How to stay down in your golf swing — stop standing up at impact with this simple trail side drill. Fix your ball striking for good.
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
🏌️ 0:00 Why Most Golfers Can’t Stay Down in the Golf Swing
⚡ 0:33 The #1 Mistake: Keeping Your Chest Down (And Why It Doesn’t Work)
🎯 1:10 What Tour-Level Ball Strikers Actually Do Through Impact
💡 1:41 The Sternum Club Drill — Feel the Difference Instantly
🔥 2:47 The Mantra: Chest Out, Trail Side Down, Hips Forward
⛳ 3:24 How to Practice This Feel Before You Hit Shots
💪 3:49 Why Trail Side Down Automatically Fixes Your Hip Position
🎯 5:58 The Rib Cage Drill — Two Steps to Feel Trail Side Down
✅ 7:22 Why Standing Up Is a Rotation + Side Bend Problem
🚀 8:18 Next Steps: Swing Coach App + Golf Schools
In This Video, You’ll Discover:
• How to stay down in your golf swing the right way — using trail side down instead of chest down to finally achieve consistent, solid contact
• Why keeping your chest down through the ball is the mistake most high handicap golfersmake — and what the best ball strikers do instead
• The “Chest Out, Trail Side Down, Hips Forward” mantra that transforms your impact position with any club
• A simple rib cage drill any golfer can do at home to feel the correct trail side movement in seconds
• How getting your trail side down automatically pushes your lead hip into the correct position — no extra thought required
• Golf swing tips used by PGA Tour players to maintain their spine angle from setup all the way through the follow through
• How to use the Swing Coach app to identify if you’re standing up early — and stop it for good
Most golfers who struggle with ball striking have one thing in common: they’re trying to stay down by keeping their chest toward the ground, which actually causes early extension and inconsistent contact. Eric Cogorno breaks down the real key — rotating your chest out toward the target while your trail shoulder, pec, and rib cage drive down through the ball. This golf swing analysis of PGA Tour players shows exactly what separates consistent ball strikers from the rest. Whether you’re working with a golf swing coach or self-coaching with golf drills at home, mastering this trail side movement is one of the highest-leverage changes any amateur can make.
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Thank you for this drill Eric! My issue with trying to keep my trail side down has been that it collapses and I hit it super fat. My lead hip would bump toward the target and then up instead of back. My spine angle was tilted away from the target at impact.
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I feel like this advice could lead to picking and scooping dramatically. Am I wrong?
Eureka!!! Exactly what is ailing me.
Would this also be the solution to hitting a lot of shots on the toe side of the clubface?
I imagine that there is an extension of the club out of my right shoulder and I am going to hit it with my right shoulder. 🏌️⛳
I learned that from you 👍🏌️⛳
Absolutely the best explanation for some in posture!! Genius, thank you
I look forward to coming closer to solving this very frustrating issue at school in June
Still waiting on android version of swing coach!
what kind of right tilt angle are we talking about?
I had to slow myself down frame by frame on a gopro to learn I was doing this. To me, it's all about that left shoulder. If that moves correctly you have to do what you're doing in this video to strike it correctly.
Thanks for the practicing drills! How about driver swinging? Does it feel the same to stay down?
Another gem by the best coach on the planet.
Been struggling with this starting the season and I couldn't figure out what swing thought would help. The sternum drill demonstration turned on the light bulb! I always learn something when you do these videos on swing faults.