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