This is honestly like magic to me. I have never had anyone in any lesson mention this before. As soon as I tried it, it clicked. Thank you so much! If you could do a similar video on hands relative to club head for the driver after impact, I would be eternally grateful ❤ Help me Eric Conobi, you're my only hope!
Eric, I’ve watched many of your tips but for some reason, this one worked. Watched this this morning while on the crapper. Tried it a bit at home and went out and shot a 72! My 1st even par round in 8 years. Thank you very much!!!
So good. Even better timing. My local pro and I were just working on this. But you provided some nuggets. Every pre-round bucket starts with the first balls as 10-12 punch shots Thanks you sir
Eric, last week I tried almost 100 swings with my Hackmotion and never had a swing in range. I used this drill today and nailed almost all of them. Thanks for the drill, it's on me now to practice.
I've been watching you for a few years and this was one of my favorites. You had other videos with similar swing thoughts and drills and this one just further reinforces it.
Excellent !Tim Price ( Nick’s brother) used to teach me this drill 34 years ago!! This can be included in the previous vid « hit hard stop fast » and , why not, it could be a way to play on the course for most of average players. Saguto does the same.. This drill doesn’t affect the spin ( it increases it in fact by compressing the ball ) and leads to better contacts. I’m afraid some viewers don’t understand it. Tommy did !!!
Thanks Eric this makes so much sense to me! I am really struggling with a full backswing so I will practice this half swing for a bit. Learning to golf as a senior is frustrating 🤣 My short game is pretty good but drives and second shot not so much😳
Mind reader. Exactly what I’m struggling with right now. I play ok, i’m a 0.8 hdcp. Shot 81 the other day with an overdraw missing left with everything. This video was a huge help. I was flipping through it
Really good video Eric. This drill can also enhance "flighting" skills for shots requiring a lower trajectory. It would be interesting to see how this relates to wedge shots in the 30-80 yard category.
Thanks Stephen! Agreed! I use/teach this for wedges as well for medium to low flights....especially if someone throws too much and hits wedges HIGH+SHORT
Bingo! I could not understand why it seemed like I was ‘flipping’ my hands when taking a shot. Inspection showed my wrists were at the ball or even behind it at strike point. Allowing my wrists to be ahead of the ball (as the video pointed out) at strike point helped a lot. I’m hitting more crisp irons.
I like watching Eric's instructional videos. While this drill makes perfect sense to me, I'm not sure good ball strikers, like Eric, providing instructional information understand how to communicate feels effectively as I wonder if they truly know how a higher handicapper feels motions. Eric demonstrates my swing issue well, but for the life of me I cannot get the right wrist feel of staying bent through impact and I have yet to find an instructor who communicates how to feel it properly other than talking about keeping the wrist bent. It's probably just a "me" problem, but my right-hand brain synapses consistently want to hit at the ball. My swing plane is fine, my body rotation is okay, I hit many of my shots straight-ish, but my 9 iron is stuck at 125 yards with a minor wrist flip before contact and an early casting during the downswing. This video makes sense for me, but my right wrist doesn't want to listen.
Hey Derek! I hear ya and I've heard this many times before. 9/10 times theres something earlier not allowing you do it it...usually either 1. Open club face 2. Not enough body rotation through ball If I lined up 100 people who said what you said 98/100 would be one of those two issues
I have pretty good timing so I don't fat or thin it. But my distance is terrible. Rotation is my problem. I can practice this now that I'm done with all my matches.
Eric. I just took the drill from your video about focusing on the left elbow pointing down and behind with club rehinged on the follow through. It worked great as I am a bit of a chicken winger and when I do this, I can hit shanks and wipe across the ball. This video seems totally contrary to that concept. Is this just a case of different feels for different faults?
Have you ever read Harvey Penick’s books? In one of them he tells a student to practice hitting a ball under a tree. A different way to make the same point.
You make the HANDS go left but keep CLUB to the right of it We talk about that later in this video with the drill with stick in front....hands left of it but club right of it th-cam.com/video/LnC-I2tTFEo/w-d-xo.html
Been trying this for years on the range and just can’t get good contact . When I get on the course I have to revert back to flipping it because at least I can hit good shots that way. It looks awful on camera but I can score decent.
I hear ya ----all good if you get the outcome you want! If you aren't able to get good contact with it 99/100 that means you have an earlier issue in swing preventing your brain from doing it correctly (or you're just not doing it correctly lol) Thats what I find for my students anyways
This subject, IMO, confuses golfers more than any other. For most recreational players I believe it’s better to have a throw release. More speed, and better face control. And a throw is not a flip!
@Dkrin28 For players like me that "cast" and "release too early", I already throw too much too early. I have ZERO shaft lean at impact right now, and my short irons fly too high and don't carry as far as I want. This drill is a good one for others like me.
Sad to say many teaching pros don’t understand this. Several years ago I offered a local pro 10x the going hourly rate to cure my flip. If he failed, he’d get nothing. He refused. At the time I was playing to a 4 with the flip, so it wasn’t as if I was a hopeless case. Drove me nearly insane.
@@shahidshah4653 But the video from last week (with Craig) was talking about using an "active release" as a general swing concept, for all clubs. So I agree that it seems a bit contradictory. Eric does acknowledge that the club needs to release, just not "too much, too soon". I would have liked to see this video talk about how to evolve this "hands-right" concept into a full swing.
Hey Richy! I knew someone would be confused by that....thats why I MADE SURE in the early part of the video that I took time to explain things clearly (hopefully)_ If you re watch you'll see......where I said that EVERYONE THROWS it......eventually... BUt.... If you do it TOO MUCH/TOO SOON......this is what you would do just to get back to normal amount Should be in the first half of the video I go through those details for ya! So if you could just go ahead and re watch that where I explain that and the check points that I say to hit that should explain it....if not lmk and I'll be happy to clarify. Everyone throws it.... Just WHEN and HOW MUCH matters (as I explain in vid) hope that helps
@@CogornoGolfsorry Eric, it was meant as a negative, but this type of motion is what I used for years, I was exceptionally straight, but very short, and at my age, almost 70 I need all the distance I can get, hence I loved the video with Craig which is something I've worked on although I'll admit there's more timing involved than this motion, and if you get it wrong it can lead to a big block or hook.
Hey! Yes this would be holding off. Well....I dont think its contradictory no.....thats why I made sure to really explain things thoroughly in the video if you re watch the video where I said that EVERYONE THROWS it......eventually... BUt.... If you do it TOO MUCH/TOO SOON......this is what you would do just to get back to normal amount Should be in the first half of the video I go through those details for ya!
This is honestly like magic to me. I have never had anyone in any lesson mention this before. As soon as I tried it, it clicked. Thank you so much!
If you could do a similar video on hands relative to club head for the driver after impact, I would be eternally grateful ❤
Help me Eric Conobi, you're my only hope!
Haha our pleasure :) Can definitely do more in the future---appreciate your support!
I am with you on that request.
Eric, I’ve watched many of your tips but for some reason, this one worked. Watched this this morning while on the crapper. Tried it a bit at home and went out and shot a 72! My 1st even par round in 8 years. Thank you very much!!!
Love to hear it Mark!! Hope it continues to help and hope everything came out smooth :)
The best part about this technique is that it really works, and appears so simple. Thank you for excellent advice.
Thanks for watching!
One of the best golf videos I have ever seen, excellent work Eric!
Thank you!
So good.
Even better timing. My local pro and I were just working on this. But you provided some nuggets. Every pre-round bucket starts with the first balls as 10-12 punch shots Thanks you sir
Love it Bradley!
Top shelf again. Talking in the 3rd person and your humor is great. Always enjoy your videos👍
:) Thank you!
Eric, last week I tried almost 100 swings with my Hackmotion and never had a swing in range. I used this drill today and nailed almost all of them. Thanks for the drill, it's on me now to practice.
Great to hear!!
I've been watching you for a few years and this was one of my favorites. You had other videos with similar swing thoughts and drills and this one just further reinforces it.
Hope it helps my friend! Appreciate the support!
Excellent !Tim Price ( Nick’s brother) used to teach me this drill 34 years ago!! This can be included in the previous vid « hit hard stop fast » and , why not, it could be a way to play on the course for most of average players. Saguto does the same..
This drill doesn’t affect the spin ( it increases it in fact by compressing the ball ) and leads to better contacts. I’m afraid some viewers don’t understand it. Tommy did !!!
Thank you!! Love it---agreed!!
Best lesson and explanation on compression I have ever seen, and I watch a ton of videos. Well done Eric!
Thanks Dan!
Great drill. Thanks for repeating the key concepts over and over. Some of us are slow learners. Thanks
Thank you :) Lol my pleasure---I just know I need to hear the same thing like 10 times for it too sink in myself :)
This is SOLID!!!
Thanks Bobby---hope this helps!
Thanks Eric this makes so much sense to me! I am really struggling with a full backswing so I will practice this half swing for a bit. Learning to golf as a senior is frustrating 🤣 My short game is pretty good but drives and second shot not so much😳
Hope this one helps!!
Amazing lesson!! I really liked your visuals on compression and flipping. That was an A HA moment for me!
Thanks Carlos! Great to hear it!
Mind reader. Exactly what I’m struggling with right now. I play ok, i’m a 0.8 hdcp. Shot 81 the other day with an overdraw missing left with everything. This video was a huge help. I was flipping through it
Glad this one helped, Felipe!
Really good video Eric. This drill can also enhance "flighting" skills for shots requiring a lower trajectory. It would be interesting to see how this relates to wedge shots in the 30-80 yard category.
Thanks Stephen!
Agreed!
I use/teach this for wedges as well for medium to low flights....especially if someone throws too much and hits wedges HIGH+SHORT
Bingo! I could not understand why it seemed like I was ‘flipping’ my hands when taking a shot. Inspection showed my wrists were at the ball or even behind it at strike point. Allowing my wrists to be ahead of the ball (as the video pointed out) at strike point helped a lot. I’m hitting more crisp irons.
Hope this one serves you well my friend!
I like watching Eric's instructional videos. While this drill makes perfect sense to me, I'm not sure good ball strikers, like Eric, providing instructional information understand how to communicate feels effectively as I wonder if they truly know how a higher handicapper feels motions. Eric demonstrates my swing issue well, but for the life of me I cannot get the right wrist feel of staying bent through impact and I have yet to find an instructor who communicates how to feel it properly other than talking about keeping the wrist bent. It's probably just a "me" problem, but my right-hand brain synapses consistently want to hit at the ball.
My swing plane is fine, my body rotation is okay, I hit many of my shots straight-ish, but my 9 iron is stuck at 125 yards with a minor wrist flip before contact and an early casting during the downswing. This video makes sense for me, but my right wrist doesn't want to listen.
Hey Derek!
I hear ya and I've heard this many times before.
9/10 times theres something earlier not allowing you do it it...usually either
1. Open club face
2. Not enough body rotation through ball
If I lined up 100 people who said what you said 98/100 would be one of those two issues
@@CogornoGolf Thanks Eric.
Great video and explanation as usual. Do you recommend warming up with this drill with a 9 iron?
Hey harry! Yes I like something like a 9 iron for this would be good!
Another killer drill…thanks, Eric!
Appreciate it! You got it!
Great drill that Eric thanks
Thanks Paul!
Eric this really breaks down my issues with distance, my ball flight has been much better but typically have to club up. Thank you sir 🫡
Hope this one serves you well, Frank!
@@CogornoGolf 85 today at a tough course! Video definitely served me well! 🫡
I have pretty good timing so I don't fat or thin it. But my distance is terrible. Rotation is my problem. I can practice this now that I'm done with all my matches.
Hope this one helps ya man! If not send swings to www.cogornogolf.com so we can see whats going on and help!
Love This!
Thanks!
Eric. I just took the drill from your video about focusing on the left elbow pointing down and behind with club rehinged on the follow through. It worked great as I am a bit of a chicken winger and when I do this, I can hit shanks and wipe across the ball. This video seems totally contrary to that concept. Is this just a case of different feels for different faults?
Hey Scott! Agreed---this would be much different FEELs.....trying to fix different things!
Have you ever read Harvey Penick’s books? In one of them he tells a student to practice hitting a ball under a tree. A different way to make the same point.
Hey Richard! Yes! For sure---thats a nice external way to learn this as well!
Great video. I’m going to be watching this video several times. Can you give me the Steve S video link? Thanks
Thanks---here ya go Steve:
th-cam.com/video/QAIcoM86xjI/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUdRXJpYyBDb2dvcm5vIHRocm91Z2ggdGhlIGJhbGw%3D
When you putt you compress the ball. Food for thought.
Yes...THE SMALLEST triangle of spin loft = most compression :)
Hi Eric, how can i link the compression feel with swinging club from 4 to 10 o clock?
You make the HANDS go left but keep CLUB to the right of it
We talk about that later in this video with the drill with stick in front....hands left of it but club right of it
th-cam.com/video/LnC-I2tTFEo/w-d-xo.html
What about lead arm supination you mentioned in other videos?
Hey! Yep thats in there for this----you still have a bunch of supination while doing this!
Surely at some point after impact, for a full swing, you bend or roll your wrists?
For sure! I mention that in the beginning of the video and explain checkpoints----butt of club back at you already about 45* past impact in real swing
Now break it down to a short so I can watch it between shots on the range 😂
Here ya go!
th-cam.com/users/shortswY3tL_lJx3A?feature=shared
Been trying this for years on the range and just can’t get good contact . When I get on the course I have to revert back to flipping it because at least I can hit good shots that way. It looks awful on camera but I can score decent.
I hear ya ----all good if you get the outcome you want!
If you aren't able to get good contact with it 99/100 that means you have an earlier issue in swing preventing your brain from doing it correctly (or you're just not doing it correctly lol)
Thats what I find for my students anyways
It seems like if you take it back properly and slight pause at the top and rotate this happens naturally? For me anyway
Hey! For some this happens naturally yes....(probably somewhere between 1-10% of golfers).....for most it doesnt :)
What if you flip and hit it really high and far ? Would you fix it? I wanna fix it because it looks awful
Hey Jake!
Only if you
1. Wanted to hit it lower
2. Had contact issues
If any of those two then yes I would look to adjust it.
If not then nope!
This subject, IMO, confuses golfers more than any other.
For most recreational players I believe it’s better to have a throw release. More speed, and better face control. And a throw is not a flip!
Hey! I hear ya and see where you're coming from....
But what about if they throw too much too soon like I explain?
@Dkrin28 For players like me that "cast" and "release too early", I already throw too much too early. I have ZERO shaft lean at impact right now, and my short irons fly too high and don't carry as far as I want. This drill is a good one for others like me.
Sad to say many teaching pros don’t understand this. Several years ago I offered a local pro 10x the going hourly rate to cure my flip. If he failed, he’d get nothing. He refused. At the time I was playing to a 4 with the flip, so it wasn’t as if I was a hopeless case. Drove me nearly insane.
:)
Good morning Eric when I am reincarnated you will be my first call
Lol Love it :)
Sorry but last week you were preaching active release with Craig, totally different to this
This is just holding the club off right?
This exercise is for short irons specially.
@@shahidshah4653 But the video from last week (with Craig) was talking about using an "active release" as a general swing concept, for all clubs. So I agree that it seems a bit contradictory. Eric does acknowledge that the club needs to release, just not "too much, too soon". I would have liked to see this video talk about how to evolve this "hands-right" concept into a full swing.
Hey Richy!
I knew someone would be confused by that....thats why I MADE SURE in the early part of the video that I took time to explain things clearly (hopefully)_
If you re watch you'll see......where I said that EVERYONE THROWS it......eventually...
BUt....
If you do it TOO MUCH/TOO SOON......this is what you would do just to get back to normal amount
Should be in the first half of the video I go through those details for ya!
So if you could just go ahead and re watch that where I explain that and the check points that I say to hit that should explain it....if not lmk and I'll be happy to clarify.
Everyone throws it....
Just WHEN and HOW MUCH matters (as I explain in vid)
hope that helps
@@CogornoGolfsorry Eric, it was meant as a negative, but this type of motion is what I used for years, I was exceptionally straight, but very short, and at my age, almost 70 I need all the distance I can get, hence I loved the video with Craig which is something I've worked on although I'll admit there's more timing involved than this motion, and if you get it wrong it can lead to a big block or hook.
Is this just holding the club off? Seems to be in contradiction to what you had a few videos ago
Hey!
Yes this would be holding off.
Well....I dont think its contradictory no.....thats why I made sure to really explain things thoroughly in the video if you re watch the video where I said that EVERYONE THROWS it......eventually...
BUt....
If you do it TOO MUCH/TOO SOON......this is what you would do just to get back to normal amount
Should be in the first half of the video I go through those details for ya!
Awesome yeah may have jumped on you to soon. Thanks for all the awesome videos!
All good---we're all here to learn together. My pleasure---appreciate your support!
Fantastic Eric, I’m all over this next practice session, twenty year flip anniversary hopefully I can divorce it soon 👍🏻🏌️♂️
:) Hope this one serves you well!