Eric Cogorno: How to Hit the Golf Ball Higher and Farther

Fancy finding out how to smash your golf ball farther? Silly question, right?

Gaining additional power and distance is a never-ending quest for us golfers and this week, top golf coach and friend of Hole19 Eric Corgorno is here to give us all a few drills to help hit the ball higher and longer than ever!

As Eric explains, how far forward your upper body goes during the downswing dictates your angle of attack and swing direction. Keeping your head behind the ball (he explains exactly what that means in this video!) creates a shallow angle of attack, better compression, higher shots and more speed.

Check out these simple drills and feels to help you stay behind the ball...

We see slow-motion video of Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy and Bubba Watson doing this in their swings – with a wedge, iron and a driver. Eric also shares two great golf drills at the end for keeping your head behind the ball in the golf swing.

Fancy More Great Golf Instruction?

When you've checked in with this week's video, you might want to take a look at the most recent episode of 'Rapid Fire Golf With Eric Cogorno'. If you don't already know, this is Eric's weekly live Q&A over on his Youtube channel where his followers get to ask any technical golf question they may have.

There were some interesting questions which came up in Episode 20, and any one of them could help your game.

Don't forget to head over to the Cogorno Golf YouTube page to check out the catalogue of videos jam-packed with Eric's informative and insightful golf tips which are sure to help your game.

As you learn to smash the ball further, you can track the progress of your game by downloading the Hole19 golf app FREE today. Simply click your app store button below. You can also learn more about the game-enhancing abilities of Hole19 Premium.