One Simple Adjustment For Massive Drives!! (GAIN 20-30 YARDS)

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[@billcole9741]

Hi Eric, I am a currently a 7 handicap at 65 years of age and thanks to this video I have at last started to gain some speed and distance simply by using the set up tips you explain here. By tilting my spine back more behind the ball I finally can hit up on it and can use the higher tee height/lead armpit position you describe, doing this also helps me feel like I manage to see the ball for longer in my downswing which helps me hit it more solidly. The tilt also seems to help me keep my head behind the ball and create a much more solid strike instead of swaying through the ball as I tended to do previously. Being close to the green sure makes it easier to score (I have always had a good short game) and I played the front nine in level par today and ended my round 3 over, outdriving my big hitting, younger brother, much to his annoyance! If I can just learn to hit my fairway woods better off the floor I may even get down to scratch at long last. Thanks again for the great content and clear explanations on how to hit it further!

[@CogornoGolf]

👊You got it, Bill! Thank you for watching the channel!

[@billpowell5207]

John fit me for clubs. He was incredible and spent considerable time with me to get things just right. He also fitted me for a ball, which was a great experience. I highly recommend him

[@CogornoGolf]

John is the best!!

[@Jeff_Firman_Golf]

Awesome Stuff, Eric! Your videos have helped my game tremendously.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Jeff!

[@anthonylennen4067]

Eric I love all your videos. I am 64 and am a decent golfer - 4.3 index. If I could chip I would actually be really decent :(... I have about a 97 mph swing speed, but the best AOA I have ever achieved is about -4.5. Despite that crappy number I can still carry it 225-230. After watching all your stuff along with Steve Pratt, I have been determined to fix this. I spent a lot of time on the range today tilting more, teeing it higher/forward, etc. I know from the charts that if I could fix this, I could hit it quite a bit farther. As has been the case every time I have tried this, I have hit my driver disastrously on the course - mostly horribly on the toe right or just these like 185 yard week toe hooks. If I go to some middle ground - less tilt, not so for up in my stance, etc., It's better, but I am sure I am still negative with my AOA. If I tilt enough to touch my right hand to my knee cap, I just cannot even make remotely decent contact. I am going to use my MEVO tomorrow before I play in one of our weekly Monday IN State Senior Golf Association tournament and see what it says. I know you obviously have not seen my swing, but my question is do you feel this is common at all for folks who are struggling to change their AOA? It's somewhat depressing. Thanks Tony

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Tony! The short answer is that I need to see your swing on video to be able to help. It seems clear you are doing something IN SWING that is causing these issues. I would think this would NOT be that difficult to fix but again I need to see what you are actually doing to diagnose and correct. Consider joining our team at www.cogornogolf.com so you can send me your swings and I can help. At -4.5* down you are losing 20 yards of distance easily

[@thomasesparza9175]

I try to incorporate all the points you present in longer ball carry, ball forward, ball tee height, spline tilt check by touching leg knee level, but I also focus my eyes at a higher elevation down the fairway, i.e. lower clouds at a distance, to help me hit at a positive launch angle. Works for me! 👍

[@CogornoGolf]

I like that!

[@NguyenTuanAnhGMT]

Good lesson always - much thanks

[@CogornoGolf]

Our pleasure :)

[@robmatthews4680]

Huge fan of John's YT channel!

[@CogornoGolf]

He's awesome!!

[@jzm5014]

Great video and I just subscribed to John's channel too!! Thanks for letting us know abt his channel.

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it! He is great!

[@johnherman3261]

Thanks Big Man!

[@CogornoGolf]

You got it, John!

[@wolfyand1]

John is the Man. If i had a spare 500 i would def join your academy! Thanks Eric.

[@CogornoGolf]

He's awesome! You got it! Don't need $500---only $69 to get started :) We would love to have you

[@joedillon7426]

John fitted me just before Covid hit! He’s the best!

[@CogornoGolf]

Nice Joe! 100% he is!!

[@jimmangan7650]

I tried this today. Awkward starting the backswing with tilt but after a few it felt great. Super results. Thank you!!

[@CogornoGolf]

Love it, Jim!!

[@jimmangan7650]

@@CogornoGolf I’m in Scr/WB you would definitely be worth a short trip for a lesson.

[@CogornoGolf]

Try out www.cogornogolf.com....I bet you'll get the same results and save ya a trip and $$

[@wallstreetoneil]

2 of my favourite KZbinrs on 1 channel - love John's KZbin content.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Paul! John is great!

[@golfingcowboy5409]

I would love to see you do a video for people who like and want to fade or have a controlled fade ball flight, that is my preferred shot, how to hit it with control and power!

[@CogornoGolf]

Maybe more on that for future videos I would start by adjusting setup Club face half way between the center of the fairway and left edge Feet on left edge of fairway Swing down feet line for path Face is pre set and stays slightly open to path From there what you need to FEEL depends on your current pattern. For me who draws it as stock shot I need to feel club going more left than normal and holding off the closing of the face a touch Hands work up and left through impact

[@golfingcowboy5409]

@@CogornoGolf thank you love your videos and instruction!!

[@mikewilliams1479]

Nice vid. Keep up the good work. :)

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Mike :)

[@billybastar4022]

Another great video Eric. I agree with almost everything you guys are trying to do, except one thing. The way you achieve tilt is flawed. The fix to tilt will create a byproduct of reverse lean. The better way to get proper tilt and shoulders square, or slightly closed, is to push your hips towards the target and your right knee to bend slightly towards the target. You will promote getting to the left side better, and no issues with reverse pivot.

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks so much Billy! Appreciate your feedback!

[@joecontreras3175]

Eric, you're the man

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Joe :)

[@martingibbons9748]

Thanks for your work. Been watching/working on ( shift and turn) weight transfer video. It feels good when I do it. On this video Adjustment for Massive Drives) I don't see weight transfer. Help me understand THX

[@CogornoGolf]

Hi Martin! Appreciate you watching the channel! There is a lateral weight shift forward towards the target (into your lead side) in any great swing. Here is a video you may enjoy on this topic! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJm9gIqqnMp3ldk Let us know if you have any questions after checking it out!

[@Chris_Traynor]

Mindblowing

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@bigcat369]

That's a big gain. Let me try it

[@CogornoGolf]

Hope it helps!!

[@jacobseymour7221]

Question: when you mention the imaginary wall that your head is tilted back from and stays behind on the downswing; would you carry that same sensation with every club? Same tilt and head stays back for wedges and short irons as well? But of course not with hitting up on the ball with irons. Thanks for the video!

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes...to varying degrees!

[@suzannebaker771]

Great Video. I’ve tried to follow your instructions for hitting up on ball with driver. Good news: when “hitting up” swing works, I’m 20-30 yards longer - feels great. Bad news: Most shots are hooking wildly. Any ideas what I should adjust? I’m a senior golfer with 80-90 mph swing speed with outside-in swing and normally hit 180-200 yard drives with a mild fade. Thanks!

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Suzanne! I am not 100% sure---I would have to see your swing on video to say for sure. Consider joining our team www.cogornogolf.com you can send your swings in there! You may be over doing the tilt at setup. Make sure the ball is forward enough May need to feel like you swing more left past impact

[@davepatterson3132]

Great stuff Eric. Whenever I try to increase my angle of attack, I start hitting the ball on the bottom of the face. To fix the contact issue, I tee the ball high and make sure I hit the tee out of the ground. Any recommendations? Thanks.

[@robnpre]

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[@robnpre]

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[@CogornoGolf]

Sounds like you already found a solution, Dave :)

[@marvreimer8198]

Just took this to the range. Used the towel. The straightest I’ve hit the ball in years. Hopefully it translates to my game tomorrow. I think I’ll wear the towel for the whole game. LOL.

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@malcolmbenn1051]

Hey Eric, I've noticed you've used Robert Rock a few times when illustrating a good driver swing. I've noticed that Robert tends to roll off his back foot, it's a little bit different look. In thinking about my own swing I think I come off my back foot too quickly which contributes the odd slice as I get a bit steep and over the top. Can you comment on Robert's rear foot action. Thanks.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Malcolm! Just watched back his swings to confirm. I dont see much different with his footwork compared to normal. Can you expand or explain different what you are seeing/talking about?

[@malcolmbenn1051]

@@CogornoGolf Hi Eric ... at the 9:32 mark of your #1 Driver video it looks to me like Robert kicks his trail knee in a bit more with the result that his trail foot rolls over a bit before coming up. I'm wondering if that helps him stay more down and back of the wall you're talking about. It is a subtle move. Love these videos ...I'm hoping you'll get back to in person lessons at some point.

[@CogornoGolf]

It helps with the hip slide/tilt and right side bend (right shoulder down and head back)

[@malcolmbenn1051]

@@CogornoGolf Thanks for the confirmation Eric that's what I was thinking.

[@hansidelk6604]

Eric: if you hit down 6 degrees with driver, will your clubhead then touch the ground after impact? Or is there any other way to find out if you hit too much down on driver without going on a LM?

[@CogornoGolf]

You can hit down 6* and not hit the ground.....mainly because the ball is teed up.....6* is A LOT down but in real world terms it's only moving down ever so slightly relative to the ground to be 6*.... If ball was teed extremely low 6* down MAY hit ground

[@jseitz67]

Eric, in the DTL view your feed are also quite closed (right foot behind the left). Is this by intention to force a draw?

[@CogornoGolf]

Yes!

[@carlor.s.4742]

Very interesting video. So if you are teeing the ball in line with your left armpit, wouldn't that move the ball a little more forward than teeing it up on the inside of your left heel. Also I have an adjustable driver that is set at a loft of 10.5. I can set it down to 9.9. I presume that the ball would fly lower & run more? How does changing the loft affect distance, or does it?

[@SwingFit]

Changing loft will affect spin more then anything else, apex will change also as a byproduct but it will likely change as a result of the spin. In regards to ball position we like using the armpit as a reference because some players like to use different widths in their stance, so the armpit becomes more of a universal position because it doesn’t matter how wide or narrow your stance is, hope this helped.

[@carlor.s.4742]

@@SwingFit So are you saying with less loft you will get less spin? And is less spin beneficial with the driver?

[@SwingFit]

@@carlor.s.4742 yes I am saying less loft will lower spin, and it if you can maintain launch with the correct AOA, lower spin would be a good thing, no secret if you want to hit it farther high launch and low spin is a good recipe for doing so. But here is the key don’t let spin drop below 2000.

[@CogornoGolf]

As John mentioned on left armpit....NO....if you have normal stance with (ankles outside of your shoulders) your LEFT HEEL is actually MORE FORWARD than left armpit. So its the opposite of what you mentioned

[@carlor.s.4742]

@@CogornoGolf OK thanks for the info!

[@hbyrdut]

How do you determine the right launch angle? John recommended 11-13 for your speed. I spin the ball low with my driver and I get my best distance with 16-18 degree launch angle. My club speed is 102-105 and I hit up 6-8 degrees.

[@CogornoGolf]

Head over to Johns channel to find out more on this or find a good club fitter to work with! Depends on a few variables!

[@SwingFit]

So at your swing speed we need more launch for sure so the fact you already have a low spin option in the gear helps, but what hurts most golfers is not being able to get the AOA up to increase launch. So at 100-105 I do like 14-17launch , but here you have to be careful. to low of loft on your driver with high aoa and launch north of 17 can create the opposite affect. And the spin loft window will be too low and the curvature will be to aggressive. Hope this made since.

[@hbyrdut]

@@SwingFit Thanks. I do get the occasional low spinner that duck hooks and falls out of the sky.

[@nohalfmeasures6]

Eric bombing it. 😳😳

[@CogornoGolf]

:)

[@bernddreilich7100]

That’s absolutely a golden nugget again! Surprisingly you have a very decent amount of Clubheadspeed but the Smashfactor and Efficiency on Ballspeed was not over 1,39? Bad Strikeöocation, bad Rangeballs or maybe you need a new Driver with more Bang. Should be easily with a good strike of 123 mph in the mid 170-180 mph and over 300 carry i guess 🧐

[@SwingFit]

Great observation, both GolfBall and the head is what I believe caused the poor energy transfer. Hopefully going to be getting Eric into the studio soon for a proper driver fitting, I’m confident with his speed north of 315 carry will be easily obtainable.

[@bernddreilich7100]

@@SwingFit Seems that I learned something by KZbin and Golfing. What do u think of the Autoflexshaft? Got myself one … 4-8 mph faster Clubheadspeed with a maverick SZ D0

[@SwingFit]

@@bernddreilich7100 not surprised by the result at all, the golf shaft is such an important piece of the puzzle

[@larryyoung9106]

Could you do this around 90 mph to give some of us coffin dodgers a cause and effect we can understand??? Thanks.

[@CogornoGolf]

Will see if we can do more on this moving forward with less speed

[@larryyoung9106]

@@CogornoGolf Thank you, sir.

[@westwoodgolf8588]

Do you think this will help with my slice

[@CogornoGolf]

I COULD....but this DEFINITELY WILL: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4K8opmOgMt-j5Y

[@3253222]

Add foot flare too.

[@SwingFit]

Love me some foot flare to get the hips to open up.

[@CogornoGolf]

Yep!

[@alexchan2508]

Hi Eric，why a 9 degree driver is much difficult to driver straight than a 10.5 degree？

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Alex....essentially the math works out that the lower the loft the more the ball curves off line. I would google some trackman stuff around spin rates, spin loft, etc more more details

[@alexchan2508]

@@CogornoGolf Thx Eric.

[@vnutz4]

How much does the path and face effect these numbers you don’t mention those two. As someone who swings out to in that seems to affect my distance more than attack angle.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Virgil! The closer the face/path are to each other the more direct hit and the more distance. Any huge difference in face to path not a good idea! I like to see club path from 0-4 on either side and face angle 1-2 degrees open or closed depending on flight you want

[@vnutz4]

@@CogornoGolf so I can still get considerable distance even if my path is -4 out to in?

[@CogornoGolf]

Absolutely

[@CogornoGolf]

If your path is 4 thats not a problem for lack of distance....I would then look at 1. Centered contact on face 2. Angle of attack 3. Speed

[@TigerMarine62]

Help. One day you're telling me the Stack and Tilt is great and now you say head back weight on right side. Can you keep more weight on your left and still connect like this?

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Michael! Sorry for confusing you! Here will explain my thought on iron vs driver is detail kzbin.info/www/bejne/invXqWCni7iajLc

[@norgerepairs8687]

Going from 14 feet in height to over 88 feet in height might have something to do with it.

[@CogornoGolf]

Lol of course!

[@sportsguy23]

Pretty sure that's the point

[@jimp7010]

Yeah, but at senior speeds 85-90 will it make that much of a difference?

[@SwingFit]

Without question, spin loft doesn’t care how fast you swing, and to much of it will surely rob you of distance and this is without question 1 of the reasons on how I’ve helped my Sr. Golfers reclaim some missing yards and potentially hit it further then they use to.

[@CogornoGolf]

100%...angle of attack makes a big difference at all speed

[@tobiasmorgancreatives]

do you scan your audio (sennheiser) for clean channels before you shoot? the interference is really ruining the video...

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks, Tobias! Sorry about that--will pass along to the team!

[@Obwoodlandj]

The problem I have is keeping the head back while getting the weight and hips pushed forward. too easy to keep it all back.

[@CogornoGolf]

Hey Jason! Hope you get it sorted :)

[@donsmnc5319]

Eric, you make that look too easy, it is much more difficult to get set up for that driver swing and then actually strike it cleanly to get optimum distance, 123 mph!!! really?!! wow!! can only wish I could get over 110, 123 is is top level pro clubhead speed

[@CogornoGolf]

Thank you :) May not be able to get up to 120....but no matter the speed we can optimize the strike, spin and most importantly the angle of attack to get MUCH more distance relative to that speed

[@chachifeere]

smash factor was down

[@SwingFit]

Range balls and not the correct driver head for sure was the primary culprit here.

[@CogornoGolf]

Yep!

[@chachifeere]

Still big carry for not max smash factor What driver head ?

[@NapoleanThePug]

Around the 18:06 mark... when you tilt back, how do you make sure the club face stays squared at alignment? When I tilt back, I find myself wanting to press my hands forward to keep the club alignment in place. If I don't, it seems my club head becomes misaligned. It almost seems like you're laying the club head flat on the ground?

[@CogornoGolf]

Greg, sounds like your ball position may be too far forward

[@ehbenson2948]

So this is basically a long commercial- guys gotta make a living, no problem with that. But NOTHING wIll ever beat in-person lessons

[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks for your feedback, Edward! Hope you are enjoying your golf this season.

[@keithcollins1796]

"bad range ball" and you carried it 300 yards....gimme more bad range balls, Eric

[@CogornoGolf]

Haha :)

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[@CogornoGolf]

Thanks for your feedback, Rick! Shame some people are so close minded. "Guarantee they got nothing to offer you can't find or learn for free" -The monthly fee is not for information. It is for coaching. You get a swing analysis each month, a personalized video from a coach to you, specific drills to work on, how many reps, specific plan etc. ITs not videos you are paying for its coaching. Frankly I think we are giving it away at that price. I have hired coaches in multiple areas of my life that have 10X all of those areas. I hope next time you leave a negative comment you actually do some research first and are not so ignorant as you clearly have no idea what our coaching program offers. Maybe thats my fault for not making it clear. All the best to you.

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[@CogornoGolf]

Lol sounds good! We only can help those that want help!!

[@markfeldman6509]

How about doing the demo with a few guys swinging 85-100 mph. Your numbers are awesome but not relatable to an average golfer. Let’s see what a guy swinging, 85,90, 95 ,100 gets for improvement

[@CogornoGolf]

Good idea, Mark!

[@lucpaquette6941]

shouldn't hit balls when someone is talking to you...:-)

[@CogornoGolf]

Haha hey Luc! Normally I would not but wanted to keep hitting just for visual appeal for the video! All the best