FIX THE LOOP! SIMPLE OVER the TOP FIX, SLICE FIX with Mike Malaska, PGA on BE BETTER GOLF 

Hands down best tip I've ever seen for fixing over the top! The use of both the bat and racket to visualize the correct swing path are genius! Love it!

So tired of seeing baseball and tennis related to golf. Of course in tennis and baseball there is a loop,bc your already standing and your tool is off the ground! In golf your going from the ground back to the ground. In the other sports your not hitting off the ground and your not bent over and the tool is not starting from the ground. So tired of seeing golf related to tennis and baseball and the shallowing “loop” of the 3

Basically this is guff, there are loads of really significant golfers who have swung with a hand path that went OTT, but they still shallowed the club in transition, which is the big difference between amateurs and professionals. Milo did an excellent video a long time ago about how important the transition is and how it equalises out most of the differences in the backswing, check that one out.

Because golfers are told to hit down on the ball. The easiest but wrong way to do this is by swinging over the top.

As you said, Hogan, Jones, Snead all swung over the top but had early enough weight transfer (like a baseball pitcher) to create enough left side turn and clearance to allow room for a neutral swing path. The methodology of trying to get amateur golfers to drop inside or flatten consciously has failed for 40 years. Golfers achieve better results learning to swing like Pre 50s greats where they focus on one piece takeaway tracking inside and transferring weight to the left (for right handlers) earlier to naturally set the club into a good hitting position. You guys need to stop promoting dropping the club inside, it’s what ruins so many good players swing. Focus more on what a baseball batter does with his weight transfer when hitting a ball and less on his arms. The arms will always serve body shift, it’s physics……let go of the 1980s mind set.

This is common sense really. Teachers have been telling us this for 50 years now. The problem with this is he has no ‘inside ‘ he keeps on going out and stalls the body . Terrible drill ..

Mike is the best teacher on RU-vid! I am a 10 handicap . And have been trying to figure out how to shallow the club for years and I hurt my knee trying to turn and leave the club behind. Since I been watching Mike now for a couple weeks my ball striking has drastically improved. I wish I would have found him years ago. Thanks for everything! I have a feeling my handicap will be cut in half soon

Is Mike going away from the Malaska move going a few years back on your channel?

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Mike's content about WHAT the technique should be and WHY are superb. BUT the key to HOW TO LEARN is the best. How to learn a change in motor skill is something that is not addressed often enough. Exaggeration of the change is a great point! By the way, this change is exactly what I am working on! I have been over the top for years. One tool I am using is an obstacle to go around on my backswing. When the club is horizontal, the club has to be outside the obstacle (aim stick sticking up) and then inside the obstacle on downswing. I am probably 1,000 repetitions in, but can still do it wrong. I need to exaggerate more!

The only real pandemic.

Thanks for bringing Mike back on the channel.

Mike explains the swing so well and makes it very clear and easy to understand. That's why everyone loves watching his videos.

For several months i was ott, read harvey penick and Bobby Jones plus got the set of Bobby's visual instructions, Harvey said to shift weight forward and bring trail elbow to the side at the same time but do it in super slo motion if you thought it was slow he said do it slower, i did that each night and that made me swing correctly, scores dropped drastically until i broke 80 then improvement was slower. At that point i could break par if i putted well. That drill and the feet together hitting full shots are really great. Feet together makes you swing in balance and with power but it takes time all of it does.

Why do I feel as though I'm on my 2nd lesson--ever? Mike just makes it common-sense easy. B, thanks for presenting these.

This is THE best video on RU-vid for understanding and fixing the over the top move. I've watched many vids on this subject and I find this one beats them all. Went to the driving range with these ideas and it worked a charm, cant wait to try the new and improved swing on the course this weekend. Thanks Mr Malaska & Be Better Golf.

After watching this yesterday is started doing today at the course. Phenomenal! Thanks Mike.

I look forward to these videos every week. Keep up the good work

Great as usual ! Many thanks.

Mike Strikes Again!!! Motor Patterns is all I do all day in my office! Actually this is the final piece of the puzzle. This is the most important drill and concept for the pro swing.