Eric Cogorno
Online Golf Instructor
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Eric Cogorno is a student of his craft, which is the highest compliment that can be paid to someone, regardless of their profession. In Eric’s case, his profession happens to be golf instruction…and over the past 12 years as a golf pro, after giving more than 20,000 in-person lessons; after reading every golf book and viewing every golf video available; and after watching scores of other golf instructors give lessons…Eric is still working to find better ways to teach people at all skill levels to improve their game.
One of the ways that Eric has been working to improve golf instruction is through online video. And over the past two years, Eric and his business partner Mary Lengle have created an archive of more than 250 instructional videos (which they continue to produce on a daily basis), and they’ve attracted more than 32,000 subscribers to their YouTube channel. Here’s an even more impressive metric: 7 months ago Eric created a YouTube video on the “The Only Two Drills You Need for the Perfect Takeaway.” As of today, that single video has had more than 430,000 views.
In all honesty, when Mary approached me about featuring Eric on Golf Yeah, I wasn’t really that enthusiastic. My initial reaction was: here’s one of a hundred other guys making golf instruction videos. But with Mary’s encouragement, I dug a little deeper, and quickly realized that there’s a great story here.
Maybe it’s the way that Eric explains swing mechanics. Maybe it’s his natural on-camera presence. Or maybe it’s because he’s straight with people about what’s necessary for them to succeed. Either way, I think there’s something special going on here, and I’ll let you decide for yourself by listening to Eric on this podcast.
Show Highlights:
Notable Quotes:
On why he initially chose his career: “I’d like to say that I started because of my love for the game, but in truth, I started teaching because of the money I could get from giving lessons.”
On his first attempts to create online videos: “I spent around $1,000 on a camera and microphone. It took me about a half hour just to figure out how to turn the camera on, let alone record a video. I tried for about 2 weeks to make a video, then I just gave up.”
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