# @cogornogolf on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=p3hPlM2IkjE
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-16T12:00:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Eric Cogorno Golf (@cogornogolf) — https://gondola.cc/cogornogolf

## Caption

In this golf lesson, Eric Cogorno shows high handicap golfers how hip and leg motion in the backswing creates a flowing transition and better ball striking.

⏱️ Timestamps:
🔍 0:00 - Eric Cogorno: how hip and leg motion connects the backswing and downswing
💡 2:14 - Why high handicap golfers treat the backswing and downswing as two separate events
📐 3:04 - How leg flex and foot flare control hip turn and tilt in the backswing
💪 5:10 - Trail leg extension: how much flex to lose and why it matters
⛳ 8:04 - Trail hip to the midline: the backswing checkpoint that sets up the downswing
🔄 10:08 - How the hips start moving toward the target before the backswing is finished
🏆 12:35 - Downswing checkpoint: tailbone past the midline at the finish
🎯 15:41 - Belt buckle forward drill: how to feel the correct hip motion through the ball

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If you treat your backswing and downswing as two separate events, this golf instruction lesson will change how you think about your golf swing. Eric Cogorno and Steve Sieracki break down the ground-up sequence — leg flex, trail hip to the midline, hips flowing forward — that separates the best ball strikers from high handicap golfers. Watch how PGA Tour Pro Tommy Fleetwood uses this exact hip and leg motion to create one of the most coordinated, flowing transitions in professional golf — and how these high handicap golf tips give any golfer the same checkpoints to work from. Getting this sequence right gives you better contact, more power, and a more inside-out swing path. If you leave this video without trying the belt buckle forward drill, you're leaving consistency and distance on the table.

What You'll Learn:
• Why high handicap golfers treat the backswing and downswing as two separate events — and how to fix it
• How foot flare and leg flex control hip turn and tilt during the backswing
• How much trail leg flex to lose during the backswing and why it matters for golf instruction
• The trail hip to midline checkpoint: where your trail hip should be at the top of the swing
• How PGA Tour Pro Tommy Fleetwood uses hip and leg motion to create a flowing backswing to downswing transition
• Why the hips start moving toward the target before the backswing is finished
• The belt buckle forward drill for feeling correct hip motion through the ball
• How correct hip and leg motion creates an inside-out swing path for less pulls and fades

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## Stats

- **Views:** 18,794
- **Likes:** 411
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## Tags

golftips, golflessons, howtoplaygolf, golfdrills, golfinstruction, highhandicapgolf, golfswing, ericcogorno

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