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How To Hinge Your Wrists Then Release Them (In Detail!)

Eric Cogorno Golf

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In this golf lesson, Eric Cogorno proves the golf wrist hinge isn't complicated — and shows exactly how much and when to do it.

⏱️ Timestamps:
🔍 0:00 - Eric Cogorno: the simple way to fix your golf wrist hinge and release for solid contact
💡 0:57 - Why the lead wrist goes up and down and the trail wrist goes back and forth
📐 2:27 - How much wrist hinge you need: 90 degrees by the time the lead arm is parallel
🎯 3:53 - When to release: fully unhinged at 45 degrees past impact — not at the ball
💪 5:25 - Why bending the trail wrist back automatically flattens the lead wrist and squares the face
⛳ 6:47 - The three swing set drill for training correct wrist hinge and release
🔄 8:29 - How Adam Scott builds wrist hinge progressively from takeaway to the top
🏆 12:09 - Why the trail wrist needs to bend back 75 percent — and what happens when it doesn't
🎯 17:21 - How to use an impact bag to delay the release and stop casting

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Most golfers who struggle with wrist hinge in the golf swing are either not hinging enough or releasing too early — and most have no idea which wrist is responsible for which movement. Eric Cogorno breaks the golf wrist hinge down into two simple movements: lead wrist up and down, trail wrist back and forth. Get to 90 degrees of hinge by left arm parallel, trail wrist bent back 75 percent, and fully released at 45 degrees past impact — and watch how the Adam Scott golf swing demonstrates every one of these checkpoints in a single motion. These golf swing drills are the same ones Eric used with a student who went from confused and inconsistent to hitting solid high draws in one session. If you leave this video without trying the three-swing set drill, you're leaving consistent contact and a correct golf wrist hinge on the table.

What You'll Learn:
• Why the lead wrist controls the up and down movement and the trail wrist controls the back and forth — and why understanding that simplifies the golf wrist hinge
• How much wrist hinge in the golf swing: 90 degrees by left arm parallel, fully released at 45 degrees past impact
• How the trail wrist bending back 75 percent flattens the lead wrist and squares the club face automatically
• How the Adam Scott golf swing shows progressive wrist hinge from takeaway to left arm parallel and beyond
• The three swing set drill: how to practice arms parallel to arms parallel with correct wrist hinge and release
• How Victor Hovland uses trail wrist bend to keep the lead wrist flat and the club on plane
• How to stop casting in golf by delaying the release — and why removing the release entirely is never the answer
• The impact bag drill for training the correct timing of how to release the golf club through the hitting zone

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20 Comments

@ambark37 1 day ago

I fell into the trap of holding hinge and holding wrist lag forever that a lot of instagram golf preaches. I like that quality instructors like you are really teaching the importance of releasing the angles.

@inkybme1 6 days ago

Easily one of your top 10 videos of all time. I really appreciate that you slowly explained every position throughout the swing. This will really help a lot of golfers. Thank you.

@OldschoolVeteranGamer 1 day ago

Thums up in the back swing thumbs up in the finish.

@deesmacks4345 2 days ago

This helped so much it was a stripe show, even my CHS was quicker

@maagesen 4 days ago

Man - comprehensive and all gold. Thanks!

@andrewgudgeonobe2721 2 days ago

That has got to be one of the few aha moments on the Internet. Thanks.

@HighAspect 6 days ago

Great video Eric - love these back to basics videos. I’d like to see you do a repeat of this with driver to show the difference in release

@jeanlouisdubillon4212 6 days ago

Thanks Éric ! Thé vidéo i am looking for !

@sheila704 6 days ago

Thank you for the patient and detailed explanation!

@alcw625 6 days ago

bounce pass is the best analogy I 've heard and think about with the irons to release them

@digitalshapes9501 3 days ago

Eric, I do so love the detail and the quality and clarity of your lesson here. My big take away from this superb golf instruction is that key message about; Do not hold onto the vertical cocking into the downswing, it must be gradually uncooked to a maximum degree at the “Straight Line Release” point post impact, where the shaft is at a 45 degree angle to the ground. This is the hardest thing for amateurs like me to get our heads into this need to have your left hand fingers actually pointing vertically downwards (Radial Deviation mode) as they were or should have been at address. You perhaps didn’t cover that subtle point in this video. Most amateurs don’t realise they already need to be in a wrist cocked position at address in their lead hand. You have to start with fingers pointed down to the ground between your feet. Most amateurs don’t start this way so struggle to hinge correctly vertically. By lead arm parallel in the backswing your left hand and arm should be back to its natural position, dead straight. The backswing cocking is in fact an uncocking of what you had at address. The downswing then puts that radial deviation back into place in a downcocking wrist movement back to where it started. But this is the hardest thing to get right in the whole process, that move you make naturally into the straight arm release. You also make a fantastic point about how the trail wrist should by this point have moved into a slightly bowed condition (flexion) with the lead wrist having gone into a slightly extended (cupped back) position. I really do like your emphasis on reaching these positions by straight arm release point. What’s really significant to me is the fact as a great golf instructor you haven’t needed to flip your wrists to this point to square the face. But the set condition of the trail wrist has certainly played its part in the backswing and slowly releasing this set through impact to prevent the face from being open at impact. Loving the detail though. Myles

@senormango3758 4 days ago

That hip turn is a lot more in practice than in the swing , that is a huge distinction to make

@paultappenbeck9961 14 hours ago

Question, as a senior golfer with more after market body parts than OEM what if you can’t keep that left arm straight?

@franciscogarciaperez1015 6 days ago

Me gusta
Gracias, Eric

@michaelmedina4413 6 days ago

“Cool Eric” 😂

@darude1167 6 days ago

Eric! This is one of your best videos! I am a 0 hcp and fully agree to everything you say. Great explanation on one of the hardest parts in golf, especially when hitting irons. The feeling to straight out the trail wrist at 45 degrees forward is great. But what about hitting driver? My feeling is to straight out the trail wrist long before impact. What are you thoughts there? I can only wish for a video were you explain this like you do in this video. That would propably be your final masterpiece on hitting driver like the pros! Keep up the good work!

@garykirkner9799 6 days ago

Eric, great video, thank you. When the trail wrist bends backward in the backswing, what is the best way to achieve this? I seem to get too handsy when I work on that particularly with a strong right hand. Thanks in advance.

@Nickreilly09 5 days ago

Awesome video! I have a strong grip on my lead hand. Have a hard time flattening my wrist comfortably in my back swing. Is it ok to have it a little cupped or do you have any tips for flattening??

@chrishernandez2844 5 days ago

Am I the only one that can’t do this lol. Golf is so hard 😅

@luke45879 6 days ago (edited)

Just tried this drill at the range, it feels good but I have a wide open club face at impact and am losing balls to the right. To fix this I can release the hinge slightly earlier and twist just as you say in the video, but then I end up fatting it or early extending.

This is even with a strong grip.

Any tips on this?