Oh my days, oh my days, OH MY F***ING DAYS!!! This is it, this is what I've been searching for all of my golf life! Over the years I've had so many professional golf coaches one of whom is a top ranked English coach and not one of them as told me about this move. I've dropped from a being a 12 handicapper down to 20, the Shanks have cursed me for far too long and I've trolled RUclips looking for the magic move. Some of them work but like everything else it's a time limited offer only and then the magic disappears. Well people I'm telling you this has blown me away, just go to the range with a 9 iron and give it a go you will walk away with a sense of euphoria and the biggest smile on your face you've ever had! Mr. Malaska, Sir, what a fantastic instruction you have kindly posted, I will be forever in your dept. Can't wait to purchase your book, you sir are a golf demigod. Thank you, thank you.....thank you!
This man is for real. I feel like I've found the ultimate swing that works for me after years of search. This man is a true golf guru like a Yoda to a Jedi.
You're right, no one would teach this. Look at any down the line view of a professional golfer, and you'll see they all flatten their swing coming down, not steepen it as he is teaching/
Jeff, if you really listen to what Mike is saying maybe you'll realize that the club doesn't actually standup. It's a feel! Mike just reiterates that in about a dozen of his videos. If you practice what he teaches, which I have, you will see that he is 100% correct. Good luck though.
@@easye4171 It has nothing to do with coming over the top. You are not understanding the instruction. Over the top is all about casting and opeing the shoulders too early. This instruction is about dropping the hands IN with the clubhead slightly towards the ball before the shoulder turn. There is no over the top move at all.
@@golfnutt1969Jack Nicklaus is famous for having an upright/steep swing. He won 18 majors. FUCK all the over complicated swing bullshit these other people teach.
I've watched and read a ton of golf instruction over the years and this may be the first time I've seen this concept explained in the golf swing. Hands in, clubhead out. Makes complete sense. Just toyed with this concept in my basement and impact was instantly different. Outstanding instruction, Mike. Keep the great content coming.
This video has changed my golf game forever. I golf 4-5 days a week and travel the country a lot to golf and my game has suffered from casting the wrists for years and killing any distance at all. This video changed my life i can't thank you enough!
I gotta say, this has blown me away. I can say this has changed my game more than anything. After 20 years of struggling and changing the swing all time, this is the first idea that makes sense. It seems so contrived at first, but feel is never real & the results simply speak for themselves. It allows a shallow, inside approach to the ball with a square clubface AND with a neutral grip. Impact feels COMPLETELY different than anything I've ever experienced. And far more effortless as well. It seems to remedy a lot of other swing flaws when performed properly. This is huge! I've been doing it wrong for decades!
I was shooting low to mid 80s after one month watching Malaska videos my score now is in the mid 70s my swing is getting better every day It created self confidence lots of fun understanding and enjoying the game better than before wish I discovered Mike few years back best teacher ever
Listen to Mr malaska I do not have the words to thank you I also think Ben Hogan felt our pain and tried to help the Common Man play golf and I also think that you really in your heart feel our pain believe me I have read every book on the subject I have listened to everyone who talks about golf in any way used all those gadgets on the front of your book but after 40 Years of trying I finally get it you should win the Nobel Prize for curing all us hackers of our pain and suffering thank you for the bottom of my heart I'm 72 years old don't know how long I have left but I know what time I have left I will enjoy my game and be a very very happy
For me this is the absolute best and most enlightning tip and drill i have ever came accross! Mike Malaska surely is no one teacher in golf - thanks a lot sir !
At first I took you too literally and tried to turn the club out which caused me to pull hard left. But now, I've finally figured out what you're saying and now I really hit all my clubs with much less stress on my body, but with much better ball contact. At 55 I know I would not be able to maintain the other style indefinitely. Thank you sir.
I'm a senior lady golfer and I've been playing for about 30 years and always working on gaining more distance. My current handicap index is 15 and my drives usually go about 160 yards. Not one pro has ever taught me Mike's method, which has added much longed for distance. I have an extensive golf library and many golf dvds and tapes and no-one has made the swing this simple. Peter Crocker is close with his method. Is this method a secret that most professionals don't want to share for fear of people actually becoming better golfers. I always believed that there was "something" a "secret" that was not being taught, and Mike, you have shared it! This is the secret! Thank you so much. Thank you for all the you-tube videos, and trying to relay your thoughts in multiple ways. With Mike's method, I had relatively quick success with my sort irons and gained about one full club in distance (my 8 iron went from about 105 to about 115). The entire swing is totally effortless and brings you to a full finish with hips turned, shoulders turned and in total balance. You feel the smooth speed and don't even try to turn your hips - they just turn! The driver has been more of a challenge but when I make Mike's move, I see a straight shot with about 15 to 20 yards more distance! This is amazing and I am so thrilled. I'm curious about online lessons with Mike and would like to know how they work. Thanks so much, Mike. I just may get my husband and myself out to visit you for a lesson - I'm hoping! Cheryl Shaia, Westlake, Ohio
Mike....your videos the past few days are priceless......they really "show" what you are talking about in your fantastic "I Feel Your Pain" book. As an inside/out shanker knowing what my left arm should be doing has been eye-opening. Thank you!!! Please keep them coming. Watching you work with a real golfer.....like me......is transforming my game.
I've been searching for a simplified explanation of this for some time. Bravo. The light bulb went off immediately. Went to the range and got my distance back plus more consistent direction. Thank you.
Was taught to keep the handle of the club moving on the target line, then releasing the hands into the ball, played like this for years, with an established handicap of 6, but tried Mikes method and hitting the ball more solid, with some increase in distance, This is much easier way of playing golf, with less effort and better results, Thanks Mr. Malaska for sharing this simple but profound technical info on the Golf swing that nobody teaches
Mike this has got to be the secret of golf! Holy Grail - I have been looking for 30 years I think I found it - Awesome! Thank you sir! Do you have any CD online ? Do you ever come to Naples Florida? Lessons?
Hi Mike,Thanks so much for your videos. I played 9 holes today and played the first 4 holes way beyond my expections. 1 Par and 3 birds. Then I started to hit the shots fat. They were going straight at the target but coming up way short. Those first 4 holes, the shots were flying high with a little turn to the right. I love it. Now to eliminate those fat shots. Thanks again for your videos. Truly the best golf teacher ever. PS: I only had 1 basket of balls to practice your teaching on the range the day before. I'm not saying how great I am, but your teaching is what it;s all about.
i must have rewatched this video 10 times and 10 times at the range before it finally made sense. Now i have a true golf swing. Keep working at it guys. MIKE is correct!
Not knowing the proper release for so many years and "pulling into the ball" is why I've always dug the toe of the club in the ground. With this release I'm taking wide even divots in a addition to feeling like the club is doing the work! It's sad that I'm 46 and just now learning this but it was better late than never! TRYING TO COPY POSITIONS YOU SEE IN PHOTOGRAPHS AND ASSUMING WHAT CAUSED THOSE POSITIONS KILLED MY GAME (AND BACK) FOR MANY YEARS. Thank you Mike Malaska!!!
How is it going for you now, three years later? Are you still using Mikes swing? I am 46 right now and fooled myself just like you described plus thos uneven often not straight divots.
This is phenomenal. This has significantly improved my swing. This moves seems counter-intuitive to what every other pro says. Flatten the shaft, maintain the lag. However, I actually found I was compressing the ball better than I ever have doing this. I feel like in the transition stage I just let the clubhead tumble outward in a gentle manner. Don't use wrists just let it tumble. All I have to say is try this!
Mike's videos on downswing--coming in with hands--are the best. I have been watching these videos off and on for several months. Today I finally understood what Mike was talking about with regard to release/hands in. Went to the range and couldn't believe how well I hit the ball. Effortless power!
When I first saw this a couple of months ago I totally ignored it. Then I saw you teaching a young woman and it made more sense, so I tried it at the driving range the other day. Fantastic. The strike is so better with less effort. Thanks Mike.
In further proof of my comment that appears directly below this one, here is Nicklaus himself in a Golf Digest article, talking about photographs of his swing in 1995: "In the left image above, taken in 1995, it looks like I'm purposely delaying the release of the club. But I can assure you I never tried to delay the hit or retain my wrist cock. That happens naturally, if you start with a proper grip, maintain a light grip pressure and keep your arms relaxed. It's impossible to release the club too early in the downswing -- as long as you move to your left side and swing the club from inside the target line." So there it is: Nicklaus' version of "release" is the one we've all come to know from countless articles and instructors. His point, again, is if you swing the club correctly with relaxed arms, the release won't happen early. In fact, he says, it's impossible.
The drill he was doing with the steering wheel is a good way to get an over the top club path and pitch the club out across the target line, if that is your goal.
Describing the release as pulling the hands inside to get the clubhead outside to hit the ball is the absolute best, most natural, easiest way to release and square the clubface I have ever heard from a golf instructor. It feels like an aha moment for me 10 years into golf.
Do the hockey swing to get the feel - then try the wheel - it will all fall into place and you will be one happy golfer! Once you "turn the wheel" to start the downswing the rest is a chain reaction. Thank you Mr. Malaska for saving me from myself!
This is the greatest video I have seen maybe ever. And your story of how u were instinctive then tried to change and got worse I totally relate to. Went back to what u r talking about and boom. The hockey lever thing was such a great description
Thank the Lord for Mike Malaska. I've struggling to find the golf swing for 36 years. 36 YEARS. I'm athletic, mostly self-taught, but have spent some considerable money in recent years with various swing coaches and lessons. To no avail. What resulted was a fairly basic golf swing with no power, that hid a nasty over-the-top move and amounted to very inconsistent, frustrating golf....for 36 years. Then I stumbled on 3 of Mike's videos. I have watched them over and over and over again, taking the principles to the range to work them out piece by piece. This last week I have hit the ball consistently ...and like never before. my last 3 rounds were 38, 39, 39. And I'm still getting used to it, retraining myself. THANK YOU MIKE! You and your ability to communicate the principles of the golf swing are a gift to all of us!
That's why I thing Jack and Tiger have won so many majors compared to others. They play with the club in front of you. Because in motion and speed, the club head has weight. If you shallow the club, you'll end up stuck with the club "behind" your hands. To avoid that, you shallow your hands with 👉hands down n club head out concept instead of shallowing the club like 90% of the industry teaches. If your stuck behind, you'll have to twist your body so much to compensate the club coming from behind your hands..
Being Canadian I played ton of hockey shooting left and I switched to right to play golf but It feels more natural to swing right like throwing a ball, but have way more power left handed in golf... what's a man to do?? Left or right....
Mike, I wish you would edit in your lessons to show the actual movement of the clubhead from the top to the ball. It is a straight line! Because your hands drop the handle, the clubhead moves out to meet the ball. You could show that by just drawing a line from the top to the ball and show that the club follows that straight line. You are teaching the most efficient movement of the clubhead in a straight line, as seen from behind. Show that. Thanks, by the way.
Thanks Michael..I finally get it! I have to be careful not to get the body in the way! One thing that helped me was to cock wrist up on 45 degree angle as I turned shoulders back. This keeps the clubhead outside the hands.
Ah ha moment, I was trying this for awhile, I kept trying to throw the club head out but it was never catching up to my swing. No matter horw hard I tried to swing the club head out it would never get in correct position. Until I tried to do it by the handle, I had to feel my lead hand pushed back and push my trail hand out.
This goes against anything that feels right or looks right but I gave it a try anyway, the first few shots had a bit too much draw on it but I just told myself I must be over steering so I didn't exaggerate the motion as much and boom hitting them straight and the feeling on impact was magic, can't wait to get back down the range again tomorrow, this gentleman has changed my game thank you so much, anyone who's struggling with their swing should follow this man he knows what he's talking about. Thanks again 👍
I used to play the wrong way before, i was an ok player, hitting 250 to 280 with my driver, but due to a wrist injury i could not swing the same and it would hurt. I naturally realized that i should swing like Mike says, and now no more injury or pain, easier swing, and my driver is about 290 consistently now.
I can’t believe what I’ve just watched! … I’ve been struggling with contact, particularly with irons for years. Came off the range yesterday (I really struggle on range mats!) an extremely desperate and frustrated man one step from giving up the game I love so much then I came across Mike’s videos and a very bright light bulb has suddenly been switched on … can’t wait to try is … thanks Mike 😊
Mike, I've watched all your videos and am a follower of yours, but I have to ask this question. Yes if you drop the club flat behind your hands it weighs more, the end of the shaft ends up pointing to outside the ball as it shallows, Ben hogan did this, and the best golfers in the world do this. It has been written that he developed above-average strength in his hands and forearms to achieve it, but the fact that the clubhead weighs more when out of alignment to a perfect circle also is what allows more power to be delivered to the ball when properly done. I get that you are trying to help the average golfer, but I have to disagree with the idea that the shaft should point inside the ball. This relates to the concept of passive torque researched by DR Sasho Mackenzie after doing an analysis of hundreds of swings from the best golfers. Like the idea of a skier being pulled by a boat and gaining speed by resisting the direction of the boat and going away from it. Essentially I agree with your concept that the hands don't swing at the ball, what I am saying does not contradict your idea about the hand's path. The hands should indeed swing closer to the body, but with a flatter shat angle, which increases the passive torque and momentum that ultimately gets delivered to the ball. Yes this is a more difficult move to execute, you have to introduce ulnar deviation/wrist extension together with increased rotation of the body, and the tempo has to change to allow for the extra time it takes for the clubhead to travel a longer distance on the downswing, but ultimately results in higher clubhead speeds and straighter shots. This is what many modern coaches like Chris Como, Bradley Hughes, George Gankas, and others are raving about as being the secret move. Do you agree with this or could you share your opinion on the matter? Actually, I just saw you hit a ball while demonstrating this concept in one of your videos and your shaft, hands position look as I described, clubhead behind the hands, shat pointing outside the ball, which shows that you are a great golfer, but does not validate what you are saying. Sorry, I don't mean to be a hater or complainer, just I like you have had my golf swing ruined by incorrect instruction, so I am very careful about changing my concepts. I am truly interested to hear your response. Here is a still of your video that I am referring to. ruclips.net/video/oymMrEZ7fkk/видео.html
This is why most hockey players hit the golf ball so far. Now this makes total sense to me now. I was working in a pro shop in Boston where some of them played at the course I worked, I was watching them play a tough long par 3 measuring around 165 yards and one of them hit there 9 iron 10 yards over the green. I was amazed!
Hey Mike this is great stuff. It answers many of the things I for one have searched for many years. Just to make mention about the hands at the ball, a shanking disaster but who to ask right? Now there’s some answers. Appreciate it.
A revelation to me, and so simple. I’ve been following other teachers who seem obsessed with lag is everything, needing to correct club head for contact or ball will go right. I must have wasted hours at the range.Mike you’re a godsend.
I love this thought and it works well as I just tried it on the range. Isn’t this concept of “ hand in/club head out” contrary to all the instruction about shallowing the club on the downswing?
Mike, I have discovered that if I start with a flat left wrist on the backswing, the flip ( the Malaska move) happens all by itself. No consciously flipping of the wrist is needed. If I start my backswing with a cupped left wrist, then I have to consciously do something to make the flip move. Is the flat left wrist the thing to do?
For amateurs having slicing, weak striking, high flying, left hip pain, right upper shoulder pain, left upper back pain, right knee pain, blisters on the thumbs, please see 3:40 - 3:48 , 4:40 - 4:55for 10 times;
Given all the teaching promoting shallowing the club on the downswing, this, where the club steepens, is an alternative approach. How can you reconcile the differences? Thanks.
Hey Mike! I stumbled across your videos searching through RUclips for some help with my game. I was a fairly good junior player but didn't play at all in college (engineering school!). I'm 25 now and finding myself playing golf consistently once again. I always played from "underneath" and hit a powerful draw (sometimes a big block!!!). The idea presented in this, and other, videos has completely changed the way I swing the golf club, for the better! Coming from a physics/enginnering background now, these concepts make so much more sense to me than what I had always been trying to accomplish ("shallowness") in my golf swing. I'm playing my best gof ever. Thank you!!!!!! :D
mike love your videos my name is orson i am an ex football player with a lot of issues with my body especially my shoulders, my body is unable do the moves most teachers, teach. so i am trying to learn your concept of the arms and hand. Ive searched a lot of your videos but dont see any on the back swing is their a reason for that. Thanks and keep up the great work. You give me hope that i can get back to being a single digit handicap again.
Just amazing. I have struggled with proper release and understanding it for many years. I have played for 20+ years and was down to a 3.5 handicap in my prime (and no kids). I did more of this style of release years ago but battled the left side so kept changing and getting worse. I have for the last 5 years or more struggled with the improper release he shows at 3:45 (tennis racquet illustration) I have hit it thin, fat, left, right, hooks and and tons of blocks between some good shots of course but never any consistently good shots or pattern. And bad ones were all over the place so hard to figure out the reason. Then I saw a guy mention Mark and a simple explanation of the released in a golf blog comment section. I googled and found this and my jaw dropped a bit when he says "hands in club head out" It just made perfect sense to me. A moment of clarity. I went to the range 3 times last week and played yesterday and today. I shot one over for nine holes and hit my Irons as well as I ever have. Solid with 5 yard draw. I missed two birdie putts within five feet (ugh that's another story) and was inside 10-15 feet on nearly all iron shots. It felt so good to know where the ball would go. I am energized to know I can start to play better again and pick a target with confidence. Thank you Mike! btw I have watched so many of you're videos now and you are a great teacher.
Brilliant brilliant brilliant I’ve struggled for ages for the down swing and starting it with my shoulders and my arms going out I just couldn’t get the feel of it some days will be good other days very very poor this is a revelation a fantastic fantastic drill thank you so much Mike absolutely brilliant
hello mike,i really love the way you teach golf.i do think you are one of the best teacher out there.my swing did improve dramatically and I understand the way to swing a golf club.i have one question...is the left arm bring the club down or the right arm unfold on the downswing.can you please explain to us that move with a video? thank you very much
Hey Mike, I can't tell you how much this has helped me! I'm a senior golfer that has played as a low single digit player for years. I began tinkering with my swing to try getting more distance a couple of years ago and broke my swing. I've tried everything under the sun to find "something" to fix my swing that I broke. I had that absolute best range session yesterday in months! This concept is so simple and so powerful! Thank you once again. Still a work in progress but at peace with my mind. :-)
Great instruction by Mike. I've integrated the "steering wheel" drill in my swing and it's helped me a lot, reducing weak impact and slices. Dan hit it flush in the end! Way to go, Dan!
This fixed 6 mths of being laid off in transition, no one tells you this type of stuff. thank goodness for Mike! I was going the wrong way for months to start the downswing.
I have watches so so many different Golf videos to improve my game over than 5 years, so far there is no one working for me. I started watching Malaska Golf only few days ago, it teaches me only focus on my hands which was never told before by the others. I wish it could help me hit the ball consistently, because I am hitting the driver for all over the place.
Mike is a great teacher. He’s method remains simple while other teachers are trying to reinvent the wheel with methods that are difficult for average students to grasp. The steering wheel and hockey stick are awesome props in explaining the transition of the golf swing.
This video is great. I pull down the handle towards the ball. I am no longer consistent with my irons and have troubles with the shanks. How does the handle go in and the club head go out, by the right hand steering and getting on top of the left hand? Is there a drill to do with the club, not a tennis racket?
Mike, this 3 video look at training someone was very effective. The illustrations you edited in were very good. I've learned a lot from seeing it and have made notes about what to practice.
I no this is the secret to golf.I been doing this move for about 2 months.. I was hitting it the best I ever have..for some reason I have those 4 or 5 Shots around. That are heavy or pushing it right...I hope u can help..
I know that this video is seven years old but it is still one of the best lessens ever! I love your added in studio teaching aids, brings the big picture together nicely. Thank you Mike.
great stuff mike i am a retired football player my elbow bents and gets behind me in the takeaway have seen several instructors and no one has been able to fix this flaw in my back swing, any suggestions
Oh my days, oh my days, OH MY F***ING DAYS!!! This is it, this is what I've been searching for all of my golf life! Over the years I've had so many professional golf coaches one of whom is a top ranked English coach and not one of them as told me about this move. I've dropped from a being a 12 handicapper down to 20, the Shanks have cursed me for far too long and I've trolled RUclips looking for the magic move. Some of them work but like everything else it's a time limited offer only and then the magic disappears. Well people I'm telling you this has blown me away, just go to the range with a 9 iron and give it a go you will walk away with a sense of euphoria and the biggest smile on your face you've ever had! Mr. Malaska, Sir, what a fantastic instruction you have kindly posted, I will be forever in your dept. Can't wait to purchase your book, you sir are a golf demigod. Thank you, thank you.....thank you!
This man is for real. I feel like I've found the ultimate swing that works for me after years of search. This man is a true golf guru like a Yoda to a Jedi.
No other teacher would dare to give away this kind of information. Mr Malaska, you should be PGA teacher of the year for ever.
You're right, no one would teach this. Look at any down the line view of a professional golfer, and you'll see they all flatten their swing coming down, not steepen it as he is teaching/
Jeff, if you really listen to what Mike is saying maybe you'll realize that the club doesn't actually standup. It's a feel! Mike just reiterates that in about a dozen of his videos. If you practice what he teaches, which I have, you will see that he is 100% correct. Good luck though.
@@easye4171 It has nothing to do with coming over the top. You are not understanding the instruction. Over the top is all about casting and opeing the shoulders too early. This instruction is about dropping the hands IN with the clubhead slightly towards the ball before the shoulder turn. There is no over the top move at all.
@@golfnutt1969Jack Nicklaus is famous for having an upright/steep swing. He won 18 majors. FUCK all the over complicated swing bullshit these other people teach.
I agree 100% sir you are a super star. I have never heard of any of this and it all makes more sense than any of the other bullshit I’ve been told
Nice touch the way Mike rewarded the guy with an enthusiastic clap at 7:10. Classy
I like the hockey analogy...I'm wearing my helmet next time I golf to help me remember this
Funny chit Tony. Make sure plenty of pics are taken! 👍
I've watched and read a ton of golf instruction over the years and this may be the first time I've seen this concept explained in the golf swing. Hands in, clubhead out. Makes complete sense. Just toyed with this concept in my basement and impact was instantly different. Outstanding instruction, Mike. Keep the great content coming.
This video has changed my golf game forever. I golf 4-5 days a week and travel the country a lot to golf and my game has suffered from casting the wrists for years and killing any distance at all. This video changed my life i can't thank you enough!
I gotta say, this has blown me away. I can say this has changed my game more than anything. After 20 years of struggling and changing the swing all time, this is the first idea that makes sense. It seems so contrived at first, but feel is never real & the results simply speak for themselves. It allows a shallow, inside approach to the ball with a square clubface AND with a neutral grip. Impact feels COMPLETELY different than anything I've ever experienced. And far more effortless as well. It seems to remedy a lot of other swing flaws when performed properly. This is huge! I've been doing it wrong for decades!
I was shooting low to mid 80s after one month watching Malaska videos my score now is in the mid 70s my swing is getting better every day It created self confidence lots of fun understanding and enjoying the game better than before wish I discovered Mike few years back best teacher ever
Listen to Mr malaska I do not have the words to thank you I also think Ben Hogan felt our pain and tried to help the Common Man play golf and I also think that you really in your heart feel our pain believe me I have read every book on the subject I have listened to everyone who talks about golf in any way used all those gadgets on the front of your book but after 40 Years of trying I finally get it you should win the Nobel Prize for curing all us hackers of our pain and suffering thank you for the bottom of my heart I'm 72 years old don't know how long I have left but I know what time I have left I will enjoy my game and be a very very happy
For me this is the absolute best and most enlightning tip and drill i have ever came accross!
Mike Malaska surely is no one teacher in golf - thanks a lot sir !
This might just be the best explanation I've ever seen. Coming from a hockey player it all makes sense now.
Mike , love you're videos , will be practicing this , hands in , is it the centrifugal force which takes the club head out? Many thanks
At first I took you too literally and tried to turn the club out which caused me to pull hard left. But now, I've finally figured out what you're saying and now I really hit all my clubs with much less stress on my body, but with much better ball contact. At 55 I know I would not be able to maintain the other style indefinitely. Thank you sir.
I'm a senior lady golfer and I've been playing for about 30 years and always working on gaining more distance. My current handicap index is 15 and my drives usually go about 160 yards. Not one pro has ever taught me Mike's method, which has added much longed for distance. I have an extensive golf library and many golf dvds and tapes and no-one has made the swing this simple. Peter Crocker is close with his method. Is this method a secret that most professionals don't want to share for fear of people actually becoming better golfers. I always believed that there was "something" a "secret" that was not being taught, and Mike, you have shared it! This is the secret! Thank you so much. Thank you for all the you-tube videos, and trying to relay your thoughts in multiple ways. With Mike's method, I had relatively quick success with my sort irons and gained about one full club in distance (my 8 iron went from about 105 to about 115). The entire swing is totally effortless and brings you to a full finish with hips turned, shoulders turned and in total balance. You feel the smooth speed and don't even try to turn your hips - they just turn! The driver has been more of a challenge but when I make Mike's move, I see a straight shot with about 15 to 20 yards more distance! This is amazing and I am so thrilled. I'm curious about online lessons with Mike and would like to know how they work. Thanks so much, Mike. I just may get my husband and myself out to visit you for a
lesson - I'm hoping!
Cheryl Shaia, Westlake, Ohio
cheryl shaia 10-20 yards more out of the driver is huge. Best of luck to you. I’m going to work on this tomorrow.
Mike....your videos the past few days are priceless......they really "show" what you are talking about in your fantastic "I Feel Your Pain" book. As an inside/out shanker knowing what my left arm should be doing has been eye-opening. Thank you!!! Please keep them coming. Watching you work with a real golfer.....like me......is transforming my game.
I've been searching for a simplified explanation of this for some time. Bravo. The light bulb went off immediately. Went to the range and got my distance back plus more consistent direction. Thank you.
Was taught to keep the handle of the club moving on the target line, then releasing the hands into the ball, played like this for years, with an established handicap of 6, but tried Mikes method and hitting the ball more solid, with some increase in distance, This is much easier way of playing golf, with less effort and better results, Thanks Mr. Malaska for sharing this simple but profound technical info on the Golf swing that nobody teaches
As others have pointed out, life changing lesson. Thank you for sharing! It’s changed my game!
I believe this is the best golf instruction video on the internet. Well done for articulating this sir.
Mike this has got to be the secret of golf! Holy Grail - I have been looking for 30 years I think I found it - Awesome! Thank you sir! Do you have any CD online ? Do you ever come to Naples Florida? Lessons?
We're at MalaskaGolf.com.
Hi Mike,Thanks so much for your videos. I played 9 holes today and played the first 4 holes way beyond my expections. 1 Par and 3 birds. Then I started to hit the shots fat. They were going straight at the target but coming up way short. Those first 4 holes, the shots were flying high with a little turn to the right. I love it. Now to eliminate those fat shots. Thanks again for your videos. Truly the best golf teacher ever. PS: I only had 1 basket of balls to practice your teaching on the range the day before. I'm not saying how great I am, but your teaching is what it;s all about.
i must have rewatched this video 10 times and 10 times at the range before it finally made sense. Now i have a true golf swing. Keep working at it guys. MIKE is correct!
Still puring it,?
Not knowing the proper release for so many years and "pulling into the ball" is why I've always dug the toe of the club in the ground. With this release I'm taking wide even divots in a addition to feeling like the club is doing the work! It's sad that I'm 46 and just now learning this but it was better late than never! TRYING TO COPY POSITIONS YOU SEE IN PHOTOGRAPHS AND ASSUMING WHAT CAUSED THOSE POSITIONS KILLED MY GAME (AND BACK) FOR MANY YEARS. Thank you Mike Malaska!!!
How is it going for you now, three years later? Are you still using Mikes swing? I am 46 right now and fooled myself just like you described plus thos uneven often not straight divots.
Mike does not teach the game he makes you understand the game once you understand the game your on your own for glory and fun
This is phenomenal. This has significantly improved my swing. This moves seems counter-intuitive to what every other pro says. Flatten the shaft, maintain the lag. However, I actually found I was compressing the ball better than I ever have doing this. I feel like in the transition stage I just let the clubhead tumble outward in a gentle manner. Don't use wrists just let it tumble. All I have to say is try this!
Mike's videos on downswing--coming in with hands--are the best. I have been watching these videos off and on for several months. Today I finally understood what Mike was talking about with regard to release/hands in. Went to the range and couldn't believe how well I hit the ball. Effortless power!
I`m a convert! tried the new downswing idea worked a treat not perfect but its my first attempt ;-)
When I first saw this a couple of months ago I totally ignored it. Then I saw you teaching a young woman and it made more sense, so I tried it at the driving range the other day. Fantastic. The strike is so better with less effort. Thanks Mike.
In further proof of my comment that appears directly below this one, here is Nicklaus himself in a Golf Digest article, talking about photographs of his swing in 1995: "In the left image above, taken in 1995, it looks like I'm purposely delaying the release of the club. But I can assure you I never tried to delay the hit or retain my wrist cock. That happens naturally, if you start with a proper grip, maintain a light grip pressure and keep your arms relaxed. It's impossible to release the club too early in the downswing -- as long as you move to your left side and swing the club from inside the target line." So there it is: Nicklaus' version of "release" is the one we've all come to know from countless articles and instructors. His point, again, is if you swing the club correctly with relaxed arms, the release won't happen early. In fact, he says, it's impossible.
Once my hands go out to the ball,my swing is done. So many compensating moves.
Mike knows.
so simple where have been all my life Mike
Best instructor on the planet
wow this explains sadlowski and why my friend who plays hockey just nailed it dead staight on his first day playing golf
I never knew this. Thanks Mike
Oh man what a great response!!! “Nobody thinks that’s what he said!” I sure as hell thought that’s what Nicklaus meant.
Yeah. Don't make wagers against hockey players with 8 handicaps. They will eat your lunch and empty your pocket. BTW, thanks for another great Vid.
Malaska is right and this works. I know, I started doing this and fixed a life-long slice. Thanks Mike.
The drill he was doing with the steering wheel is a good way to get an over the top club path and pitch the club out across the target line, if that is your goal.
You sound salty. Are you keep ing your hands in or letting them go with the club to go over the top?
Describing the release as pulling the hands inside to get the clubhead outside to hit the ball is the absolute best, most natural, easiest way to release and square the clubface I have ever heard from a golf instructor. It feels like an aha moment for me 10 years into golf.
Do the hockey swing to get the feel - then try the wheel - it will all fall into place and you will be one happy golfer! Once you "turn the wheel" to start the downswing the rest is a chain reaction. Thank you Mr. Malaska for saving me from myself!
Thank you thank you thank you! Finally someone teaching how the swing should "FEEL" matching that with simple mechanics!
Nicklaus said if you move to the leftside correctly you can't release the club to soon. Obviously some higher index players do release to soon.
This is the greatest video I have seen maybe ever. And your story of how u were instinctive then tried to change and got worse I totally relate to. Went back to what u r talking about and boom. The hockey lever thing was such a great description
The joy of Malaska when the student executes the swing correctly at the end, priceless
Hey MIke, what about hand ball ? :-)
Thank the Lord for Mike Malaska.
I've struggling to find the golf swing for 36 years. 36 YEARS. I'm athletic, mostly self-taught, but have spent some considerable money in recent years with various swing coaches and lessons. To no avail. What resulted was a fairly basic golf swing with no power, that hid a nasty over-the-top move and amounted to very inconsistent, frustrating golf....for 36 years.
Then I stumbled on 3 of Mike's videos. I have watched them over and over and over again, taking the principles to the range to work them out piece by piece. This last week I have hit the ball consistently ...and like never before. my last 3 rounds were 38, 39, 39. And I'm still getting used to it, retraining myself.
THANK YOU MIKE! You and your ability to communicate the principles of the golf swing are a gift to all of us!
That's why I thing Jack and Tiger have won so many majors compared to others. They play with the club in front of you.
Because in motion and speed, the club head has weight. If you shallow the club, you'll end up stuck with the club "behind" your hands. To avoid that, you shallow your hands with 👉hands down n club head out concept instead of shallowing the club like 90% of the industry teaches.
If your stuck behind, you'll have to twist your body so much to compensate the club coming from behind your hands..
The hockey drill is really good for getting the feel for what your hands should be doing.
Being Canadian I played ton of hockey shooting left and I switched to right to play golf but It feels more natural to swing right like throwing a ball, but have way more power left handed in golf... what's a man to do?? Left or right....
But the greatest ball strikers get the club flattening at the start of the downswing.
Hockey and golf....= Happy Gilmore 😁
Wow. I hope this is eureka for me because I have been searching....thank you.
Mike, I wish you would edit in your lessons to show the actual movement of the clubhead from the top to the ball. It is a straight line! Because your hands drop the handle, the clubhead moves out to meet the ball. You could show that by just drawing a line from the top to the ball and show that the club follows that straight line. You are teaching the most efficient movement of the clubhead in a straight line, as seen from behind. Show that. Thanks, by the way.
Thanks Michael..I finally get it! I have to be careful not to get the body in the way! One thing that helped me was to cock wrist up on 45 degree angle as I turned shoulders back. This keeps the clubhead outside the hands.
Ah ha moment, I was trying this for awhile, I kept trying to throw the club head out but it was never catching up to my swing. No matter horw hard I tried to swing the club head out it would never get in correct position. Until I tried to do it by the handle, I had to feel my lead hand pushed back and push my trail hand out.
Mike, this is the best I have seen. Bar none. Thanks
2:40
Weight of the club head
Has nothing to do with his wrist wow
This was the moment when I really understood everything
This goes against anything that feels right or looks right but I gave it a try anyway, the first few shots had a bit too much draw on it but I just told myself I must be over steering so I didn't exaggerate the motion as much and boom hitting them straight and the feeling on impact was magic, can't wait to get back down the range again tomorrow, this gentleman has changed my game thank you so much, anyone who's struggling with their swing should follow this man he knows what he's talking about. Thanks again 👍
I used to play the wrong way before, i was an ok player, hitting 250 to 280 with my driver, but due to a wrist injury i could not swing the same and it would hurt. I naturally realized that i should swing like Mike says, and now no more injury or pain, easier swing, and my driver is about 290 consistently now.
Thank you Mike! Watching your videos I have lowered my handicap! Wish I could see you in person but I’m out of NC.
I can’t believe what I’ve just watched! … I’ve been struggling with contact, particularly with irons for years. Came off the range yesterday (I really struggle on range mats!) an extremely desperate and frustrated man one step from giving up the game I love so much then I came across Mike’s videos and a very bright light bulb has suddenly been switched on … can’t wait to try is … thanks Mike 😊
Mike, I've watched all your videos and am a follower of yours, but I have to ask this question. Yes if you drop the club flat behind your hands it weighs more, the end of the shaft ends up pointing to outside the ball as it shallows, Ben hogan did this, and the best golfers in the world do this. It has been written that he developed above-average strength in his hands and forearms to achieve it, but the fact that the clubhead weighs more when out of alignment to a perfect circle also is what allows more power to be delivered to the ball when properly done. I get that you are trying to help the average golfer, but I have to disagree with the idea that the shaft should point inside the ball. This relates to the concept of passive torque researched by DR Sasho Mackenzie after doing an analysis of hundreds of swings from the best golfers. Like the idea of a skier being pulled by a boat and gaining speed by resisting the direction of the boat and going away from it. Essentially I agree with your concept that the hands don't swing at the ball, what I am saying does not contradict your idea about the hand's path. The hands should indeed swing closer to the body, but with a flatter shat angle, which increases the passive torque and momentum that ultimately gets delivered to the ball. Yes this is a more difficult move to execute, you have to introduce ulnar deviation/wrist extension together with increased rotation of the body, and the tempo has to change to allow for the extra time it takes for the clubhead to travel a longer distance on the downswing, but ultimately results in higher clubhead speeds and straighter shots. This is what many modern coaches like Chris Como, Bradley Hughes, George Gankas, and others are raving about as being the secret move. Do you agree with this or could you share your opinion on the matter? Actually, I just saw you hit a ball while demonstrating this concept in one of your videos and your shaft, hands position look as I described, clubhead behind the hands, shat pointing outside the ball, which shows that you are a great golfer, but does not validate what you are saying. Sorry, I don't mean to be a hater or complainer, just I like you have had my golf swing ruined by incorrect instruction, so I am very careful about changing my concepts. I am truly interested to hear your response. Here is a still of your video that I am referring to. ruclips.net/video/oymMrEZ7fkk/видео.html
This is why most hockey players hit the golf ball so far. Now this makes total sense to me now. I was working in a pro shop in Boston where some of them played at the course I worked, I was watching them play a tough long par 3 measuring around 165 yards and one of them hit there 9 iron 10 yards over the green. I was amazed!
Hey Mike this is great stuff. It answers many of the things I for one have searched for many years. Just to make mention about the hands at the ball, a shanking disaster but who to ask right? Now there’s some answers. Appreciate it.
A revelation to me, and so simple. I’ve been following other teachers who seem obsessed with lag is everything, needing to correct club head for contact or ball will go right. I must have wasted hours at the range.Mike you’re a godsend.
I love this thought and it works well as I just tried it on the range. Isn’t this concept of “ hand in/club head out” contrary to all the instruction about shallowing the club on the downswing?
Mike, I have discovered that if I start with a flat left wrist on the backswing, the flip ( the Malaska move) happens all by itself. No consciously flipping of the wrist is needed. If I start my backswing with a cupped left wrist, then I have to consciously do something to make the flip move. Is the flat left wrist the thing to do?
Lynn Blake says the opposite.... he says you hit with your hands!.. .Amazing isn't it>>>THEY ALL sing out of a different hymn book!
For amateurs having slicing, weak striking, high flying, left hip pain, right upper shoulder pain, left upper back pain, right knee pain, blisters on the thumbs, please see 3:40 - 3:48 , 4:40 - 4:55for 10 times;
Given all the teaching promoting shallowing the club on the downswing, this, where the club steepens, is an alternative approach. How can you reconcile the differences? Thanks.
Hey Mike! I stumbled across your videos searching through RUclips for some help with my game. I was a fairly good junior player but didn't play at all in college (engineering school!). I'm 25 now and finding myself playing golf consistently once again. I always played from "underneath" and hit a powerful draw (sometimes a big block!!!). The idea presented in this, and other, videos has completely changed the way I swing the golf club, for the better! Coming from a physics/enginnering background now, these concepts make so much more sense to me than what I had always been trying to accomplish ("shallowness") in my golf swing. I'm playing my best gof ever. Thank you!!!!!! :D
mike love your videos my name is orson i am an ex football player with a lot of issues with my body especially my shoulders, my body is unable do the moves most teachers, teach. so i am trying to learn your concept of the arms and hand. Ive searched a lot of your videos but dont see any on the back swing is their a reason for that. Thanks and keep up the great work. You give me hope that i can get back to being a single digit handicap again.
Just amazing. I have struggled with proper release and understanding it for many years. I have played for 20+ years and was down to a 3.5 handicap in my prime (and no kids). I did more of this style of release years ago but battled the left side so kept changing and getting worse. I have for the last 5 years or more struggled with the improper release he shows at 3:45 (tennis racquet illustration)
I have hit it thin, fat, left, right, hooks and and tons of blocks between some good shots of course but never any consistently good shots or pattern. And bad ones were all over the place so hard to figure out the reason. Then I saw a guy mention Mark and a simple explanation of the released in a golf blog comment section. I googled and found this and my jaw dropped a bit when he says "hands in club head out" It just made perfect sense to me. A moment of clarity. I went to the range 3 times last week and played yesterday and today. I shot one over for nine holes and hit my Irons as well as I ever have. Solid with 5 yard draw. I missed two birdie putts within five feet (ugh that's another story) and was inside 10-15 feet on nearly all iron shots. It felt so good to know where the ball would go. I am energized to know I can start to play better again and pick a target with confidence.
Thank you Mike! btw I have watched so many of you're videos now and you are a great teacher.
Brilliant brilliant brilliant I’ve struggled for ages for the down swing and starting it with my shoulders and my arms going out I just couldn’t get the feel of it some days will be good other days very very poor this is a revelation a fantastic fantastic drill thank you so much Mike absolutely brilliant
hello mike,i really love the way you teach golf.i do think you are one of the best teacher out there.my swing did improve dramatically and I understand the way to swing a golf club.i have one question...is the left arm bring the club down or the right arm unfold on the downswing.can you please explain to us that move with a video? thank you very much
FANTASTIC. simple clear and efficient. A lot of years of misconception explained in 2 min. Thanks MIKE
This is absolutely critical to good ball striking.
Hey Mike, I can't tell you how much this has helped me! I'm a senior golfer that has played as a low single digit player for years. I began tinkering with my swing to try getting more distance a couple of years ago and broke my swing. I've tried everything under the sun to find "something" to fix my swing that I broke. I had that absolute best range session yesterday in months! This concept is so simple and so powerful! Thank you once again. Still a work in progress but at peace with my mind. :-)
Great instruction by Mike. I've integrated the "steering wheel" drill in my swing and it's helped me a lot, reducing weak impact and slices. Dan hit it flush in the end! Way to go, Dan!
I agree...he is a cool guy..I wish he would have a phone in channel. Would be very successful I'm sure. Nice job Mike.
This fixed 6 mths of being laid off in transition, no one tells you this type of stuff. thank goodness for Mike! I was going the wrong way for months to start the downswing.
I have watches so so many different Golf videos to improve my game over than 5 years, so far there is no one working for me.
I started watching Malaska Golf only few days ago, it teaches me only focus on my hands which was never told before by the others.
I wish it could help me hit the ball consistently, because I am hitting the driver for all over the place.
Mike is a great teacher. He’s method remains simple while other teachers are trying to reinvent the wheel with methods that are difficult for average students to grasp. The steering wheel and hockey stick are awesome props in explaining the transition of the golf swing.
This video is great. I pull down the handle towards the ball. I am no longer consistent with my irons and have troubles with the shanks. How does the handle go in and the club head go out, by the right hand steering and getting on top of the left hand? Is there a drill to do with the club, not a tennis racket?
Mike, this 3 video look at training someone was very effective. The illustrations you edited in were very good. I've learned a lot from seeing it and have made notes about what to practice.
Interesting. Totally the opposite of what Bradley Hughes is teaching now -- in which he teaches the hands "go out" or "out is down".
I no this is the secret to golf.I been doing this move for about 2 months.. I was hitting it the best I ever have..for some reason I have those 4 or 5 Shots around. That are heavy or pushing it right...I hope u can help..
Hey Mike, what kind of golf net is that? Would be perfect for my golf room.
I know that this video is seven years old but it is still one of the best lessens ever! I love your added in studio teaching aids, brings the big picture together nicely. Thank you Mike.
Magic explained in a great way. Thank you Mike. Greetz from germany
Pretty cool---I'll try it (as a 5 HC) loved the thought/idea
Very cool.---thanks again.
Mike I really think you might have made a huge break in my swing. I could not miss!!! I will keep you posted.
doesn't Bryson swing hands at the ball?
If the club is swung on an arc, would that mean divots should point slightly left?
2.53 is my favourite moment of any swing instruction video-brilliant!
great stuff mike i am a retired football player my elbow bents and gets behind me in the takeaway have seen several instructors and no one has been able to fix this flaw in my back swing, any suggestions
hello Mike, what do you think about shallow the club in the downsing?
I would love to see Dan Murphy's swing now Mike. It would be a good video.
Really enjoyed the range practice after watching a number of your videos. On the course it was even better.