This gentlemen’s instruction has to be the only one that makes sense and should be the only one that is studied and followed. Keep making good content. Game changed over night
The best bit of advice I’ve heard from any golf instructor, “Swing like you, not nobody else!” Mike’s is the only golf channel I have subscribed to as he describes everything about the golf swing in such a simple, straightforward way. Awesome, thanks Mike 👏🏻
I did the same. Only watch Malaska videos and that video of year 2000 Butch Harmon/Tiger. It's similar. Malaska changed everything on my game. I finally learned how to play golf. And hit it solid.
Hi Mike, you just found the connection between Golf and Music 1 Tempo -Pace 2 Rhythm - Sequence 3 Timing - Keeping Everything Together and so important too 4 Sound - Impact. Malaska for musicians, Thanks a lot!
Hi Mike, Always a treat and a pleasure to see your Videos. Just got back to play this Game once again after a few yrs of absence due to Health complication. All is well now and commited this yr to enjoy this beautiful sport was again. I came across your Teaching videos and found your instructions to be by far the most rewarding and simplest way to communicate the Golf Swing Fundamentals. So far I had 3 golf range sessions and 2 Golf games, the first one was very ordinary and the 2nd one was quite impressive thanks to your instructions. I always played sports in my younger yrs and tennis was one of them which I played competitive for a while. Once I took Golf I was hooked for Life, played competitive for a few yrs and reached a 14 Hdc. My aim this yr is to be a better golfer and played the Game as it should. I always struggle with my Driver but in one of your videos (Driver/Alighnment) I noticed an upright stick and a "T" alighnment in your stance which was a bit CLOSE to the target line and not squareso I took noticed and implemented this on my next work out. I always struggle consistently hitting this club as I coudnt connect it properly, changing this set up I am now able to connect (Finally) square on and straight with a lovely trajectory. Boom!!! There is a lot more than hitting balls but with your expertise and knowledge will make me take this game to the next level to Become a Complete Player. Many Thanks once Again. Maurice Sydney-Australia
having tried almost everything to improve at this game i have finally adopted your philosophy of the golf swing Mike and its been working real good for me .thanks a lot for your great instruction through youtube .I recommend your channel to every golfer i meet .
This video is GOLD! Golfers need to spend more time being their best self, for that matter it applies to life as well. Thanks Mike, I needed to hear this.
That's what I like about your videos Mike, One size doesn't fit all. The way you explain the feels vs the reals is great.. I've learned a lot from your videos.. Thanks Mike
Hello from Jersey Channel Islands Really enjoying your tutorials and trying to improve my golf , you teach a swing that can easily be understood , thank You
Golf is the only sport that I have (recently) tried to learn where it seems that everyone tells you that you have to do every specific little thing a specific way... or watch this person because that is what you should be doing. It became so robotic for me and I seemed to get worse and worse. This year is really my first year actually going out and playing and I am doing it all my way and learning it my way... while keeping your key points in mind lol.. and I've already seen myself improve!
Hi there! I just read your comment. I struggled like you and i know the feeling. See if this helps you out. (I learned watching all Malaska vid and that Butch Harmon/Tiger video from year2000) At beginning of takeaway (push back right hip), I put little force on inside left foot and femur area(for stability). When I'm abt to complete backswing, as my upperbody is inclined a bit to the right, i bend over a bit towards the ball at the same time my left hip starts to push back movement (straight line forces). Then, left hip is out of the way and I can do Malaska's 👉 "hands down club head out concept" creating tremendous amount of club head speed. I feel my hands and grip going in between my legs at downswing. (Of course is a feeling) I don't feel turning hips at any point. Because "turning" is an effect and not the cause. Just feel straight line forces of push back and push back of the hips. Obs: Do not work on position picture only, work on whole movement with forces applied. Im hitting straight 45° starting flying high balls like a pro. 150yds Pw. 1 year ago i was flipping, moving up at the ball and shanking...yes, classic mistakes. So Malaska video works and is the best out there. Rgds Vic
Love this, Mike! Thanks for your explanation of tempo-rhythm-timing sequence. Thanks for being a voice of solid teaching in our industry. Bill, Golf365 Boise ID. Hello to Randy and Denise for me!
I’m a long time tour tempo loyalist. I have found that you do have to find “your tempo.” In general, the best players have between 2.6/1 and 3/1 from everything I have read. I tried playing at 21/7 but found that I actually hit the ball better at 27/9 which is a bit slower. The point of TT is that it tries to teach tempo which is rarely taught if ever. If you want an easy way to measure, and you have an iPhone, download their free frame counter app and see what your tempo is. No I don’t work for them or have any relationship with them other than have read the books and it has worked for me. The Novosel’s are great people and have built something that works, for most.
I just looked at the swings you did for Be Better Golf, and the 2 iron swings I measured were almost exactly 27/9. Fitting the Tour Tempo protocol spot on.
I checked my putter tempo and it’s a pretty quick 1-2. I went to the range and kept the same tempo for the rest of the bag. It’s working well so far. Much more consistent contact which is what I’m looking for. Now I will take it to the course for the real test.
I've played a couple of times now. My ball striking has improved, especially with wedges. My wedges are dead on target but actually going a little long compared to before. I made a huge sirloin steak divot with my 56 wedge in bermuda fairway, never done that before. Driver has improved also. I need to work hard on short game now. I also need to work on concentration on the tee to avoid errant shots.
I metronomed the practice range at the BMW last year.... I found the players (large sampling) all were right around 77 …. but the amazing thing was that held for the entire bag, from wedges to driver....(full shots)
Totally agree. Challenge is controlling that tempo for all shots throughout the round. Believe grip pressure is related to tempo and sqaring the clubface at impact.
Mike, thank you very much for the video! It’s really helpful for me. Right understanding tempo is not easy and very important for good swing. Regards from Moscow!
I have always swung at what felt to me as 2:1. If I tried to swing at 3:1 or 4:1, I would feel like I was going to "fall off the Earth". I went through a phase in my late 20's when I ripped in up and down in what felt like 1.5:1. (I was trying to swing like Tom Watson...) It worked surprising well, but it was too exhausting to be consistent.
Mike.......I would love to see you do a video regarding “swingers vs hitters” along with you interpretation of “shaft loading.” ..........”90% of it is the shaft”......Ben Hogan
Hi Mike - always enjoy and get a lot out of your content. Sports loves averages, but as a statistician I can tell you the real insight comes from studying variability and its causes. The mean has its place of course (the shots gained people are getting a lot of mileage out of comparing players to means at the moment), but I think you are dead-on to caution people about trying to conform to a mean value. And on top of that, the mean get pulled toward extreme values so it can have the potential to be quite skewed in some cases.
Yes, another site always says the entire swing takes about 1 second, so if your backswing takes 3/4ths of a second then your downswing should take 1/4th of a second?? I always thought thats awfully rushed for a high handicapper. Maybe a tour pro who has played at a high level for years can get in that groove, but if the ball doesn't move and you don't hit a ball with your backswing then why is the optimal tempo so fast for all handicap levels? I agree with your take on this
To try swinging faster which is what it seems TourTempo is all about isn’t a bad thing. IMHO, it’s worth trying if u have a good swing until u reach a point where you’re spraying the ball everywhere then I’d slow it down. That said, if you have bad mechanics you might be hitting the same bad shots but just faster. You could also wind up hurting yourself. I totally gree with Mike Malaska to play your swing.
I have recently finished all 3 Tour Tempo books and what Mike says here is not a fair representation of what the Tour Tempo theory is about. The Tour Tempo books specifically address the concept that everyone has their own intrinsic tempo, and why that can hold people back from playing their best golf. Also, at 6:21 in this video, you see Mike's driver swing, and it's 27 frames backswing and 9 frames downswing, which is exactly the 3:1 ratio Tour Tempo espouses.
Rhythm and tempo come from music. Tempo, as Mike says, is the overall pace of the music or golf swing. Rhythm is the relative duration of the component parts of the piece of music (note values, rests) or the golf swing (backswing to forward swing).
That’s bullshit. We DO NOT have a DNA for tempo! To claim that tempo is built into my genetic material is absolutely false. Their scientific data shows, unequivocally, that the “average” tour pro swings at a 3 to 1 tempo. The “average” amateur is somewhere between 5 and 7 to 1! That is measured. That is called data. They are saying, that if you try to be more like them, you will improve. They are not wrong. The “average” amateur hasn’t improved their scores in over 50 years. Even with Mike’s guidance. No one…no one has taught tempo. Until now. I picked up 25 yards with driver. Went from. 4 to a +1…I’m really tired of these “teachers” who claim to be authorities on a subject. When in reality, they are ego driven has beens, trying to tell you how good they were. While they take your money.
I fully agree with what you're saying, but I found this video clip fascinating: ruclips.net/video/reqO2pb2fFE/видео.html Notice how their tempos are nearly identical for all but two of those shots.
I would be skeptical of any application that describes ratios as tempo. Tempo is basically speed. Ratios would be better described as rhythm. Moe Norman would agree with Mike. Trying to swing like someone else is not smart.
This gentlemen’s instruction has to be the only one that makes sense and should be the only one that is studied and followed. Keep making good content. Game changed over night
The best bit of advice I’ve heard from any golf instructor, “Swing like you, not nobody else!” Mike’s is the only golf channel I have subscribed to as he describes everything about the golf swing in such a simple, straightforward way. Awesome, thanks Mike 👏🏻
I did the same. Only watch Malaska videos and that video of year 2000 Butch Harmon/Tiger. It's similar.
Malaska changed everything on my game. I finally learned how to play golf.
And hit it solid.
Hi Mike, you just found the connection between Golf and Music
1 Tempo -Pace
2 Rhythm - Sequence
3 Timing - Keeping Everything Together
and so important too
4 Sound - Impact.
Malaska for musicians, Thanks a lot!
Hi Mike,
Always a treat and a pleasure to see your Videos.
Just got back to play this Game once again after a few yrs of absence due to Health complication.
All is well now and commited this yr to enjoy this beautiful sport was again. I came across your Teaching videos and found your instructions to be by far the most rewarding and simplest way to communicate the Golf Swing Fundamentals.
So far I had 3 golf range sessions and 2 Golf games, the first one was very ordinary and the 2nd one was quite impressive thanks to your instructions.
I always played sports in my younger yrs and tennis was one of them which I played competitive for a while. Once I took Golf I was hooked for Life, played competitive for a few yrs and reached a 14 Hdc. My aim this yr is to be a better golfer and played the Game as it should.
I always struggle with my Driver but in one of your videos (Driver/Alighnment) I noticed an upright stick and a "T" alighnment in your stance which was a bit CLOSE to the target line and not squareso I took noticed and implemented this on my next work out. I always struggle consistently hitting this club as I coudnt connect it properly, changing this set up I am now able to connect (Finally) square on and straight with a lovely trajectory. Boom!!!
There is a lot more than hitting balls but with your expertise and knowledge will make me take this game to the next level to Become a Complete Player.
Many Thanks once Again.
Maurice
Sydney-Australia
I rarely comment but that is worthy of a well done. The best I have heard the 3 areas of rhythm, tempo and timing explained.
having tried almost everything to improve at this game i have finally adopted your philosophy of the golf swing Mike and its been working real good for me .thanks a lot for your great instruction through youtube .I recommend your channel to every golfer i meet .
This video is GOLD! Golfers need to spend more time being their best self, for that matter it applies to life as well. Thanks Mike, I needed to hear this.
That's what I like about your videos Mike, One size doesn't fit all. The way you explain the feels vs the reals is great.. I've learned a lot from your videos.. Thanks Mike
Hello from Jersey Channel Islands
Really enjoying your tutorials and trying to improve my golf , you teach a swing that can easily be understood , thank You
Golf is the only sport that I have (recently) tried to learn where it seems that everyone tells you that you have to do every specific little thing a specific way... or watch this person because that is what you should be doing. It became so robotic for me and I seemed to get worse and worse. This year is really my first year actually going out and playing and I am doing it all my way and learning it my way... while keeping your key points in mind lol.. and I've already seen myself improve!
Hi there! I just read your comment. I struggled like you and i know the feeling. See if this helps you out. (I learned watching all Malaska vid and that Butch Harmon/Tiger video from year2000)
At beginning of takeaway (push back right hip), I put little force on inside left foot and femur area(for stability). When I'm abt to complete backswing, as my upperbody is inclined a bit to the right, i bend over a bit towards the ball at the same time my left hip starts to push back movement (straight line forces).
Then, left hip is out of the way and I can do Malaska's 👉 "hands down club head out concept" creating tremendous amount of club head speed.
I feel my hands and grip going in between my legs at downswing. (Of course is a feeling)
I don't feel turning hips at any point. Because "turning" is an effect and not the cause. Just feel straight line forces of push back and push back of the hips.
Obs: Do not work on position picture only, work on whole movement with forces applied.
Im hitting straight 45° starting flying high balls like a pro. 150yds Pw.
1 year ago i was flipping, moving up at the ball and shanking...yes, classic mistakes.
So Malaska video works and is the best out there.
Rgds
Vic
Love this, Mike! Thanks for your explanation of tempo-rhythm-timing sequence. Thanks for being a voice of solid teaching in our industry. Bill, Golf365 Boise ID. Hello to Randy and Denise for me!
Thank you. That is without a doubt, the single best piece of advise for learning I have ever heard!
I’m a long time tour tempo loyalist. I have found that you do have to find “your tempo.” In general, the best players have between 2.6/1 and 3/1 from everything I have read. I tried playing at 21/7 but found that I actually hit the ball better at 27/9 which is a bit slower. The point of TT is that it tries to teach tempo which is rarely taught if ever. If you want an easy way to measure, and you have an iPhone, download their free frame counter app and see what your tempo is. No I don’t work for them or have any relationship with them other than have read the books and it has worked for me. The Novosel’s are great people and have built something that works, for most.
Brad is that frame counter app in the Apple Store? Thanks, Wayne.
@@flower2289 yes, I think it’s called Tour Tempo Frame Counter
@@BFLefty Thank you.
Bruh... this is a lesson about life !!! Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Your ability to communicate is helping me with my swing so much!
Very well explained. It almost felt like a personal lesson rather than a video.
Mike does the best job of communication of his topics. I really appreciate your videos and hope one day I can get a lesson from you.
I just looked at the swings you did for Be Better Golf, and the 2 iron swings I measured were almost exactly 27/9. Fitting the Tour Tempo protocol spot on.
I was wondering if he or anyone else actually timed his swing.
I checked my putter tempo and it’s a pretty quick 1-2. I went to the range and kept the same tempo for the rest of the bag. It’s working well so far. Much more consistent contact which is what I’m looking for. Now I will take it to the course for the real test.
I've played a couple of times now. My ball striking has improved, especially with wedges. My wedges are dead on target but actually going a little long compared to before. I made a huge sirloin steak divot with my 56 wedge in bermuda fairway, never done that before. Driver has improved also.
I need to work hard on short game now. I also need to work on concentration on the tee to avoid errant shots.
I metronomed the practice range at the BMW last year....
I found the players (large sampling) all were right around 77 ….
but the amazing thing was that held for the entire bag, from wedges to driver....(full shots)
Could you explain 77? Thanks, Wayne.
Totally agree. Challenge is controlling that tempo for all shots throughout the round. Believe grip pressure is related to tempo and sqaring the clubface at impact.
Awesome Mike I love the 1,2 movement!!! And you are who you are,,, be yourself !!!! Great instructions ty !!!!
Mike, thank you very much for the video! It’s really helpful for me. Right understanding tempo is not easy and very important for good swing. Regards from Moscow!
I have always swung at what felt to me as 2:1. If I tried to swing at 3:1 or 4:1, I would feel like I was going to "fall off the Earth". I went through a phase in my late 20's when I ripped in up and down in what felt like 1.5:1. (I was trying to swing like Tom Watson...) It worked surprising well, but it was too exhausting to be consistent.
Mike.......I would love to see you do a video regarding “swingers vs hitters” along with you interpretation of “shaft loading.” ..........”90% of it is the shaft”......Ben Hogan
Great sense again. We all have to find our own swing.
Great video nice basic and simple thanks
This Man is Awesome. 🔥 ⛳️ 🏌🏽
Great great video!!! Thank you very much for the great advice
God bless you Sir Malaska
superb explanation
Hi Mike - always enjoy and get a lot out of your content. Sports loves averages, but as a statistician I can tell you the real insight comes from studying variability and its causes. The mean has its place of course (the shots gained people are getting a lot of mileage out of comparing players to means at the moment), but I think you are dead-on to caution people about trying to conform to a mean value. And on top of that, the mean get pulled toward extreme values so it can have the potential to be quite skewed in some cases.
Imagine if he was told it was too slow!
Yes, another site always says the entire swing takes about 1 second, so if your backswing takes 3/4ths of a second then your downswing should take 1/4th of a second?? I always thought thats awfully rushed for a high handicapper. Maybe a tour pro who has played at a high level for years can get in that groove, but if the ball doesn't move and you don't hit a ball with your backswing then why is the optimal tempo so fast for all handicap levels? I agree with your take on this
To try swinging faster which is what it seems TourTempo is all about isn’t a bad thing. IMHO, it’s worth trying if u have a good swing until u reach a point where you’re spraying the ball everywhere then I’d slow it down. That said, if you have bad mechanics you might be hitting the same bad shots but just faster. You could also wind up hurting yourself. I totally gree with Mike Malaska to play your swing.
I have recently finished all 3 Tour Tempo books and what Mike says here is not a fair representation of what the Tour Tempo theory is about. The Tour Tempo books specifically address the concept that everyone has their own intrinsic tempo, and why that can hold people back from playing their best golf.
Also, at 6:21 in this video, you see Mike's driver swing, and it's 27 frames backswing and 9 frames downswing, which is exactly the 3:1 ratio Tour Tempo espouses.
well done!!
Rhythm and tempo come from music. Tempo, as Mike says, is the overall pace of the music or golf swing. Rhythm is the relative duration of the component parts of the piece of music (note values, rests) or the golf swing (backswing to forward swing).
great Mike.
Thanks !!!
“It’s not about everybody else, it’s about you.” 👍
Noticed in reviewing your videos that either have a golf school or group lesson or both. Do you this?
good video , but Tour tempos 3:1 wasnt the 'average' , they found that nearly every pro was close to 3:1. Thats not the same thing
You're right Steve. Those two are substantially different.
What are the tempo measures for Fred Couples. If the model says his swing tempo is off, then the model is dead wrong.
He’s a 24:8 swing tempo. 60 bpm. Sam Snead was exactly the same and you used to talk about swinging to waltz time (1,2,3...)
I must be weird in that my back swing is slower (or at least feels like it is) when I'm going to swing at max speed
I tapped along to your swing in 6/8 tempo in another video....you were 3 to the top and 1 to the bottom. Guess you're golden ratio after all😛
Also, can you imagine if someone told Nick Price that his tempo was too fast ?
Noone at Tour Tempo thinks Nick Price's Tempo is too fast.
That is why I stopped going to GolfTec. They were trying to make me be another player instead of trying to make me a better golfer based on who I am.
Why couldn't a persons tempo be the same as an average? If the range is between 1 and 3 (for example), the average is 2. One's tempo could be 2.
What happens when Jeff Bezos gets on a crowded elevator?
The average salary of the riders goes through the roof.
Just sounds like a misunderstanding of the tour tempo concept.
Tempo is the pace, timing is the sequence, rhythm is what holds it all together? That makes more sense.
That’s bullshit. We DO NOT have a DNA for tempo! To claim that tempo is built into my genetic material is absolutely false. Their scientific data shows, unequivocally, that the “average” tour pro swings at a 3 to 1 tempo. The “average” amateur is somewhere between 5 and 7 to 1! That is measured. That is called data. They are saying, that if you try to be more like them, you will improve. They are not wrong. The “average” amateur hasn’t improved their scores in over 50 years. Even with Mike’s guidance. No one…no one has taught tempo. Until now. I picked up 25 yards with driver. Went from. 4 to a +1…I’m really tired of these “teachers” who claim to be authorities on a subject. When in reality, they are ego driven has beens, trying to tell you how good they were. While they take your money.
I fully agree with what you're saying, but I found this video clip fascinating: ruclips.net/video/reqO2pb2fFE/видео.html
Notice how their tempos are nearly identical for all but two of those shots.
I would be skeptical of any application that describes ratios as tempo. Tempo is basically speed. Ratios would be better described as rhythm.
Moe Norman would agree with Mike. Trying to swing like someone else is not smart.
Alexander Cuddugin
Too confusing!! Tempo..timing..rythm..sequence...really how about putting the club on the ball..