. Pelvis moves forward and no rotation. I'll work with your feel suggestions. Thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Keep me updated, Stef!

[@casilatino]

I looked at my video recently and realized that I too am early extending. When I put on some contact tape on my club face, I noticed that the ball was hitting the club face more toward the nozzle, probably because I was moving in toward the ball with my pelvis at impact. I am using your videos to overcome this bad habit that I probably have had all my life. It is hard to hit the sweet spot on the club face with early extension.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps Richard! We have a bunch of videos on here on Early Extension that should help. We also have a GREAT masterclass on how to fix early extension that I think is our best one you can find here: ericcogornogolf.podia.com/early-extension-master-class

[@Sreeve94]

This is exactly what I'm doing wrong. Brilliant video - thanks!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Sam! Hope it serves your game well!

[@sparkdog44]

That's me exactly at 6:00. I'll try these "feels"...it's either that or get my hosels grooved.

[@CogornoGolf]

:) Hope this one helps my friend! Thanks for watching!

[@mattwright6075]

Great, great video. This is me, for sure. I sometimes shank the ball (with any iron)... I'm guessing that I'm really extending my arms to compensate for my extension? I can sometimes literally feel myself throwing my hands/arms at the ball. Thanks for these tips.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Matt! I would really have to see your swing to see WHY you shank to say how to fix but that could be it. See if these help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHSQlYmDjcqbp7M If that doesnt help join www.cogornogolf.com so you can send us your videos and we can help!

[@acershund1]

Yep! Thats me - early Xtn- gonna work on your frills- thx!

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps! Check out Early Extension Masterclass we did....should really help.

[@dalecleece389]

Think this is were my consistently thin shots come from. Cheers Eric 👍

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure, Dale!

[@totosugiarto7977]

Gregorious tutorial drill..., Ieee struggling early ext. more than whole life in golf ...nervously..sure.., but with 2 base ( chest down & maintain hinged )...result wonderfull.., Thx very much Eric..🤝🤝👍🙏

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you! Our pleasure!👊

[@johnk.atchley5079]

Am 79, been playing for 58 years, have a 17 hdcp. But OMG that's me: a video my pro did a week ago showed me with knees not bent enough, early extension, chest up, weight shifted almost too much left, unable to rotate much so at contact my belt buckle is just slightly past the ball toward the target but my shoulders are still back and chest pointing to the right, thus swing path coming inside out, arms extending straight to reach the ball, wrists becoming over active to get the club face squared and ball going down the target line rather than straight out to the right. This can produce a straight shot, but also a shot high and to the right, or more often when my wrists close the face, a nasty high hook so with my 7 iron ball after ball starts toward the target but ends up 20 yards to the left and short. Thanks for the explanation, will be working on it today at the range.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey John! Glad you guys found what needs work! Better late than never :) Hope this helps!

[@russellhulse1778]

Awesome teaching!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, Russell!

[@jeremyherl]

I also feel like my right foot comes off the ground way early when i early extend! Great video Eric. Helped me alot!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Love to hear it! Thanks Jeremy!

[@Grogster2007]

Great vid Eric !

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!

[@jmm4081]

Makes sense, i like it!

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it, John!

[@ChrisRumin]

Great stuff EC! It’s like you’re talking to me directly. The one thing I’d suggest is on your cut away demo swings could you have those as slow motion?

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Chris!

[@andrewbuza6035]

Excellent video ...I have been early extending for a long time.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps my friend!

[@BamaPaul]

That lowering or squat is the best thing to also help with keeping the wrist angles in transition. If you don’t fat city. It helps me to maintain the lag till impact.

[@kdub3288]

This is very difficult for me because I have been. “Flipper” for a long time now and I tried this at the course and yes it absolutely helped with solid flush contact but only if I don’t chunk it. It seems so counterintuitive to me that I would have more swing speed by holding the lag later in the swing but the results of a solid hit speak for themself.

[@cccshark]

Just awesome! With early-extension, no matter how you try to improve your swing, it will not because the club-face is not going to meet the ball as it is designed to be.

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@williamcarvalho2869]

Great explanation!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, William!

[@steveditzler6014]

wow. I was at golf range today and was doing terrible. Mostly early extension and digging into dirt behind ball. Thanks for the tips. I sure hope it works.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps Steve

[@sharonsong332]

I accidentally landed on one of your videos about five days ago and have been hooked ever since! All so attention capturing and well explained. I can actually solve my golf problems watching your videos. Thank you!

[@CogornoGolf]

Happy to hear that, Sharon! That's ultimately our goal. Help you help yourself!

[@vinhnpham8233]

The best guidance ever

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Vinh!

[@jimmyvespegolf3834]

Good analysis Eric. Professional golfer here, probably have backed out of shots from P4 to P5 forever. I have been trying to compress the torso down to start the downswing, but it's been tough sledding. Funny thing is my hips don't come in, I stay in the box and actually get a little deeper coming into P7. End result is still early extension and probably too much weight in my heels. It's a matter of degrees in shooting 65 and 75 though, so it is affecting me with consistency. Going to work on lowering the legs a bit like you mentioned, interested in seeing how it feels. But losing spine tilt (extension) is somehow tied to how I apply power to start the downswing, it is a pesky problem to fix.

[@CogornoGolf]

I would feel your head work more FORWARD (like toward the camera from face on) more so then DOWN. Like if there was a wall up over the golf ball........youre trying to break through that wall with your head kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2m9aJ18q9efbc0 (about 5 min mark) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXjQpoKQn72Zr5I

[@billglab9044]

Nice stuff EC

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Bill!

[@MrCarlnatalizia]

7 index, and this has plagued me all of my playing days. Been to instructors, looked at every video on KZbin, etc. This is the first I have seen of this move with the upper body movement and keeping hands low. This is it! Thanks so much! And yes, I am going to cancel all of my other subscriptions and become a disciple of Eric! Looking at how to join / get membership now...

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it, Carl! Glad to have you with us my friend :)

[@patrick-kyng9208]

Thanks Eric.

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it Patrick!

[@fredrikholmberg1048]

Great tip!!👍

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!

[@GolfTechie79]

Another great video Eric - best coach on KZbin. Makes so much sense that early extension also greatly inhibits rotation, leading to poor strikes and loss of direction control. I'll try the three feel moves in my next practice session, thanks.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, appreciate it!

[@blarneyetone]

Eric, Great video and explanation of early extension. After recording some video of my swing in slow motion, I was early extending and causing lots of issues, mainly hitting a lot off the toe. The feeling discussion really helped get me back to staying down in the swing. As another viewer noticed, the exaggeration of staying down, squatting into the downswing can result in some fat shots, hitting behind the ball. The key to correct this is to keep some lag, and then forward shaft lean at impact. The forward shaft lean basically creates a shorter distance to the ball from the body and allows the club head to clear the ground until after impact. Noticing that i am taking some better divots after the ball now too. Thanks for the video, You Tube is full of them, and I found yours as one of the best.

[@CogornoGolf]

Awesome-thank you! Yes, exactly! Have to rotate and shorten right wrist/arm if you go down

[@kfraser01]

Really good Video Eric ! I cannot understand why people would thumb this down ...

[@CogornoGolf]

Haha, thanks man! Can't please everyone :)

[@pb4820]

It may be the Goat who is pissed that he is no longer getting humped quite so often.

[@swardmusic]

Cant wait to try these feels eric. Been working hard with video on my swing. Early extention needs to be fixed. I see my shoulders raise up and away from ball as i get close to impact, causing wrists to unhinge! Not much in knee straightening going on though? Should i just leave the knee bending feels out of the feels/thoughts on my next range sesh? Cheers from Australia!

[@CogornoGolf]

Awesome-love it! I would really have to see your swing to say for sure what you specifically should do...depends on what you're currently actually doing

[@rickcarter3183]

Good tip I got right heel on ground longer

[@CogornoGolf]

Yessir

[@jonallsop7502]

Fantastic video on EE. But this won’t always get to the root of the issue. Why might someone be early extending? For example, a club face too shut or closed in the backswing may try and add loft and save a left (pull-draw) shot by adding EE. Fixing EE here will cause the left shot to come back.

[@CogornoGolf]

Absolutely! No way to identify all the root causes of Early Extension with one video. Thats why we made our Masterclass program!

[@stylz1]

Good stuff!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!

[@jaypbee3610]

Really enjoy your videos and your style of delivery. Just became a premium member. Regarding early extension - I feel it is caused by casting. I have to stand up or the club will hit the ground which is the opposite of what you are describing here (arms extend because of standing up). If I had good lag - I wouldn't need to early extend. Comments?

[@CogornoGolf]

Whats up man! Sorry-don't know why I am just seeing now, it was help a "spam" Thank you! You can early extend because of a cast, yes. You can cast because of an early extend. Both can happen. Good news-you can post up your swings in our facebook group and I can help guide. We need to figure out WHY you are casting and fix that first and then we can fix the EE. Usually cast because of face open or steep downswing, but could be others as well. Post up swings and lets fix it.

[@dw8216]

Great video. Early extension is the bane of my existence. One question: if you keep the butt of the club lower, does that affect the lie angle of the club?

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Darren! I would make it more toe up....but remember....thats just a FEELING to offset a problem if you have the shaft too HIGH Most people with early extension have the shaft TOO VERTICAL so you're just feeling it lower to make it neutral IF you can't fix your EE I would highly recommend you check out our EE masterclass....its the best one we have done ericcogornogolf.podia.com/early-extension-master-class

[@wjjohns04able]

This describes my swing to a T! Now I know why I'm flipping, adding dynamic loft to my shots, and hitting short. Can't wait to try the fixes. Thanks for the video!!

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure-hope it helps

[@wgb8210]

Fantastic video as always. I think we would agree that the hands do start to lift slightly before contact. During those times when you may have been fighting a little bit of early extension, would you try to FEEL that your hands were swinging down until just prior to contact? Or did it work better for you if you tried to exaggerate the proper low hand swing so that you FELT that your hands did not start to rise until just after contact?

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes....FEEL vs real.. If someone early extends and raises the handle (shaft angle more vertical) they need to feel they lower the handle (shaft angle more horizontal) and they should make them neutral.

[@wgb8210]

@@CogornoGolf Thank you.

[@mpb1472]

Can having clubs too short in length and ball position too far away from you promote EE? It’s been pointed out to me that my armpits are over my toes and my knees/upper torso are quite flexed. I am early extending both body and wrists to hit the ball. Fix recommended was to get armpits over balls of feet and turn ribcage with possibility of adding length to my irons. They do feel short when I try the recommended fix. Great video. You are a gift for us folks on you tube.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Michael! "Can having clubs too short in length and ball position too far away from you promote EE?" -Yes.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate the kind words! Hope you get it sorted!

[@mpb1472]

@@CogornoGolf I am going to implement the fix you have in another excellent video of moving the seam on the left side of your pants backwards. Refreshing ideas to combat early extension other than keep your butt against a chair.

[@charlesanthony5301]

Thanks Eric your videos are important to us hackers. I been working on this problem and I'm going to try your ideas. Like you say do the opposite and maybe to the extreme. Of course have to guard against hitting to fat.

[@CogornoGolf]

100%----hope it helps!

[@DLudGolf]

As I have gone from a 15 handicap to a 7, I have developed a hozel shot early extension where my chest and right leg get in the way, especially on short irons and wedges. Still searching for a fix, will try anything.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope you get it sorted my friend! Check out www.cogornogolf.com you can send in your swings there for us to review!

[@DLudGolf]

@@CogornoGolf Thanks, you the man

[@Robbaan87]

Great video. I will try this. I think my problem is that I have very limited/poor mobilty in my back thigh. Is it better to stretch the muscles or could it be fix with just some golf exercise? Do you have some mobilty/rotation/stretch program anywhere?

[@CogornoGolf]

Not sure....would have to see you in person and probably best to talk to a trainer for that one