GOLF: The Secret To How The Right Wrist Works In The Golf Swing 

Words can't express my gratitude. Used to be an 8, but after kids and not playing for 10 years, I can't break 100 because i hit a low duck hook. I paid for lessons, and hit countless balls, but i was still missing something. It was this exact message of right wrist position. This video coupled with a few range sessions, and SHAZAM.....I'm back to old form. I'm still exaggerating the wrist placement on takeaway, but I've never been happier to fix this problem in my golf swing. I owe you a beer (actually way more than that).

I had to search and search to find this video (because I didn't hit like the first time). I have played for 6-7 years and have watched every video imaginable. Endless hours sometimes. People out on the course would say "Wow...nice swing", but I just couldn't get consistent contact/compression and after watching this video I realized I was doing everything right but my fault was coming from underneath and it was causing me to cast to compensate. Shot a 78 today with this change (I've never broken 80...and average around the high 80's low 90's). I only missed around 3 fairways. This was my "gotcha" moment video. Best round of golf I ever played to the point it almost seemed surreal. It all makes sense now as long as I remember to just stay lose the ball just flies of the clubface. I've never in my life struck the ball better and this video was the reason for it. What a great instructor you are Eric. Simple and to the point.nWe all know golf has it's up and downs but I have a feeling this tip/video will make the ups more prevalent. Thanks Eric.

Eric is one of the top coaches online....learned a lot from him...thanks Eric

This Video changed my Golf Game so much I have never struck the ball so well in my life! I was literally bending my wrist the wrong way I was bending it to wear it would massively leave the club face wide open and then I would flip at the ball. This video changed my swing for good!! It felt really weird at first but after trusting it OMG it's crazy! The divits I take now are so good I literally can't believe it's me hahha! U are the man Eric! Best Instructor in the World right here!!!

I stumbled on to what exactly you are talking about. You are 100% spot on. This idea has dramatically changed my game for the better. I’m a right handed player. Because I grip the club with a slightly stronger right hand beyond neutral...when my hands are set at the top of my backswing, they do NOTHING on the downswing except hold the right hand hinged angle. I simply turn through my downswing. My right elbow naturally, and gradually unfolds... and yes my hands release the club, but well after the ball has been struck. I love that I can flight my short irons much lower, AND hold greens. My compression is SO much better. Great video!

In the process of hinging the trail wrist to the maximum and holding the flex, the elbow is held and tucked into the waist. ONE simple focus thought on the trail wrist and (for me) the rest with the correct rotation falls in to place. Great instructional video. Many thanks.

This really works, I am taking lessons and we worked on this yesterday. The other is the follow through. He had me make sure my arms kept the V all the way through my swing. Everything went straight. If I could consistently do this I would shoot in the 80s. That has yet to be proven as when I am at the range everything goes straight, on the course not so much. I just learned this move so the future looks bright.

Great!! This was Joe Dante's Magic Move. He set the wrist immediately and maintained it. The first time I tried this, I was sure I was going to drive the ball directly into the ground. I was wrong. I had simply played my whole life with an open club face, then flipping to square it at impact. I played some decent golf if my timing was perfect, but I'd follow a scrambling 78 with a dispiriting 95. I'm 63 and have played golf for 50 years and have quit and picked the game back up several times. Eric's wrist angle videos have helped me play my best, and more importantly, consistent golf ever. I have played my home course at least 700 times in the last ten years. However, I have hit my longest, straightest and best shots on every single hole in the last 50 rounds AFTER incorporating these ideas. Instead of moving up to the gold (senior tees), I have moved back to the blue tees from the whites. I can't recommend these videos or the Cogorno Golf subscription site enough.

This is what should be taught very early for anyone learning golf … you learn and practice this and 80% + of your golf swing is set for life! Eric, this is your best video ever. I have been watching hundreds of videos for many years and had many golf lessons… without much success , switching my swing to too many complicate tips. This is the Saint Graal of golf !!! Claude … from Montreal,QC.

Nick Faldo has a chapter like that in his book. Hit it with right forarm. Outstanding video. Thanks

Cogorno Golf is the best golf tuition online - period.

I've been using my right wrist as my key swing thought and it has really helped me explode through the ball and make more consistent contact.

This is the best advice video on golf and this guy really knows what he's talking about. Radically improved my game in distance and control

This video, by itself, has altered my game in a positive way more than anyone I’ve viewed anywhere. I’ve shot 80 a couple times this year on a pretty tough course but actually broke 80 the day after watching this and applying it on the range beforehand. And it wasn’t so much that I broke 80 but it’s the way I struck the ball consistently which really had me and my playing mates impressed. Honestly if I was chipping better I would’ve shot in the low 70s. I’ve watched a lot of videos from very good teachers but yours are the clearest and understandable examples of golf swing mechanics that I’ve witnessed to date.

The last video on this helped to dispel any misconceptions on wrist hinge or just how to hit it straight in general and since then have been striking the ball a lot better! So anyone that was like me.. feel confident in this information and thank Eric for saving you loads of frustration later on. At first you may pull the ball but as this becomes second nature you'll straighten out. I even given this tip to struggling people on the course and their shots got better immediately. It's such a simple concept too and if more golf rookies learned this right away they'd skip that first 6 months of crappy striking lol.

This might be the key to unlock the problem that has plagued me for years, early release and flipping my hands through impact. I took the information to my practice at the driving range yesterday and saw dramatic improvement in power and carry. Thanks. You have some of the best demonstrations and lessons on RU-vid.

This was interesting. It had a very positive side effect that I did not expect. I stopped hitting with the arms and it became all turn with a very soft, balanced and natural finish. And it happened all by itself. Thanks, hope is back.

This is one of the best lesson i have ever seen. Clear. Clever. Generous. I have studied a lot about these points, and this lesson has clarified and enlightened me, harmonizing all my ideas, making my swing solid and consistent. Thank you, Eric.

Eric, I have seriously been struggling with my golf game for the past 4-5 months. I was shooting mid-eighties but after a lesson (was try to add some yardage) the pro strengthened my grip i could never get comfortable with my hands/wrists at the top. Since that lesson I have been shooting mid to high 90s and extremely frustrated with the game. After watching this video I went to the range this morning - weakened my grip back to neutral and concentrated more on my right wrist bending back instead of fighting the awkward feeling strong grip left wrist cup and Voila! I haven't struck the golf ball that well in a very long time. Thank you very much for creating this video!!

Eric, this is your best video ever. Master this lesson and you will be on your way to ball striking like you have never experienced.

Reading all the comments down below it lets you know how much you are loved by those golfers and I am one of them, your honesty, your tuition, explanation is spot on - your jokes are crap, but hey - keep up the great work we all love you - golfing wise!

There is nobody any better than you! You really explain things very well.

Eric leaves no doubt about each component. Never knew my right wrist cannot be bent too much. This guy has helped my ball striking more than anyone.

Bro I love u. This one video, fixed my swing path and created more draws for me instead of fade/slices. Wasted 10 lessons trying to fix my bad habit.

Brilliant. As is the left wrist bowing video. I love your no-nonsense clarity. Thanks.

I'm 20+ years into playing golf, and the more I learn, the more I realize that the absolute FIRST thing anyone should learn when it comes to playing golf is the finer mechanics of the approach/impact/release. Assuming you've played any sport where you "swing" something, you don't need help on that part. Players need to understand exactly how to generate the proper lag and speed and impact in the golf swing. Once you get that, you can just figure out how to do that faster/harder for yourself. If you don't figure that out first, nothing else will truly make you better. I learned some really great course management skills that helped my scoring, but I always fought my poor ball striking. Eric's videos on the release and impact have, literally in a matter of weeks, changed my approach to the swing and my ball striking for the better.

This guy is the best for me I love the way he explains things in a clear way, thank u for helping me to see my mistakes

I've been a 12-16 handicap for most of my life. I've had more lessons than probably one should take. But, today, i finally think all the lessons I've taken get the point across with your videos on the right wrist bent back because I didn't understand how the right hand worked in golf. I was always taught to keep the left wrist flat but i continued to have problems with loss of power because of casting. Thank you so much for theses videos. I can now practice drills called the P6 and understand the importance of the right hand staying bent and swinging to the left.

There are a lot of videos out there, but I think your videos really help golfer who hits below 90s and looking to improve! Good job!

Your teaching style and awesome explanations are so helpful. Thanks for sharing.

Just found this video. Never had I seen such well described instruction on "how" to get club square at impact and still keeping right wrist bent with forward shaft lean!! Thanks Eric. Mike W

Realized at the range today that instead of focusing on flat left wrist, focus on flexing the right wrist accomplishes the same and is easier. Came home, searched for "right wrist in backswing" and this video came up. Thank you for confirming and explaining how it works!

FANTASTIC video! I used this drill this summer to work on delivery and contact. It’s scary how much it helped. Also, for those that think they can’t “release” doing this, you do it for a bit you start hitting further and further shots. You hit a little harder and harder. Soon, you can’t hold off if you try. The momentum will make your wrists release. I noticed that doing these 3/4 “hold off” shots were not much shorter than my full swing. Most likely due to the solid contact.

Eric ! The more I watch your episodes, the more I get impressed.. It is amazing how much you describe the details of every each moment of action in all aspects..! It is just Wow ! Two thumbs up ! Thanks a bunch !

Went to the range and tried to keep this in mind and had the best range session I think I've ever had!

Great video, thank you. My coach spent weeks trying to get me to bow my left wrist, focusing on a left wrist movement. I just couldn’t get it, and the left wrist just stayed cupped. Your idea of concentrating on the right wrist movement and the left will automatically get into the correct position is spot on. I can do it and it works. Don’t know why I could move one wrist correctly but not the other, the brain is a strange thing. Massive improvement in quality of balling striking.

One of the best and MOST IMPORTANT videos I've seen. It is amazing how one little change in the swing can make such a big difference in swing quality. Well done!!

Single handily the best golf video I’ve seen. I took a lesson last week and I was instructed to do this very thing. Yet I couldn’t find any videos on it to learn and implement it more.....until now. Thank you!!

I’ve been working on this concept with my pro the last few weeks since winter school started. This is a great addition to what he’s been trying to drill into me. Love your teaching style.

Finally some non-fiction, more talk on this move with the wrist bent foreshow!!

Great video! Have watched MANY on this subject. Yours is the first I have seen that isolates the RIGHT wrist. This is much more impactful for me. Also, I really appreciate your comments on the TIMING of this move. I guess that trial and error will let me know which timing will be best for me, but I am glad to know that any of the three will work. Thanks. Joe W

My last lesson with my club pro was about holding a firm left wrist through impact, but it was something I was struggling to do. I asked him if it would be easier to try to keep the right wrist broken for as long as possible and this was better. I think the missing piece of my puzzle was the tip in this video about trying to keep the right hand facing towards the ground. Suddenly my ball striking has become much cleaner. One of the earlier comments disagreed with holding onto wrist angles to impact, but I think that the point here is to get the right feel. Unless you are immensely strong the correct release will just happen through clubhead momentum. Trying to make the release happen at the right time will just open up a whole new box of problems for most of us. It's not an instant fix, I think it will take a bit of work to eradicate the old movements, but it's getting better round by round. Best of all, this move has improved my pitching which was very inconsistent. Now it's well flighted, bang on line and distance control is fantastic.

Just by watching and executing the elbow under the pointing down through impact, I hugely improved impact and consistent improved distance with less effort, best lesson I've ever applied

Really great advice. I'm an overthinker when it comes to golf and this video/drill allows you to focus on one consistent thing if you work at it and advances the goal of a repeatable, consistent solid swing. Kudos, Eric.

Spent a lot of money on lessons in the uk , basics (grip,stance,alignment) apart my biggest steps forward iv found on Cogorno Golf , love your patient explanation on this vid and others Eric, seems so simple , time to get to work 🏌🏻‍♂️👍🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

This trail wrist tip is magic thru the bag..Thanks Eric.

Well explained Eric, the right hand is key especially in the downswing enabling us to compress our golf iron shots. Cheers, Troy

Right wrist bend worked very well for me, Awesome advice Eric!!

Best instruction on RU-vid, period.

Due to your video i was watching Eric i have been able to see what i have been having trouble with my wrists even in my daily life i have trumor tension due to a car accident so i am so thankful for what you put into your videos

Eric, thank you so much,I could never figure out why my ball contact is so bad , why I’m not compressing the ball, and why my ball flight is so high and why I’ve been losing distance, this is exactly why, great video my friend.

Hell yeah my golfing brother, this is the real Secret, to your best Golf, the hands and wrist, Along time ago, i worked on this, and i played great, thanks for reminding me, iv been looking at your videos for some time now, and now you nailed it,

Great teaching as always. The right wrist is the secret to improving my (and all others) golf. 50 years ago I was taught to bend/cup my LEFT wrist at the top of the back swing, that could have been OK is Pro had told me to reach the correct impact position. Thanks for your help.

i love this lag drill. i swing a hammer everyday and its the difference between driving a nail in 3 vs 10 swings. same principal. gonna practice this along with your shallow down swing drill. great videos and detail!!!

Another great video. One of my problems is that at the top of my backswing my right hand wrist and arm tense up as my brain tells me get ready to hit the ball from the top. One way I overcome the urge to hit at the top is to absolutely relax and soften my right hand wrist and arm at the top (still keeping angles--extension and hinge) and trust that I will have power to hit ball solidly by turning my body into the ball. When it works it's wonderful!

Wow exactly what I was looking for

Just had a lesson to emphasise this, but I love the practise routine. Will try it, thank you.

Nice drill! Someone explained it to me as a similar motion to skipping rocks. That helped me achieve this instinctively.

Amazing man. I had all but given up on trying to get my left hand flat in the backswing. I just can't get in to that position as my right hand always takes over. So much easier to think about bending my right wrist back and having the left follow. Can't wait to try it out at the range. Thank you.

Finally i understood the Right wrist Action! Thanks.

Completely bloody fabulous as always. Great instruction.

Very valuable teaching on "how-to-do-it". 5 stars!

I did this drill years ago and it really improved my ball striking then. I still practice it and my ball striking still gets compliments. I believe that for me to improve I need to get better with driver off the tee and improve my short game (100 yards and in).

Made a big difference already. Turf impact after the ball.......never done that before!

Fookin’ great! One fault I’ve fought for a long time is - while I had good right wrist extension in my backswing ... I also unfortunately had way to much right wrist radial deviation as well ... resulting in making the top of my backswing way to long with all the associated bad side effects... since I watch several of your wrist conditions videos I’ve put in a lot of reps and have really made progress correcting right wrist radial deviation fault ... anyway just want to make this point so others who might have these 2 things happen don’t get frustrated ...

Brilliant. Very well explained, well done young man.

the best tips ever....... thank you very much Sir ..... from indonesia with salute

Eric...thank you. I've scoured several videos looking for a fix to my inconsistent ball striking. This one video did it for me.

For those of us that are right hand/side dominant, this is gold, thanks Eric!

U r the best teacher ever.

Great video and explanation! Couple questions: 1) Are you having more “feeling” of the hit in your left hand or right had through impact, 2) are you suggesting it’s ok to have open shoulders at impact? For a long time I’ve tried to keep closed or square at impact and not sure it’s the most consistent (sometimes creates a flip), and 3) still unsure how you get the club down to the ball with the wrist staying so bent that late in the downswing..? (right wrist bent keeps the club head from ever getting DOWN to the ball)

Brilliant Eric! A game changer. If Hogan ever shared his secret this is it.

So clearly and comprehensively described Eric. Excellent video as always. Thanks for demystifying the golf swing in the impact zone.

This video is the serious game changer. Good stuff!

Thanks Jack Black! This helped a ton!

Stops the early release and fat shots. Works for me. Great video.

Great Tip Eric

I think putting pressure on the shaft or left thumb by the right palm helps set that right wrist at the top, and also is a preventative measure to not overdo or over extend the extension of the right wrist at the top (I also watched Eric's great video on over swinging in the backswing). I had a bad habit, once I figured out flexion/extension of the right wrist, of trying to extend the right wrist too much at the top, and therefore would sometimes throw off my timing as well as the clubface through the ball. Anyway, my two cents.

Thanks Eric, this vid fits me to a tee, as I am a left hand cupper. Going to work on this a zillion times to imbed it in to memory feel.👍

Pure gold Eric. This video (and others) has helped me immensely

Great video Eric (again). I've been working on my bent right wrist for a while now and i find that my right elbow is kind a twisting inside and toward the ground. Makes me feel like i'am under throwing a baseball. Is it a good feeling? Should i avoid it what do you think? BTW i'am not bless with you're wrist flexibility. I can only bend mine about 30 degrees. Again thank you for you're time Eric. You are simply the best!

This guy is the best golf instructor online. Those of you who live by him are lucky.

Thanks for the vid! I will MAINTAIN!!

Hi Eric consciously bending back the right wrist to allow the lead wrist to either be straight or bowed at the top is well said and we all see professional players doing this for sure. However did you know that the trail elbow has direct radius and ulnar nerves endings that extends to the trail hand and wrist and the two must follow the directions of the trail elbow. Not the other way around. If you don't believe me try flicking your trail elbows at the transitional backswing to the right and see what happens to your hands and wrist not to mention the dreaded chicken wring and over the top swing. With this in mind my one swing thought is to ignore my hands altogether at the top of my swing and simply flick my magic trail elbow with controlled quickness to the left ( right handed players$ at the transitional part of my downswing. With this one move there is absolutely no conscious holding back my right wrist at all. My complete downswing finishes at a blink of an eye as it simultaneously give me perfect body response and connection to my ball every single time. At 72 the activation of my magic trail elbow to the left at the transitional part of my downswing is my secret weapon to great and consistent golf shots that I wish to share with everyone. Although you are surely great teacher and player of golf I truly hope you give it a try for yourself and let me know what you think. Shifting/Flicking the magic trail elbow to the left at the transitional top of the downswing works with every club and easily controllable on soft or a hard fast swing from a pitching wedge to a driver. Cheers

Thank you great video

Man, this video is money! So good! Thanks Eric, love the videos.

Great tip. As a 2 handicaper this has improved my striking consistency immensely. Only trouble I have is now hitting it left due to a more closed club face, particularly with the driver and longer irons. Any advice?

15 years of pain ended, this is the best lesson i've ever seen, thank you for this advice, my push slice is over!

Nicely explained. .where are you based Eric..I taught my son from when he was 14 months old..I had him on full size clubs by the time he was 7..seven pro's had a look at him and said he needs to be fitted for clubs and to shorten his back swing..I taught him to have a massive back swing with full finish ..There were 2 pro' s who grasped what I was doing and said keep doing what your doing..William (my son)had all the shots at nine years old ..that was 5 years ago .. now my memory for the last 4 years has deteriorated and I can't show him anymore..Gutted...He needs someone who would be willing to work with what he has instead of changing him..his longest drive by the way is 360 yards measured by someone at west lance golf club..He has a great short game and is good at his putting..he is a good player with all his irons..he's been stagnant for 4 yes..I see truly great potential with this child..I don't know what to do..Regards David..

Saved in my fav! Great key topic!

Eric, great video. Question… why not set the right wrist back at the set up then keep it bent throughout the swing?

Great videos. I watched one recently in which you address that whatever you do on the backswing will cause the opposite on the downs swing. If I tend to comedown with a cupped lead wrist should I exaggerate a right wrist bend at takeaway or should I take it back straight for a bent right wrist on the downs swing?

Hi Eric- Great job and always enjoy learning from your channel. Quick question that seems no one talks about regarding right wrist. My question is - Do you keep the pad of right hand palm against the thumb throughout the golf swing? I try to keep my hands loose, but noticed in a home video that my right hand palm pad floats a little away from left hand at top of swing to start of downswing. Not sure this is a dumb question, but like to know how firm should you keep hands together through the swing? Thanks!

I am a two handicap and I agree with most of Eric's videos. Especially about wrists and wrist angles. I disagree with this one as far as holding any angle into impact. The right wrist should bend back all the way through the backswing and unbend all the way through the downswing. This will help you get full extension at impact. This is where effortless power comes from.

Brilliant! If I'm right-handed, why not focus on utilizing my DOMINANT hand to get the lead wrist flat. Years ago I used to employ a TWO-Piece takeaway, like Johnny Miller did, having the club shaft parallel to the ground before my shoulders barely began to turn. I stopped because I fooled myself into thinking that it wasn't the "proper" way to swing the club. Time to go back to trying that.

Best of the best lesson ever.

Tq for this video.now im getting divots n hitting greens in regulation.No more hitting.

I have the same shirt and I am wearing it right now!

helped me immediately

Eric, as my previous posts, thank you for clarifying this for me. I have mis-understood the wrist cock for most of my golf career. I played Baseball in school where I am blessed to have good hand eye coordination. How do I go about having you look at my swing for your suggestions?