Malaska Golf LIVE // DISTANCE // Episode 3: Using Levers to Add Speed and Life to Your Golf Game 

Good Lord! This is like 20 years of golf lessons by a top pro condensed into 30 minutes of genius.

I could listen to this man forever. Its like music to my ears. Youre a legend Mike!

What a great video. For many years I was told not to use my hands for power. Just hold on to the club and turn your hands over at contact. I,m 86 yrs old and hitting the ball farther than I have in a long time. Thanks. Phil/Mary

Mike Malaska is by far the best golf tutor out there,Many Thanks

Thanks Mike. This is one of my go too vids when I want to sync up my swing. Its amazing how much more you see and understand when you re-watch this episode.

Mike you are the golf sage of the ages. There are many teachers out there that have priceless information but your way of communicating, wisdom, experience, and demeanor is bar none. Thank you for putting in the time and being passionate about the game through the years and bringing that knowledge to the world of golf on youtube. Lately I play your videos back to back while I practice putting in the bedroom or doing whatever. I'm hoping that by doing this and just having the sound of your voice and hearing the words you speak, will, after continuous playtime penetrate my thick skull and help me evolve me into a gracious and confident swinger of the club. It's been making a difference this last year of gaining knowledge and hours of practice. Golf is a sport where we can learn something every single day when we dedicate the time to learning and learning to love the dirt. Good luck to all that are beginning your journey in golf. Please don't get discouraged for it is a very difficult game to learn but the good thing about it is we will have way more ah ha moments than any other sport. I guess that's what keeps us coming back. It's kind of like 1 step forward and 2 of them back, and i'm a slow learner so maybe it's more like 3 steps back. Been golfing 75% of my life and didn't start to really be able to strike the ball decently until I listened to the pros and practiced almost everyday for two years. I don't think I made too many people happy during that time but I chose to do what I'm passionate about instead of running down money. I don't have a lot of dough, sold my nice pick up, don't really care where I lay my head, but i'm more content and look forward to going to the range or course most everyday. And I spent most my life not wanting to get up on most days. Got me away from alcohol too. I love you all. Hit 'em solid and straight!

I finally learned how to make a good contact with the ball by getting the hip out of the way and watching all the Malaska videos. Practicing for 6 months basically from everything wrong to hit it like a pro. No kidding!! Malaska is the best out there. (I played when I was a teenager then I stopped for abt 10 years. I never had that good contact with the ball for irons. Making classic amateur mistakes - casting flip turning hips steep etc...)

I've been an athlete my entire life in numerous sports and have been into fitness since age 14 (I'm now 50). And in all those years the one thing I learned that applies to every sport/game that I ever played was that relaxed muscles move faster than tense muscles. So not only do you gain mobility and range of motion when you release all that tension, you also allow your body to move faster by doing that one, simple thing. I'm not by any means a good golfer but I can state with 100% certainty, he's right about that! RELAX has got to be the first thing you do before you try any golf lesson or golf drill. :)

Been hit or miss around this concept for years, but it didn’t make sense until I started looking at your videos in the past month 💡. Actually, it has been in the past week or so.

Outstanding. This IS the game. Great information and facts about the swing. Not sure what the thumbs down are about -- no comments why. Hope it is not the video -- he's not going for an Oscar. Mike is giving invaluable information for free. 10 thumbs up from me!

Just tried this and haven't hit the ball so straight in a while. Same kind of distance but much more consistent and with way less effort. You really are the man Mike. Thank you.

Absolutely brilliant presentation! This is my second viewing and it has been worth every single minute!

This is exactly where I’m at with Mike’s swing - transition from hand lever to introduction of more body motion. Perfect. 👍🏻

Mike Thank you for simplifying the motion of the golf swing. You make it look as easy as it should be.

People on the range look at me like i'm Crazy when I start throwing a few golf balls with either hand 3 or 4 times. I can tell you folks if you do this as Mike says, it works..Mike has Greatly improved my golfing like No other instructor could.

Had one of those moments before I went to sleep after watching this bloke went out and tried it next morning first thing and feeling a proper swing snapping it

Congrats to you on your grand daughter and happy birthday to the 1 year old. your lessons...as always are awesome

Three months in and it's starting to happen for me. Been playing for 50 years and now have distance I never had before particularly with my irons. Thanks Mike. Hope the next episode it about tipping the club out!

Really love this series Mr. Malaska

Mike IAM so glad I caught one of your videos idk 3 months ago because I used to come off the range steam coming out of my ears and drenched in sweat !! I gotta be honest here ever since I learned the invisible swing IAM loving golf so Effortless and pure it's unbelievable to me really!!!! Not sure I care about distance at this stage IAM looking for accuracy more then anything and it's getting there !!! I purchased clubs that are jacked up a loft so my irons go further anyway !!! Ok that's it just wanna thank you for what you've done for me I never Enjoyed golf more then now !!!!

Hi Mike, thanks for the best explanation re clearing your hips Correctly that I have ever seen. Like a lot of people I have been told repeatedly to rotate hard which Results in leaving the club too far behind, consequently most shots are "over the top" so no control at all. Thanks again. Michael Robertson,,,,UK

Great presentations. I wish i had seen these episodes 15 years ago when I started; might have prevented a couple shoulder surgeries. I met Mike at Superstition GC few years ago; and now understand what he said to me re tennis and golf stroke/impact.

Great video! I used every bit of it. And it works!!! Thx for sharing your experiences. and all the awesome Info.

Mike you talk so much sense. I can't wait to get back on the course after breaking my wrist.

Your video have really helped me bigtime! Thanks so much!

Mike!! I love your stuff! I am a strength and conditioning coach with a degree in Ex Phys/Bio-mech/Nutrition. Your approach and application are great!!! Keep up the good work!!

I've been waiting for this.

Great video, thanks for posting

Tried this today just thought about loose grip and hitting ball with right hand, best ball striking for a long time with no thoughts of shoulder turn, hips or creating larger arc and pressure into ground.

This method is so easy once you understand it . Use to be scared of hitting fat off of a bare lie not anymore. I have way better compression using this method. Also very easy to draw the ball . Thanks Mike

Thank you, Mike!

Great lesson. For me at 08.30 your "alignment of arm, club and left hip" is an incredibly powerful explanation of pre impact conditions. Really clarifies a great coordinating moment in the swing. It would be great if you haven't done so already, give us your views on the movement post strike and finish positions in that same simplistic type of example. Great and Thanks Tom UK

The thumbs down must be from his competitors because they lost their student to Mr. Malaska, :)

I love you. You saved my (golf) life.

Excellent explanation thanks

Again, great information.

thank u for shearing your wisdom with us

this is a golden key of golf> which can solve many bad shot>s

Wow!! Doesn’t get any better than this.

shallow the club....1990...Faldo....nicely explained finally

Mike you’re the best instructor on RU-vid. I’ve been struggling hitting the driver. Went to range and was hitting it dead center on the club face, thank you!

Thanks for taking the time to make these videos and answer questions Mike. I find the information very valuable as you have certainly have simplified the way that I look at the swing.

Thanks Mike.

Every time I have a tough lie, I chant “Freddy Couples” 3 times, Then magic! 😂 You’re the best Mike, keeping it real.

Thank you Mike. Can most people can’t even make a Hula hoop around their body? It’s something very easy but yet I have a hard time doing if I don’t trained my body to do the correct motions. Same thing with your golf swing concept.

Hello Mike, thank you for your videos, they are both interesting and very helpful. Have you tried the Mo Norman style swing? Is this ‘one plane’ swing better for medium handicappers that are older? Could you do a video review of your thoughts about this swing please. Best regards Mark

Good stuff Mike, lots to think about and apply. One comment though….the human body is not “designed”!

Different skool of taught. A lot of coaches who advocated the swing with the use of torso driving the ball.

i was at the driving range and started to be confused and tried the shelf to shelf and started to hit the ball perfect , so simple . i was trying to understand how i was doing it couldnt really know the process , it just happend

I wish you could fix my swing. I struggle with the lever system and timing. It feels like I'm flipping all the time. Dean from the uk 🇬🇧

I use the stack and tilt method but only with wedges.

Your opinion of single plane set up,it seems to help me

Great stuff! But i hope the next episode is going to be about something else than distance.

Thanks!

Mike nice video thanks. Do you have any comments about Moe Norman's mechanics?

I understand the opposing force of the left leg pushing away from the target, but how much do you move the lower body toward the target. I guess it is called sway. Thanks

Do these levers work with a single plane swing (ie left arm straight at address with club shaft etc.)?

When timing up pushing the left hip back (clearing the left hip) with the downswing of the club, when should that happen? Should that happen when left arm parallel on the downswing? When club is last parallel on the downswing? Other?

Whatever speed the club head has if you have no consistand swingplane the speed is a waste so most important is the sequence of body motion to realize a regular swingplane all the time thank you

Gold

the amount of viewers of this clip compares to the amount that of the "how to rotate your hip" kind of clip is way less, and maybe that's why people think golf is hard

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Now if you could fix my putting yips. I've tried it all from different putters to different grips with nothing is helping. Just before impact my wrist involuntary rotates, sometimes it closes the face sometimes it opens and then either blows the ball way past or sometimes it is way short. I use to be a single digit handicap but now I'm turning 50 and about to quit golf for good. Unfortunately I think it's focal dystonia and there is no cure. Thought maybe somebody of your experience Mike might have had some luck combating the yips. Thanks

Hogan….the original modern stack and tilt

Is there a lesson in here somewhere

Has anyone any experience of the unit Mike is using c 12.40 ?

How Dow you compress the ball

Its time for a new mic Mike. :)

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The problem I have is finding the balance between tension and control.

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I’m over 60,:I don’t full swing anything but my driver, I punch all the irons 7 is 160 max, It’s a fail for me to chase distance

Left wrist turn over after impact or only left forearm turn over and when?

Mike is an incredible golf mind and instructor... but I feel you need a solid understanding of your existing swing to truly understand what he's conveying.

Comedy moment 12:12

Just thinking about "timing the left leg pushing the left hip socket out of the way on the downswing" will ensure that it will never happen properly. C'mon Makaska...you're getting way too far into the weeds now.

At 1:29 you say that the club 're-hinges' - that is only because you are rolling your forearm during impact. When you demonstrated the 'flip', you DID NOT roll your forearm at all, and your wrist ended up being completely bowed. That is the big difference between the 2 motions - one WITH, and the other WITHOUT, the rolling of the forearm, thereby making the 2 motions looking so much different. By not mentioning or acknowledging the rolling of the forearm you are making the subject more difficult than it really is.