Malaska Golf // Eliminating Clubface Rotation - How Your Hands Work
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2021
- Once you get your hands on the club in a neutral manner and get a feel for how your hands keep the club face square to your swing arch, the ball simply goes straight. And, it's not hard to do, over and over again.
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The heel leads on the backswing. The heel leads on the downswing. I've been rolling the club open on the backswing and flipping my hands through the hitting zone for my entire life. This is the most impactful golf video I've ever watched. For the first time in my life I'm seeing the pros swing and understand the transition from the backswing to the downswing. Tried it on the range today and it was like a miracle.
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This is probably the most important video on UA-cam for Amateur golfers.
This is the one of the best lessons you will ever get.
Best teacher on utube by an absolute mile
I have played like this for a long time. If you couple this with the Malaska move, it is magic. I remember when that hack AJ Bonar was selling his system on TV and he advocated rolling the hands on the backswing and then on the downswing. He even had a club he sold that had a little bat on the end where you were supposed to swing the little bat on the end by turning your hands. I thought this idea was crazy and I could not figure out how you would control where the ball was going. So glad I found Malaska before I listened to someone like AJ. This video is great and I come back here often to watch it.
Out of all the golf videos I have watched Mike’s make the most sense to me. Thanks.
Thanks for another great session, Mike. You have a unique ability to explain arcane and difficult concepts in a simple way. I love how you use other sport analogies to make the golf concepts that much easier. I subscribed to your premiere service…looking forward to putting in the winter training and coming out strong this spring! Happy Holidays!
Excellent teaching lesson Mike Malaska!
Bravo Mr. Mike !
Hands down...best lesson..
👍👏👏👏👏
You are a lifesaver Mike, thanks for all the UA-cam tips I've been watching you for a while and I just went out and played my best round of the year. I tell people to watch your videos because you have the best advise out there as far as I'm concerned.
Great Info Mike as this is the key to effortless face control.This change to my grip has really helped me drop my index. Thanks for making this video as I am sharing your videos with my golf buddies to help them see the light.
Mike brilliant! Simple fast and easy!
This one video changed my LIFE! Thank you for taking the stronger grip off the "Most Wanted List". It's simply amazing how much MORE control of the clubface is imparted by seeing a couple more knuckles. This combined with "Closed / Open" swing thought is a game changer for me. Everyone is unique, but I've been struggling with over the top for years as I dip back into regular playing; probably since my hands are rotated on the backswing, and I'm subconsciously trying to square them coming down. This caused all sorts of compensations (Saviors) - hips dropping / moving back; or worse freezing so my hands could get in position; arms pulling inward; hands turning over; or not. You name it, I was doing it. The result would be a few practice sessions or rounds and my back was KILLING; Why? because all these compensations were stopping me from properly turning. There was no "freedom" in my swing; it felt manufactured. Something as simple as a grip, and tempo changed my whole approach to the swing. I was a good player 20 years ago, but was in the shape and ability to have very "fast" hands. However, I'm now re-thinking that I could have been much better if I approached the grip, and clubface rotation in a more natural way. The baseball pitching and basketball shot analogies are GOLD, and make perfect sense. Thank you!!
Does this work with the Driver as well?
Michael, thanks so much for the detailed comment. Even though you said everyone is unique, I would bet many, many people reading your comment are thinking the same way and dont feel quite as alone. Love what you said about the lack of tension and tempo. It truly is a game changer. Thanks again and go low brother!
Shut to Open swing the heal of the club head! Best lesson for me at the right time!😀
@@dannyleblanc4980 works with every club!
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I live in South Africa and my golf instructor says that Mike Malaska is a genius.
After decades of playing this game and hundreds of hours of video watching, I was still left with so much frustration.
I decided to go for lessons and luckily found an instructor who taught me “The Malaska Move”.
This is has become for me, by far the most effective way of swinging a club.
So simple to learn and the contact and distance I’m now getting is startling, but the best thing of all is that it’s so consistent.
It really is game changing stuff
Best explanation of this I've seen. Thanks, Mike.
Tried this today and it works fantastic, thanks Mike
Best golf coach ever. You have to understand the task and the why in order to accomplish it. Super duper stuff Mr. Malaska!
Thanks Mike for giving it to us straight. No tricks or gimmicks. Great insight.
I love this concept and how you relate it to simply throwing
Thanks for this video. Watched this yesterday morning right before going out to play. The simple explanation of how to use your hands to hit the ball was my single swing thought all day. I hit the ball better and straighter than I had in a long time.
Thanks Mike! It makes so much sense, I’m just struggling to implement it. He also shallows the club very well.
Thanks Mike! My issues were rolling the hands going through and not knowing where the shot was going. Took this to the range and course, what a difference!
I just tried this on the range today and it absolutely works thanks a million Mike !!!!!
I just watched a video from be better golf about putting and came straight here. Was shocked you don't have more subscribers. Awesome content.
Mike a small tweak on my grip and the new feeling on how the club moves through the impact area has made the world of difference. I've taken out the right side (slice) of the course almost out of play. I still need to work more on putting, ball position and center strikes but it has taken down at least 5-7 shots a round. Thanks for your time and effort putting this together in UA-cam. The best to you.
Hello from New Zealand. Great lesson.
I finally figured this out after fixing my open club face in the back swing. Release it. Didn't know how but Mike explains it perfectly. I haven't hit it this well in forever.
Wish I had heard you 50 years ago. Looking forward to getting out there. Thank you. ML Victoria Australia
Malaska move and teachings makes golf more easy to play and to understand. Malaska is the best. I watched pretty much all the videos, including the Be Better golf channel where Malaska talks and teaches the guy there. So much knowledge and experience you can learn and put on practice. This week I finally understood the golf swing like how the pros hit. I'm hitting PW 145yrds with no efforts.
The best teacher 👨🏫 in golf simple and easy
Key comment was the “lead with the heel of the club going back and lead with the heel swinging forward” That one swing thought encompasses the entire objective of right hand palm action. Thanks
BEST drill ever. So happy to find this to pair with my New strong grip. THANKS MIKE 🎉🎉🎉
This video is pure gold.
BRILLIANT INSTRUCTION MIKE.........I WOULD LOVE A FEW LESSONS WITH YOU.....LOVE WATCHIN YOUR VIDS>>>
.YOUR THE MAN.....!!!!
Malaska is the pinnacle of coaching
I love that the hands are everything becuase it's so true, that allows you to know where that club face is at all times during the swing!!
Thanks for sharing the truth, like you wasted many years barking up the wrong tree. Really appreciate your commitment to helping people. Getting this old dog to groove this, is a process, but I am seeing the positive results and am totally committed. Expect to start seeing the handicap start to drop again after climbing to a 4.
Nice! Wanted to see that wedge session.
Mike first of all Thank you for teaching the way you teach,, ok right to the story Mike I've been injured for 5 months now 3 tears in each shoulder but got shots and out of pain,but I decided to give the range a go this morning 8 am in long Island New York, I'm a low teen HC which pretty much means I'm all over the face, anyway watched and paused and played back thus video and I can't believe how straight and pretty my iron shots were really unbelievable my miss is left because of face rotation and not letting the club go were its wants meaning let the club finish straight out after contact , don't try to control swing by forcing club up and left!! really can't believe what just happened to me!! when you use the hands without club to show what face is supposed to be doing nailed it home!! so Bla Bla Bla Thank you very much even though it's was very fast practice because of injuries but I gotta say the most satisfying practice range session I ever had!!Thank you !!
Great stuff Mike!
I discovered this for myself whilst experimenting on the driving range. I suddenly started hitting the ball further and straighter and with consistency. I convinced myself that because I’d come upon this myself it must be wrong despite the evidence that it worked. This video has validated what I have been doing , so thank you. The chances are that I would have discarded the method despite the results in favour of something I’d been ‘taught’. I wonder how many people do the same. Thanks again.
I actually did this feel about a week ago not knowing if it was correct. I hit high, straight iron shots that led me to be -1 after 7 holes. I then regressed into bad habits for the remainder of the round but now this video cements what I need to do. Thanks!
The tuition on the correct hold is fantastic. A great test to check the hold is correct is to take hold in lead hand only , then as you apply force into the arm as in if at impact (lengthen arm) see if the club face now rotates from its starting position! Immediate feedback makes you aware if correct hold with lead hand.
The Master at work
I was just convinced that the ‘more square to swingplane’ clubhead would cost me tons of speed. What about my ‘cool big whip’ release?
BUT. Nothing of the kind, i have gained a club by just rotating more confidently. Hands are calm, I am calm. The bal flies higher, straighter and further. Thanks a a LOT Mike, this works like a dream, so simple!
Just watched this and tried it our in the back garden, following this to the letter seems to have given me straight shots with a slight draw, my horrible slice seems to have disappeared!
THANK YOU!
Not that my comment is needed here, but I used to play at a pretty high level (hdcp 1.4). But I really needed to get practiced up in order to play that well. All of that roll release is hard to master, especially, at least for me, unless you practice a LOT. This explanation from Mike is just gold. Neutral grip vs. that super weak grip I have played forever. Thanks Mike!
Amazing content! I literally gained a full club of distance with my irons - and started hitting the ball laser straight! Fixed my short game too! 🤯💪👍 The ball is just melting out of the center of the club face, after living around the hosel for years. Can’t thank you enough! I didn’t have to “hood” the club or use as strong of a grip as the gentleman in the video - just needed a new take on how the wrists should move. No more handles dragging for me!
Wonderful when you finally discover it eh? I am hitting it great after years of "holding angles" and "rolling arms". Cheers!
Great Video. I've too have been playing with face rotation forever, and I can't stand the inconsistency. The analogy given of "10 holes of scratch golf.....3 holes like a 10-12 handicap".....is absolutely spot on. I have been working on this drill in my back yard and my clubhead speed is actually faster, along with a better ball flight. I do tend to miss left, like this golfer, at times when i'm trying to throw versus roll. More practice is needed as old habits die hard, but I greatly enjoyed this video as it applied directly to my inconsistency.
Mister Malaska. I’ve been working by myself on the L 2 L process and your advices to shallow the club at the BS ( wheel drill) these last weeks. In spite of the fact I need to be helped to perfectly reach this aim I have to say it’s terrible!! I am angry cause the gain is about 1.5 club and effortlessly !! I must set my new distances because of you. ( today I reached a green with a 7 iron when I used to play a full 5 iron=birdie!! Seriously you’re the best. Best regards from France...
This advice makes a lot of sense. Before I saw this video I hit a few shots today utilising this approach which were very successful
It does however appear quite contradictory to Mike’s earlier videos where he recommends a pivoting action with the club
Mike rarely responds to comments so if anyone else can clarify whether or not I am mistaken that would be helpful
This is the way to make the swing easier.
This is really good stuff...
wow. listened to it this morning before the weekly Sturday comp. 53-y old, 6 hdcp in Australia, member of a club, play once a week basically. Pro I’ve been working with locally improved my “hip turn” and my swing plane (with a flatter/more bowed wrist). But the key is the strong lead hand with the right hand “hitting down” on the ball rather than “rotating through”. Today, massive difference on my wedges and short irons in particular, and the driver, much less effort, same or more distance, and straighter balls. I feel I just added 10 years of playing at this level or better because it was so much easier to hit the ball solid… thanks Mike, most grateful.
Frédérick! Thanks for your comment and support! You are helping our effort to assist the people who play this game and want to improve. From all of us at The Malaska Team thanks again and play well.
Thanks Mike, the short par 3's used to be night mare for me until I saw this tip. My distances also increased for clubs 9, PW, AW.
I converted to this release last year, after a lifetime of insanity, and my handicap went from 12 to 4 almost immediately (with some wedge practice). I personally don't think you need that strong of a left-hand grip to do this, just get it on there comfortable, and then just concentrate on getting the right hand and wrist to work how shown here. I also converted to Midsized +4 grips and went 10-finger, all at once, and as a former tennis player, all of the above was life-changing. Trust me, give it a try.
Spot on Paul. I switched to a 10 finger grip as I have small hands anyway and it allows me to feel the trail hand release Mike talks about here. Just night and day how I'm hitting it now. Cheers!
How's your game are you still releasing the club this way
@@johno-gb7ci yes - in fact, now a year on, I have a much better understanding of what is happening. If you take a 'normal' 'perfect' Adam Scott modern textbook type swing on one end, and then Matt Wolff's very toe-down, out to in, looping tennis forehand swing as the other end, and then somewhere in the middle being Morikawa/Hovland swing being more toe down, more vertical, more drop inside in transition, with the right hand being delivered similar if not identical to what Mike teaches, and historically how Trevino hit the ball, then I'm somewhere close to this but also have a tiny bit more Matt Wolff, in that having been a very competitive tennis player as a youth, my neurons formed feeling Wolff'ish so I feel I take the club straight back, without opening it at all, but not outside like Matt Wolff, but it would be shut/toe-down way more than Adam Scott, and then I just slightly drop it inside at the top in transition, my elbow fires generating the whiping/lag speed move that tennis players and baseball pitchers do, and then I feel like I'm just hitting a topspin tennis forhand with the wrist moving basically like Mike teaches - there is absolutely no forearm rolling. If you want to see what I mean, at least in a small way, look at the slow motion of a top tennis player hitting a topspin forehand, and watch the elbow action, you can see DJ doing the same thing in his swing.
Gave this new grip a first try through 9 and at the range yesterday with encouraging results... better distance & flight path consistency with the driver & 3 wood.
The only downside is that I got a bit of tightness in my core muscles afterward. New technique + new range of motion = new muscle aches :|
Excellant hopefully will set the wedges and driver as well.
I laugh every time Mike does that twisty throw move. Love it.
This is a great lesson. I'd like to see some lessons though where you have a student work with the longer irons (6 - 4) and not tee it up.
Amazing.
This makes complete sense.
Mike great stuff! I love this release pattern. I’d like to know if this supports or runs contradictory to the L to L drill?
I love how he says 'just one more' and then we will work on your wedge!
Awesome 👌 lesson..I do the same thing.. something about X baseball players..you're absolutely right ✅️ that nasty hook or 2 ruins a good round..
I'm a follower of the mike Austin swing. And the right arm is a throwing action . You honestly don't need a strong grip for this to work . I hit dead straight 7 irons 180 yards at 80 percent swing.
If both of your hands are flipping in the same direction then you are keeping the club square to your target. If you figure out what your hands do in the swing you figure half of the golf swing. Great video on the hand action though. Who ever say the hands don't have anything to do with the golf swing will always hit there 7 iron 150 yards on a good day lol.
Wow dude, your 180 yard 7 irons are SUPER impressive😂😂😂
You would blow yourself if you could Im sure
It really works “genius” 😊
Just listen to Malaska. I finally understood golf watching Malaska videos 👉Hands down and club head out.
At transition, after weight on left side, the arms and upper body will move down a bit naturally as a single unit. That first movement will let your chest to be pointing more parallel to the ground. Then, you can bring the hands down and club head out. And do extend your right arm ( just enough for impact position) and that will be responsible for that solid contact effortlessly. As you are extending the right arm, you will take your left hip out of the way. That's it.
Mike, this is great information and definitely what I need to help my consistency. Typically, I don’t try to play a straight shot. I try to fade or draw nearly all my shots, whether into a green or onto the fairway. The problem is I use my hands to turn over the ball or block the turnover plus an inside out or outside in swing path to accomplish this. As you can imagine, I’m not playing a 5 yard draw or fade. It’s a 25 yard or more shot and inconsistent. Would you please do a video on appropriate ways to shape shots with a consistent swing?
Background: I played golf high school and as a hobby in college and short time after (‘92 - ‘04). At one time was a 4 handicap. When I began working, I couldn’t afford to play and took a 15 year break. I am now back into it and back down to a 9.5 but not getting better. I need consistency.
Thanks again for posting these vids.
Search for Malaska clubface control. He has videos where he described the right palm position matching the clubface and how to position the right palm to impact trajectory, direction, and curve
Cuz Mike never addresses us this video is like me on the range trying to sneak listen when the club pro is giving a lesson 😉
Great
Thanks!
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I am very impressed with this video
I am obsessed with trying too many things but of late I have really worked hard on coming inside
With this video (please comment) I can see how the club face faces the ground going back. Mike doesn’t seem to push a lot of face rotation. I’m a bit concerned about the massive strong 💪 left hand grip if anyone has gone more neutral please let me know. I’m guessing the strong left hand grip keeps the club from rotating too much.
On the way back it appears all Mike wants is to get the right hand, arm position to throw underneath???
Is this right?
Thanks 🙏
As a lifetime 'flipper' this video is a life saver. Should be made compulsory to watch for all golfers!
WHERE IS THE NEXT BIT ABOUT WEDGES THOUGH??
Hearhear!
Wow ...just...wow
lightbulb moment. wow.
Would love to see a wedge video with this guy
Ty sir
About time someone got this right!!!
Mike, you deserve a medal for this lesson.
Mike austin was advocating this 60 yrs ago
@@Mk-oy9ns He's dead.
No shit Sherlock!
There's lots of vids of him here on the tube
@@Mk-oy9ns dead guys in old videos wearing skeleton suits don't matter in contemporary golf Sherlock.
"Contemporary golf" lol
Has anyone bettered his 515 hard drive yet ??
There's nothing new in golf ......
Tried on coarse hit driver long,high and straight.Used 4 hybrid 2nd shot which went right of target,maybe not set hands back before hitting it.Tried this method on several holes,found short irons were inconsistent but have not practiced.Can't practice because constant hitting kills my back.Next game will use this method every hole.
Genius
I've played golf 30 years and recently found out I had a fundamental misunderstanding of how a golf club works. When the club 'tumbles' out towards ball in the lower half of the downswing, u crush it with a tenth of the effort of trying to muscle it using linear force. Mike is showing how the club tumbles outwards. Very hard to explain, but once you've felt it, u realise you've been doing wrong all the years. You KNOW exactly where the ball is going as soon as you start your move. Shaping shots becomes a joy and a whole world of options opens up to u when you learn how to the tool works.
This.
The right palm turning over is just a symptom in the case of my swing. My shoulder rotation stalls and my hand whips over. Would be nice to see a video on the downswing shoulder move. Thank you.
Can you explain which is the domlnant pull or push down swing, using the right hand to control the swing path I feel it could open the club face sometimes?I ask as not tried it yet and will use a 10 finger neutral grip for this when I do.The lesson was a great view Mike with a lot of positive comments.
Mike this is perfect - 1 word of advice though - when you have the player take a swing (Don't talk while they're swinging it distracts them from the task) lol I could tell in this video, he was trying to think/be mindful of what you were telling him prior, then trying to apply that to concentrate on the current swing. When you try talking during their swing, the person can only/either focus on the task, or what you're currently speaking to him while he's trying it out.
Pause the talking/coaching and let them concentrate/complete the swing first so they have time to process what you're telling them.
Other than that - this was an awesome lesson.
Well coached explanations kept to a minimum as I come to expect from Mike . An obvious thought I would think for him and maybe most is the first move is arms sideways relative to you ,or perpendicular to your stance . Then what ? Well again obvious to most but not me , l have to think to keep this going my mind has to transition from hitting the ball standing vertically[ chipping ,putting] to the next angle of attack which is again sideways relative to the body but sure changes relative to the target as l turn . The angles only work if the task is right , a mental block after your initial move probably a bad task . Cheers Mike .
This works.
Instead of thinking shut to open, would be to like feeling decreasing loft to adding loft at impact. When I do this, the launch is lower but I’m holding the face off. If I ‘throw’ the right wrist, I’m technically adding the loft that’s needed right? Or am I wrong?
Edit: haha, literally 30 seconds after I wrote the comment, you mentioned about adding the loft. Sweet, that makes sense now haha.
Is this the same release pattern you should do during the L to L drill?
Too nice. I like him better when he says “this is why you’re no good” 😆
Me to!!
Mike,
do you have to have a strong grip for this to work?
Great stuff Mike, is the right hand matched up with the left or more neutral?
I'm just mad it's nighttime and I have to wait to get to the range tomorrow.
How does swinging this way, which I like the thought, compare to L to L? There is a lot more rotation in the L to L.
Yep I have two holes that usually ruin my other 15-16 holes
Is this the release pattern for both draw and fade?
This is great but wondering people's or Mikes thoughts on purposely setting wrists in this position or using clubhead momentum??
Hi Mike, at the end of the video you said you'd show him how to do this with wedges. Did you post that video?
To give some context, I haven’t played golf for over ten years and on return have been hitting a horrible slice on most shots, I videoed myself and had an idea of the problem, so searched out hand rotation and found this video.
Back from an hour on the range. OMG, I haven’t hit a ball as consistently well for an age, I actually started aiming shots out to the right, which was previously unthinkable
Thank you so much, the difference has blown my mind,
I’m off out on Friday with my brother and I can’t wait, I’m going to annihilate him!
87 shots on the local course, could have been a lot lower, looking forward to the practice now
@@jasonwaller7321 did this actually help your game?
@@johnnysanchez4996 it made it a whole lot easier, that’s for sure 👍
@@jasonwaller7321 Thanks, I’ll try it then.
Does it apply to 50 yards shot too?
Any videos on 50 yards pitch sir?
How to have proper set up and execution?