# @cogornogolf on YouTube - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=pPNARMBDwSo - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67460723-cogornogolf-youtube - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/61f319761c.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T12:04:13.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Eric Cogorno Golf (@cogornogolf) β€” https://gondola.cc/cogornogolf ## Caption In this golf lesson, Eric Cogorno demonstrates the exact golf drills he used to help his student reduce his handicap by 5 shots in under a month. Eric explains that keeping the arms straight and the elbows close together to create width, proper rotation and side bend in the golf swing helps guarantee better and more consistent ball striking with your irons. 🏌️ WORK WITH ERIC COGORNO IN PERSON! 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Eric reveals how to compress your irons by focusing on four essential components: pushing the club away, body rotation, extension, and side bend in the golf swing. A straight left arm in golf swing combined with proper body positioning eliminate inconsistent contact and dramatically improve ball striking. These fundamental corrections using proven golf drills help golfers reduce handicap effectively through systematic practice. What You'll Learn: β€’ How to create proper width in the follow-through by pushing the butt of golf club away from the body β€’ The four essential components for consistent iron contact and compression β€’ Body rotation techniques that allow arms to stay extended through impact β€’ How to extend with hips forward and chest up in the follow through β€’ Side bend in the golf swing to maintain consistent ground contact β€’ Four-phase practice routine progressing from no backswing to full swing β€’ Clubface management techniques to control ball flight direction #golflesson #golfdrills #reducehandicap #leftarmingolfswing #howtocompressyourirons#betterballstrikingwithirons #sidebendinthegolfswing #golfswingfix #golfimprovementtips #golfswinghelp #golfingtips #ironplay #ballstriking #golfconsistency #ericcogorno __________________ **I may earn a small commission for my endorsement, recommendation, testimonial, and/or link to any products or services recommended on Eric Cogorno Golf sites. Your purchase helps support my work in bringing you free content to help you learn about golf and improve your game. My goal is to help people through my experience so I will not recommend a product or service unless I've 1. Used it personally. (which will be the case the vast majority of the time) 2. Thoroughly researched it and got first-hand user feedback from other professionals I trust and that have used the product/service** ## Stats - **Views:** 37,555 - **Likes:** 885 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 53 ## Tags golfingtips, leftarmingolfswing, golflesson, golfdrills, golfconsistency, ironplay, golfswinghelp, ericcogorno, reducehandicap, howtocompressyourirons, betterballstrikingwithirons, ballstriking, golfimprovementtips, sidebendinthegolfswing, golfswingfix --- Copyright (c) Gondola