What I appreciate about Mike’s instruction is his masterful blending of language, and visual instruction. I’ve repeatedly seen excellent golfers who can’t teach, because they don’t know how to communicate effectively. Teaching is an art, and not everyone has the skills to do it. I feel this video is an example of teaching at its best. Mike beautifully blends the task of SHOWING me what to do, with TELLING me how to do it. Wonderful instruction!
I never get tired of listening to Mike's golfing journey. After spending more than 3 years of really trying to understand his swing theory, the eureka moment finally hits......its all about swing momentum and pivot points.....and how the golf swing feels is not at all what it looks. Your sessions with Mike are priceless.
I must have watched this one atleast 5 times and every word Mike says is it's weight worth in gold. I have watched and read almost all from golf scientists to teachers to pros. I'm a golf nut. The best thing is Mike is the most relevant person and teacher to learning and enjoying golf . Mike is honestly driven by desire to help people learn the right things the right ways and sharing his knowledge and experiences in as pure way as possible. He speaks honestly from where he has been and he has been through it all. Mike you are the best and right teacher in the game. There are a lot of times I did not trust you blindly but clarified by watching , listening and trying to you repeatedly and I understood and had my eye openers. That's your experience ,greatness and genuineness. Thanks.
I'm an ex tour player myself turned into a coach. I was the exact print copy of the trainwreck. Now I have teenage kids who were exposed to the same conditions i was under. All this talk about this day, this performance of the day doesnt matter truly works. After playing competitive golf from junior days to professional level for 25+ years, the human development side of the game much much bigger than the performance. I've had ppl take up golf after seeing me play and turned professional themselves, told me it was due to how my character charmed them in the golfing world rather than my performances on the course. Guys who watch his video seriously needs to take note of what he says in this video. My way of thinking for golf is, stress free golf. Were out there to get out of the daily stresses of living so why should you stress yourself? Trust me playing under stress is not advisable. Not to mention playing under pressure is exciting compared to playing under stress. Once again a great video to the team of get better golf. I would love to get in touch with Mike as a new aspiring coach myself but am afraid of taking his valuable time that could be used else where.
@35:44 Mike: “What gets in everybody’s way of performance is when the outcome of the shot, or the score you shoot, has some implication on who you think you are as a person or the value of how much you practiced ..” Sadly, this is me to a T(ee), on both counts. And @37:17 "...we have a chance to win ... Now what happens if we don't? You're no worse off than you are right now. You can't lose". Pure gold! It looks like my most important golf practice needs to take place between the ears on not on the range or the course ...
And then Brendan stands around and fidgets like a fucking ADHD affected schoolkid. Its irritating AF and distracting--he has to have the attention on him.
Who would ever "thumb down" this? People who will never be any good at golf, that's who. If you can't see past your own way seeing things and realize that this stuff is brilliant, then you really are impeding yourself.
Thanks to UA-cam we’ll never know if anyone disliked this video. Its 2022 , idk who would dislike this, but I enjoy hearing people that are able connect their thoughts and logic, then explain it in coherent manner thats unique to their own philosophy and experience. I think thats what makes great teachers stand out, they never follow another instructors rubric, but at the same time would never dismiss or degrade the way another instructor teaches or what they learned growing up because it ultimately led them to the point theyre at now.
@@Kennyc313313 I would Thumbs Down Brendan in an instant. He's an Idiot. Out of respect for Mike I won't though. Malaska manages to get his point across, in spite of this clown's ramblings.
When Mike was talking about pressure and he said "if you make the tour it was worthwhile, if you don't you wasted your time" I broke down. Over 20 years of putting too much pressure on myself was just relieved. Thank you Both ! MERRY CHRISTMAS! You are changing my golf game and I am enjoying the game more than ever and playing my best golf.
Great info from Mike. The last in person lessons I took, the pro wanted me to pull the club handle through impact. I told him it felt really un-athletic. I ran. And this was a golf digest top instructor.
That's the great thing with Mike Malaska, he doesn't necessarily manipulate and change your swing to how he thinks it should be, but works with what you have and what you're capable of doing, making your swing, the best it can possibly be.
Thank you for giving me permission to get better! I have a similar journey as Mike with golf instruction. I love the conversation with Branden and Mike! Simply brilliant explanation of the golf swing process from putter impact to the driver! Love the stories, references and history of your (Mike's) journey. Thanks Brandon and Mike, I love the conversations.
I recently played with a former Cdn & US mini tour player who is now age 36 and works full time at an office. He doesn't play much golf these days but I can assure you he was amazing to watch. We both played tips and I was consistently outdriven 35-50 yards and I'm not that short. One of his drives was over 350 on a slightly uphill hole. He's not a big guy, maybe five eight or nine and 175 pounds. It was clearly demonstrated by this player you need to know impact, but also how to swing fast without coming over the top. It's almost like watching a secret move or skill. I also noticed his shaft lined up with his right forearm coming down into the ball with a good amount wrist cock and forearm rotation meaning his club face looked open at hip height. However he had this real late hit into the ball and predominantly played a draw. Kind of in the camp of Bradley Hughes teachings. I certainly agree with Mike that you need to know what impact feels like, but there's definitely other aspects of the swing you need to feel and train in order to smash it solidly. Unfortunately this guy's putting was not good. A real dream killer.
I grew up playing baseball and tennis and could hit anything. I wore out my shoulder hitting overheads and serving ho 30+ years, so I took up golf. I read everything I could find , took some lessons and bought custom fitted clubs. I worked myself down to a 6 but wound up taking two years off when I retired because my wife and I were doing the downsizing thing etc. I went back to playing in 2016 and it was just a train wreck, it was like I had never played before ! My dad would say "son just hit the ball" , well Mike just put it all into prospective. I got all tied up in swing thought and forgot about impact "hit the ball son". I did the one hand drill focused of keeping my right arm behind the shaft, started swinging smooth, hitting against the right side, and controlling the face. BOOOOOOM Mike is my hero !!!!
Mike said quite a bit in this video with a lot of great advice/wisdom. Please pay special attention at the 36 minute mark. This is what I keep saying to my buddies when they hit a bad shot. That bad shot doesn't mean you're a bad person. Let's have fun.
I've come to love watching Mike's instruction. It works. I broke 90 for the first time in ~20 years this weekend after working on his method(s) for the last couple of months. A few more putts and I'm approaching 80, which was unimaginable to me before. He's what's good on UA-cam golf instruction.
The brain is a taskmaster. What’s the task? Genius from Mike. The above is so important; absolutely critical for getting better, yet most people miss it completely and get caught up in the fashion show of hitting swing positions. This is why external focus is generally more effective than internal focus when trying to get better; if you define the task i.e. hitting the ball to a specific target, the body responds.
Coach Malaska just has tremendous knowledge and insight with golf, also combines traditional and modern golf methodologies , a PhD or master in golf coaching!
Thanks very much for your experience and your classes with feu of your teaching videos I improve on my first round after seen your video about the grip 10 stroke improve in my first round.thanks very much for you teaching .now I'm a new golfer with a lot of to improve in my game.thanks again Mike you are the best. Guillermo Suarez from Tampa florida.thanks
Starting at 9:37 you just made this game SSSOOOOO much easier. I think you just solved my putting woes too. It's been the biggest hurdle for me. I can feel the putters' instability going through the ball the last couple years and it's been driving me crazy. I can play this game tee to green...then I fall apart. Thank you so much for this video. There should be a series on this swing thought alone!!
Mike i watch you all the time and many others but you are by far the best teacher, I try to do everything you say when I practice. My question is do you think you could win on the Senior tour and win if so why don't you I would think as competitive as you seem to be you would really enjoy it. Thanks again for all you do it really makes a difference.
Mike and the content of the video is great as always. Suggestion, loose the back ground music( if you want to all it that) i found it distracting me from the information Mike was giving. Just my 2 cents, for what its worth. Thank you for making these videos, great to learn from. Dave
The beauty of living at this current time is that I can have access to amazing teachers like Mike. He reminds me for many reasons of two of my other favorite internet instructors Mike Ritland and Jordan Peterson. But i run into the same problem because of it. If i want dog training how do i find someone who will use Ritlands understanding n methods. How do i find a Psychologist like Peterson and if I need a golf instructor how do i find someone who isn't going to try to remove all the Malaska from my game. I cant for the life of me understand how he can only be considered top 100. I know that's a elite group and membership is what's important but it just doesn't seem to capture how good of a teacher he is.
mtarlo215 Mike is top 100 teacher and ranked 18th. He is the best teacher I have taken a lesson from. His knowledge is formidable. He beautiful describes the simple complexity of the swing. He is a WOW teacher, coach, player. If only I had this knowledge when I first started in golf. So many pros teach the fundamentals well. Mike teaches how to well. His web site is fantastic too.
14:04 - That position is amazing, with the right arm bent, left arm straight, both wrists bowed upward (uncocked). His right wrist is positioned like he just cast a fishing rod. I tried to get into this position, and could only do it with the driver. Amazing!
silentknight206 Completely agree ! Went to the 1980 US Open at Baltusrol and watched the 1st round. The next day I broke 80 for the 1st time in my life .
The openings of the videos aren’t the smoothest, but good effort on directing Mike’s words towards benefiting the audience and what you anticipate us learning. Mike is a natural narrator though; he will lead his conversations very progressively and include detail as needed. I would recommend Mike talking through his thought process and throwing questions as it specifically relates to his Train of thought. You obviously care about your audience and want to relate to us.
Great video Brendon ~your channel is just getting better & better . This is something that maybe I have got a bit messed up with . Technically hitting the better but mentally not as good ie dwell on bad shots for to long /not managing the course as well etc . Golf is all about moving forward on improvement ......from all angles ........it’s only a game (for most People )
Seems things are just a bit different with Mike these days. Glad to see it. Whatever happened to the "steering wheel" method? I don't recall any videos like this in the past.
If the steering wheel concept is the same as when Mike would turn the tennis racquet, Mike said that visual kept getting misunderstood by ppl and they ended up doing something he was not advising.
it''s funny i saw identical twins at the range and i couldn't believe what i was seeing, everything was exactly the same great looking swings. it was like whoa!!!
This is an excellent video that all golfers could benefit from. When you have a healthy perspective of the big picture and how the "game" of golf fits into it, you can start to enjoy it more. I think the person interviewing Mike didn't really get the big picture that Mike was conveying very well in my opinion. I felt the interviewer was trying to tailor a program for himself to go on tour. Which is fine, but I felt like the interviewer wasn't really paying attention most of the time and he was quick to add to or interject his opinion for self-justification. All in all great video but would have been better with Mike talking more and the interviewer talking less. Just my opinion.
Nowadays almost 99% of the tour players hit like Malaska style. (Including Jack and Tiger). Some more or less with right hand flexed back. Malaska's style is more easy and effortless than twisting the hands (Hogan's style)
While working at a golf course recently I had a revelation watching golfers who have been out there golfing for decades every week: They still couldn't consistently hit the ball after all these years. It's just as Mike says, the golf industry does a lousy job teaching people how to square up a club. That should be the starting point. Let's be honest, most local golf pros are more interested in selling bad golfers the latest $800 driver to "improve their game". 🙄
I will "drill deliberately" that right arm and impact position > LOL , cheers. I can see an average amateur 30 years from now shooting in the low 90. or high 80. :-) Keep on Drilling , All the best.
The best way is the way that works for you. I like to try different things only if they compliment my way of doing things, in this case i liked it, so i drilled a little bit " deliberately". Also liked the comment to keep the practice sessions short. I do 10-15 min max at home ,multiple times a day ,with a goal in mind of course. At the range i would suggest going back and forth between , putting , short game , and ball striking every 10-15 min to keep the focus need to do it , i'll say it again , "deliberately". Cheers , the comment was meant to be positive :-) all the best.
I'm in about six minutes and what occurring to me is The reason why golf handicaps have not come down in 100 years is because you can look like a star on the driving range and have a flat Lie. teach him how to play from side hill lies around trees over water to back pins to front pins left right up hill down hill wind know wind rain ...etc etc etc!!!
What I appreciate about Mike’s instruction is his masterful blending of language, and visual instruction. I’ve repeatedly seen excellent golfers who can’t teach, because they don’t know how to communicate effectively. Teaching is an art, and not everyone has the skills to do it. I feel this video is an example of teaching at its best. Mike beautifully blends the task of SHOWING me what to do, with TELLING me how to do it. Wonderful instruction!
Well said!!
Spot-On!!
Mike might be the best instructor of all time. Amazing amount of wisdom in a relatively small amount of time. Great!
I never get tired of listening to Mike's golfing journey. After spending more than 3 years of really trying to understand his swing theory, the eureka moment finally hits......its all about swing momentum and pivot points.....and how the golf swing feels is not at all what it looks. Your sessions with Mike are priceless.
I must have watched this one atleast 5 times and every word Mike says is it's weight worth in gold. I have watched and read almost all from golf scientists to teachers to pros. I'm a golf nut. The best thing is Mike is the most relevant person and teacher to learning and enjoying golf . Mike is honestly driven by desire to help people learn the right things the right ways and sharing his knowledge and experiences in as pure way as possible. He speaks honestly from where he has been and he has been through it all. Mike you are the best and right teacher in the game. There are a lot of times I did not trust you blindly but clarified by watching , listening and trying to you repeatedly and I understood and had my eye openers. That's your experience ,greatness and genuineness.
Thanks.
I'm still amazed that golf instruction doesn't accept that what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another
I'm an ex tour player myself turned into a coach. I was the exact print copy of the trainwreck. Now I have teenage kids who were exposed to the same conditions i was under. All this talk about this day, this performance of the day doesnt matter truly works. After playing competitive golf from junior days to professional level for 25+ years, the human development side of the game much much bigger than the performance. I've had ppl take up golf after seeing me play and turned professional themselves, told me it was due to how my character charmed them in the golfing world rather than my performances on the course. Guys who watch his video seriously needs to take note of what he says in this video.
My way of thinking for golf is, stress free golf. Were out there to get out of the daily stresses of living so why should you stress yourself? Trust me playing under stress is not advisable. Not to mention playing under pressure is exciting compared to playing under stress.
Once again a great video to the team of get better golf. I would love to get in touch with Mike as a new aspiring coach myself but am afraid of taking his valuable time that could be used else where.
Do you use Mike method ?
@35:44 Mike: “What gets in everybody’s way of performance is when the outcome of the shot, or the score you shoot, has some implication on who you think you are as a person or the value of how much you practiced ..” Sadly, this is me to a T(ee), on both counts.
And @37:17 "...we have a chance to win ... Now what happens if we don't? You're no worse off than you are right now. You can't lose".
Pure gold! It looks like my most important golf practice needs to take place between the ears on not on the range or the course ...
Mike is brilliant at explaining the golf swing, I would argue one of the top 10 instructors out there, and the best online instructor period.
And then Brendan stands around and fidgets like a fucking ADHD affected schoolkid. Its irritating AF and distracting--he has to have the attention on him.
Philip Fourie
Awful isn’t
maxwired 223 I've played golf now for 43 years. Shot in the 70' s, had a hole in one, but when Mike talks I listen !
Who would ever "thumb down" this? People who will never be any good at golf, that's who. If you can't see past your own way seeing things and realize that this stuff is brilliant, then you really are impeding yourself.
Jay Scott I think it’s GolfTec instructors. Lol.
Thanks to UA-cam we’ll never know if anyone disliked this video. Its 2022 , idk who would dislike this, but I enjoy hearing people that are able connect their thoughts and logic, then explain it in coherent manner thats unique to their own philosophy and experience. I think thats what makes great teachers stand out, they never follow another instructors rubric, but at the same time would never dismiss or degrade the way another instructor teaches or what they learned growing up because it ultimately led them to the point theyre at now.
@@Kennyc313313 I would Thumbs Down Brendan in an instant. He's an Idiot. Out of respect for Mike I won't though. Malaska manages to get his point across, in spite of this clown's ramblings.
When you guys get together and talk golf its like kids in a candy store, love the content Brendon, regards from the UK !
When Mike was talking about pressure and he said "if you make the tour it was worthwhile, if you don't you wasted your time" I broke down. Over 20 years of putting too much pressure on myself was just relieved. Thank you Both ! MERRY CHRISTMAS! You are changing my golf game and I am enjoying the game more than ever and playing my best golf.
U take it way too personal and heavy
Great info from Mike. The last in person lessons I took, the pro wanted me to pull the club handle through impact. I told him it felt really un-athletic. I ran. And this was a golf digest top instructor.
That's the great thing with Mike Malaska, he doesn't necessarily manipulate and change your swing to how he thinks it should be, but works with what you have and what you're capable of doing, making your swing, the best it can possibly be.
Thank you for giving me permission to get better! I have a similar journey as Mike with golf instruction. I love the conversation with Branden and Mike! Simply brilliant explanation of the golf swing process from putter impact to the driver! Love the stories, references and history of your (Mike's) journey. Thanks Brandon and Mike, I love the conversations.
Thanks Brendan for creating these opportunities to learn and bringing us the best. I'm a fan and a follower.
I agreed. You guys are awesome! I love Mike's simplicity.
All these videos with Mike are pure gold. Great work.
Been looking to get this position for 30 years Mike is the best
WE LOVE TO LISTEN TO MIKE MALASKA TALK ABOUT GOLF & LIFE. THANKS MIKE!
I recently played with a former Cdn & US mini tour player who is now age 36 and works full time at an office. He doesn't play much golf these days but I can assure you he was amazing to watch. We both played tips and I was consistently outdriven 35-50 yards and I'm not that short. One of his drives was over 350 on a slightly uphill hole. He's not a big guy, maybe five eight or nine and 175 pounds. It was clearly demonstrated by this player you need to know impact, but also how to swing fast without coming over the top. It's almost like watching a secret move or skill. I also noticed his shaft lined up with his right forearm coming down into the ball with a good amount wrist cock and forearm rotation meaning his club face looked open at hip height. However he had this real late hit into the ball and predominantly played a draw. Kind of in the camp of Bradley Hughes teachings. I certainly agree with Mike that you need to know what impact feels like, but there's definitely other aspects of the swing you need to feel and train in order to smash it solidly. Unfortunately this guy's putting was not good. A real dream killer.
I grew up playing baseball and tennis and could hit anything. I wore out my shoulder hitting overheads and serving ho 30+ years, so I took up golf. I read everything I could find , took some lessons and bought custom fitted clubs. I worked myself down to a 6 but wound up taking two years off when I retired because my wife and I were doing the downsizing thing etc. I went back to playing in 2016 and it was just a train wreck, it was like I had never played before ! My dad would say "son just hit the ball" , well Mike just put it all into prospective. I got all tied up in swing thought and forgot about impact "hit the ball son". I did the one hand drill focused of keeping my right arm behind the shaft, started swinging smooth, hitting against the right side, and controlling the face. BOOOOOOM Mike is my hero !!!!
Mike said quite a bit in this video with a lot of great advice/wisdom. Please pay special attention at the 36 minute mark. This is what I keep saying to my buddies when they hit a bad shot. That bad shot doesn't mean you're a bad person. Let's have fun.
I learned more than golf from Mike today. Thank you, sir. Much respect.
Mike is getting me pumped!! So psyched to play golf. What a coach!!!!
I've come to love watching Mike's instruction. It works. I broke 90 for the first time in ~20 years this weekend after working on his method(s) for the last couple of months. A few more putts and I'm approaching 80, which was unimaginable to me before. He's what's good on UA-cam golf instruction.
Awesome advise for everything in life, not just Golf. God Bless You, Mike!
This is the greatest lesson I've ever seen!
The brain is a taskmaster. What’s the task? Genius from Mike.
The above is so important; absolutely critical for getting better, yet most people miss it completely and get caught up in the fashion show of hitting swing positions.
This is why external focus is generally more effective than internal focus when trying to get better; if you define the task i.e. hitting the ball to a specific target, the body responds.
expect to feel the energy....
Focus that energy don't be in a hurry I love it
Coach Malaska just has tremendous knowledge and insight with golf, also combines traditional and modern golf methodologies , a PhD or master in golf coaching!
Thanks very much for your experience and your classes with feu of your teaching videos I improve on my first round after seen your video about the grip 10 stroke improve in my first round.thanks very much for you teaching .now I'm a new golfer with a lot of to improve in my game.thanks again Mike you are the best.
Guillermo Suarez from Tampa florida.thanks
Starting at 9:37 you just made this game SSSOOOOO much easier. I think you just solved my putting woes too. It's been the biggest hurdle for me. I can feel the putters' instability going through the ball the last couple years and it's been driving me crazy. I can play this game tee to green...then I fall apart. Thank you so much for this video. There should be a series on this swing thought alone!!
Mike i watch you all the time and many others but you are by far the best teacher, I try to do everything you say when I practice. My question is do you think you could win on the Senior tour and win if so why don't you I would think as competitive as you seem to be you would really enjoy it. Thanks again for all you do it really makes a difference.
@ 14.38, Looks like the left palm is still facing the tee and not the sky!! Mike mentioned this in one of his other videos.
What a clever man. Malaska pleases our brain. Golf is still difficult though
I love Mike for his teaching but what great advice not only for golf but for enjoy life !
Thank's Mike :-)
Unbelievably great.
To realise my right arm
At last I feel the
Improvement
Before I pick up a club.
Thanks
Mike and the content of the video is great as always. Suggestion, loose the back ground music( if you want to all it that) i found it distracting me from the information Mike was giving. Just my 2 cents, for what its worth. Thank you for making these videos, great to learn from.
Dave
Wow, I wish I had Mike as a golf instructor
Wow, what a great approach to the game of golf... Thank you for sharing
The beauty of living at this current time is that I can have access to amazing teachers like Mike. He reminds me for many reasons of two of my other favorite internet instructors Mike Ritland and Jordan Peterson. But i run into the same problem because of it. If i want dog training how do i find someone who will use Ritlands understanding n methods. How do i find a Psychologist like Peterson and if I need a golf instructor how do i find someone who isn't going to try to remove all the Malaska from my game. I cant for the life of me understand how he can only be considered top 100. I know that's a elite group and membership is what's important but it just doesn't seem to capture how good of a teacher he is.
mtarlo215 Mike is top 100 teacher and ranked 18th. He is the best teacher I have taken a lesson from. His knowledge is formidable. He beautiful describes the simple complexity of the swing. He is a WOW teacher, coach, player. If only I had this knowledge when I first started in golf. So many pros teach the fundamentals well. Mike teaches how to well. His web site is fantastic too.
Embrace the challange and enjoy the process! -Love it! I hope that I could visit you Mike next time I am in Phoenix / Ragge from Sweden
14:04 - That position is amazing, with the right arm bent, left arm straight, both wrists bowed upward (uncocked). His right wrist is positioned like he just cast a fishing rod. I tried to get into this position, and could only do it with the driver. Amazing!
What a treasure trove of information! Thank you both!!
When Mike hit that driver with one hand, Brendan was like how the hell did he just do that!
Wonderful life advise Mike! Great golf too on the other vids!
Love the info from Mike, but don’t really understand the purpose of added background music
Have Fun and playing good is fun!...
Ok.
I'm playing Mike's Knute Rockne speech every time I go out to play.
Love his philosophy
Mike Malaska is really connecting with me, so glad I came across this channel. Subscribed!
Agree with Mike watching the Pros in person helps your game. After I went to watch an LPGA event my ball striking got better.
silentknight206 Completely agree ! Went to the 1980 US Open at Baltusrol and watched the 1st round. The next day I broke 80 for the 1st time in my life .
🙌 great last words Mike! you're the best. never before i heard a coach integrate the live lessons to be learned from golf in his contend
Outstanding advice!
English translation , the best way to grow in strength and speed up a golf swing is by swinging the golf club correctly
The openings of the videos aren’t the smoothest, but good effort on directing Mike’s words towards benefiting the audience and what you anticipate us learning. Mike is a natural narrator though; he will lead his conversations very progressively and include detail as needed. I would recommend Mike talking through his thought process and throwing questions as it specifically relates to his Train of thought. You obviously care about your audience and want to relate to us.
Great video! Countless ah hah moments.....Love it! Good stuff!
Really impressed. I would love my footy team coach to watch.
Great video Brendon ~your channel is just getting better & better . This is something that maybe I have got a bit messed up with . Technically hitting the better but mentally not as good ie dwell on bad shots for to long /not managing the course as well etc . Golf is all about moving forward on improvement ......from all angles ........it’s only a game (for most People )
Great questions.
Great video! Simplicity, the contact position and one arm drills are great!
very insightful video, especially the fitness part. thanks much!
This is gold
Good stuff Mike. I was a baseball player too, CSUF. Had the wrong swing for years. Thank you.
Seems things are just a bit different with Mike these days. Glad to see it. Whatever happened to the "steering wheel" method? I don't recall any videos like this in the past.
If the steering wheel concept is the same as when Mike would turn the tennis racquet, Mike said that visual kept getting misunderstood by ppl and they ended up doing something he was not advising.
@@BEBETTERGOLF It never quite made sense to me. Keep up the great work.
it''s funny i saw identical twins at the range and i couldn't believe what i was seeing, everything was exactly the same great looking swings. it was like whoa!!!
This Guy is the Freaking Goat 🐐!!!! Understanding impact first !!!
Dang! Thank you so much for sharing this Brendon. You rock!
Thx
This is an excellent video that all golfers could benefit from. When you have a healthy perspective of the big picture and how
the "game" of golf fits into it, you can start to enjoy it more. I think the person interviewing Mike didn't really get the big picture that Mike was conveying very well in my opinion. I felt the interviewer was trying to tailor a program for himself to go on tour. Which is fine, but I felt like the interviewer wasn't really paying attention most of the time and he was quick to add to or interject his opinion for self-justification. All in all great video but would have been better with Mike talking more and the interviewer talking less. Just my opinion.
Amazing. What is your personal workout routine to keep yourself balanced and in motion?
Brendon, you forgot to ask Mike if he was confident his guy would win. I would have liked to hear his answer. Interesting video.
Great point. I wonder if he would bet on his guy.
At impact what is it that pushes the lead hip out of the way?
Another amazing instruction Mike!
Nowadays almost 99% of the tour players hit like Malaska style. (Including Jack and Tiger). Some more or less with right hand flexed back.
Malaska's style is more easy and effortless than twisting the hands (Hogan's style)
Love Malaska. He can really talk haha
Love these videos, Thankyou
While working at a golf course recently I had a revelation watching golfers who have been out there golfing for decades every week: They still couldn't consistently hit the ball after all these years.
It's just as Mike says, the golf industry does a lousy job teaching people how to square up a club. That should be the starting point. Let's be honest, most local golf pros are more interested in selling bad golfers the latest $800 driver to "improve their game". 🙄
Why adress is not the same position as impact?
Because of the way you have to move your body from the top of the backswing to impact.
Great video. What’s up with the music in the background though?
when it seems i'm hitting my best it feels like my right arm folding and then straightening is where it all comes from.
Great video.
I want to be the twin Mike teaches, I’m 18 months back from a 25 year sabbatical from Golf and I’m still rubbish
19 minutes in and now he's getting it
Ummm....yes.......have fun.....period.
Great Video!
The best.
Excelent...
We need to learn to dump ourselves down
I will "drill deliberately" that right arm and impact position > LOL , cheers.
I can see an average amateur 30 years from now shooting in the low 90. or high 80. :-)
Keep on Drilling , All the best.
What’s the better way?
The best way is the way that works for you. I like to try different things only if they compliment my way of doing things, in this case i liked it, so i drilled a little bit " deliberately". Also liked the comment to keep the practice sessions short. I do 10-15 min max at home ,multiple times a day ,with a goal in mind of course. At the range i would suggest going back and forth between , putting , short game , and ball striking every 10-15 min to keep the focus
need to do it , i'll say it again , "deliberately".
Cheers , the comment was meant to be positive :-) all the best.
Roger Federer has a straight arm when hitting a tennis ball on the forehand side :)
He just can't help but interrupt.
ADD
Good video
Over speed training in the correct pattern
Mike should be a Ryder Cup captain.
I'm in about six minutes and what occurring to me is The reason why golf handicaps have not come down in 100 years is because you can look like a star on the driving range and have a flat Lie. teach him how to play from side hill lies around trees over water to back pins to front pins left right up hill down hill wind know wind rain ...etc etc etc!!!
Right arm high? THAT’S. ME!!!
When I try to line the club grip up with my right forearm, the grip feels really upright from what I am used to, is that correct?
Totally agree and have the same question. The range will answer.
Kynasthmatic sequence
When he lines up his right arm with the putter he looks like Nicklaus. I don't think that's a coincidence.
Where'd Mike get the dummy?
Dead on pal
Sound basic advice as is usual from MM. I wish i had seen this video 3 years ago when I staretd golf.