GOLF: My 5 Best Early Extension Drills And Feels (Compilation)

[@keithb9057]

Including “the feels” are the differentiator to fixing this ailment. Captured vids of my swing on-the-course 😖 plagued with early extension. Incorporating Eric’s drills to get “the feels” to fix a lifelong problem. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 EC

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope this one is helping, Keith! Appreciate you being here with us!

[@Andyvg99]

I personally loved how you combined previous videos to get across a single swing point. Well done.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it! Hopefully it helps beat home some points :)

[@nojok2780]

Man do you explain things well ! I’ve had teaching professionals manually put me in that position, but never explain how to get there. Thank you!

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate ya! Hope it helps!

[@atorres0381]

I started watching your videos a few months ago and I love how meticulous you are in your instruction. It helps me understand the "why" for many movements in the swing. Thanks for your dedication to us amateurs.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate the kind words! Our pleasure!!

[@jamescraven1781]

Thanks Eric, just what I was looking for; different feels to work on to prevent early extension. Thanks again.

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it James!

[@philipdodd7892]

I have watched several of your videos and they are really really good. Informative with explanation of faults with excellent drills for remedial action. Keep them coming. Thank you.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it Philip!! Thanks for your support!

[@kenfoster7527]

Terrific details. Love the demonstrations & discussion of “feels.” Can’t wait to try it. Just need some warmth. Will look into to your 2-day schools. Thank u so much for sharing.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Ken! Hope this one helps! This is an older video so we do not have any 2-day schools currently but Eric is teaching online at www.cogornogolf.com or in-person in Pompano Beach, FL☀️ Please reach out to [e-mail] with any questions! We'd love to have you on the team!👊 Thank you! -Mikah

[@joehart0]

Belt buckle away in the back swing Belt buckle further away as you come through. What a swing thought. Thanks Eric

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure Joe!

[@mikejoffred5529]

Great format! I really liked the Clarity of the Presentation.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Mike!

[@davewinter1350]

I am not going to lie this is the thing that I am fixing at the minute !!! And this is great for me as it gives me plenty of options and feels thanks Eric 👍🏼🏌🏼‍♂️💪🏼

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps your journey, Dave!

[@jesduller3247]

Really like this format, Eric. Thanks for sharing.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it Jes! Our pleasure!

[@thitiratyoutube]

Thank u for the video Eric!, the drills are very helpful for fixing early extension, especially how to transfer weight between feet and when to extended the body.

[@CogornoGolf]

Happy to hear that! Our pleasure!

[@chrisrainger6578]

Love the new format and loved the previous format. Either way you convey the ideas clearly. Love your stuff

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Chris! Appreciate ya!

[@danwaite8777]

Top quality coaching, that video has helped give me clarity on moves and feels 👏🏻👏🏻🙏💵

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Dan! Glad to hear that my friend!

[@Anoopsoni10]

Excellent video. Very occasionally when I get tired I tend to extend early and end up shanking. I think transferring my weight to the left heel (right handed swing) during my downswing will really help

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks! Yes... and make sure the hands, arms, club, shaft, etc are moving LEFT through and past impact! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHSQlYmDjcqbp7M

[@adr12318]

Another great video Eric, very helpful as I’m working to increase my rotation and eliminate early ext!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Aaron! Hope some of the feels help!

[@brianprentice5361]

Wish I had watched this video before my Florida golf trip (had early extension issues). Thanks Eric!

[@CogornoGolf]

Better late than never! Our pleasure, Brian!

[@dwightkenney1713]

Wow! This is the gold mine of truth I’ve cured my problem Super Thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Fantastic Dwight! Our pleasure!

[@grandpagolf]

Crystal clear. The belt buckle drill speaks volumes. Thanks ✌️.

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure! Appreciate you watching!

[@barrycauser2575]

As always Eric excellent content, sensible explanations, very easy to understand and replicate. Keep up the good work

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Barry! I hope some of these compilation videos help hammer down the points and help some people!

[@whadventures6586]

Thanks a lot for the great compilation of drills, gives me some really good ideas to focus on keeping that handle down and rotating through impact!

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure, Wade! Appreciate it!

[@gilbertamthor5098]

Really good content! As a 2 handicap with early extension this was on the money. To bad your not on the west coast

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you sir! Hope it helps! Can always check out www.cogornogolf.com and work with us online!

[@neilrobertson4682]

Great explanation, thanks Eric

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks Neil!

[@geoffreyfoo312]

Love the format Eric! Keep them coming.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Geoffrey! Appreciate it!

[@rrassoc]

Thanks! This is yet something I've just added to completely do away with my shanking. A key for me is the knee actions, particularly bending the left knee forward on my backswing as I turn my hips back. That seems to enable me to then shift my weight to my left side and left heel on the downswing. I've always flexed my knees, but never worked them into the turns. Comment?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Rich! Thanks for the message! That sounds about right!

[@richardbrice5610]

Absolutely love this Eric - thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you Richard!

[@rohitpratap4174]

Love this format! Can try one at a time and see which works

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Rohit! Appreciate the feedback....just trying some new formats out! Hopefully some will stick!

[@sheila704]

Wow! Great video! Thank you so much for sharing

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure, Sheila! Thanks for being with us!

[@eymun]

Another great video as always. Great content and simple explanations

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it!

[@thurlestonetennis2447]

So many good tips concentrated into a short video; gold dust Eric.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you!

[@carlwinsor3959]

Loved this format and what i need to work on

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Carl! Hope it helps!

[@kellelinchen]

Excellent explanation.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you!

[@simonleach3812]

Hi Eric, watching again after seeing this a while ago. In the last clip you talk about "Rehearse with left leg way behind and seamline in." What do you mean by seamline in? The seam line or the crease of your pants? Please explain.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Simon! Seam line where they sew your pants together---side of hip.

[@simonleach3812]

@@CogornoGolf Thanks EGC - as I thought. Love the straightforward explanations and drills. Helps unfuddle my mind.

[@paedeapaedea8961]

Wow powerful stuff. Wish I had this info. 20 years ago. Might be on tour by now haha...

[@CogornoGolf]

Better late than never :)

[@jeandewan1480]

Excellent educational content and very accessible! Thanks Eric !

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it, Jean!

[@ToddCiehomski]

It seems like every time I lose my swing it comes down to early extension. Jumping at the ball. Another great piece Eric

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Todd! Hope this helps my friend! If you don't get it sorted, check out www.cogornogolf.com and I can help if I can see your swing!

[@billcee826]

Best explanation . Great stuff

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Bill!

[@capkarr]

You know what drill I do.... I tell them to pick an arrow from the quiver and throw the arrow straight into the ground. Then put a club on the top of head. BUT this one is ever better. Thanks bud! I like this.... When I got the "swing" I remember my ears rang from my right ear at impact was strait with the crack of the ball. My ears were ringing...... YOU know what I mean.

[@CogornoGolf]

:) I like it, Brett!

[@hackandslash873]

Awesome compilation!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Jason!

[@13DiBartolomeo]

Excellent lesson Eric.Dom

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Dom!

[@scottgrack4293]

I really liked this video, but the one where you brought up early extension making the club steeper threw me off. So, should I have my wrist hinged coming into impact? I thought neutral on backswing and bowed if anything on the way down.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Scott! " but the one where you brought up early extension making the club steeper threw me off. " I'm assuming by this you mean that it makes the shaft more vertical at impact? "So, should I have my wrist hinged coming into impact?" -There should still be SOME angle between lead arm and club....not a ton....but some for sure. Perhaps some of these videos will help clear this up for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XXnZWOoqyAqaM kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3nKq5qerseHjck kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5u7gYeedsRsp6M

[@jorgeschmidt4058]

Hey Eric! What if I cleared the hips like you mentioned and have an open clubface at P6, would I still have early extension or would the clearing of the hips somewhat close the clubface as I'm getting into impact? Thank you!

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Jorge! If you face is too open A) Your brain won't let you open/pivot well B) You will either stall to square face, stand up to square face to flip....or some combination You want to fix face FIRST then pivot second. Figure out why its open and start there these may help kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmnbnayfn6qbY8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/g56ohoacnNKCbKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ-yfKdoqsifiNk

[@jorgeschmidt4058]

Eric Cogorno Golf you’re the man Eric. Thank you for the detailed response.

[@mangelarsson7774]

Does early extenders prefer to have the ball as close to their feets as possible. Is moving the ball further from the feets a way to stop early release/early extension?

[@CogornoGolf]

Could be.... Yes, usually if you early extend you would setup closer to the ball The risk with getting farther away, though, would be being too bent over at setup.....which cause an opposite reaction of you standing up later.... Best to neutralize distance from ball and fix EE directly for most!

[@ss1597]

It appears that early extension requires your irons lie to be more upright to offset the vertical shaft? Fix the early extension then get your lie angles adjusted? Great content.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thats definitely something to look at, yes! All else equal the more vertical the shaft the more upright the lie angle would need to be.

[@musicmansweden]

Thanks as always for a great video and giving me new drills to practice! A never ending story maybe but after just two years in the golf world - this I so so hard and so fun to do🙌

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it! Gotta learn to enjoy the process for sure!

[@johnjacquay7813]

i struggle with "early extension" so much. It also cause me to sway and not turn. Your compliation video is the BEST as I don't have to go watch all the individual saved videos. Your instruction helps so much. However, I am a bit confused. To better hit draws, you indicated butt of club needed to be above belt buckle and forward press at address. Isn't that the opposite of keeping the club flatter in your video here ?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey John! Thanks for the message and kind words! No, no....feeling the shaft LOWER through impact is for those who OVER DO it......if you have TOO much EARLY EXTENSION.....the shaft gets TOO VERTICAL....higher than we want......so you get hooks instead of draws......so you want to feel it lower to it gets neutral! If you like the Early Extension stuff you would LOVE this: ericcogornogolf.podia.com/early-extension-master-class Best masterclass we have made so far!

[@KoR1396V]

Enjoyed it!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Kris!

[@JaredDanfordGolf]

Love the first feel.

[@CogornoGolf]

Yessir!

[@johnschulte347]

Fantastic video. What I also noticed is that all of the body movements to achieve the ultimate force vector to hit the ball well also create the age old advice to "try to keep your head still". In this video, keeping the head still is an end result of good mechanics, as opposed to simply trying to keep the head still. Nonetheless, when I do focus on keeping my head still, many of the good mechanics seem to follow. I wish I could review this video before every shot I take!

[@CogornoGolf]

Sounds like you're heading in the right direction, John!

[@mddraino31]

Is it normal for me to feel like I’m almost falling backwards a little bit since I’ve been working on fixing early extension? I’ve also noticed a little soreness in my glutes/hamstrings because my typical swing would be on the toes of my feet

[@CogornoGolf]

Potentially Mark---I would really need to see your swing to say for sure

[@floydgilreath1875]

Jumping at ball when I try to hit harder, this will give me a swing thought to keep from losing weight shift.

[@jimeye77]

Excellent!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you!!

[@jimeye77]

Eric Cogorno Golf - I used to play really well until back issues made me a bad early extender. The pant seam to the bag and lower hands really helped. Also, Eric is great at communicating drills and concepts.

[@CogornoGolf]

Appreciate it! Those help me as well!

[@perrythorvig6446]

Really good.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks!

[@tellwilliams4493]

My problem is your hip slide drill I can’t rotate against my left ankle, knee, hip to get my belt buckle to the stick even with my left foot flared out. Are there any stretching exercises I could do I believe this is what’s causing my early extension. Or is there a golf swing I can do without belt buckle to the stick

[@smoothblendstudio666]

Thanks!

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure!

[@pbkallday23]

Eric what brand shirt is that ?

[@CogornoGolf]

Honestly I'm not sure...I don't have that on anymore I don't think....but the kid is looking for a sponsorship deal if you know anyone :)

[@pbkallday23]

@@CogornoGolf haha thanks for the reply best guy on KZbin! Love the coaching videos and live sessions

[@pbkallday23]

@@CogornoGolf my bad also as you are wearing multiple shirts in video lol...it was the white shirt with the red collar

[@billcee826]

Great viedo

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Bill!

[@youdidist]

thx Eric😊

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it buddy

[@dr.modevast7269]

The best drill ever

[@CogornoGolf]

👊Thank you for watching!

[@danhoyles]

I find if I improve takeaway, backswing top position downswing plane this early extension issue goes away automatically. It seems this early extension is something you get when your body try to make some compensating moves to correct for club shaft being on add position/plane. It’s kind a difficult to go and say I wanna fix early extension and try to fix that just one specific problem.

[@CogornoGolf]

That's for sure, Dan! Lots of times issues pop up because of things that happen EARLIER that CAUSE them. Not always, though. Sometimes you can also reverse engineer things. Hope you get your individual pieces sorted as you mention and find what works best for you!

[@vegasmark00]

I call this 'staying down on the ball' it's one of my biggest things to overcome.

[@vegasmark00]

that does seem to be my problem

[@CogornoGolf]

You just need to make sure you TURN if you stay down... So its really the right side of your body staying DOWN as you are turning your body toward the target Body staying down toward the ball with no turn is NO BUENO!

[@jvitali60]

By far best drills ever period end of story for early extension…. Very golfer should be forced to watch this repeatedly.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Jim!!

[@KingKong-pw4ed]

🏆

[@CogornoGolf]

I'll take it :)

[@mfost8247]

Anybody completely understand what he’s saying, are able to execute it during a practice swing and then completely forget it the second you put a ball in front of you? 😂

[@CogornoGolf]

Always practice with a ball of some kind and start very short and slow to help with this :)

[@swthomo]

So your saying if you fix your early extension you will fix the reason you do it? Monte says it's a symptom of something else..

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Stephen! Sometimes you can reverse engineer things....by doing something LATER it can change the root cause earlier.....yes. Other times you have to find the root cause earlier and fix that. If you watch some of my other early extension stuff or watch the full masterclass: ericcogornogolf.podia.com/early-extension-master-class I talk about all of that and all of the root causes there!

[@swthomo]

@@CogornoGolf Cool thanks, sometimes you can't find the reason I guess. Apparently it's the reason I make toe contact especially with driver. I hate keeping my hips back though.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope you get it sorted my friend. If I could see a video of your swing I could tell ya in 2 seconds.

[@swthomo]

@@CogornoGolf might do that

[@chachifeere]

does too much lower back arch and not enough pelvic tuck cause early extension, and videos on pelvic tuck

[@CogornoGolf]

It can! Especially at setup kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHOqe5eJacmdfbc

[@chachifeere]

@@CogornoGolf hit a bucket yesterday keeping pelvis tucked , i extremely had it arched the last few year. it a bunch chunky then was started to hit clean . divot after. i think this might be the root cause of my shanks that will come and go

[@bornuponawave]

I imagined I had a bellybutton and it worked perfectly! 👍🏼

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@floydgilreath1875]

Jumping at ball when I try to hit harder, this will give me a swing thought to keep from losing weight shift.

[@CogornoGolf]

Yessir!

[@floydgilreath1875]

Jumping at ball when I try to hit harder, this will give me a swing thought to keep from losing weight shift.