GOLF: How The Left Leg Works During The Downswing

[@davidthomas291]

Thanks for sending me this video Eric. Exactly what I needed......

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad this one helped, David!

[@stevepiccinnin1157]

Great channel, thanks , your tutorials are quickly paying off .. thank u

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Steve!

[@johnd1926]

Great Video. Love the matchup discussion. Most videos do not discuss matching variations. Thank you.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks John!

[@pohoresky]

Terrific explanation on why external rotation of lead knee from the top is so imprtant to commence the downswing to get the necessary degree of hip rotation for the rest of the downswing.. Very insightful observation that had escaped my attention . Thank you..

[@CogornoGolf]

MY pleasure!

[@spinhan1]

Wow... What a brilliant lesson!You told me what I really wanted to know exactly. Thanks.I really like your lesson because you always mention different swing style, not just telling one.Most of the teachers on youtube just teaching one type of swing that is his own style and it makes us confused because we amatuer golfers have different body and swing mechanism. You always give us the choices those are suitable for each person learing golf.Great job you've done. !!

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate the kind words my friend!

[@renzdouglas]

Thanks for your perspective on this topic. Many KZbin instructors discuss this aspect but did not present it in a way that hit home for me. As I age, I've found my swing rotation, both back and down, has been affected more than I realized. I appreciate the kinetics discussion to help me understand this point.

[@renzdouglas]

The added insight of motion (bend and pivot) and timing of left knee has drawn attention to aspects I never had to think about in my younger days. Thanks again!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Renz! Our pleasure!

[@jacobbelmontes4899]

Excellent video. Thanks for adding instructions on when to trail side crunch as lead leg extends

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Jacob!

[@guitar1950]

Just watched Milo Lines talking about tracing a circle with the lead knee. I had been focusing on moving my lead hip/glute behind in transition. After working on knee action I find that movement automatically moves the hip behind and rotation is much better. Proper sequencing is the key. Good stuff here!

[@CogornoGolf]

Excellent!

[@francobelmonte8601]

Very solid video. Great work

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you, Franco!

[@VimMitt]

Best tip ever. It is biggest secret in golf to swing like pro.

[@CogornoGolf]

Glad you enjoyed this one!👊

[@FC-yw7cn]

Its so helpful to avoid early extension and more power from the legs. Eric you are the best:)

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Frank!

[@bjohnson515]

Eric, did I miss you talking about "swinging both the knees"? It seems to me that thinking of swinging the knees is an easier concept than just swinging just the one knee out... McElroy seems to swing his knees.. and if the knees are swung from the top of the swing, the left gets where you describe where you want it to be, and the right swings back into a braced right leg position...both good your thoughts on thinking in this manner.... thanks for the vid...

[@CogornoGolf]

Thats cool if that works for ya!

[@jjcampbell3654]

Hi Eric good basic explanation does the movement of the left leg or knee on the down swing have anything to do with the low point of the swing thanks for your help kindly advise Jack

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Jack! It definitely plays a part, yes! To keep it really simple...you have a lower center (think belt buckle) and an upper center (think shirt buttons). If one or both centers move back during the downswing, the low point moves back. If one or both centers move forward during the downswing, the low point moves forward. Hope this helps!

[@jjcampbell3654]

Hi Eric thanks for your prompt reply any suggestion on where the low point should be during the golf swing thanks for your help kindly advise Jack@@CogornoGolf

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it Jack! When the ball is on the ground, the low point of the swing should be after the ball. We want ball first, ground second contact👍

[@kevinmurphy8644]

Excellent instruction- thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Kevin!!

[@sandwah9901]

Good stuff EC, goes back to Alex Morrison, who taught Henry Picard who was the only guy to ever teach Hogan, and Morrison also taught Jack Grout who taught Nicklaus. And Bobby Jones completely endorsed Morrison's concepts on golf swing.

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it-small world sometimes in the golf world :)

[@JeffRAX]

Another banger video EC. Are you shifting your weight simultaneously as you make the move? Or is it right after? Thanks sir!!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Jeff! The weight shift forward with the hips ideally starts around lead arm parallel in the backswing/P3 while the hips and shoulders are still rotating closed up to the top of the swing/P4. You may enjoy this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJm9gIqqnMp3ldkfeature=shared Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any questions!

[@jamesbrey1719]

Very informative !!! Thanks again !!!

[@CogornoGolf]

MY pleasure!

[@pohoresky]

Another observation is that the downswing is to be coordinated with the external rotation of lead knee into impact .i.e. they (arms hands) both move down at the same rate as the knee externally roatates. They need to be synced up.

[@ScottSanderz19]

Excellent video, that left knee move will also allow you to maintain your tush line so you don’t early extend

[@CogornoGolf]

Yessir

[@brianstumpf7296]

Hey Eric great video. As someone who lifts their left heel , should that heel be back on the ground prior to starting the downswing (hands starting down). Thanks!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Brian! In general....you would want to re plant it as the trigger to start the downswing...

[@MrGolfhimguy]

You describe the Sam Sneed ‘squat’ beautifully. Describe how the weight gets so deep into the left heel so fast like you do please.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks! Sure...what would you like to know?

[@CogornoGolf]

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[@ggkk6474]

No doubt about it this man is very good.

[@CogornoGolf]

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[@davecollins1998]

Great video, & explanation!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Dave!

[@longlivechina7538]

My KZbin hero

[@CogornoGolf]

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[@aaronmccardie8795]

I've tried over the years in some sort of way trying to improve my rotation in down swing sequence ,for me I have a hard time being successful with this due to my lower back pain and am reluctant just incase my back goes all of a sudden .also if I do this motion with the right knee to a certain degree i pull alot of shots to the left .am 50+ now and unfortunately not very flexible as i used to be.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope you get it sorted out!

[@123GPA]

Eric thanks for the lesson. I am guessing you do not need to think about pulling down with your arms when you rotate your left leg? They just fall into place naturally until you start additional rotation?

[@CogornoGolf]

Ideally....yes.

[@halwal24]

@cogornogolf Does the right leg/knee stay passive (or quiet) as the left knee/leg starts to turn towards target?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey! Good question---here are the details of the right leg and foot in the downswing during that phase that should explain it well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ganZe6Cnpqeqirs&pp=ygUWRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHJpZ2h0IGxlZw%3D%3D kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqetn2quYtypppY&pp=ygUWRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHJpZ2h0IGxlZw%3D%3D

[@lhweib]

Hi Eric, all make sense to me. Would such external rotation, i. e. putting great pressure on, hurt the left knee cap in a longer term?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hopefully not!

[@michaelcunningham438]

Yes it can, especially the meniscus. I flare the lead foot out and also try to copy Bubba Watson where his lead foot lifts and turn with his leg so there is no extra strain on the left knee.

[@pm1a]

Do you feel this left knee move in transition can help keep the head back and prevent it from darting towards the target?

[@jconcrete0833]

Eric I have tried to keep my left leg flexed longer to add power but always hit fat shots. I always make better contact when straightening the left leg before the club is parallel to the ground. I’m thinking it’s because I have short legs and long body? Great video

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks for the message. It would be perfectly OKAY for you to get the leg straightening earlier..plenty of great players do that.

[@michaelblock8630]

@@CogornoGolf One of the best lessonsvia a video. Yp are like an instant personal coach. Thankyou .

[@charlesjones7304]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!

[@AGCampagna]

Hi Eric, is there any correlation with the left glute and left heel?

[@CogornoGolf]

For sure

[@openminded1923]

SO if I tried to straighten the left leg last week. But the effect was that i started to top the ball. Could that have been cause I didnt add right side bend to the upper body? Might add that Im kind of a low launcher of the ball and interested in trying to launch it a little higher. But at the same time Im thinking that increasing right side bend would lead to my left hip raises earlier and that would make me top the ball even more?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey George....if you are to raise up something on your left side, something on your right side would have to go down to even it out...yes. Ofcourse I would have to see your swing to say specifically what you need to do

[@scottharmon5583]

Eric - One thing you didn’t mention is that most instructors till tell you you’re supposed to shift some weight left before all of this left leg externally rotating and bending, but you didn’t. I’ve never figured out how to do this move with weight left while at the same time increasing flex in my lead leg. Any suggestions?

[@CogornoGolf]

Think PRESSURE down and forward more than BODY SHIFT should help. Like your body is floating forward.

[@scottharmon5583]

Eric Cogorno Golf OK that makes some sense. Is this the ‘float-load’ concept people talk about? I’m supposed to start it before end of backswing?

[@CogornoGolf]

See if this helps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH-ZZYOdjM2Wl5o

[@scottharmon5583]

Eric Cogorno Golf Eric, this is good, too, thanks a ton. The lead leg/rotation stuff, sit, squat, re-flex, all make sense and I know they’re correct because everyone teaches them. The part I struggle with personally, because I’ve always been a pusher with my trail leg into lead side / early extender, is how I’m supposed to get my weight left if not by pushing. Clearly it needs to get there, or all of this ends up being a reverse shift. All I can come up with is a fall toward the lead side. Is that right?

[@Rick102667]

Are you pushing off with the inside of your right foot to start your transition of the down swing ?

[@CogornoGolf]

Nope...pushing back and away from target and then pushing forward later ideally.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKPRhpWZqp6fpLM

[@Rick102667]

Thank you for the reply Eric, really like how you break things down in your videos.

[@Construct87]

My knee kicks out and rotates a lot - just what happens for me and feels natural when swinging. I had a trainer once who tried to force me into not doing it and telling me it'd mess up my swing which was bs. You can't force once specific set of movements on any human being just because you read about it in a book.

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@youdidist]

thanks 👍

[@CogornoGolf]

My pleasure!

[@simmo5071]

Obviously you shift weight to the lead leg prior to the knee rotation. Although you look like your arm is coming down at the same time. A lot of folks claim the club is still going back as the weight shift to lead leg has occurred.

[@CogornoGolf]

Arms going back as the pressure starts moving forward ideally yes but by the time you see the actual mass of body moving the arms will start coming down

[@Concordeagle]

Is that Butch Harmon behind you?

[@CogornoGolf]

Unfortunately not :)

[@robertmayer1497]

Pretty sure Butch is a Titelist guy.

[@tipsy09]

how do you do this but not come over the top

[@CogornoGolf]

Lots of micro answers to this question.... Good ball strikers rotate their body a lot....steepen their body angles....and shallow their club independent of that... Thats why they are GOOD ball strikers :) "HOW" do you shallow? Search my name and shallow

[@tipsy09]

@@CogornoGolf thanks. so pretty much when i pure shots its a fluke.

[@CogornoGolf]

Would have to see your swing to say...

[@vicp7059]

i have four pair of golf shoes. will gladly donate one pair to the kid in red trunks.

[@CogornoGolf]

Ill relay the message :)

[@robertmayer1497]

I remember Jim McMahon [sp] former Bears quarterback playing shoeless. I have seen drills where you are encouraged to practice without shoes. I guess feeling the ground more.

[@vicp7059]

I know people play shoeless, I did once when one of my shores came undone. But this kid, although a nice swing is wearing sandals. Not good for support I guess.

[@longlivechina7538]

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[@CogornoGolf]

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[@PLA5207]

"Lead" leg. YES, that's it!!!

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@PLA5207]

"Front" leg versus "left" leg suits both right and left handed players. Just sayin'. :) Great videos Eric.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!!