Seriously?? What specific made it for you? Remember there is also chipping, pitching and putting. I was at 9 and now 12. Just started trying some malaska things and my irons and driver are great. Now I am sooo bad from 40 yards in... last day I seriously felt I lost 8 shots in the short game and I got a round of 85
@@DTHUNDERDK sounds like a game strategy failure. Just play so, that you dont get in the 40 yards range. If i play a par 5 and its not reachable in two, i lay up my second shot so i can hit at least a full sw or lw on the green. I dont want to get closer to the green.
Ha ha yeah right. When you actually play off a 4 handicap then you realize that hitting the ball solid is only 50% of what is required. It is all about the short game🤣🤣
@@kalaharisafari7648 sorry no. hitting 12 to 14 greens a round from 3 is all that it tacks to go from 12 to 4 with all things (including your short game) remaining the same.
All I can say is that you Mike have helped me in so many ways. Your common sense explanations really help me understand concepts in relations to task and athletic movement, sorry it took me so long to find your teachings.
Have to agree with Rexx E. I too watched several Sergio Garcia videos. He absolutely does not make this Malaska move. Not even close. Sergio's Clubhead & shaft stays on the exact shaft line coming down as it did going back.
Mike you are a gem , your approach and technique is simple and correct. Let the the forces of nature move the club but you direct it where it will have maximum impact without damaging your own body . I changed my swing completely and followed your tuition and now my swing is consistent and applicable to all the clubs in my bag . The driver is just amazing , minimum effort maximum result .
This has made my game so more consistent, I was a true handle dragged and flip at impact. Now my back doesn’t hurt as much but I also threw my hips toward the ball and I’ve been working on not doing that also.
First time I watched one of malaskas lesson videos I went to the range and hit an effortless weak lofted 3 iron 235. I have still had my bad days but my swing is far more consistent and I have really taken the next step in my ball striking, thanks guys.
I got it!!! I now get the Malaska move and he's right about Sergio. I have seen this in Sergio for years but could not figure out what he was doing as I was so focused on shallowing like I thought he was doing. It seems like Sergio does the Malaska move very late in the downswing and right before impact.
Pound for pound the best Instructor on TH-cam and I have watched many! I bought Mike's book several years ago, practiced the drills and still didn't get it. I think Brendan still doesn't get it either! After mucking around, practicing and watching many of Mike's other videos, I have finally GOT IT! The club drops down while the left arm rotates, initially; what seems behind the body, then club and the body go round and up the circle and out comes a beautifully hit golf shot : chips, pitches or full shots. You must get that : it all initiates what seems behind the body; too late and you're stuffed!
Can't get enough of this guy- thank you BBG. With all the different Utube instruction over the past year, I've been in denial about my state of mind too.
I’ve played and studied golf for 45 years. Always misinterpreted the golf books and was never able to take lessons when a teen. I reached Mike’s understanding about two years ago and then found Mike that reinforced what I found. Mike is where I wish I could be. Well maybe I gave another 10 years to really enjoy the game now. Mike is a treasure that everyone should be seeking. Maybe one day I can visit Superstition mountain. All the best to you Mike!
What mike teaches is the ‘sensation’ or feel. He is basically saying on your backswing you externally rotate your right shoulder, and then unwind it on the downswing before firing thru the ball, whilst rotating your left hip and keeping your right hip out the way of your right elbow. Check again on Sergio slo Mo swing.....it’s what he does, keep an eye on his right shoulder. He basically unwinds it to square the face and fire thru. If you were to check out mikes swing slo Mo he doesn’t actually steepen the shaft, it’s just what it looks like when he is showing you the sensation slowly.
Holy crap, just figured this out on my own watching tiger DTL in slow mo and it made me remember this video...you drop your hands slightly BELOW the plane when starting down and leave the clubhead ABOVE the plane. It feels like over the top at first and also would probably look like OTT at first glance as well but stop and go back and deliberately come over the top and you notice the difference
Your videos have been a big help. I started off with your Monte stuff, the setting wrist and activating hands worked great, it allowed me hit better shots. I saw your Malaska videos a while back and the over the top from the inside made sense, but it was so different from 99 percent of the stuff you see out there that I thought it was a gimmick. I quickly hit the same wall with the Monte stuff, so I decided to try the Malaska stuff for a week, got decent results and went back and forth between the Monte and Malaska for a while, but I noticed that I was hitting long irons like I had never hit them before. I've been slowly committing to the Malaska swing over the past few months and i came to the realization a few weeks ago that it is gold. It took me a while because it was so unbelievably simple, that I kept adding stuff to it that held me back for a while. I can now play without all this junk in my head, I just start my backswing with my shoulders and drop my hands and i'm over the top from the inside. It fixed my early extension and i'm not tired at the end of my rounds anymore because I'm not fighting momentum on every swing. I'm sure that the Monte stuff can help some people, but Malaska's stuff is exponentially better. It's so simple once you get it, that it requires less maintenance.
Looks like there are other online instructors who teach a move that is pretty similar to the Melaska move. I am definitely going to work on it mainly because I swing very much in to out and have struggled a lot with an open club face.
It you bow the wrist while supinating left wrist at P5 or just after will do the same. I remember Peter Kessler on the Golf Channel he was there from the beginning of the Golf Channel, he was able to convert the golf instructors method into language the avg. golfer could understand and he asked great questions.
LOVE that he tries to teach with the body breakdown aspect in play. Tiger's body broke down (although he made an insanely miraculous recovery), and this happns to a lot of golfers who swing dynamically and contort their body to make up for the hands/wrists. SO important, especially since we all plan on playing for as long as possible, to learn how to impact the ball crisp while still keeping the loading cycle low on the body especially back
after watching your video i went to the range. from the first swing, i instantly felt it. better impact, consistent control and distance. everything finally "clicked" on my irons. still need to translate it to my driver swing, but i'm extremely excited about it.
Brendan - I'm a "thrower" also. However, you have to "throw" with BOTH hands. Take an old wedge with a slippery grip out to a field. Pick your target line, set up, and literally throw the club down the target line. You'll be surprised at what an actual accurate "release" feels like. OR, get a metal rod 2 feet long, about the thickness of a Sharpie. Grip it, set up, and throw it and make it stab into the ground just in front of the ball position. Another great drill to really feel "release". Watch the golfers who throw: Mike Austin, Raphael Jacquelin (smooooth), Luke List, Ernie Els. Sergio pulls, he simply pulls down on the butt of the grip at the ball. Everything in his downswing is simply a consequence of that action, he' not trying to do anything else. His dad attached a rubber strap to a door behind him and had him practice pulling down on it. Pulling is a great downswing method if it feels comfortable. Nicklaus, McElroy, Geiberger, many many pros and Hall of Famers pulled. Sergio is probably the most extreme example. Malaska is right in that if any downswing change is good for you, it will be apparent immediately.
Brendon, great video! I think Malaska is the way to go! No doubt about that. Tried it myself and now changing my swing with my Pro here in germany. Two thumps up!!!
Hallo Bernd. Welcher Golflehrer ist das, in welchem Club? Ich suche auch einen mit dem ich den Malaska Schwung üben kann. Wenn nicht öffentlich dann PN an dehnemark@web.de
Great video I'm one of them guys that try everything .I guess I'm addicted to changes ha. I have always been a low handicapper to scratch so I am no chop.Been working on the GG swing and reactionary method in the last year.Both of these work just trying to find best for me.But I have really watch all the Malaska methods and it has click what he is teaching .Just a different method of releasing the golf club with less stress on body.It really click when I comprehend the stirring wheel feeling in ds.I think I'm going give this a try for a while it feels really solid and easy to hit draw.
Very nice. Can you please explain if it is more a Hand/arm-swing and at what time you sync the body with the arms if you do so? Kind like Monte speaks about syncing or what are the differences? Thank you for making Things more clear
Great video, Brendon. Mike's really onto something. Over the course of the last year or so, I've started to swing a bit like that, initially my idea was to have a sort of "auto-release" that would limit timing issues with club face at impact. And it works. But the other benefit is that when I do it well and don't go back to my "old swing" (modelled after Tiger, in way worse), I feel that I put way less effort into it, and my lower back seems like "not even working".
Hi Mike, I’m 72 years young, and have hit a low in my game, I have watched to many different video’s and got so confused. I really enjoy your advice. However I can’t seem to produce the swing consistently on the course, any ideas?
Very good point about hitting the ball and playing the game are two different animals. I agree hitting the ball is easy, that's why most of us are better at the driving range than on the course.... I've recently retired and putting in the time and effort to break the plateau and get to the next level... My ball striking has improved but scoring is about the same, I usually have one or two holes per round that completely destroy (I let destroy) my round. The sad part is that I know the bad holes are coming and they're in my head. Sometimes it happens on the first hole or I get through several holes before I miscue but I know it's coming and it gets worse the longer it goes, the pressure builds... So the mental/emotional side of this game is the difficult challenge... My friends tell me I show no emotion when I hit a bad shot but they have no idea what's going on in my head... RAGE! :-) However, it's good to have something that challenges me to improve... I've always said the saddest day of Wile E. Coyote's life is the day he catches the Road Runner... That said, I believe it is better to have more desire than ability...
Great question from MM.. . "Brendon, How's your mind?" I always wondered how you manage your swing with all the different instructors. Good answer. - I bet you never thought you'd be compared to Peter Kessler... Nice!
Hey Guys. What r your thoughts on controlled backswing and down swing. I fiund it difficult to control the downswing so that the tempo for both is the same. If I swing fast the ball could go anywhere. So is the tempo the same for the complete swing
I haven't been able to successfully interpret Mike's internet teachings. Brendan spent a solid few hours one-to-one with Mike and was also unable to make it work for him. It's a shame because what Mike tells you his method gives you (and it clearly gives him) - less stress on the body, power with relatively less effort - is the holy grail and a very attractive proposition. But while Mike talks of the relative simplicity of his method, it seems many of us find reproducing it to be frustratingly elusive!
Once you get what Mike is saying, you begin to play golf for the first time no joke. Bobby Lopez describes it as like a discus throw. That was a good analogy for me. He said you don't swing the club, the club swings you 👍
Okay I started the "Malaska Move" 2 weeks ago with record breaking results in my second round only to hit a brick wall until this last video. When u spoke about Sergio, I realized I was fight the club swallowing at the top more and more during every practice session and round.today I allowed it to happen, then shifter laterally slightly and then allowed the arms to fall while slightly rotating my arms and VIOLA. After 3 balls of course. Am I in the right ball park?
Brenden, I am curious as to your thoughts regarding the MM & if it's similar to this month's Golf Magazine article on the release (Jim Hardy's right arm inward throw)?
Rexx, Sergio is doing exactly what Mike says. Listen to Mike between 2:44 and 2:55. He talks about how Sergio's hands drop a little and the "hands drop faster, then the club head reroutes itself back out in front of his hands....". Now check out this video of Sergio. th-cam.com/video/SPdf3HpbSUs/w-d-xo.html In this video, listen to Peter Kostis at the 45 second mark, He says, "Watch it (the Club Head) drop, drop below the hands". If you watch, Sergio's club head NEVER drops below his hands. NEVER! Kostis is wrong. Sergio's clubhead and shaft reroutes itself OVER his hands. His shaft is never behind him. It definitely is an example of the Malaska move, it just happens further in the downswing. Malaska right. Kostis wrong.
Once you get what Mike is saying, you begin to play golf for the first time. Bobby Lopez describes it as like a discus throw. That analogy really helped me. You don't swing the club, the club swings you 🙏👍
Interesting comment bout the pleatau-off of most golfers at the end of the video and im one of many in that catagory. But i think its just a natural progression or rather non-progression as u play the game over a long period of time. U cant always be progressing in yr game otherwise you can see lots of single handicappers around and there are not. Ive been stuck at 14 for years now..
I tried the move for the first time on the course today after a few holes I hit my iron shots really well but topped or duck hooked the driver . Obviously I’m doing something wrong but I don’t know what
I love the "Malaska move" which makes so much sense to me BUT please I think someone discovered gravity and the last time I checked, weight force is straight down. If it's horizontal, we are all in trouble!
No disrespect but doesn’t the club have to make the over the top move from the inside to make contact with the ball? I can’t imagine doing it any other way.
I wonder if those who have simulators play better - score more consistently - on the simulated course compared to a real life course since a lot of the variables mike talks about have been removed, all else being equal.
Isn't the entire point of this bringing your hand back to their starting position, maybe even a touch closer to your body? All the rest of it will make it too confusing for most.
i would love to see you do a be better golf video with dan alton... see his unconventional swing at youtube "dan alton golf instruction".... he is in raleigh, north carolina...
It’s so easy to see what you want to see in someone’s golf swing. Sergio is definitely not doing what Mike is doing. Mike you seem to be using 2 arcs in your demonstration of the downswing. It looks like one steep arc from the top to about 1/2 way down, then a more shallow arc from 1/2 way down from there around the body to the ball. If you want to hit the ball more than 100 yards I would not try this.
Funny that this was interrupted for a golf method commercial. McCord has attached his name to so many golf improvement endorsements, I swear he'd sell his mother if he could make a buck on her.
What he is saying about Sergio Garcia is entirely false, sergio does in fact heave the head working behind him, he squares it up with rotating his chest/shoulders through the golf shot, like every other great ball striker. He doesn not throw the club out like that to "Square it up"
Courney Hallcy totally agree! The only way to start the ball online with this move is to arrive at impact square like you started not very dynamic and definitely not what good ball strikers do.
Mike only wants to see what he wants to see in Sergio’s swing. At no stage is Sergio doing the Malaska move. Meaning Sergio is not trying to stand the club up upright
Not sure how the move Mike teaches isn't tantamount to simply casting the club from the top; obviously that is not what he is intending, but it sure as hell looks like it. Really hard to learn this from a video -- I see it as a really radical way of getting to an optimal impact position and follow through.
Sergio does not do that at all. He flattens the shaft all the way down to approaching impact with just about the lowest hands you'll find and squares it up by body rotation
Watch the video I've added the link for and you tell me where you see Sergio's shaft steepen anywhere on his downswing other than at the end due to rotation
You're missing the point of this. Malaska is showing an exaggeration of how the club head gets back on the target line. If you carefully watch Sergio's video, the hands lowering from the top of the backswing get the clubhead back on the target line and squares up the face, not body rotation like MORAD. You'll see this in most tour players under 40 years old. Also the Malaska move is essentially the same as Hardy's one plane swing release. It's not a new concept, but only the guys on the Golf Digest instructor list seem to have an understanding of it.
No disrespect to Mike but I just watched a bunch of Sergio swings from down the line in slo mo. I don't see what Mike is saying. Sergio's club head drops straight down from the top to get back on his original plane line. Then it goes straight down the plane line to the ball. It does not go upward at any point and it is not "over the top from the inside". Some people actually do get the club stuck behind them and are too shallow. These people need the Malask move. Most golfers are too steep. They are overusing their hands, have too much tension. They need to get the club a little more shallow and stuck behind them. For this type of golfer, the Malaska move exacerbates their problem. I think Monte's ideas on shallowing the shaft are more helpful. Mark Crossfield has many videos on how to shallow the shaft and then spin the club out to the ball. These ideas are the opposite of what Malaska say, but they have helped me. I like Malaska in a broader sense, but "over the top from the inside" has not worked for me. It just makes me steeper than I already am.
Yea I don’t completely understand what he means either. I’m assuming he’s referring to releasing the club with the hands instead of with the body. Of course if you swing with the upper body, it wouldn’t work either way, but Sergio is technically pretty stuck in my mind. He just rotates a ton to get the club in front. I think in sequence Malaska’s move would probably be a release of the hands more down versus letting the hands go out. So probably feels a little flippy. I think this is probably the whole problem with trying to teach based on feel.
I could be wrong but in my mind I think the Malaska swing method is similar to the changes Tiger made that killed his career. Everyone keeps trashing rotary swings like they destroy your back. Not really. Stalling out is what kills your back. Hard to do when you rotate through the shot. I get it though. Rotation isn’t easy. It’s athletic. So from that standpoint I can understand the Malaska method. Different strokes, different folks.
I did and have watches slow motion videos of Sergio. Dozens of times in fact, even before I saw Mike's videos. I'm sorry, I have to respectfully completely disagree with your analysis. Videos that I see of Sergio, the club head and shaft remain almost vertical coming down to the ground almost to waist height. Don't get me wrong, I am currently trying to practice Mike's version of the downswing. It seems to make sense. However I just cannot agree that Sergio swings are anywhere near this type of Swing.
So I suppose Brendan is the ‘host’ of these videos. Gosh...In all honesty he’s really an unnecessary distraction. I want to hear Mike. It’s quite annoying to have to listen to Brendan interrupt and flail around like a pesky little brother. Introduce Mike..then step aside and please just be quiet.
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Malaska is the best teacher by FAR for ME! Went from 12 to a 3.9 in 6 months by following his suggestions!
Seriously?? What specific made it for you? Remember there is also chipping, pitching and putting. I was at 9 and now 12. Just started trying some malaska things and my irons and driver are great. Now I am sooo bad from 40 yards in... last day I seriously felt I lost 8 shots in the short game and I got a round of 85
@@DTHUNDERDK sounds like a game strategy failure. Just play so, that you dont get in the 40 yards range. If i play a par 5 and its not reachable in two, i lay up my second shot so i can hit at least a full sw or lw on the green. I dont want to get closer to the green.
Ha ha yeah right. When you actually play off a 4 handicap then you realize that hitting the ball solid is only 50% of what is required. It is all about the short game🤣🤣
@@kalaharisafari7648 sorry no. hitting 12 to 14 greens a round from 3 is all that it tacks to go from 12 to 4 with all things (including your short game) remaining the same.
All I can say is that you Mike have helped me in so many ways. Your common sense explanations really help me understand concepts in relations to task and athletic movement, sorry it took me so long to find your teachings.
Subscribe! When I get to 30k I'll release a bunch of unseen footage with Mike. Thanks!
Your videos with Mike Malaska are fantastic! Still, I don't feel that you are completely embracing his swing concepts in your own swing ... why?
Have to agree with Rexx E.
I too watched several Sergio Garcia videos. He absolutely does not make this Malaska move. Not even close.
Sergio's Clubhead & shaft stays on the exact shaft line coming down as it did going back.
B William Harris better watch slow motion definitely does what Mike shows
Mike you are a gem , your approach and technique is simple and correct. Let the the forces of nature move the club but you direct it where it will have maximum impact without damaging your own body . I changed my swing completely and followed your tuition and now my swing is consistent and applicable to all the clubs in my bag . The driver is just amazing , minimum effort maximum result .
The winning combination. Mike Malaska coaching and teaching and Brandon asking great questions.
This has made my game so more consistent, I was a true handle dragged and flip at impact. Now my back doesn’t hurt as much but I also threw my hips toward the ball and I’ve been working on not doing that also.
First time I watched one of malaskas lesson videos I went to the range and hit an effortless weak lofted 3 iron 235. I have still had my bad days but my swing is far more consistent and I have really taken the next step in my ball striking, thanks guys.
I got it!!! I now get the Malaska move and he's right about Sergio. I have seen this in Sergio for years but could not figure out what he was doing as I was so focused on shallowing like I thought he was doing. It seems like Sergio does the Malaska move very late in the downswing and right before impact.
Pound for pound the best Instructor on TH-cam and I have watched many! I bought Mike's book several years ago, practiced the drills and still didn't get it. I think Brendan still doesn't get it either! After mucking around, practicing and watching many of Mike's other videos, I have finally GOT IT!
The club drops down while the left arm rotates, initially; what seems behind the body, then club and the body go round and up the circle and out comes a beautifully hit golf shot : chips, pitches or full shots.
You must get that : it all initiates what seems behind the body; too late and you're stuffed!
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So much common sense here. This instruction has helped my game and back. Greater results with less effort. Mike is an awesome instructor.
Can't get enough of this guy- thank you BBG. With all the different Utube instruction over the past year, I've been in denial about my state of mind too.
I’ve played and studied golf for 45 years. Always misinterpreted the golf books and was never able to take lessons when a teen. I reached Mike’s understanding about two years ago and then found Mike that reinforced what I found. Mike is where I wish I could be. Well maybe I gave another 10 years to really enjoy the game now. Mike is a treasure that everyone should be seeking. Maybe one day I can visit Superstition mountain. All the best to you Mike!
Great vid Brandon. Thanks for letting Mike share his philosophy of the game.
What mike teaches is the ‘sensation’ or feel. He is basically saying on your backswing you externally rotate your right shoulder, and then unwind it on the downswing before firing thru the ball, whilst rotating your left hip and keeping your right hip out the way of your right elbow. Check again on Sergio slo Mo swing.....it’s what he does, keep an eye on his right shoulder. He basically unwinds it to square the face and fire thru. If you were to check out mikes swing slo Mo he doesn’t actually steepen the shaft, it’s just what it looks like when he is showing you the sensation slowly.
Holy crap, just figured this out on my own watching tiger DTL in slow mo and it made me remember this video...you drop your hands slightly BELOW the plane when starting down and leave the clubhead ABOVE the plane.
It feels like over the top at first and also would probably look like OTT at first glance as well but stop and go back and deliberately come over the top and you notice the difference
Brendan this is your best video ever, thanks Mike for clarifying the Sergio golf swing! Truly a Wow moment! Cheers!
Your videos have been a big help. I started off with your Monte stuff, the setting wrist and activating hands worked great, it allowed me hit better shots. I saw your Malaska videos a while back and the over the top from the inside made sense, but it was so different from 99 percent of the stuff you see out there that I thought it was a gimmick. I quickly hit the same wall with the Monte stuff, so I decided to try the Malaska stuff for a week, got decent results and went back and forth between the Monte and Malaska for a while, but I noticed that I was hitting long irons like I had never hit them before. I've been slowly committing to the Malaska swing over the past few months and i came to the realization a few weeks ago that it is gold. It took me a while because it was so unbelievably simple, that I kept adding stuff to it that held me back for a while. I can now play without all this junk in my head, I just start my backswing with my shoulders and drop my hands and i'm over the top from the inside. It fixed my early extension and i'm not tired at the end of my rounds anymore because I'm not fighting momentum on every swing. I'm sure that the Monte stuff can help some people, but Malaska's stuff is exponentially better. It's so simple once you get it, that it requires less maintenance.
broccoliaugratin that's great! Thanks for sharing your experience
I agree Mate. Once you get this, it's absolutely unbelievable. I went from hitting a 7i 150 yards to 180 yards overnight with barely any effort.
The series with Mike have been great! Keep them coming!
Looks like there are other online instructors who teach a move that is pretty similar to the Melaska move. I am definitely going to work on it mainly because I swing very much in to out and have struggled a lot with an open club face.
It you bow the wrist while supinating left wrist at P5 or just after will do the same. I remember Peter Kessler on the Golf Channel he was there from the beginning of the Golf Channel, he was able to convert the golf instructors method into language the avg. golfer could understand and he asked great questions.
LOVE that he tries to teach with the body breakdown aspect in play. Tiger's body broke down (although he made an insanely miraculous recovery), and this happns to a lot of golfers who swing dynamically and contort their body to make up for the hands/wrists. SO important, especially since we all plan on playing for as long as possible, to learn how to impact the ball crisp while still keeping the loading cycle low on the body especially back
after watching your video i went to the range. from the first swing, i instantly felt it. better impact, consistent control and distance. everything finally "clicked" on my irons. still need to translate it to my driver swing, but i'm extremely excited about it.
This move is so true and it's a game changer - the best drill to use (in my opinion) is the hockey drill - Regards
Brendan - I'm a "thrower" also. However, you have to "throw" with BOTH hands.
Take an old wedge with a slippery grip out to a field. Pick your target line, set up, and literally throw the club down the target line. You'll be surprised at what an actual accurate "release" feels like.
OR, get a metal rod 2 feet long, about the thickness of a Sharpie. Grip it, set up, and throw it and make it stab into the ground just in front of the ball position. Another great drill to really feel "release".
Watch the golfers who throw: Mike Austin, Raphael Jacquelin (smooooth), Luke List, Ernie Els.
Sergio pulls, he simply pulls down on the butt of the grip at the ball. Everything in his downswing is simply a consequence of that action, he' not trying to do anything else. His dad attached a rubber strap to a door behind him and had him practice pulling down on it.
Pulling is a great downswing method if it feels comfortable. Nicklaus, McElroy, Geiberger, many many pros and Hall of Famers pulled. Sergio is probably the most extreme example.
Malaska is right in that if any downswing change is good for you, it will be apparent immediately.
Brendon, great video! I think Malaska is the way to go! No doubt about that. Tried it myself and now changing my swing with my Pro here in germany. Two thumps up!!!
Hallo Bernd. Welcher Golflehrer ist das, in welchem Club? Ich suche auch einen mit dem ich den Malaska Schwung üben kann. Wenn nicht öffentlich dann PN an dehnemark@web.de
Bernd how is swing going you still doing this ?
Very good interview.
Great video I'm one of them guys that try everything .I guess I'm addicted to changes ha. I have always been a low handicapper to scratch so I am no chop.Been working on the GG swing and reactionary method in the last year.Both of these work just trying to find best for me.But I have really watch all the Malaska methods and it has click what he is teaching .Just a different method of releasing the golf club with less stress on body.It really click when I comprehend the stirring wheel feeling in ds.I think I'm going give this a try for a while it feels really solid and easy to hit draw.
Very nice. Can you please explain if it is more a Hand/arm-swing and at what time you sync the body with the arms if you do so? Kind like Monte speaks about syncing or what are the differences? Thank you for making Things more clear
Pure Gold! Thank you MM!,
Tremendous discussion...thanks for sharing it
Great video. Such great wisdom in there
Great video, Brendon. Mike's really onto something. Over the course of the last year or so, I've started to swing a bit like that, initially my idea was to have a sort of "auto-release" that would limit timing issues with club face at impact. And it works. But the other benefit is that when I do it well and don't go back to my "old swing" (modelled after Tiger, in way worse), I feel that I put way less effort into it, and my lower back seems like "not even working".
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Hi Mike, I’m 72 years young, and have hit a low in my game, I have watched to many different video’s and got so confused. I really enjoy your advice. However I can’t seem to produce the swing consistently on the course, any ideas?
Very good point about hitting the ball and playing the game are two different animals. I agree hitting the ball is easy, that's why most of us are better at the driving range than on the course.... I've recently retired and putting in the time and effort to break the plateau and get to the next level... My ball striking has improved but scoring is about the same, I usually have one or two holes per round that completely destroy (I let destroy) my round. The sad part is that I know the bad holes are coming and they're in my head. Sometimes it happens on the first hole or I get through several holes before I miscue but I know it's coming and it gets worse the longer it goes, the pressure builds... So the mental/emotional side of this game is the difficult challenge... My friends tell me I show no emotion when I hit a bad shot but they have no idea what's going on in my head... RAGE! :-) However, it's good to have something that challenges me to improve... I've always said the saddest day of Wile E. Coyote's life is the day he catches the Road Runner... That said, I believe it is better to have more desire than ability...
IN MALASKA WE TRUST
I could have used this a few hours ago Brendon...just getting off the course and I was working on this move.
Great question from MM.. . "Brendon, How's your mind?" I always wondered how you manage your swing with all the different instructors. Good answer. - I bet you never thought you'd be compared to Peter Kessler... Nice!
When look at the path of Tom Watson’s swing I see a steep down swing and up swing but with a shallowing through the hitting area similar to this.
so what was the info that you gathered from all of the readings that were the most common?
Hey Guys. What r your thoughts on controlled backswing and down swing. I fiund it difficult to control the downswing so that the tempo for both is the same. If I swing fast the ball could go anywhere. So is the tempo the same for the complete swing
Mike, do you have any instructors in the NWI area?
I haven't been able to successfully interpret Mike's internet teachings. Brendan spent a solid few hours one-to-one with Mike and was also unable to make it work for him. It's a shame because what Mike tells you his method gives you (and it clearly gives him) - less stress on the body, power with relatively less effort - is the holy grail and a very attractive proposition. But while Mike talks of the relative simplicity of his method, it seems many of us find reproducing it to be frustratingly elusive!
Agreed. I think this method will work for some though. It seems overly technical for me.
Once you get what Mike is saying, you begin to play golf for the first time no joke. Bobby Lopez describes it as like a discus throw. That was a good analogy for me. He said you don't swing the club, the club swings you 👍
Okay I started the "Malaska Move" 2 weeks ago with record breaking results in my second round only to hit a brick wall until this last video. When u spoke about Sergio, I realized I was fight the club swallowing at the top more and more during every practice session and round.today I allowed it to happen, then shifter laterally slightly and then allowed the arms to fall while slightly rotating my arms and VIOLA. After 3 balls of course. Am I in the right ball park?
Joe Griggs Jr. Sergio also really keeps his back facing the target for a long time.
Brenden,
I am curious as to your thoughts regarding the MM & if it's similar to this month's Golf Magazine article on the release (Jim Hardy's right arm inward throw)?
Awesome session
So do i have to use right hand only? Or both hands to do that move?
and he pulled the shot doing sergios swing!!!
I’m tooling with gravity golf, CMOTION. Wonder what Mike would say the difference is between him and gravity golf.
Solid Q&A session
Stat Chat with
Loved the discussion
The Malaska move might not be magic according to Mike, but it’s damn close!
Most the instructors try and teach it but he explains the easiest way to understand by far imo.
Rexx, Sergio is doing exactly what Mike says. Listen to Mike between 2:44 and 2:55. He talks about how Sergio's hands drop a little and the "hands drop faster, then the club head reroutes itself back out in front of his hands....". Now check out this video of Sergio. th-cam.com/video/SPdf3HpbSUs/w-d-xo.html
In this video, listen to Peter Kostis at the 45 second mark, He says, "Watch it (the Club Head) drop, drop below the hands". If you watch, Sergio's club head NEVER drops below his hands. NEVER! Kostis is wrong. Sergio's clubhead and shaft reroutes itself OVER his hands. His shaft is never behind him. It definitely is an example of the Malaska move, it just happens further in the downswing. Malaska right. Kostis wrong.
Great instruction thanks!
Once you get what Mike is saying, you begin to play golf for the first time. Bobby Lopez describes it as like a discus throw. That analogy really helped me. You don't swing the club, the club swings you 🙏👍
I dont think any club golfer lasts 6 months trying to make something work, it usually lasts about 11 holes..
What should I do if i have over done this move.
Came straight here after watching Rory Mcilroy doing this move on you tube, so any doubters still out there ?
Thank you
Mike Malaska = Yoda
Interesting comment bout the pleatau-off of most golfers at the end of the video and im one of many in that catagory. But i think its just a natural progression or rather non-progression as u play the game over a long period of time. U cant always be progressing in yr game otherwise you can see lots of single handicappers around and there are not. Ive been stuck at 14 for years now..
I tried the move for the first time on the course today after a few holes I hit my iron shots really well but topped or duck hooked the driver . Obviously I’m doing something wrong but I don’t know what
I love the "Malaska move" which makes so much sense to me BUT please I think someone discovered gravity and the last time I checked, weight force is straight down. If it's horizontal, we are all in trouble!
No disrespect but doesn’t the club have to make the over the top move from the inside to make contact with the ball? I can’t imagine doing it any other way.
Yep. I could spend 30 minutes with Mike and it would be night and day.
I wonder if those who have simulators play better - score more consistently - on the simulated course compared to a real life course since a lot of the variables mike talks about have been removed, all else being equal.
I’ll clarify that by saying the arc that your hands and arms are creating not the arc of the club and club head.
Has anyone else noticed that Mike has the same timber in his voice as Peter Kessler.
Trail arm moves like yo yo 😉 easier way to explain the Malaska move
Isn't the entire point of this bringing your hand back to their starting position, maybe even a touch closer to your body? All the rest of it will make it too confusing for most.
i would love to see you do a be better golf video with dan alton... see his unconventional swing at youtube "dan alton golf instruction".... he is in raleigh, north carolina...
Wonder what GG would have to say about this .... 🤣
This is the only move
It’s so easy to see what you want to see in someone’s golf swing. Sergio is definitely not doing what Mike is doing. Mike you seem to be using 2 arcs in your demonstration of the downswing. It looks like one steep arc from the top to about 1/2 way down, then a more shallow arc from 1/2 way down from there around the body to the ball. If you want to hit the ball more than 100 yards I would not try this.
You are a clown🤣🤣
Funny that this was interrupted for a golf method commercial. McCord has attached his name to so many golf improvement endorsements, I swear he'd sell his mother if he could make a buck on her.
What he is saying about Sergio Garcia is entirely false, sergio does in fact heave the head working behind him, he squares it up with rotating his chest/shoulders through the golf shot, like every other great ball striker. He doesn not throw the club out like that to "Square it up"
if anyone is telling you to keep your shoulder and hip back they have no clue
Nope...
2:01 Brendon is not a believer
how do I fix pull hooks?
Stop coming over the top
Try to keep your head back and your back to the target longer
it just looks like he pulling everything.
Donald Daddy he is
This move looks like the recipe to pull hook the ball off earth.
Courney Hallcy totally agree! The only way to start the ball online with this move is to arrive at impact square like you started not very dynamic and definitely not what good ball strikers do.
Haha we only got like 100 years, sorry bout the arm. Cant throw fast ball all 9 innings
Sergio does not reroute into malaska move.
Mike only wants to see what he wants to see in Sergio’s swing. At no stage is Sergio doing the Malaska move. Meaning Sergio is not trying to stand the club up upright
Not sure how the move Mike teaches isn't tantamount to simply casting the club from the top; obviously that is not what he is intending, but it sure as hell looks like it. Really hard to learn this from a video -- I see it as a really radical way of getting to an optimal impact position and follow through.
Manzella tumble..?
Pretty similar although BM wants you to lay it off more and longer before the tumble starts
Sergio does not do that at all. He flattens the shaft all the way down to approaching impact with just about the lowest hands you'll find and squares it up by body rotation
Nope
Watch the video I've added the link for and you tell me where you see Sergio's shaft steepen anywhere on his downswing other than at the end due to rotation
Absolute bullshit about Garcia, watch a slow motion and his shaft does NOT steepen
You're missing the point of this. Malaska is showing an exaggeration of how the club head gets back on the target line. If you carefully watch Sergio's video, the hands lowering from the top of the backswing get the clubhead back on the target line and squares up the face, not body rotation like MORAD. You'll see this in most tour players under 40 years old. Also the Malaska move is essentially the same as Hardy's one plane swing release. It's not a new concept, but only the guys on the Golf Digest instructor list seem to have an understanding of it.
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No disrespect to Mike but I just watched a bunch of Sergio swings from down the line in slo mo. I don't see what Mike is saying. Sergio's club head drops straight down from the top to get back on his original plane line. Then it goes straight down the plane line to the ball. It does not go upward at any point and it is not "over the top from the inside". Some people actually do get the club stuck behind them and are too shallow. These people need the Malask move. Most golfers are too steep. They are overusing their hands, have too much tension. They need to get the club a little more shallow and stuck behind them. For this type of golfer, the Malaska move exacerbates their problem. I think Monte's ideas on shallowing the shaft are more helpful. Mark Crossfield has many videos on how to shallow the shaft and then spin the club out to the ball. These ideas are the opposite of what Malaska say, but they have helped me. I like Malaska in a broader sense, but "over the top from the inside" has not worked for me. It just makes me steeper than I already am.
Rexx Engineering, he’s referring to a feel. Even if you slowed down Mikes swing he doesn’t do what he preaches. He does what he feels
Yea I don’t completely understand what he means either. I’m assuming he’s referring to releasing the club with the hands instead of with the body. Of course if you swing with the upper body, it wouldn’t work either way, but Sergio is technically pretty stuck in my mind. He just rotates a ton to get the club in front.
I think in sequence Malaska’s move would probably be a release of the hands more down versus letting the hands go out. So probably feels a little flippy. I think this is probably the whole problem with trying to teach based on feel.
and he talking about keeping shoulder and hip back, sergio opens his chest up so much through the swing. This Malaska guy is a joke.
I could be wrong but in my mind I think the Malaska swing method is similar to the changes Tiger made that killed his career. Everyone keeps trashing rotary swings like they destroy your back.
Not really. Stalling out is what kills your back. Hard to do when you rotate through the shot.
I get it though. Rotation isn’t easy. It’s athletic. So from that standpoint I can understand the Malaska method.
Different strokes, different folks.
He's talking about how his hands work down and not out. He explains it very well.
I did and have watches slow motion videos of Sergio. Dozens of times in fact, even before I saw Mike's videos.
I'm sorry, I have to respectfully completely disagree with your analysis. Videos that I see of Sergio, the club head and shaft remain almost vertical coming down to the ground almost to waist height.
Don't get me wrong, I am currently trying to practice Mike's version of the downswing. It seems to make sense. However I just cannot agree that Sergio swings are anywhere near this type of Swing.
Brendan, get out of the way! Mike almost hit you! Gee you're anoying!
So I suppose Brendan is the ‘host’ of these videos. Gosh...In all honesty he’s really an unnecessary distraction. I want to hear Mike. It’s quite annoying to have to listen to Brendan interrupt and flail around like a pesky little brother. Introduce Mike..then step aside and please just be quiet.
We only get 100 years lol