It's been awhile since I've re-watched it and I'm curious what I'd think now given my own personal growth and new knowledge since then, but I'm glad it's held up for you! I cobbled it together over about a month with virtually zero budget, but tried to do the best I could with it with what I had available.
This video was a treasure., I have been trying to learn the Mike Austin swing for a long time and this instructional video was the most detail and most complete one yet. Thank you!
With the Mike Austin technique I finally found what I was looking for! For me, Steve Pratt's videos were the eye opener and I am very grateful for this detailed summary. 👏👏👏👍🏻✅
Wow, I wish I had seen this video years ago. The practicality of the information is excellent and definitely addresses some of the problems I've had with my golf swing. I'm a senior now, but it's never too late to learn. Thank you, Jaacob!
Thanks for this Jaacob! I overhauled my swing 6 years ago and at 67, I’m hitting as far as I did in my 30’s. I was born the same year as Mike Dunaway and relied on youtube posts from the 3 or 4 main promoters. You’re one one the few disciples who received direct benediction from the man himself and I’m glad that you decided that youtube can provide you with a wider audience while not giving it away. I know that you worked extensively with Dan and took your place among long drive champions as did John Marshall in the senior division. I would be interested if Dan’s instruction differed at all from Austin’s teaching. For example Dan’s “spin the meatballs” gives me a slightly different sensation from Mike’s throwing the thumb out. Both work ok for me but I rely more on the feeling of hitting a nail with a long hammer. Your site tells me that I could get 30 yards more but at 61 years old, I was down to 210-20 carry and my 5 handicap was creeping up to double digits especially with deteriorating eyesight for green reading. I’m up to 240-50 carry and not too many around my age get it past me. I’m perfectly happy with my Austin swing and comments like, “You didn’t even swing hard.” One thing John Marshall said is that it’s hard not to hit straight. No kidding. My GIR went from 6-8/18 to 14-16/18. I was always a good (almost tour level) putter and I still hit it where I want to but my reads are off. During the first two years of my overhaul 5-6 years ago I’d sometimes finish with scores in the 90’s and once a103. The compound pivot was something my Hogan image hips (Percy Boomer’s “swing in a barrel” vs. Mike’s “break the barrel”) would revert to in the heat of battle. I skulled, topped, smothered so many shots during my first two years. Now I’m close to 100% fairways, sometimes running out to 280+ but as I said, I’m happy with my 240-50 carry. I’m sure hands on instruction from you would get me more yards but I’m now living in Japan and with Covid, prefer not to set foot in America. (I’m taking Ivermectin if I do succumb.) Thanks again for this “holy grail” of a video, the Rosetta Stone of the Mike Austin method. I’m sure you have first hand knowledge of the conflict between Mike and Dan but from my viewpoint, Dan did write the book but Mike (getting senile) felt that Dan was merely transcribing his words. Such a sad scene. I’m back to scoring in the 70’s (no official ‘cap) and would think I’m at about a 5-6 level. My plan 10 years ago was to write a book entitled “Penguins Don’t Fly” when and if I ever got to a solid 3. The premise of the book is that after over 200 years of professional instruction, the average has not dropped and the problem may in the assumption that pros and elite amateurs don’t understand the limitations of the amateur who just wants to break 80. The eagle (pros) can’t tell the penguin to simply flap his wings and fly. My book was to be a compilation of instruction from renowned pros, picking and choosing parts to come up with a powerful repeatable swing that amateurs can use to break 80. Hogan said to reverse all instincts and E. Jones said it’s so easy a little girl can do it. It’s somewhere in between but as Hogan said, anyone can break 80. PenguinGolf.
Wow, good stuff James! I like the Ivermectin part too. I'm here in the states, but pretty lucky to be living in FL all my life. Ron Desantis is the man. Let's go Brandon!
Doug, you got my support. America and the world is going crazy... people just can’t come to terms with the fact that world domination is a human theme since the dawn of civilization. James Bond lives on forever fighting the wannabes... it’s shocking to see who the bad guys are today. Strange thing happened since I posted 2 months ago. I was disgusted with the world and my golf. Threw my 7 iron in the lake at 17 and was forced to finish the round. Somehow I carried 295 and ran up the left rough to 305 uphill. Witnessed and laser verified. I’m getting incredible distance lately and again am hooked on the game... actually I realized that I’m more teacher than player. Heck with getting down to a 3 hc before putting my book out. At 68 I’m hitting over 300, something I’ve never done before even as a 28 year old 5 hc. I think that’s enough credentials to write that book. “Penguins Don’t Fly.” Fairways and Greens! PenguinGolf.
Between Dan and Austin's videos and now finding this gold nugget . I'm hitting 7 irons damn close to 190 yards. Just straight smashing 300 plus drives. I don't know where I would be without these videos I'd probably still be Slicing 50 yards right on every drive and praying my approach shot is a solid hit. I accidentally sliced my first drive into a field last month. Realized I was not following key points in the swing. But with confidence I walked into the field ball perfectly sitting up took my 9 iron and blasted it 10 feet past the hole and to my surprise I seen it spin back 6 feet leaving me with a tap in birdie. Best shot of my short 6 month golf experience. Shot 3 over on 9 holes that day also. Winter is here but I know next summer I will be ready to play . Teaching my 7 year old son the mike Austin swing and he's already driving balls 150 yards. Thanks for this video . So many great things in it.
My son's only 7 and he loves golf . We will see if it keeps his attention long enough. Winter really sucks in Wisconsin 😭. Ive always been athletic and my line of work Concrete and Roofing keep me fit. I know not everybody can hit balls that far but with this method you will be hitting straight as an arrow.
Simply gold....I had been following MA and all his protégé including mike dunnaway, (not much Dan) and steve pratt....you are awesome.... please keep up the great work and help us the rookies :)
Hi Jaacob, can I just say how much I appreciate this video. I have not even watched it all but took the rock skip to the course today and was completely amazed at the difference. As a 55year old once was 7 handicapper heading upwards to 12, I actually feel that I have finally felt what a correct strike feels like. The speed of the action has immediately added 20 to 30 metres to drives and I cannot overstate how happy I am to have tried your method out. Scott.
Thanks for sharing this. I've been really struggling with getting my fundamentals working and your video is really helping me focus on the most important basics. In particular, the section where you talk about beating the rug answered a question I've had for a long time about release and club pressure. Everybody shows the finishing point, with the arms and club forming the 'Y' pointing a foot or two beyond the ball, but nothing I saw before described the details properly about how to achieve that. With the mental image of "beating the rug", I've dramatically altered how and where in the swing I'm applying pressure. Thanks again for the invaluable training session.
Halfway through this and it is fascinating. What a great detailed explanation of all aspects of the swing, I feel I'm learning so much from this. Thank you Jaaacob.
I LOVE this presentation and style. Thank you. Having said that, I've played a lot of golf with Monty. He was not long, ever. But, mostly, just thanks for this really clear presentation
Thanks Jacob....without a doubt, the best video I've ever watched for golf instruction concerning Mike Austin swing. I am looking forward to meeting you someday - soon I hope - I have a extreme passion for golf and I want to get my game back and exceed my previous scoring, so I'll be looking you up this spring/summer. I plan on taking my game to new heights this year and planning on joining the Senior Amateur Tour and taking it by storm.
Jacob, a labor of love that we all truly appreciate. Your patient,calm delivery accentuates the confidence we all need to trust our individual abilities. Much mahalo from Hawaii!
Awesome video Jaacob. Love your humble personality. Any man willing to recommend other teachers truly cares about a golfer trying to play their best!! Well presented material and easy to follow 😎👍
Thx mega for this vid, Jaacob! I remember seeing you on a training vid (think you were the student) years ago. I'm gonna wait til its nice & quiet with no one distracting me & I'm gonna soak this vid in. Its been years since I read & watched M.A.'s How To Kill The Golf Ball, so I REALLY look forward to this. Thx again!
I've read and watched a lot of material on golf.Ive watched Mike Austen over and over again.Im nowhere near his swing yet but I am definitely going to carry on trying to learn this particular swing.Ive occasionally felt that I've nearly swung correctly and produced some good drives.This video that you put together is a success Jaacob.I can't afford lessons but I've a good mind and good coordination with my body and with watching yours and Mr Austen's videos I will get there.Thank you regards David..
There’s no other swing technique out there that is as easy to your back, consistent with normal body movements and yet straight and powerful aside from the Mike Austin’s. I hope you pursue this technique and teach as many people as possible. I suggest for beginners that no other UA-cam video should be viewed aside from Mike’s and this video!
Thank You. Already a happy MA-swinger by the grace of Steve Pratt, but this video was none the less very interesting and valuable for me. Well done and thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge.
At 45.10 in slow mo . What a great looking swing Jaacob . Since seeing you in " Be better golf " I have revisited the whole Dunaway , Austin thing . What about chipping and pitching ? Did they hit off the side or have a open stance ? Maybe you could do a video on chipping ? I could be wrong but I remember Dan would teach flip on short shots .
Thanks. That was a 13-degree Cleveland Launcher fairway wood. Those were getting ripped! It was a two-sided range and I could see the balls bouncing up on the flat part of the deck on the far side, which lasered at 300 to reach it. I also hit driver that day and I was flying and short-hopping them into the covered part of the range past the grass deck. To reach that was about 330. I didn't hit very many, though, because it was making loud bangs as the balls hit the wood, haha. The feeling I had in this swing was getting my left shoulder down in the backswing so that I could use my left leg to push up really hard (but without jumping off the ground). The vertical forces on this swing had to be really good. As for chipping and pitching, I'm not actually sure how they approached those. I talked short game with Dan Shauger a lot, but any time I chatted about golf with Austin or Dunaway, the conversations were more about full swing, the Flammer, etc.
Jaacob, You had one of the most powerful Mike Auston style swings that I have ever seen. I watched your most recent US open vid and your swing today looks changed. What did you keep from the Mike Auston swing and what did you personally change for your current swing and why? Thx a million for this upload...it has helped me tremendously with distance and ball striking consistency.
Thanks, I'm glad to hear this helped you tremendously with distance and ball striking consistency. Hmmm, the reasons why I changed were complicated. Here are a few thoughts. In hindsight, when I first was taught the Mike Austin swing, my full swing got to a point where it was really solid. I was a great ball striker, I was powerful, and I had accuracy to boot. I played a lot of mini-golf as a teenager too, which helped make me a good putter. The rest of my short game was fine too...and I had equipment that worked well. But looking back I had a fair amount of performance anxiety I didn't know how to deal with yet at that point...the mental game. I also have a very high tolerance for risk. So, I ended up taking on shots course management wise that I now realize weren't really smart. Uncertain of where to turn, I started changing my full swing. That was good from a teaching standpoint because I learned all sorts of things. But as a player, any full swing thing I tried brought me back to the same scores. Over the years I've since sorted through a lot of mental work and learned how to manage my way around the course more wisely. But in the process my swing got kind of messy looking from all the dabbling around. It worked pretty good and I could shoot good scores sometimes but I knew the full swing wasn't in tip top shape...and I wasn't practicing enough to want to change it back either. However, after that US Open qualifier this year, I finally got frustrated enough to go through the challenge (getting worse before it gets better) of piecing the full swing back together. I'm a couple months in now and I'm hitting the ball farther with less effort, which is great. Yesterday, I shot par for 9 holes from the championship tees during a 2022 PGA Championship qualifier. I'll post a video of that shortly. The swing is looking much better again but I'm a little afraid to go all in and give it a full rip under pressure. I can also see it's a bit rigid and further refinements are needed. Getting there, though!
@@JaacobBowden Awesome man! Glad to hear it! But if you are going back to the Austin roots...go 110% all in. I use to teach DCI style percussion and my instructor always beat in my head 110% effort 110% of the time. "Don't half ass it" he would say lol. So thats what I demanded of my students at all times. Thats the only way to meet your highest potential (I'm sure you know all this). So put the theme to rocky on repeat and give it 110%. I would also suggest sourcing a performance anxiety therapists for the mental side of golf. All the greats had therapists via their unique coaches. If Mike Austin had an anxiety therapist/ coach to help him with his mental game on the greens....he could have been the GOAT... but his EGO wouldn't of ever let that happen. I hope you vid and post your progress back to your swing roots brother.
@@brotharuss yeah, it would've been interesting to see what Austin could've done with a mental coach and better putting. I've come a long way with the mental game over the years. I was at Bob Rotella's two houses a couple times to chat. I've had a couple sessions with two other mental coaches who work with golfers/athletes. I've also had another long standing mental coach who I've been picking away at stuff since 2004. It's working. I've got some tournament rounds in the 60s under my belt and some other various successes. Am curious to see where things go!
@@JaacobBowden Nice! Sounds like your full circle and exactly where you need to be. I noticed your playing split one length irons. I built a set of pinhawk s200 one length irons, d3 and d4 in the wedges. I'm really enjoying them. I'd love to see you make a vid on the different ball positions and shaft leans that you use at address ( in relation to your zero line for each of the lofts).
@@brotharuss the Sterling Irons I use are actually all the same, not split, even though it looks split without the 7-iron. I wanted to use 2 drivers. So, I bent the lofts of the irons to be able to take the 7-iron out of my bag. I still get 15 yard gaps between all the irons. Thanks for the video suggestion. Hmmm, I recall I made one at one point about ball position. It's over on the Sterling Irons channel.
This is really interesting, as I don't think I've heard anyone illustrate that there's not extra throw of the hands through the ball before. When my local course dries out, I will give this a go.
Yeah, the club is basically thrown from the start with however much power you want (in combination with the speed of the pivot) and then the club swings in free motion through the hitting area about the pivot area of the hands. Mike used to have this saying, "Don't impede the pendulum", something which a lot of modern golf instruction has you do in order to decrease the spin loft and compress the ball more. Smash factor goes up by holding the release off like this...but you also slow the club down.
Great video Jaacob . Always wondered what you were doing now . In a Dunaway video he said that for every club you use from driver down to wedge you rotate your hand to slightly stronger grip . By the time you get to wedge you would be where Austin was with his wedges .
I'm in my 20th year as a pro this year! I've tried to stay off social over the years, which is probably good for my sanity but maybe not for marketing, hehe. I have my personal website, though, if you want to keep in the loop. I try to respond to comments here too.
@@johnathanwetherill456 One time, I believe in 2004 or 2005, I hit balls side by side with him in Los Angeles as Mike Austin, Philip Reed, and Dan Shauger looked on. It was filmed but unfortunately I don't know what happened to the video. I believe Dan might've had it, but he has since passed away as well. I've played a lot of professional events over the last 20 years. Dunaway still to this date had the nicest looking swing I had ever seen in person and he was an amazing ball striker, smooth, balanced, and effortless looking. At the time, I was about 1 club longer, but he was past his prime power-wise, I think. I would've been probably 28 or 29. He would've been 49 or 50. Apparently, he had performance anxiety difficulties in tournaments and never worked through that, though. But on the range, best I ever recall seeing swing a golf club.
Hilarious about your story with the old Winterwood golf course/desert rose/the ditch/now The Club at sunrise. I play there all the time and was ecstatic to know where I play is where Mike Austin hit his record breaking drive. They have since change the course, and the whole has changed, but the picture you show there with the palm trees together, I know right where that is at. I know the general manager of the place and I’m going to ask him about maybe putting up some recognition for Mike Austin there because that is a bad ass record to have.
Mike never hit a 505 yard drive . It is a physical impossibility . He hit a 300 yard drive that landed directly on a marble or granite yardage marker . From there it bounced on the full over the green and caught the back of a large down slope and it ran a further 70 or 80 yards . This was from a forum i was in years ago with a person who used to play the course as it was when Austin played it and was a member there at the time . If you are hitting 500 yard drives you are are hitting 400 on a bad day . Austin was never close to that . Its like Bryson and Phil claiming 500 yard drives that hit and ran down cart paths . We don't include them .
How cool! Yeah, a plaque would be great...and the club could certainly use it for marketing. You could probably figure out exactly where the old tee was located by going lasering back 465 yards from the center of the green. Although, the 465 might've been the length of the hole not as the crow flies. I'm not sure. Anyway, if you think about it, please email me a photo. I would love to see what the hole looks like now since the renovation.
The drive was in the 1974 US National Senior Open and it made the Guinness Book of World Records.. Chandler Harper, a winner of the 1950 PGA Championship, was apparently there and verified that Mike hit that drive...as well as multiple other ones over 400 yards that day. The hole was pretty much flat, at least when I played it, with a slight dog leg to the right. The green tilted from back to front (although I believe they flattened it in the recent course renovation) and the ball was over the back of the green. I think weather reports also indicated 30-35 mph winds that day, which certainly would've contributed to the distance.
@@JaacobBowden So you are trying to tell me that Austin at the age of 64 hit a ball further than every long driver today with a standard club length , persimmon wood and balata ball . Sorry but that is utter rubbish . It could never be replicated and as I said is a physical impossibility . Look at the speed that Kyle Berkshire generates to only produce a 430 yard drive with all his superior athletic ability . I haven't even seen a video of Austin hitting it 350 . It simply never happened with out the helping hand that the forum poster explained . Wind or no wind . He would have to have had a 200 mile p/h swing . Sorry man . Agree to disagree but we know that Austin was prone to fudging the truth slightly as you noted .
@@johnathanwetherill456 I can't personally verify because it was before I was born and I wasn't there to see it, but Guinness World Records vouched for it and it was in the official record books for years. It was in a tournament and there were witnesses. I've played the hole in Las Vegas where he did it multiple times. I also recall that they analyzed swing video of him and estimated he could've swung around 150 mph with those old clubs. So, given the right conditions (tail wind for sure that day and part of the rollout was over the green) , I think it was possible. Mike Dobbyn has also hit one over 500 in a tournament. I've played the hole he did it on. But conditions have to be right to do it. It was downwind and downhill and I believe it caught a bounce on something hard. I also recall some fellow long drivers pushing 500 (someone might've gotten over 500, but I don't remember) as well when we were qualifying for the old RE/MAX World Long Drive Championships at a venue in the high elevation of Colorado. During that period, I also won a local qualifier in California with 421 in competition that was still rolling when it got knocked down at the end of the grid. I could post 210+ ball speed and in warmups I was swinging 148 mph on my Swing Speed Radar, which would probably been somewhere in the high 130s or maybe low 140s on a Trackman. That day there was a cross-wind. So, I didn't get help from the wind. But the ground was hard and I got a ton of roll. I'm sure Kyle, under the right conditions, could post 500+. So, not easy to believe, yes. But seems legit to me based on my experiences.
There are differences and similarities. Here are several that come to mind: Differences: - S&T keeps weight on front foot throughout swing - S&T has flatter swing plane - S&T has more club face rotation coming the hitting area Similarities: - Lead shoulder down at top of backswing - Inside take-a-way - Hips forward as downswing starts - Lead leg straightens on downswing - Centered head
Hello, I've seen a few videos on the Honda grip but figure it's setup and application. Do you use the concept? Could you perhaps do a short video on it?
The Honda grip is basically just a strong lead hand grip, i.e. having the lead hand turned around the shaft such that when you look down at it, you can typically see 3 (pointer, middle, ring fingers) of the 4 knuckles. If you were to look face on to the golfer, the line between the thumb and pointer finger would point towards the trail shoulder. It's like a lead hand chopping motion. I've switched around with different grip variations over the years. At the moment, I am using this grip from tee to green. Although, for some chips I'll use more of a neutral grip and use a putting type chipping stroke. I like it because it's one way you can use the hands to strike the ball while keeping the face pretty square to the swing path. When used with the full swing, you can also achieve the look of a lot of late lag for power.
Mike was a teacher of the art form of a different era and doesn’t get enough credit for the athleticism it generates. Sort of like combining the best of the hickory and steel shaft movements. Just my opinion.
I remember hearing MA say the right hand on the way back to the ball was like a karate chop and then pronated and then flexed at the wrist while the lead hand extended at the wrist (all after impact). I struggle with trying to do this (while remembering the other swing thoughts)
Hopefully, this video helped simplify some things for you. I've experimented around with lots of different thoughts. It's amazing how changing a single thought can drastically change the swing. Know that it's okay if one particular thought doesn't work for you. Sometimes it's a matter of getting used to it. Other times it's better to abandon that thought all together if it's too much for you and move on to another one. that
@@JaacobBowden thanks. I use MA swing on drives and long irons. I found out that working from 100 yards into the green I have to keep the wrists somewhat quiet for accuracy. Your video is good.
Since I've discovered Mike Austin I've only heard great things, just wondering why I can't find any wins on tour from him or any protégé of his. No disrespect, can someone explain?
There are a number of factors at play. Here are some: 1) Mike Austin played in a different era of golf. Part of his motivation was financially related and back then I understand he made more money doing trick shots, exhibitions, etc vs playing in tournament. Many regular tour players from back in those days had other gigs to survive. 2) Mike Austin was apparently a terrible putter by pro standards. On the hole he drove it 515 yards in the US National Senior Open, he chipped up to the green and 3-putted for a bogey, haha. 3) There is a lot more to playing golf than just the full swing. There's short game, equipment, course management, etc. Mentality and the inner game can also be a thing. Greg Norman apparently thought Mike Dunaway (an Austin student) was the greatest driver he'd ever seen. I hit balls with Dunaway on the range before and I can't think of a better ball-striker that I've seen in person. He had tournament anxiety though and never worked his way through it before he passed away a few years ago. The living-in-hotels and being away from family lifestyle isn't for everyone either. Golf historically is a bit exclusionary too. At the low end, in the US it can easily cost over $100k/year to train and play full-time tournament golf. It usually takes a few years for players to work their way up too. So, you might need half a million dollars behind you to get out to the main tour. I can't tell you how many talented and passionate golfers that I've seen have to hang it up because of the cost. There are exceptions, of course, but most players on tour come from some form of wealth. They really need to change the system to address those type of inequalities.
I just can’t seem to get the compound pivot right, I have experimented with different swings for around a year now and they never stick, I am hoping that if I try the mike Austin swing again I will get it right. I have a problem where I move my knees way to much when I am not tense and it is making my compound pivot slow and it doesn’t look right, what should I do? I am a high school golfer trying to get somewhere in the golfing world.
Try rolling on the inside of your feet during the swing, it will help make your swing tighter while still using the legs/hips a lot. Stick with the Mike Austin swing, it's just the best for your body and I got much better at golf using it, and tried everything else before too. Steve Pratt can help you too a lot. Good luck !
If you are right sided as I am . When you pivot back to 4 o'clock from there now imagine that you are going to kick a soccer ball with your right leg to 10 oclock . It will bring the arms down reall fast and you will not have to think about any thing just keep your " 7 " position or the ratio of your arms to shoulder as Dunaway would explain .
You could do it either way. Step and then throw is more like throwing a baseball submarine style or skipping a rock on water. But the longest drives with the swing come from starting the throw stimulus at the transition from back swing to downswing. Like a tetherball, you are throwing the club away from the target, but the club will still come around through the ball because it's attached to you like the tetherball is attached to the tetherball pole via the rope, if that makes sense.
@@JaacobBowden thanks for replying Jaacob. Ive used your speed programme since about wow! 14 years ago. Yes it makes sense. Body advances the hand (tether ball) round the circle, like a motorised tether ball advances the clubhead around the hand circle. Is the throw motivated by the right triceps or the right hand? In the peace river tape MA says ‘you wouldn’t hammer a nail like that’ (wrist first); in ‘How to Kill The Ball’ Dan Shauger advocates ‘spin the meatballs’. I’ve tried each way, obviously in the process of trying you make mistakes and you wonder if it’s faulty execution or a flaw in the method. I find I have to get ‘throwing into relaxation’ to get clubhead speed, is that right? Any tension seems to slow the club. Also very out of control feeling at first. I tend to block it ‘spinning the meatballs’. Big (long) block. Any ideas, all other things being equal?
@@1DCCX Sure thing. Glad to hear you've used the swing speed training stuff over at Swing Man Golf. Speaking of which, there's an explanation video of Dan Shauger's spin the meatballs concept on the Swing Man Golf UA-cam channel. The throw would be sequential like a whip...trail chest to trail triceps to trail forearm to trail hand. Throwing to relaxation...I've never heard it put like that but I like it! I agree, it does feel out of control at first. That's where the saying "give up control to get control" can come in to play.
27:11 Yup, that's the hardest part imo. It feels easy when making a practice swing but when a ball is in front you (read I) my subconsciousness kicks in and forces me to (usually) pull it. Or just making me lose the loose feeling of practice swing.
Hmmm, sadly many of the Mike Austin teaching folks have passed away...Mike Austin, Mike Dunaway, and Dan Shauger. I don't believe there is someone in Arizona, at the moment. Steve Pratt is probably closest to you over in the LA area.
@@JaacobBowden First and foremost, thank you for responding. It’s a unfortunate that this style has fallen by the wayside. I know you can always look at UA-cam videos or get online help but sometimes it helps to have someone kick you in the a$$ or slap you upside the head to understand a concept or the get the proper feel. Thanks again for your response. Cheers
Yeah, you can't be too wide with this swing style, otherwise it moves the C7 vertebrae (referred to a the swing circle center in the Austin community) and the bottom of your swing arc laterally back and forth too much.
Well, I’m watching this 12 years later, and this video is gold , Jacob did the excellent job. Thank you so much.
It's been awhile since I've re-watched it and I'm curious what I'd think now given my own personal growth and new knowledge since then, but I'm glad it's held up for you! I cobbled it together over about a month with virtually zero budget, but tried to do the best I could with it with what I had available.
@@JaacobBowden THANK YOU JACOB. !!!!
best video on youtube for golf
This video was a treasure., I have been trying to learn the Mike Austin swing for a long time and this instructional video was the most detail and most complete one yet. Thank you!
With the Mike Austin technique I finally found what I was looking for! For me, Steve Pratt's videos were the eye opener and I am very grateful for this detailed summary. 👏👏👏👍🏻✅
Glad you found what you were looking for!
Excellent video. Many, many thanks.
Thank you Jaacob! Great to see you active again with a terrific video. Please keep up the great work 👏
5 mins in and have liked and subscribed - loving this story !!!
Wow, I wish I had seen this video years ago. The practicality of the information is excellent and definitely addresses some of the problems I've had with my golf swing. I'm a senior now, but it's never too late to learn. Thank you, Jaacob!
Thanks for this Jaacob!
I overhauled my swing 6 years ago and at 67, I’m hitting as far as I did in my 30’s. I was born the same year as Mike Dunaway and relied on youtube posts from the 3 or 4 main promoters. You’re one one the few disciples who received direct benediction from the man himself and I’m glad that you decided that youtube can provide you with a wider audience while not giving it away.
I know that you worked extensively with Dan and took your place among long drive champions as did John Marshall in the senior division. I would be interested if Dan’s instruction differed at all from Austin’s teaching.
For example Dan’s “spin the meatballs” gives me a slightly different sensation from Mike’s throwing the thumb out. Both work ok for me but I rely more on the feeling of hitting a nail with a long hammer.
Your site tells me that I could get 30 yards more but at 61 years old, I was down to 210-20 carry and my 5 handicap was creeping up to double digits especially with deteriorating eyesight for green reading.
I’m up to 240-50 carry and not too many around my age get it past me. I’m perfectly happy with my Austin swing and comments like, “You didn’t even swing hard.”
One thing John Marshall said is that it’s hard not to hit straight. No kidding. My GIR went from 6-8/18 to 14-16/18. I was always a good (almost tour level) putter and I still hit it where I want to but my reads are off.
During the first two years of my overhaul 5-6 years ago I’d sometimes finish with scores in the 90’s and once a103. The compound pivot was something my Hogan image hips (Percy Boomer’s “swing in a barrel” vs. Mike’s “break the barrel”) would revert to in the heat of battle. I skulled, topped, smothered so many shots during my first two years.
Now I’m close to 100% fairways, sometimes running out to 280+ but as I said, I’m happy with my 240-50 carry. I’m sure hands on instruction from you would get me more yards but I’m now living in Japan and with Covid, prefer not to set foot in America. (I’m taking Ivermectin if I do succumb.)
Thanks again for this “holy grail” of a video, the Rosetta Stone of the Mike Austin method.
I’m sure you have first hand knowledge of the conflict between Mike and Dan but from my viewpoint, Dan did write the book but Mike (getting senile) felt that Dan was merely transcribing his words. Such a sad scene.
I’m back to scoring in the 70’s (no official ‘cap) and would think I’m at about a 5-6 level. My plan 10 years ago was to write a book entitled “Penguins Don’t Fly” when and if I ever got to a solid 3. The premise of the book is that after over 200 years of professional instruction, the average has not dropped and the problem may in the assumption that pros and elite amateurs don’t understand the limitations of the amateur who just wants to break 80. The eagle (pros) can’t tell the penguin to simply flap his wings and fly.
My book was to be a compilation of instruction from renowned pros, picking and choosing parts to come up with a powerful repeatable swing that amateurs can use to break 80. Hogan said to reverse all instincts and E. Jones said it’s so easy a little girl can do it. It’s somewhere in between but as Hogan said, anyone can break 80.
PenguinGolf.
Wow, good stuff James! I like the Ivermectin part too. I'm here in the states, but pretty lucky to be living in FL all my life. Ron Desantis is the man. Let's go Brandon!
Doug, you got my support. America and the world is going crazy... people just can’t come to terms with the fact that world domination is a human theme since the dawn of civilization. James Bond lives on forever fighting the wannabes... it’s shocking to see who the bad guys are today.
Strange thing happened since I posted 2 months ago. I was disgusted with the world and my golf. Threw my 7 iron in the lake at 17 and was forced to finish the round.
Somehow I carried 295 and ran up the left rough to 305 uphill. Witnessed and laser verified.
I’m getting incredible distance lately and again am hooked on the game... actually I realized that I’m more teacher than player.
Heck with getting down to a 3 hc before putting my book out. At 68 I’m hitting over 300, something I’ve never done before even as a 28 year old 5 hc. I think that’s enough credentials to write that book. “Penguins Don’t Fly.”
Fairways and Greens!
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Very interesting how Mike Austin used the throw from the top to get extra power...enjoyed the lesson.
Glad you enjoyed!
This is such an underrated and viewed video. Tons of information laid out perfectly. Thank you so much for making it
the shift explanation in the downswing is the first time I've heard it to where I don't do early extension, thanks.
That swing with the fairway wood on the range is a thing of beauty 😍
Jaacob, this is a huge game improvement instructional video. Terrific job on this and I thank you.
Between Dan and Austin's videos and now finding this gold nugget . I'm hitting 7 irons damn close to 190 yards. Just straight smashing 300 plus drives. I don't know where I would be without these videos I'd probably still be Slicing 50 yards right on every drive and praying my approach shot is a solid hit.
I accidentally sliced my first drive into a field last month. Realized I was not following key points in the swing. But with confidence I walked into the field ball perfectly sitting up took my 9 iron and blasted it 10 feet past the hole and to my surprise I seen it spin back 6 feet leaving me with a tap in birdie.
Best shot of my short 6 month golf experience.
Shot 3 over on 9 holes that day also. Winter is here but I know next summer I will be ready to play . Teaching my 7 year old son the mike Austin swing and he's already driving balls 150 yards. Thanks for this video . So many great things in it.
WOW, awesome!
6 months?
6 months?
seriously?
Yess 6 months . Started playing at age 35
@@nokia5359 Imagine if he started at 10, he’d be a household name.
My son's only 7 and he loves golf . We will see if it keeps his attention long enough. Winter really sucks in Wisconsin 😭. Ive always been athletic and my line of work Concrete and Roofing keep me fit. I know not everybody can hit balls that far but with this method you will be hitting straight as an arrow.
Simply gold....I had been following MA and all his protégé including mike dunnaway, (not much Dan) and steve pratt....you are awesome.... please keep up the great work and help us the rookies :)
Great video Jaacob . Should have a million views by now .
Thanks, I like the idea of a million views on this!
Thank Youuuu… come here after your video with BBG… This is gold ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Excellent and you're welcome!
Hi Jaacob, can I just say how much I appreciate this video. I have not even watched it all but took the rock skip to the course today and was completely amazed at the difference. As a 55year old once was 7 handicapper heading upwards to 12, I actually feel that I have finally felt what a correct strike feels like. The speed of the action has immediately added 20 to 30 metres to drives and I cannot overstate how happy I am to have tried your method out. Scott.
This is invaluable!! So good!!
Very grateful to come across this!
Thanks for sharing this. I've been really struggling with getting my fundamentals working and your video is really helping me focus on the most important basics. In particular, the section where you talk about beating the rug answered a question I've had for a long time about release and club pressure. Everybody shows the finishing point, with the arms and club forming the 'Y' pointing a foot or two beyond the ball, but nothing I saw before described the details properly about how to achieve that. With the mental image of "beating the rug", I've dramatically altered how and where in the swing I'm applying pressure. Thanks again for the invaluable training session.
Halfway through this and it is fascinating. What a great detailed explanation of all aspects of the swing, I feel I'm learning so much from this. Thank you Jaaacob.
THE BEST SWING I HAVE EVER TRIED ITS A NATURAL SWING...
I LOVE this presentation and style. Thank you. Having said that, I've played a lot of golf with Monty. He was not long, ever. But, mostly, just thanks for this really clear presentation
Watched the whole video and enjoyed it greatly. Thank you! Hope you're doing well, Mr. Bowden.
What a fantastic instructional video--better than a lot of commercial videos I have seen. Very obviously a labor of love. Thank you!
Thanks Jacob....without a doubt, the best video I've ever watched for golf instruction concerning Mike Austin swing.
I am looking forward to meeting you someday - soon I hope - I have a extreme passion for golf and I want to get my game back and exceed my previous scoring, so I'll be looking you up this spring/summer.
I plan on taking my game to new heights this year and planning on joining the Senior Amateur Tour and taking it by storm.
Glad to hear that you like the video! Have fun on the Senior Amateur Tour!
Jacob, a labor of love that we all truly appreciate. Your patient,calm delivery accentuates the confidence we all need to trust our individual abilities. Much mahalo from Hawaii!
Dwight Gates, one of the best teaching aids i have ever seen, great work! THANKS
Crazy this video is not the most popular in the gulf genre
Awesome video Jaacob. Love your humble personality. Any man willing to recommend other teachers truly cares about a golfer trying to play their best!! Well presented material and easy to follow 😎👍
This was a brilliant video Jaacob. Thanks for sharing it freely.
Thx mega for this vid, Jaacob! I remember seeing you on a training vid (think you were the student) years ago.
I'm gonna wait til its nice & quiet with no one distracting me & I'm gonna soak this vid in. Its been years since I read & watched M.A.'s How To Kill The Golf Ball, so I REALLY look forward to this. Thx again!
I've read and watched a lot of material on golf.Ive watched Mike Austen over and over again.Im nowhere near his swing yet but I am definitely going to carry on trying to learn this particular swing.Ive occasionally felt that I've nearly swung correctly and produced some good drives.This video that you put together is a success Jaacob.I can't afford lessons but I've a good mind and good coordination with my body and with watching yours and Mr Austen's videos I will get there.Thank you regards David..
I'm 36 minutes in so far, excellent job Jaacob!!
You're own story is great as well!
Very impressive ed. I love your ideas. Will be a game changer for anyone
Great video, thanks for your time and for posting. Your swing with the bonnet cap on is superb.
This is timeless good golf information.
Thanks for putting together such a informative and unbiased video.
Very thoroughly and clearly explained. Thank you, Jaacob.
There’s no other swing technique out there that is as easy to your back, consistent with normal body movements and yet straight and powerful aside from the Mike Austin’s. I hope you pursue this technique and teach as many people as possible. I suggest for beginners that no other UA-cam video should be viewed aside from Mike’s and this video!
Glad you enjoy it so much!
Just thax. That was great! 👌
Thank You. Already a happy MA-swinger by the grace of Steve Pratt, but this video was none the less very interesting and valuable for me. Well done and thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge.
Great video Jaacob, very simple and easy to follow. fantastic job. Thanks
Really great information as I have recently adopted the swing with great results
Great video! Thank you!!
A fantastic video + thank U so much.
Amazing video. It helps people like me who does not have much flexibility and strength. The modern technic doesn’t suite me well.
Golf is a journey. Keep trekking!
very nice, thank you very much 👍
Thank you coach great tips
Well Done! Thank you
At 45.10 in slow mo . What a great looking swing Jaacob . Since seeing you in " Be better golf " I have revisited the whole Dunaway , Austin thing . What about chipping and pitching ? Did they hit off the side or have a open stance ? Maybe you could do a video on chipping ? I could be wrong but I remember Dan would teach flip on short shots .
Thanks. That was a 13-degree Cleveland Launcher fairway wood. Those were getting ripped! It was a two-sided range and I could see the balls bouncing up on the flat part of the deck on the far side, which lasered at 300 to reach it. I also hit driver that day and I was flying and short-hopping them into the covered part of the range past the grass deck. To reach that was about 330. I didn't hit very many, though, because it was making loud bangs as the balls hit the wood, haha.
The feeling I had in this swing was getting my left shoulder down in the backswing so that I could use my left leg to push up really hard (but without jumping off the ground). The vertical forces on this swing had to be really good.
As for chipping and pitching, I'm not actually sure how they approached those. I talked short game with Dan Shauger a lot, but any time I chatted about golf with Austin or Dunaway, the conversations were more about full swing, the Flammer, etc.
great video!
Jaacob, You had one of the most powerful Mike Auston style swings that I have ever seen. I watched your most recent US open vid and your swing today looks changed. What did you keep from the Mike Auston swing and what did you personally change for your current swing and why? Thx a million for this upload...it has helped me tremendously with distance and ball striking consistency.
Thanks, I'm glad to hear this helped you tremendously with distance and ball striking consistency.
Hmmm, the reasons why I changed were complicated.
Here are a few thoughts.
In hindsight, when I first was taught the Mike Austin swing, my full swing got to a point where it was really solid. I was a great ball striker, I was powerful, and I had accuracy to boot. I played a lot of mini-golf as a teenager too, which helped make me a good putter. The rest of my short game was fine too...and I had equipment that worked well.
But looking back I had a fair amount of performance anxiety I didn't know how to deal with yet at that point...the mental game.
I also have a very high tolerance for risk. So, I ended up taking on shots course management wise that I now realize weren't really smart.
Uncertain of where to turn, I started changing my full swing.
That was good from a teaching standpoint because I learned all sorts of things. But as a player, any full swing thing I tried brought me back to the same scores.
Over the years I've since sorted through a lot of mental work and learned how to manage my way around the course more wisely. But in the process my swing got kind of messy looking from all the dabbling around. It worked pretty good and I could shoot good scores sometimes but I knew the full swing wasn't in tip top shape...and I wasn't practicing enough to want to change it back either.
However, after that US Open qualifier this year, I finally got frustrated enough to go through the challenge (getting worse before it gets better) of piecing the full swing back together. I'm a couple months in now and I'm hitting the ball farther with less effort, which is great.
Yesterday, I shot par for 9 holes from the championship tees during a 2022 PGA Championship qualifier. I'll post a video of that shortly.
The swing is looking much better again but I'm a little afraid to go all in and give it a full rip under pressure. I can also see it's a bit rigid and further refinements are needed.
Getting there, though!
@@JaacobBowden Awesome man! Glad to hear it! But if you are going back to the Austin roots...go 110% all in. I use to teach DCI style percussion and my instructor always beat in my head 110% effort 110% of the time. "Don't half ass it" he would say lol. So thats what I demanded of my students at all times. Thats the only way to meet your highest potential (I'm sure you know all this). So put the theme to rocky on repeat and give it 110%. I would also suggest sourcing a performance anxiety therapists for the mental side of golf. All the greats had therapists via their unique coaches. If Mike Austin had an anxiety therapist/ coach to help him with his mental game on the greens....he could have been the GOAT... but his EGO wouldn't of ever let that happen. I hope you vid and post your progress back to your swing roots brother.
@@brotharuss yeah, it would've been interesting to see what Austin could've done with a mental coach and better putting.
I've come a long way with the mental game over the years. I was at Bob Rotella's two houses a couple times to chat. I've had a couple sessions with two other mental coaches who work with golfers/athletes. I've also had another long standing mental coach who I've been picking away at stuff since 2004.
It's working. I've got some tournament rounds in the 60s under my belt and some other various successes.
Am curious to see where things go!
@@JaacobBowden Nice! Sounds like your full circle and exactly where you need to be. I noticed your playing split one length irons. I built a set of pinhawk s200 one length irons, d3 and d4 in the wedges. I'm really enjoying them. I'd love to see you make a vid on the different ball positions and shaft leans that you use at address ( in relation to your zero line for each of the lofts).
@@brotharuss the Sterling Irons I use are actually all the same, not split, even though it looks split without the 7-iron.
I wanted to use 2 drivers. So, I bent the lofts of the irons to be able to take the 7-iron out of my bag.
I still get 15 yard gaps between all the irons.
Thanks for the video suggestion. Hmmm, I recall I made one at one point about ball position. It's over on the Sterling Irons channel.
This is really interesting, as I don't think I've heard anyone illustrate that there's not extra throw of the hands through the ball before. When my local course dries out, I will give this a go.
Yeah, the club is basically thrown from the start with however much power you want (in combination with the speed of the pivot) and then the club swings in free motion through the hitting area about the pivot area of the hands.
Mike used to have this saying, "Don't impede the pendulum", something which a lot of modern golf instruction has you do in order to decrease the spin loft and compress the ball more. Smash factor goes up by holding the release off like this...but you also slow the club down.
Great video Jaacob . Always wondered what you were doing now . In a Dunaway video he said that for every club you use from driver down to wedge you rotate your hand to slightly stronger grip . By the time you get to wedge you would be where Austin was with his wedges .
I'm in my 20th year as a pro this year! I've tried to stay off social over the years, which is probably good for my sanity but maybe not for marketing, hehe. I have my personal website, though, if you want to keep in the loop. I try to respond to comments here too.
@@JaacobBowden Did you have much to do with Dunaway . It was sad to hear of his passing .
@@johnathanwetherill456 One time, I believe in 2004 or 2005, I hit balls side by side with him in Los Angeles as Mike Austin, Philip Reed, and Dan Shauger looked on. It was filmed but unfortunately I don't know what happened to the video. I believe Dan might've had it, but he has since passed away as well.
I've played a lot of professional events over the last 20 years. Dunaway still to this date had the nicest looking swing I had ever seen in person and he was an amazing ball striker, smooth, balanced, and effortless looking. At the time, I was about 1 club longer, but he was past his prime power-wise, I think. I would've been probably 28 or 29. He would've been 49 or 50. Apparently, he had performance anxiety difficulties in tournaments and never worked through that, though. But on the range, best I ever recall seeing swing a golf club.
Hilarious about your story with the old Winterwood golf course/desert rose/the ditch/now The Club at sunrise. I play there all the time and was ecstatic to know where I play is where Mike Austin hit his record breaking drive. They have since change the course, and the whole has changed, but the picture you show there with the palm trees together, I know right where that is at. I know the general manager of the place and I’m going to ask him about maybe putting up some recognition for Mike Austin there because that is a bad ass record to have.
Mike never hit a 505 yard drive . It is a physical impossibility . He hit a 300 yard drive that landed directly on a marble or granite yardage marker . From there it bounced on the full over the green and caught the back of a large down slope and it ran a further 70 or 80 yards . This was from a forum i was in years ago with a person who used to play the course as it was when Austin played it and was a member there at the time . If you are hitting 500 yard drives you are are hitting 400 on a bad day . Austin was never close to that . Its like Bryson and Phil claiming 500 yard drives that hit and ran down cart paths . We don't include them .
How cool! Yeah, a plaque would be great...and the club could certainly use it for marketing. You could probably figure out exactly where the old tee was located by going lasering back 465 yards from the center of the green. Although, the 465 might've been the length of the hole not as the crow flies. I'm not sure. Anyway, if you think about it, please email me a photo. I would love to see what the hole looks like now since the renovation.
The drive was in the 1974 US National Senior Open and it made the Guinness Book of World Records.. Chandler Harper, a winner of the 1950 PGA Championship, was apparently there and verified that Mike hit that drive...as well as multiple other ones over 400 yards that day. The hole was pretty much flat, at least when I played it, with a slight dog leg to the right. The green tilted from back to front (although I believe they flattened it in the recent course renovation) and the ball was over the back of the green. I think weather reports also indicated 30-35 mph winds that day, which certainly would've contributed to the distance.
@@JaacobBowden So you are trying to tell me that Austin at the age of 64 hit a ball further than every long driver today with a standard club length , persimmon wood and balata ball . Sorry but that is utter rubbish . It could never be replicated and as I said is a physical impossibility . Look at the speed that Kyle Berkshire generates to only produce a 430 yard drive with all his superior athletic ability . I haven't even seen a video of Austin hitting it 350 . It simply never happened with out the helping hand that the forum poster explained . Wind or no wind . He would have to have had a 200 mile p/h swing . Sorry man . Agree to disagree but we know that Austin was prone to fudging the truth slightly as you noted .
@@johnathanwetherill456 I can't personally verify because it was before I was born and I wasn't there to see it, but Guinness World Records vouched for it and it was in the official record books for years. It was in a tournament and there were witnesses.
I've played the hole in Las Vegas where he did it multiple times. I also recall that they analyzed swing video of him and estimated he could've swung around 150 mph with those old clubs. So, given the right conditions (tail wind for sure that day and part of the rollout was over the green) , I think it was possible.
Mike Dobbyn has also hit one over 500 in a tournament. I've played the hole he did it on. But conditions have to be right to do it. It was downwind and downhill and I believe it caught a bounce on something hard.
I also recall some fellow long drivers pushing 500 (someone might've gotten over 500, but I don't remember) as well when we were qualifying for the old RE/MAX World Long Drive Championships at a venue in the high elevation of Colorado.
During that period, I also won a local qualifier in California with 421 in competition that was still rolling when it got knocked down at the end of the grid. I could post 210+ ball speed and in warmups I was swinging 148 mph on my Swing Speed Radar, which would probably been somewhere in the high 130s or maybe low 140s on a Trackman. That day there was a cross-wind. So, I didn't get help from the wind. But the ground was hard and I got a ton of roll.
I'm sure Kyle, under the right conditions, could post 500+.
So, not easy to believe, yes. But seems legit to me based on my experiences.
Awsome content
Thanks!
Would you consider this stack and tilt like?
There are differences and similarities. Here are several that come to mind:
Differences:
- S&T keeps weight on front foot throughout swing
- S&T has flatter swing plane
- S&T has more club face rotation coming the hitting area
Similarities:
- Lead shoulder down at top of backswing
- Inside take-a-way
- Hips forward as downswing starts
- Lead leg straightens on downswing
- Centered head
What a great vid and the effort which you spent. 💯
What happened with Mikes right side?
He had a stroke.
When you talk about the stages of the swing it seems counter to the pivot , wind , pivot , throw ?
The stages are a way to learn all the small pieces...the pivot, wind, pivot, throw is one way to blend all the pieces together.
Hello, I've seen a few videos on the Honda grip but figure it's setup and application. Do you use the concept? Could you perhaps do a short video on it?
The Honda grip is basically just a strong lead hand grip, i.e. having the lead hand turned around the shaft such that when you look down at it, you can typically see 3 (pointer, middle, ring fingers) of the 4 knuckles. If you were to look face on to the golfer, the line between the thumb and pointer finger would point towards the trail shoulder. It's like a lead hand chopping motion.
I've switched around with different grip variations over the years. At the moment, I am using this grip from tee to green. Although, for some chips I'll use more of a neutral grip and use a putting type chipping stroke.
I like it because it's one way you can use the hands to strike the ball while keeping the face pretty square to the swing path. When used with the full swing, you can also achieve the look of a lot of late lag for power.
@@JaacobBowden thank you for the reply
Mike was a teacher of the art form of a different era and doesn’t get enough credit for the athleticism it generates. Sort of like combining the best of the hickory and steel shaft movements. Just my opinion.
It's interesting to see the golf industry moving back towards some of the movements more commonly taught back in those days.
@@JaacobBowden
Joaquin Niemann, great example.
Very good player
Any videos or further instruction on how to “throw” the club? Thanks
With my videos, I believe this particular one is probably the one that has the most about throwing.
I remember hearing MA say the right hand on the way back to the ball was like a karate chop and then pronated and then flexed at the wrist while the lead hand extended at the wrist (all after impact). I struggle with trying to do this (while remembering the other swing thoughts)
Hopefully, this video helped simplify some things for you.
I've experimented around with lots of different thoughts. It's amazing how changing a single thought can drastically change the swing.
Know that it's okay if one particular thought doesn't work for you. Sometimes it's a matter of getting used to it. Other times it's better to abandon that thought all together if it's too much for you and move on to another one.
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@@JaacobBowden thanks. I use MA swing on drives and long irons. I found out that working from 100 yards into the green I have to keep the wrists somewhat quiet for accuracy. Your video is good.
Since I've discovered Mike Austin I've only heard great things, just wondering why I can't find any wins on tour from him or any protégé of his. No disrespect, can someone explain?
There are a number of factors at play.
Here are some:
1) Mike Austin played in a different era of golf. Part of his motivation was financially related and back then I understand he made more money doing trick shots, exhibitions, etc vs playing in tournament.
Many regular tour players from back in those days had other gigs to survive.
2) Mike Austin was apparently a terrible putter by pro standards. On the hole he drove it 515 yards in the US National Senior Open, he chipped up to the green and 3-putted for a bogey, haha.
3) There is a lot more to playing golf than just the full swing.
There's short game, equipment, course management, etc.
Mentality and the inner game can also be a thing. Greg Norman apparently thought Mike Dunaway (an Austin student) was the greatest driver he'd ever seen. I hit balls with Dunaway on the range before and I can't think of a better ball-striker that I've seen in person. He had tournament anxiety though and never worked his way through it before he passed away a few years ago.
The living-in-hotels and being away from family lifestyle isn't for everyone either.
Golf historically is a bit exclusionary too. At the low end, in the US it can easily cost over $100k/year to train and play full-time tournament golf. It usually takes a few years for players to work their way up too. So, you might need half a million dollars behind you to get out to the main tour. I can't tell you how many talented and passionate golfers that I've seen have to hang it up because of the cost. There are exceptions, of course, but most players on tour come from some form of wealth. They really need to change the system to address those type of inequalities.
@@JaacobBowden very informative, really appreciate the reply and love your video
I just can’t seem to get the compound pivot right, I have experimented with different swings for around a year now and they never stick, I am hoping that if I try the mike Austin swing again I will get it right. I have a problem where I move my knees way to much when I am not tense and it is making my compound pivot slow and it doesn’t look right, what should I do? I am a high school golfer trying to get somewhere in the golfing world.
Try rolling on the inside of your feet during the swing, it will help make your swing tighter while still using the legs/hips a lot.
Stick with the Mike Austin swing, it's just the best for your body and I got much better at golf using it, and tried everything else before too. Steve Pratt can help you too a lot.
Good luck !
If you are right sided as I am . When you pivot back to 4 o'clock from there now imagine that you are going to kick a soccer ball with your right leg to 10 oclock . It will bring the arms down reall fast and you will not have to think about any thing just keep your " 7 " position or the ratio of your arms to shoulder as Dunaway would explain .
@@johnathanwetherill456 i finally got it, i clocked 117 mph clubhead speed yesterday.
Pause and Throw. Yes. Thanks
Is it ‘step and throw’ or ‘step, and then throw’?
You could do it either way.
Step and then throw is more like throwing a baseball submarine style or skipping a rock on water.
But the longest drives with the swing come from starting the throw stimulus at the transition from back swing to downswing. Like a tetherball, you are throwing the club away from the target, but the club will still come around through the ball because it's attached to you like the tetherball is attached to the tetherball pole via the rope, if that makes sense.
@@JaacobBowden thanks for replying Jaacob. Ive used your speed programme since about wow! 14 years ago.
Yes it makes sense. Body advances the hand (tether ball) round the circle, like a motorised tether ball advances the clubhead around the hand circle.
Is the throw motivated by the right triceps or the right hand? In the peace river tape MA says ‘you wouldn’t hammer a nail like that’ (wrist first); in ‘How to Kill The Ball’ Dan Shauger advocates ‘spin the meatballs’.
I’ve tried each way, obviously in the process of trying you make mistakes and you wonder if it’s faulty execution or a flaw in the method.
I find I have to get ‘throwing into relaxation’ to get clubhead speed, is that right? Any tension seems to slow the club. Also very out of control feeling at first.
I tend to block it ‘spinning the meatballs’. Big (long) block. Any ideas, all other things being equal?
@@1DCCX Sure thing. Glad to hear you've used the swing speed training stuff over at Swing Man Golf. Speaking of which, there's an explanation video of Dan Shauger's spin the meatballs concept on the Swing Man Golf UA-cam channel.
The throw would be sequential like a whip...trail chest to trail triceps to trail forearm to trail hand.
Throwing to relaxation...I've never heard it put like that but I like it! I agree, it does feel out of control at first. That's where the saying "give up control to get control" can come in to play.
59:27, 45:30, 7:25, 43:40, 44:39, 55:42, 55:47. Thanks
27:11 Yup, that's the hardest part imo. It feels easy when making a practice swing but when a ball is in front you (read I) my subconsciousness kicks in and forces me to (usually) pull it. Or just making me lose the loose feeling of practice swing.
Great, one of the best golf instruction I seen
what is current name of that golf course now ?
It's now The Club at Sunrise.
Thank you. I think the video is better because you scripted it, more thorough.
Looking for a teacher in AZ who teaches the Mike Austin swing. Any suggestions.
Hmmm, sadly many of the Mike Austin teaching folks have passed away...Mike Austin, Mike Dunaway, and Dan Shauger. I don't believe there is someone in Arizona, at the moment. Steve Pratt is probably closest to you over in the LA area.
@@JaacobBowden First and foremost, thank you for responding. It’s a unfortunate that this style has fallen by the wayside. I know you can always look at UA-cam videos or get online help but sometimes it helps to have someone kick you in the a$$ or slap you upside the head to understand a concept or the get the proper feel. Thanks again for your response. Cheers
Nnnnnnnnice frigin tempo. Wow
1:01:40, 1:04:09
This seems easier to accomplish with a narrow stance.
Yeah, you can't be too wide with this swing style, otherwise it moves the C7 vertebrae (referred to a the swing circle center in the Austin community) and the bottom of your swing arc laterally back and forth too much.
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Best instruction video ever! Period.
Thanks, please share it!
How was that ? 🗣 "Long" 😅 🏌️♂️ watched the video this morning w some coffee ☕️
Very well done and useful 👍