GOLF: The Best Golf Drill I've Ever Seen 

Mr. Cogorno, I was a 1 handicap many years ago then started having kids. As I played less and less, my handicap slowly rose to 25 in 2012 and I quit playing altogether because it was no fun. I decided to jump back in this year and I've been struggling with full-swing contact: weak fades, cuts, and pushes right. I watched this video two days ago, tried this drill at the range yesterday, and shot 38 in my league tonight (8-7-19). I hit 8 of 9 greens in regulation, hit 5 of 7 fairways, I was hitting my driver about 290, and I hit a 3-fairway metal 260 WITH A 10-YARD DRAW. This is the best drill I've ever seen or tried. I cannot thank you enough.

Eric, I’m a 7 index USGA, 65 years old, and Love this drill. I want to praise you for your draw station and style. I have to tell you how blown away I am that you literally answer every single serious comment. Dude, that is Awesome!!! No one else I’ve watched on youtube does!! Thank You!! (just subscribed!!)

One of the things that I love about your instruction is how you credit and even refer people to other teachers methods (e.g. George Gankas) when they have a good tip. I appreciate that you want to show us the best way to learn how to do something . Keep up the great work

I tried this tonight in my backyard using my GC3 and I started seeing consistent draws and improved ball striking. I’m a believer, this station is so easy to setup and will be something I use routinely in my practice going forward! Thank you!!

Amazing. Just tried this drill in my backyard and recorded the best and most pure inside out swings I've ever made. I've been focusing on (obsessing over) shallowing the club on the downswing for weeks/months and was FINALLY able to do it immediately with this drill. Thank you sir!

Eric This is a great drill. I’ve been using it for a while and it really works. I saw GG use this with his students that’s where I picked it up. However, your explanation of the drill and setting up the station is invaluable. And after seeing you video I’ll make some changes to my practice station. After I started using this drill my fairways per round went from 5 or 6 to an average of 11 with more distance and the GIR is getting better too. I enjoy your channel. It keeps a lot of us motivated. Thanks

Very impressed. Superb drill and video. Two sessions on the driving range and I’m already seeing significant improvements.

I learned this drill about 3 years ago from you. I don't know why, but I forget about it, play bad, and then come back to it every year, and then improve afterwards. My initial sessions at the range as well are amazing as you see the ball drawing. Right now, I try to follow the routine and take about 30 to 40 swings a day using this station, to get the muscle memory back. Thanks again for such a game changing drill! A hilarious thing as well is setting this station up at the local driving range. Of about 50 people, I am the only one with this type of set up, with the accompanying stares! However, almost everybody else is slicing. It is an amazing drill!

Hey Eric, i am a HCPI 7 Player and every time I struggle with feeling, I come back to this drill and afterwards I am ready to go. Thank you so much🙏🏽

This is great Eric. After 40 years of good but recently deteriorating golf, your forearm supination message has helped enormously. There is so much instruction that warns against manipulating the club with your hands. "You'll never get the timing right..." That is BS. My problems include early extension, over the top, poor weight shift. All are the body's compensation for an open club face. Now that I'm turning my forearm on the downswing, I'm finally hitting it solid and I can work on fixing everything else. Thanks for all the great videos!

Completely changed my swing. Went from slicing and chunking it, to hitting it flushed and straight. Amazing drill!

Once again a very meticulous description and demonstration of how to create a draw pattern. I have been chasing this awhile now and cannot wait to set up this station and get to work. Thanks again Eric!

Stumbled upon your videos the other day. You do an awesome job keeping it really simple, easy to understand, and not flashy. This video and The One Thing all Good Ball Strikers Do video has really helped me get back to focusing on that "arm turn" on the follow through and the bowing of the wrist/supination movement. As a lefty but being right hand dominant, the follow through has always been a struggle to get that draw/hook path or "swinging to 3rd base." I was focusing way too much on keeping the elbow tucked and swinging from the inside as a swing thought, where this alternate thought is much more productive to get your body to feel what it should feel like and then still accomplishing you keeping the elbow tucked and going inside out while making sure to turn the club over. Sometimes things just click when explained a certain way, thanks for the great videos!

Really enjoying your video classes, they’re adding so much value. Especially the tilt video. It’s improved my accuracy and striking so much. As an 8 handicapper I stood on my 18 tee the other day 3 under, never before have I been in such a position, even though I double bogied it. I can now actually see that breaking 70 is a distinct possibility but that can only be achieved by making changes I’m learning through your videos. Thank you!!

Tried this at the range yesterday, and I agree! This is one of the best drills to keep you shallowed out and inside on your downswing. Used it throughout my practice session.

Eric, you did not lie! Best drill ever! I used to be a 13 handicap, injured my spine (HITTING GOLF BALLS) a few months back and lost a lot of movements on both of my arms. I am re-learning a new swing. I will certainly only practice with this drill!

I need this right now.. my index is 7.4 and I have lost all feel for my swing. Over the top syndrome massively. Great drill and explanation. Golf if such a hard game

Thank you Eric! Over the last several months my normal soft draw had turned into a horrible pull hook. I was badly pulling everything from wedge to driver and with my normal right to left movement added on I was waaay left of target. I took my alignment sticks to the range and set up your drill. I spent the next three days hitting hundreds of balls using the drill exclusively and the results were amazing! This drill is now part of my normal practice. I played with my normal group yesterday after a week of using you drill and only pulled two shots over 18 holes and neither were as drastically left as before. I’ve played golf for 30 years and never used a drill that had this level of impact.

My local teacher said my biggest fault to fix was the path and face. He showed me how to start down more from the inside, but your 4-10 plane station has been a huge help. Coupled with an earlier left arm rotation I am (finally) seeing a few draws. Thanks for explaining the concepts and feels so well.

Great job explaining the drills and why one should exaggerate certain things in order to make a change.

Eric I love this drill, I have been a habitual slicer since taking up golf six years ago after playing cricket since childhood. After two sessions with this station I’m getting a baby draw right to left ball flight...still hitting bad ones but actually have hope that I can start enjoying the left hand side of the golf course, and maybe even the middle of the fairway once I bed this new swing in. This has been a real light bulb moment for me, Many thanks, keep the great videos coming

Arnie Markowitz-Canada. I'm playing tomorrow. Strangely enough I was practising exactly the same thing as your lesson, yesterday. Managed to hit a few draws. I'm sure with more practice I'll be able to get better ball contact and lower scores. Love your videos.

Hi Eric, I've been struggling with a steep handle for some time and have tried various things to remedy it- none of which have produced results. This video was really good. It's nice to hear that it doesn't matter how you shallow, so long as you do. The drill has really helped me get a good feel of what I should doing and your advice about slowing it down to make it very deliberate (despite fattying/poor ball striking while drilling) is very important. Hopefully, my muscle memory will kick in soon and this move will feel a lot more natural, connected, and sequenced. Thanks and kia ora from New Zealand!

Guys, this is solid advice. Played a lot of golf, seen a lot of golf videos, this is prime stuff. Thanks Eric.

Love this idea, I think too many people try to look at golf instruction and “swing perfect” right away. Breaking 90 isn’t about doing perfect it’s about doing the easiest consistent swing and that is the inside and face closing swing

Thanks for showing me location of where to place my angle sticks

Outstanding. I can't wait to try this drill this afternoon. Thank you.

Mr. Cogorno, I'm still using this drill (09-06-21) and my handicap is down to 8. You brought the joy of golf back to me. If you ever need a lawyer in Ohio for any reason, find me -- it'll be pro bono.

I've started using this setup. You know what I don't understand? I'm the only guy at my range that uses "trainers" or feedback, like a mirror. And I'm not a bad golfer. So don't ever think that your job as a teacher is done. The harvest is still full, my friend. Thanks for the help again.

A simple question : doing this drill, should we have a perfect draw (ball leaving right of the target line and coming back) or is it ok that the ball starts slightly right or almost on line and finishes left of target ? Maybe it is player specific and we do not care and play with alignment ? Maybe the swing direction in second case is still not correct ? Or maybe still having the hands not forward enough (due to previous compensation) ?... So much to learn with your videos. Clear and daring to disturb some myths and bad truths...

Great video. I have that same habit of rolling the wrists on the takeaway, the club gets behind me, then I lift it up (get across the line) and in an effort to not come over the top I come down very steep. I tend to hit a lot of pulls and pull-hooks (or slappy weak shots to the right). Hoping this drill, especially the feeling of swinging out to 10:00, will help me get the ball started right of the target and drawing back. Thanks for your work!

Brilliant. Excited to implementing this drill setup. TY Eric. Doc Phil

Love this drill 👍🏼 can’t wait to see everyone’s face when I’m setting this up on the range tomorrow 😂😂😂 thanks big E happy 4th of July 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I try to use similar concepts with my students and friends... so far it works. Just recommended the video to 4 of my friend to do at home, (virus) , and to do it very slow to see it and feel it and to also create some visual memory of your club path. Thks

I shot 6 over yesterday and I still struggle with a slight rush over the top at the initial downswing lol this seems like a great drill 👍🏻

Hi Eric. Yes, I knew this drill by G.Gankas (do you know him, you are teaching so many similar things). But you made me try it again and more seriously (maybe you are easier to understand for a non English speaker :D ). First I would say that, to me, the 4 o'clock and 10 o'clock are not exaggerated at all. With the rotation, these are the exact positions and feelings that we should have (?). Then I would say: it works so well.... Finally, one question : from here, how can we build a fade ? To be clearer, this drill move us to a much better DS, release and follow-through and removes over-the-top, face-holding, etc... all these stuff that could be a basis solution to build a fade. I do not want to go back to this while building a fade. I have found that by moving the ball slightly forward, having a slightly weaker grip and feeling exactly the same release but with something more like 3 o'clock -> 9 o'clock leads to a small and more powerful fade. What do you think ?

EC - Great drill! I’m glad you mentioned Gankas. I think it helps hearing the same concepts from different people. I really like watching videos from you, George Gankas, and Milo Lines. You all are highly compatible in my opinion. Anyone else you would recommend tuning into??

I like your finish position as well. My local teacher also mentioned this. It seems that position helps me keep my left arm supination as the main feeling instead of my dominant right arm taking over and subsequently making me end in a flatter position.

As usual Eric, an outstanding drill and very good explanation of how to use it and what to expect when using it.

This is the greatest tip ever. On the best instruction site, period. I was focusing on compression but that is cart in front of horse until I fix this first. Able to easily replicate this in backyard with foam balls. What a difference. Hitting 50-100 per day until I get it right

Omg thanks for the added link Eric. Your the best, thank you

This is the best golf instruction channel on the internet.

Love your stuff, Eric. I'm one of the 10% who swings too much inside to out. Often over-hooking the shot, pushing it, or flipping the hands to catch up from a stuck position. Can you recommend how to build a "station" for players like me?

Awesome Eric, this is the best drill that 95% of amateurs should be doing. My question would be, when a player no longer has an issue with path and is on plane/shallow, how would they appropriately adjust their swing to stop hitting draws and start hitting butter cuts like those that are so prevalent on tour? Personally, I have no issue with a draw shot, in fact they look great. But when it comes to scoring, approach shots seem to fair better as a fade into the green with more stopping power on fade spin over draw spin.

I am good player. Played in college at a major school. This is very good advice and great video. I still practice with the stick at 4 myself. I like the one at 10 too just never thought of that. Very good advice. Way the brain works it needs drills to force it to do something. If you are just starting or trouble getting steep you should start your routine with this every day for months. Great vid.

Great stuff I will put this in my daily routine. Please send me more instructions I am a sponge with golf. Thanks Mike

Best thing about this video is how it shows using buckets as sticks holders at the range.

Great drill. This is something I can practice in my living room!

Thank you. Haven't set up and practiced with your drill. But I have taken the 4-10 idea and imagined the bucket and alignment rod on the course the last few rounds. I am seeing some very good results!!! So far with wedges and short irons( 9and 8 ) some better shots. Not 100% but some good results on enough shots to make me write this comment. I will definitely start using the drill station. Even a few shots with the longer irons etc.have shown some positive results but definitely will need to practice. So once again thanks.

This drill is amazing. I’ve used it for just one practice session today at the range and my ball striking on the whole was so much better. I haven’t managed to draw the ball much yet but the shots were much straighter than my usual fade or sometimes slice. I will keep using this at the range. Any advice on how to get the ball to draw rather than simply straight would be appreciated. Either way, I am really happy after my practice session! Hope it wasn’t a coincidence 🤞🏻

You have a video with a drill which includes combining an alignment stick with your club when addressing the ball and making sure the alignment stick stays on your left hip / side during the takeaway. Do you remember which video has this drill?

Eric - Can’t wait to try this drill. I will also look up George Gankas. Thank you!

Great great drill ..I alternate it with the "shallow your down swing" one. Yet, Eric, I wonder to what length of club can I go with these drills without overdoing?

Sitting here wondering if I could pull that off at my local driving range and then the camera angle changes and my jaw dropped....it is my local driving range haha. Great stuff I'll be at muni trying it out

I like this set up. I’m working on a couple things with my instructor involving improper impact position, but I’m sneaking this in too. Thanks Eric

Awesome Drill! Just what I needed! Thanks Eric!

Awesome video, after doing this drill for only a day It is now very rare for me to slice a ball. What would the next step be after consistently hitting draws and hooks? Also I notice that even on my best draw shots my distance has decreased and also my ball contact has become less consistent, any videos of yours that you could direct me to would be appreciated, thank you, your videos are extremely helpful

I will be using this for the next couple weeks… hopefully I can get my path from 2-4deg out to in to more like 2-4 from the inside. Turn my pull draw into a push draw would be nice

You are the best ...I also like how you gove credit to other teachers... is the back stick at the same angle as your iron?

Eric, Love the drill. My question is should I be using this when on the course for all shots such as driver, fairway woods, long irons, short irons? Or just on my irons? My issue really comes when I hit the driver. I can play a pretty consistent draw with irons, but the driver has a tendency to have that over the top issue. Thanks again man, great drill!

I'll go the range with this today instead of playing as there are thunderstorms about. It looks like just what I need, but then so did the video I watched yesterday and the one the day before that . . . . I've been coming OTT for 35 years, nothing seems to work.

Im deffo trying this, thanks!!!

Great drill/instruction as always. Can you set this station up for a driver?

Great video and drill. This worked great for my irons. Struggled with the driver? Thoughts Eric?

Phenomenal drill. Can’t wait to try this today. I love how sarcastic/direct you are Eric. Hilarious.

quick question Eric....1. Would you recommend positioning your feet in a draw stance....(to the right)...or keep it neutral....for this drill

Ummm...what? Yesterday i had a class and my golf coach taught my this specific drill...and today this video pops up in my video recommendations. Like, how? Is RU-vid observing my daily life? Haha, really great drill by the way.

Been working on inside out for 6 months!! will try this, looks great! Inside out is the way to go for WOMEN!!!

Great classic drill and station Eric. I found that if I had students just try to push it first things would go faster. The intention to square/close the face often would happen to soon and take the club out and over if they were trying to do both. So we'd ingrain path first and then add face. Do you ever approach it this way?

Would love to see you and GG do some live lessons, and fix some people together. You both have similar swing theory, but personality wise you two would be great.

Can't wait for the rain to stop so I can go to the range and try this. Thanks

This is exactly the video I needed to fix my slice

This guy is awesome! Makes perfect sense!

Fantastic drill and now crushing it, but when I play I need to aim way to the right as the draw is now a 25 yard hook for a 9 iron, help!!! How do I “soften” the hook to draw? Thanks and keep up the great work

This was an awesome drill.

Eric thanks for the info. I really appreciate want you are giving us.

Second day today, was weird to have no body movement and rolling over to 45 down. After about an hour it started to feel better. The only drill I’m doing until I hit 80 😀 but may do the right wrist bend in conjunction. Good stuff.

able to do this drill at the range. took about 25 minutes to try to get baskets and rods set up properly, but wow, seeing my draws and hooks come back was incredible! one question, I would put my left arm out with the club, and have it supinated, and then add my right hand, and keep my grip the same for my swing. the grip felt stronger then ever, but I felt it helped me draw the shots. I noticed you completely reset your hands, after doing the lead hand supination, and then shot the ball. do you think it would be too strong a grip to keep doing it the way I did it to hit shots in a round of golf? Thanks

Eric! Fantastic drill and station! Thanks a (to use one of your words...) "frick'n" ton! After all kinds of instruction and nerding out on all kinds golf videos I hit my first set of draws with the driver! And I mean after years and years of trying to fix it. Thanks again brother! And I WILL be using this until I break 80, LOL! You'll only hit the sticks once or twice on the range because of the attention you get, so you'll learn not to very very quickly not to.

Can’t wait to try this. 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

Hi Eric, thank you, great video! I did a similar drill to this and ended up hitting some really solid shots but eventually I started hooking everything and I couldn't figure out why. Am I rotating my hands too much through follow through? What would the most likely cause be? Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Great drill! So what is the feel on the takeaway? Do you try to follow the 4 o clock path?For me it feels like taking the club too far inside which I have always been told not to do.

Great drill, used this a lot last year. What is the next step once all your misses are left? Dial back the left arm supination? Thanks

DAMN. i'm one of those 10 percent you talked about. I can shoot in the 70's. my path numbers on trackman are normally a fairly solid 2-4 in to out. I'm a little shallow in angle of attack. but my club face can vary wildly from 1-2 degrees closed to my path to 6-10 degrees at worst. i need some drills to help calm that down please. think of the other 10 percent golfers out there eric haha!

Ok!!! I’ll do this until I break 80! 15.9 HCP with 82 as my lowest. And yes I go over the top (now)😃 Thanks for this Eric!! Tim H.

I've never been able to draw the ball, no matter what I try. Once in a while it happens as a fluke. lol I've taken lessons from different Coaches, but am still fading or slicing the ball. I'm 67, 10 HDCP, and I'm going to start seriously incorporating this into my range work. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hi Eric, came across your video & I've got to admit I have not hit the ball so crisply, as you suggest I'm taking pin head steps to gain confidence & I'm sure this is the way forward, occasionally I do hit a block to the right, do you think the reason for this is lack of arm rotation ?

This is where I struggle. Too steep in the downswing, tend to fade. Any recommendations for "bigger" golfers? I lift weights and feel like I cant seem to get the club to shallow comfortably. My right elbow doesnt "tuck" well no matter how much stretching I do. And I've increased flexibility overall but this may just be a structural restriction for me. It just doesnt externally rotate. Any luck getting guys like me to come inside with their path even with a right arm that wants rotate internally?

This a great station. Definitely makes sense. I'm limited in my range sessions but I have a backyard....can I still use this at least to get the feelings down and then use at the range? Thoughts?

Great drill. I was using an old shaft in the basket behind me instead of an alignment rod....came over the top & hit my 5 iron directly on the top of other shaft....snapped my 5 iron in half!! I will never go over the top again!!!

But Eric in some of your other videos you talk about not twisting the club/forearm in the hit zone and follow through?

This is really cool! How do you feel about Explanar or Planeswing?

I feel conflicted! So when try to teach a new golfer the proper path we should be focusing on hand and arms kinda before rotation?? If your setup and grip are on point when you rotate shouldnt setup posture and grip take care of all this automatically? Either this is awsome and gives a new golfer something concrete to feel. You are awsome at this educational video thing, keep it up!

I’ve set it up and tried it out. Took some reps but starting to make the right type of contact with a 9 iron. Would you suggest that if I keep doing this routinely (I use foam balls in my yard so I could literally do this for an hour a day no problem) that I will no doubt improve? I’m looking for a drill that I can just do in a routine that will improve my swing.

Great video but now what would you suggest for the person that does this too well and fights the blocks? I take it away inside because I feel more connected. To someone watching it looks like I then come over the top. Even with that reroute I still hit a draw. The only way I know how to stop blocking is to rotate the hips hard. What is your suggestion for those that hit blocks? Thanks

cf. Kostis in the early '80s. There's a great divide -- as Eric says here -- between the people whose misses are shallow, penetrating, and too much draw, and those whose misses are steep, climbing, and too much pull or cut (comes from the same path). One tends to contact the ball on or close to the sweet spot, the other tends to contact it more and more toward the toe and weak. If you want to know why tour players work on many of the things they do, it's to bring them back from tendencies, whether natural or trained (or both), that are completely opposite from what nearly 100% of middle-to-high-handicap amateurs have. If those amateurs work on the same things that most pros are working on -- things that are designed to moderate the inside-path-full-release-and-aggressive-draw-path -- it's just pure disaster. Trying to "hold off the club" when you've never learned to release the club in the first place is a primary example. Same for "coming too much from the inside." Almost no amateurs do.

Thanks Eric

Great, thanks

Amazing drill

Eric, I love the drill and love your videos. I'm wondering how this translates to the course. Should I be trying to take the same swing path to the course, or is this just a drill? Also, when practicing, how much right to left in the ball path should we be striving for?