Malaska Golf LIVE / GRIP / Episode 1: What Golf Fundamentals Are Keeping You From Playing Your Best
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2020
- This is from our first LIVE stream on RUclips. We'll be exploring a series of LIVE episodes this year that explore what golf fundamentals are keeping you from playing your best.
Like with any lesson, I always like to start with GRIP. In this episode I talk about my history as a golfer, what I've learned about how I like to put my hands on the club, the role of both hands in the golf swing and how to check your grip to be sure it's right for you. At the end, I also took some viewer questions to help clarify elements of each topic.
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Usually I think a video about grip should only take 3 minutes but this 30 minute video was worth every second.
Watched about 40 different golf RUclipsrs, this is the only method/approach that has resonated and fixed large parts of my game. He simplified the game so much for me
If you haven't already.. thank this man for this golden, logical, simple, and FREE information that he is giving you. Thank you Mike! You and Shawn Clement deliver instruction in such a beautiful way. Hope you are doing well and hope you are still helping people get out of their own way.
An update, Tonight at the range I made the change in my grip, just as Mike suggested. Took me 3 or 4 swings to get it sorta right. Still have to Relax my shoulders, arms and hands more, but I was able to hit my 23 * rescue 195 yrds carry, swing speed ramped up to an amazing 110 mph. Now, some may say, that's not all that great, but, I'm 72, have a curved & twisted spine, and arthritis in my lower back, Once I get more relaxed I expect to see even better results. So, a Huge thank you Mike..
Those numbers are impressive for 72
@@christopherwhitehead8946 actually it was a 22* rescue, not a 23. Last night I bested that 195, and hit 2 with my 22* rescue one went 224 and one went 222 yards. Thank you..the stars must have been aligned just right..lol
Sounds pretty bloody good to me mate, I'm 40 and carry my 4H 230 yards when I step on it, so really ur ahead of me
Time to shoot your age!!!!!!!!
Mike it's you that is the inspirituation actually! You might not know this but so many of my students are getting so much better thanks to you.
As a former baseball player myself, Mike's instructions resonate with me completely. Mike made the cut in 1986 at Shinnecock while other past and future Open champions did not (Corey Pavin, Curtis Strange, Scott Simpson, etc.)
Brilliant simple practical logical explanations & demonstrations of the mechanics of the golf club/hands grip 👍👍👍
I was a confident free swinging, John Daly style swinger, 3 hdcp at 30 years old. Was “advised” to shorten my backswing and I could be scratch. I played twice a week.
Those first ever lessons ( the Ballard connection) destroyed my love for golf and my confidence.
This is the BEST teaching, preaching I’ve ever heard. At 72 my hdcp is 13. I went out last time and using Mikes ideas and shot 39/41/80 with 36 putts. There’s HOPE!
Blessings Mike!
Mike hi. Great lesson! Here’s a mini aha moment I got from this video;
The reason a lot of practice swings are perfect and then followed by bad shots is because with a practice shot the brain knows there’s no ball to hit straight and so has no need to make compensations. The moment you step up to the ball it’s a different story. No wonder you often hear “ I mess up as soon as I have a ball in front of me”
Abosultely the best coach online. There is so much information at there which makes all of us golfers confused and frustrated. Can't wait to watch more content and take out to the course. Well done Mike.
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I'm glad I watched this again. I used to play with a left hand grip that was so strong, a friend called it "a three knuckle grip with the wrong three knuckles".😏 In an effort to become more orthodox, I made it a lot more neutral. It's been years of frustration. Every time I get the nerve to try my old grip again, it just works, but it's so odd, I feel like I have to return to something more orthodox. When I bend over and hang my left arm, as you suggest, my hand falls right into the position of my crazy strong left hand grip. So, I'm off to the range to take back my game. Thanks, Mike.🙏🏻
I just wanna say:.......THIS IS SO GOOD!! Thank You for giving this to us.....
Thanks for this video. I have been playing the senior tees . I am 74 and after this video played the regular tees and shot a 38. My swing is back.
Mr. Malaska, I have never had control over the ball like I had today. I was effortlessly commanding the clubface and damn did it feel good. Golf instruction today is how to change gears, where learning the grip is like knowing how to operate the clutch. Your instruction and communication ability is world class. Not a wasted word and this video might just be the most important 30 minutes I have ever spent learning about the golf swing. Thank you, it really sunk in and was a pleasure to learn from you.
I changed my grip to match my natural arm position (stronger) and moved the grip into my fingers as you demonstrate.. The results were hard to believe honestly. Ball flight went 15 yds farther with a slight draw. What a simple change with an enormous impact. Thank you so very much for this video. Made golf much more fun. I am a mid high 70's player. Soon to be even with your instruction. Sincerely appreciate your work.
This is the best golf lesson I have ever had. Live, pre-recorded, in person, on course, wherever! This is simply the best lesson I've ever had. You have put so much thought into your game and I want to say thank you for sharing it!
Absolutely the most clear and defensible advise on grip I have ever been shown. My path towards destruction was similar Mike. Thank you for the redirection. Talk about epiphanies!!.
Both the grip tip and the philosophy about align it with your body joints are so awesome!
I had no idea how "neutral" my grip had become until I viewed this video. I was one who opened the clubface in the first 12 inches of takeaway and spun it back for contact. I hit some decent shots from time to time and got my HC down to 7. After a great round two weeks ago (one-over) everything fell out is sync and my last two rounds were 92s - one being in league competition.
After viewing this video I decided to commit to changing my grip and I watched Mike's balancing video. Just came back from the range and wow! If a lightning storm wasn't approaching I could have easily stayed there for another two hours. It was fun again, much less effort, and I could finally feel the club in front of me and slightly moving me back to lever the shaft. A really nice pattern appeared and my 140yd- 8 iron was now 7-10 yards further.
Thank You Again Mike
You described me to a T! I stumbled onto the idea of strengthening my grip because I had a neutral grip and I tended to cup my wrist. This resulted in timing issues in squaring up the face. I tried a strong grip as a last resort to get some consistency and I was amazed!! This led me to search for more information and I found this video. Feels good to know that the fix I "discovered" is a legit way to play.
Oh Mike, thirty minutes to just lean back and enjoy this time full of wisdom. Episode 1 means, there will follow a few other, I hope. Unbeatable.
I've been playing golf for 60 years. Joined a local club when I was 16 and got down to a handicap of after a few years. For 40 years I've been trying to figure out what I did when I was young. I've been looking at your site for the past two days and your first golf live brings back memories of how I used to play. Am really looking forward to going out tomorrow and playing. I'm now 78 years and really appreciate your wealth of experience which you share in a very non-egotistic way. All your trials and tribulations have led you to being a wonderful teacher.
Mike this is just BRILLIANT. Dear God my grip was so weak for 20 years until this. Just thank you.
After watching this video, and your others, I realized I've been holding the golf club wrong after 25 years of playing this game. Thank you Mike, you're the best teacher around.
I believe totally in what Mike is teaching. I too gripped the club like Mike as a 10 year old starting out and I have been playing for 53 years and of all the lessons on golf on the internet these days, this is the best way to start or fix or improve your game. Thanks Mike for making it easy. Please keep it up! Buck Varner South Carolina
Hey Mike, I think a bunch of golf instructors are going to come after you especially after sharing this juicy tidbit, finally a golf master that actually giving us transparency, truth on a simple grip technique that can help alot of weekend warriors hit the ball much more consistent . . . I am but your humble servant, ask and you shall receive!
Thanks Mike, this has really changed my game. The grip is the most important part of the game.
you are the man. you changed my game up in less than a week with these vids. it’s an honor.
I did that yesterday, I strengthened my grip as you said and it immediately started me hitting drive long and straight, no sign of the fade/slice I had before. WOW!!
the best video about grips I have seen and I have seen all of them. thankyou, I will never let anyone try to convince me to change my slightly strong grip again.
Simply the best in the industry. Just full of knowledge about how the body works relative to a golf swing. That creates a simplified understanding and ability to FEEL what he is saying! Appreciate what you do Mike!!
This is SO correct! I KNEW that I was on the right track by shifting the grip from the pad of my palm and more into my fingers and saw better shots instantly! This validates my thinking. Wish i knew this years ago.
Mike, Im so glad I found your youtube page a year ago. I have had the same experience as you. Im not on your level of play but I went through the same stages as you. I was naturally good on my own. I shot very consistent gold usually around 80, 81ish. I had some flaws which some early lessons fixed. Then I started with some real lessons in my early 20's and some stuff work but mostly I kept getting worse and worse when they changed my grip and had me rolling the club as well. I was told the toe of the club up at hip high was square. I had a strong left hand and was told I needed to weaken it. All the same stuff. It was a blessing to find you and tell me the stuff I was told was bad was actually good stuff. I have now found consistency again.. I understand it so much better. I was a horrible layer offer of the club and I know now the the stuff I was taught to fix it actually made it worse. So glad to be back on the right path now.
Speaking from a long-time neutral grip, chasing the perfect flip, this video is blowing my mind a bit. Can't wait to get to the range.
Great stuff! Looking forward to the next fundamental.
when I first started playing golf my friend who was a golfer set up my grip interlocking with a strong grip and a few other things. I remember how awkward it felt at first but I hit it good with a small slice with driver, straight with irons.I was in my 20,s and I loved to swing with my whole body aggressively over time I lost that whole swing. Your videos are bringing me back to that grip and everything is naturally falling into place my hip shoulders feet and trusting the swing and just letting it go. I feel 40 years younger.
Thanks Mike!
My hands are like yours down by my side going out to work my new grip.
I always love your content!
Absolutely Brilliant!
Looked at 1986 US Open scores and the winner Ray Floyd was 2 over after 2 rounds while MM was 6 over which is a respectacle effort for this elite Major.Well done MM.
👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 “yeah it is, that’s my swing right there” 😂 awesome! Lol love this
That’s the best explanation ever!!! Thank you Sir!
There really is no need to look at any other site! Mike you are without doubt the best teacher on the planet! 👍👍👍
I look forward to trying this out. It sounds like pure gold!
Great session, I learned a lot about the problems with my grip that I have been taught like you! I will be changing. Great work!
Wow, I've watched a lot of golf videos but none that made me actually understand the grip and how it's supposed to work with the swing. Thanks so much!
This is the explanation I’ve been searching for. Thanks a ton Mike.
Excellent all around video, thank you Mike!⛳️🏌🏽♂️❤️
Just brilliant Mike thankyou. Looking forward to more.
I've been viewing your clips lately and in space of weeks I'm seeing results thanks Mike for what you doing I'll.keep watching your segments 😊
Thank you sir. You speak my language. Common Sense. This is the best lesson/advice I have ever heard. Your analogies are spot on and easily transferable to the golf swing.
Best ever training video I've ever watched (among several hundred couching videos I have watched over the last few years )... crystal clear and completely make sense...Thanks!!!
Dear Mike, I thank you for all the good advice and your sincere and humble way of saying them. It seems to me as if any player's optimal grip is a grip that fits posture and body - joints, length of limbs and spine etc. Body geometry is individual. A grip that does not depend on a deliberate rotation of the forearms, or other manipulation actions, should be beneficial to all golfers. Perhaps is that "a neutral grip" for some players? You advocate a strong grip (for you). Shawn Clement does the same, Fred Couples is another. We all know that Freddie shot 60 on Sunday at the Champions Tour a month ago, at the age of 63.
Thanks Mike. This changed my game almost instantly.
I searched "Malaska Grip" to find this video after chancing across Mike's short video with Ashley Huizing where Mike addressed this same issue, it was a face-palm moment for sure.
When I first started golf about 20 years ago I had played a bit of tennis and cricket (I'm English) and I naturally grabbed the club like holding a cricket bat, or a racket for a double handed backhand, sure I used to hit the odd heavy or thin shot, but I was a beginner and I never missed left AND right, it was usually just a little left. I got better and my miss was still only ever the occasional little left shot. In my first summer I was shooting mid 80s consistently, and I was still improving.
I wanted to get better so naturally knowing nothing about the game I had lessons and read Ben Hogan's book, and I went from an improving mid handicap to a high handicap almost overnight. I stuck with it as everything/everyone told me I needed a neutral grip and swing changes take time and I'd work through it. Many years passed and I slowly forgot my original swing, I never felt very consistent, I'd miss way left and way right and it held me back, the best I ever got was usually shooting in the mid 90s.
I've tried every swing philosophy and method there is, and I mean it, I'm not kidding, and I've had no success with any of them.
I watched the video with Ashley, face-palmed, went to the range and hit a hundred balls and crushed it, I went out and played 9 holes and then 18, and bearing in mind I'm a little lock-down rusty - I've never played better.
Thanks again Mike.
wow mate , that was incredible thank you . so easy to understand
Wow, totally enthralled, I’m off to the practice range, full of clarity and hope, again !
Excellent video. So many videos out there on increasing lag and holding wrist angles and making sure you don’t flip. What they never say is that everybody releases their wrist angles or “flips” the club at some point. The key is when the flip happens in conjunction of course with rotation.
Thank you Mr.Malaska! Outstanding direct information. Will work on in my winter practice. Thanks again!
Always a pleasure listening to Malaska talk golf.
Mike. I really enjoyed reading your book. This video was fantastic. You explain it so well and its very easy to understand. I am looking forward to episode 2. Thanks
Absolute game changer for me. Thank you so much Mike.
probably one of your best videos - thanks MIKE!
I cant thank you enough for this video and opening up. And being honest. Its my 6th year golfing anf keep knocking on the door of single digit handicap. But every time i searched for coaches they changed my grip!!!!!! Thank god im not crazy. I needed to hear this. Cant wait to go out and play now.
I come from a martial arts background and there are multiple styles and coach different disciplines. And its the same thing punches are different in boxing. Thai boxing and mma. Same like this grip. Im keeping it strong!!!
Can you pls go over the different strong grip players and there differences. Dustin really bows it. I don’t. Ive been watching duval and zach and bubba. Thank you again.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this and sharing your experience.
Simply brilliant thank you !
Excellent video! I now understand the WHY of the golf grip. Looking forward to episode 2.
Loved this video. Pumped to take this to the course. Thanks Mike! -Mike
Just outstanding. Thank you.
Thanks Mike. I love your training videos. I am really trying hard to improve my skills. The hardest part of my game is lack of distance off the tee.
This instruction is just awesome! Simple to understand and helped me immensely. Many thanks.
This is a great theory. Ive always tried to force my left hand into a strong or even neutral grip and no consistency. The weak grip is how my joints line up. After seeing this im going to continue with a weak grip. Thx mike
Thank you for making Golf easy and understandable! Thank you for sharing with us. Mike you are the best teacher in the world.
69 years old, multiple physical issues, couldn't hit a sand wedge more than 30 yards. I changed my grip according to this series and hey presto, 50-55 yards with the sand wedge. The only change was the grip. I joined the Malaska website and OMG, there is enough info there to keep you busy for a year or more. What I really like is that he tells me WHY something works.
This is by far the best golf instructional channel I've found. Thanks so much for doing these videos.
This video was fantastic. Best grip instruction I have heard.
Hey Mike , you and Milo have helped me a lot , keep up the great work much appreciated.
It's so sad but I'm glad I listened to your video today. 35 years ago I was hitting a several 3 irons on a hole for practice. I've never hit one as good as I did that day. When I got home I told my golfing wife (the better athlete) that it felt like I was holding a pencil in my left fingers and didn't have as much control as I though I should but shots were long and straight. Taking my 73 year old b... out and trying it tomorrow; thanks again for reminding me.
That was a very important 30 mins. Thank you for your insight, knowledge and honesty Mike !
Amazing my man, have played for over 25 years and struggled because I did not understand the role of the right hand. Just hit some balls, best contact ever
I am a 5.2 handicap and have had lessons from the greats in instruction. However, Mike I can honestly say your instruction has been awesome. Literally made a impact immediately. Playing better than ever and LOVE LOVE LOVE your stuff. Thanks. Chippping, Putting, and Transition have been life savers. Keep it going... please.
Outstanding! Started playin a few years ago and want to focus on the basics.
You're one of the best out there Mike...you've helped my game a ton (4 hcp)! Keep the content coming!
One of the best grip lesson videos I have seen. Great, simple explanations. Reminded me of my first golf teacher 55 years ago.
Mike - applied the grip the club in the fingers of my left hand today (I’m a rightie) and striped the ball! It was utter swing freedom. Didn’t realize how much I was “controlling” via grip. What a great and simple thing. Thanks! I subscribed. Great instruction!
When I saw the length of the time on this gripping video I thought. ”You've got to be kidding”. Wow was I wrong! Every minute had great information. Mike, you are the best instructor out there. This will help my game.
I was thinking the same thing. Great video
1st Class as usual.
Simply Brilliant again Mike...
Thank you so much for the treasure trove of information you so generously share. I’m excited to go back to the beginning and retrain my body/self.
Mike you are an encouragement and inspiration. Keep on doing what you are doing.
Mike, your insight and knowledge is true genius. VERY enlightening.
Great video - learned quite a bit and just 59 minutes - your teaching in golf are very relatable to the experience of the average golfer - excellent visual with the golf glove on your right hand and wonderful exclamation of the fundamentals - keith from San Francisco
Love your stuff mike, would love to give people some insight. Remember when we were kids and the baseball coach could hit the ball straight too you either on the ground or in the air. He just knew where he was going before he swung. Thats why when i practice i try to call my shots and curve them there, left right high or low. It really helps if your focused on how you want to hit it than just where your aiming.
Wow this grib adjustment was amazing. I just had the best range session of my life. Straight, long and consistent. Thank you so much Mike Malaska!!!
Mike your a Realist,, I love it ,, nothing better!!! Ty
Aw, I wasn't the only one duped into laying the grip across the finger pads.
Fingers it is! 👍
Just watched this I'm excited to try it. Made more sense than what I was taught a 2 yrs ago.
Thanks Mike, great tip you have solved my dilemma.Excellent explanation, will also go back to the grip I started with also, Cheers Paul G. Brisbane Australia.
Thank you so very much Mike ! The best grip lesson I learned. 🙏🙏🙏
Excellent-Excellent video.What an eye opener to understand your own neutral swing.As always Mike love your fundamental of golf..Thank you and greetings from down under.
Absolutely correct sir, great instruction.
The best explanation of the grip I've ever heard
The pointer about gripping the club with the fingers totally changed my game. A big thanks and lots of $$ on golf bets
Thanks Mike saw this video today, went down the range and had a fantastic session. I have been struggling with my game for the past year with the ball going anywhere and everywhere with no control. After taking your advice I was Hitting my irons sweet and straight. I didn’t quite get the results with the woods so I’ll check out some more of your videos.