Malaska Golf // Your Right Hand & Controlling the Club Face - No More Pull Hooks 

Anybody starting golf, take notice of this man. One of the very best golf instructors out there.

I’ve been an average 20 handicap for years .The last 6 months of watching Mike I’ve got myself down to a14 .Thanks Mike

A million thanks mike. I know this advice will help immediately. I fit right into the trap you hear everyone else saying about positions. I for the life of me would not take the club away properly and never knew why it felt like I was never in a good position. Thx so much

“Frigin’ hits it straight”. love it!

Shame that this guy is one of the few that teaches and explains the right way. I was taught along w many others the absolute wrong way to swing growing up. The flipping of the hands at the bottom of the swing is a borderline impossible way to play the game. Why on earth was I taught this way. Thanks for the great tip in this video makes so much sense and much easier way to play the game.

Finally. I found something that explains why I pull hook, while taking the club head back square. Thank you

This is the best golf instruction on the internet, period.

Your instruction is awesome MIke...so proud to be a Malaska golf member!

I think the best youtube golf channel ive seen. logical theory, not over complicated.

I took 20 years off of golf because of injury - started back practicing last year with pain gone. I figured this stuff out in the last few weeks on my own because I reverted back to my tournament tennis days and hitting my forehand and I kept thinking of DJ's & Koepka's swings (ie. the strong grip looks shut but exactly like my tennis forehand technique) . It is really shocking how incredibly wrong teachers were for the last 50 years and how easily it is to hit a ball repeatedly well using this technique. Start at impact, move the club back to parallel with the club face still aimed at the ball holding the club only with your right hand (repeat this 10,000 times and memorize your right wrist position). Move the club back to the top of the backswing and you will either have a 'closed' club face like DJ & Koepka or 'square' as shown here - pick one. If you simply practice these 3 positions holding the club only with your right hand to train your right wrist where to be - you will become a good ball striker in a few days - it's that easy. Then go figure out how to score well. Awesome video

0:58 Just wanted to say thank you very much for this video. I actually came to RU-vid because I video'ed my swing, noticed this was happening and thought I needed to "fix" it. Now I realise that isn't necessary :-)

No non-sense instructions from Mike again. Clear and simple, which sets him apart from the entire industry.

God bless you, Mike, for sharing these secrets of the golf swing with those of us who love to play the game. May many blessings flow to you from your generosity of spirit.

Absolute gold. Had my back swing "fixed" a while back and ever since been trying to get some consistency back. Now I know why I feel so wristy/handsy. Looking forward to some range time this week to re-discover my golf swing.

Thanks Mike, you're my new golf god. Never have I hit it so straight and pure. I had a bad case of the flips for yrs, lots of lost balls off the tee, high and left.

I just found you and LOVE your work thank you I needed you 35 years a go bless you

I got to a low single digit handicap in about 3 years with no lessons, wanted to get better, so I took lessons. You know where I'm going with this. Now I'm back to doing what you are doing once again. I quit golf for 4 years. I could not break 80 any more. I love your Golf channel......Thanks!

Mike you have helped my game more than any other. You are the best instructor. The biggest improvement you have given me is the eye position first over a putt, then the body follows. Thank you for making me better.

Started again after 10y layoff. And this is exactly what I needed to understand. I was also a rotating hands player, very difficult for me now to control...

After 70 yrs of struggle you have givin me a real golf swing. I’m in great shape still walk and carry my clubs and shoot low 80’s but now after descovimg your channel last fall can’t wait for spring to shoot in the 70’s!! THANK YOU!

Man, great video. I unfortunately figured this thing out myself last week. In my quest to use the similar motions from other sports (tennis, throwing a ball) it clicked. I took lessons and I was inconsistent striking the ball....I knew something was wrong. The golf swing had little in common with the other sport swings...I knew that was the problem. You nailed it. I just wish I didn’t have to wait to figure it out myself. I could’ve used this tip 10 years ago!

I used to play baseball; I just started playing golf about two years ago! I love this game! I tried what you are just speaking about on this video and I saw the difference from the start! Thank you!

incredible mate, love your simple style. equating the sing to other sports really helped me

Wish we had these videos 20 yrs ago. Working on that move love the power that ball just zings off the club plus finally z smooth divot.

Thanks so much - another great, informative and straight forward video lesson - enjoyed it and very helpful too.

Love it...I also came from baseball and tennis. I never rotated my arms much but went to a pro recently and he had me trying to learn to rotate my arms more to roll the face open and then try to roll it closed. I cant seem to do that well. after seeing this I went back to my old swing with some other improvements and am hitting better. I wish teaching pros would do it they way I saw you do it when talking about the grip that is "neutral to the player"...and teach the swing that best fits the players natural tendencies.

Mike - you are one of the top ‘explainers’ in my opinion- thanks !

Great Video. Best Motion in Golf! Thanks for all you do for the game!

This lesson shouldn't be free. It's priceless. It's been a tough transition for me, going from the sidearm throwing motion of the downswing, which in fairness allowed me to smoke the ball in my college years, to "getting the hands under the swing plane." But man, once it clicks, it feels great. Better on the back, and fewer "huge" misses.

This is brilliant Mike. I used these principals today after watching a bunch of your videos last night and had some real breakthroughs on the range. Definitely way less hook spin than I’ve had in a long long time and arguably, my right hand seems to be in a stronger position coming from the 80s era instruction. But I can’t deny the results. Thank you!

Jim, watched this video a few days ago. It has transformed my swing!

I learned the concept. Can’t wait to see that work out on the course.

One of the very best golf videos on what's really going on and what's probably held most of us back. Brilliant.

Mike, Thanks! I have found that using my right hand to squire the face and swing thru the ball gives me great results. I have shanked many a ball trying to bring the club down with the face parallel to the plane because I didn't rotate my forearms to close the face. Thanks again!

Thanks Mike you are a wonderful instructor I tried this on the range and it is phenomenal thanks again!!

This has helped so much! My hands are quiet and ball flight is more often straight! Superb

OMG: After 36 years of practicing endlessly, visiting a multitude of Golf Pro friends and others,running an on line golf shop with all the training aids and producing and hosting a Golf Television show, I have finally got the golf swing. Mike you are my savior. But let me say this, I have studied the golf swing like no other. And what I deduced, for a large percentage of right handed golfers, the left side becomes the dominant side, this in turn causes golf swing to become a difficult thing to master. This is where this video is a stand out, when you get the role of the right arm locked in correctly ; it's all over; all too easy! Mike you are the best, hope to see you Down Under for the Presidents Cup. Thank You so Much. John Lyons

his instructions have helped my game drastically!

Absolutely me! for years I have played with the same open club face swing, recently changed to what you are saying, and it has been difficult to transition, however I am hitting the ball better and more consistent you describe it perfectly.

Absolutely sublime, you make this action work for you, and your buddies will not have to work to find your nutt.

This is great! Knowing how ad practice how to ROTATE your arms, but most people don't know how to practice!!

I have struggled as a ball striker forevernand its exacerbated in wind-particularly left to right. My consistency is usually dreadful and usually bad miss to the right. You're explanation of what the right hand should do as opposed to what perhaps nearly everyone strives for in terms of forearm rotation(which i never seem to be able to achieve) is frankly a light bulb moment. I have practiced the last few days in left to right strong winds and now i can hold the ball against and back into it. Ive missed a few to the right but my goodness the confidence to give it a strike as i have started to retrain what my right hand does at impact is astounding! It sort of feels like the handle of the club is going backwards through impact.Thank you. I mean seriously-i was on the verge of ceasing to play golf.

People can make the golf swing so complicated, Mike makes it so straight forward. I’ve wasted so much time trying to twist with lag and lead with the trail elbow in the downswing, not anymore. Thanks Mike from the UK 👍🏻

The friggin ball goes straight, love it.. A

Mike, i was cleaning out some old mags and came across a Golf Magazine August edition 2000. Find your hidden power, learn to release like the pros.b I read the article 20% more power. I practiced this and played yesterday just doing what you say and I had my best round for months. Even in high winds I was hitting every shot straight. This instruction is invaluable. Thanks Mike, from NZ.

What an excellent lesson. This improved my aim immediately and is easy to repeat and wow, how simple it is to hit the Driver.......Thanks

This really clarifies things for me. I also come from a baseball background so this has helped me.

Thank you for the detail on the right wrist position. Very informative and helpful. Great stuff!

Hi, I was told because I played fast ball and later slow pitch, to forget that ball swing when I went to golf. And I had nothing but problems. Now that I hear your history I feel that I can start hitting like I feel I can.mTHANKS MIKE. 👍🏻

Great insights as always @mikemalaska. Back to a natural movement in the swing

I’ve watched just about every video in YT related to the golf swing. This is by far the best. Rolling your wrists over, cupping, bowing, it’s all bs. Simply line your palm up with the face of the club, during your grip and feel like you are spanking the ball off the tee with your right hand. It works. It fixed my incurable driver slice too.

I'm really surprised this guy doesn't have more subscribers. I started watching MM Golf on RU-vid about a year and a half ago. He just made sense to me. I decided to completely forget ALL the instruction videos I watched up until then. I went from an 11 index to a 6 (those 5 index point get tougher as you get lower) using his drills and listening to what he's saying about the golf swing. The swing has become a simple thing for me. I can't thank Mike enough for allowing me to play golf and not golf swing.

Very useful. Your most important observation is the difference between perception and what actually happens. We complicate our lives by trying to mimic actions that are misperceived. Thanks Mike

Took lessons a couple years ago and the first thing he taught me was to open my face up on the backswing! Been pull hooking ever since! Thanks malaska!

After over a year of working on Mike's ideas I finally found the key (for me). On a video with Brandon from Be Better Golf, Mike said "the heel of the club leads on the backswing and the downswing". That thought is it. Mainly the downswing. I always felt the toe leading and fought the hook. Game changer. Thanks Mike!

I just spent 2 hours in a simulator trying to get rid of my hook. Came home and watched this. I could have saved 2 hours ! Excellent explanation.

This lesson was very helpful for me. It's taken me a long time to get a grasp of what happens to the right hand when going from club parallel to ground on backswing to top. It always felt to me that I was swinging up to a closed position. With your explanation about the shoulder rotation's contribution, I think I now get it and I am hoping that it's warm enough to get the range. I'm now going to be able to say good bye to excessive forearm rotations. Thanks.

I love it when somebody proves we have been fed total nonsense for ,in my case, 30 years! Many thanks Mr Malaska!

I too have read a great deal of instruction over the years. Your explanations are t very similar to those of Jim Hardy regarding how to release the club. thank you for making it so understandable.

That is an excellent lesson. You really do know your stuff.

You are absolutely right sir Malaska, you know me and my friend just found you and all of the sudden started talking about you on the same day as we have found you and you know what? You are telling the truth and no one believes how I am capable to send the ball, 7 Iron 170 meters. I really appreciate it. Kind regards.

I agree 100% with this video. I place my right hand on the grip so that my palm is square to the target. I use a 5 finger grip. I use my right hand to keep the club head square when I strike the ball. It works every time. This video is great instruction.

I've always hit the ball straight until recently. This pull hook came outta nowhere. Thanks for your help here!!!

I can't find the other video, but I experimented with a new grip and did what you said basically in this video and I can definitely see what you're saying. I was also taught to flip through the ball, but what you describe here is so much better. I'm having some aim issues, but I think I can work that out with some range practice. I'm going to fly down there and thank you in person some day Mike!

This is a lightbulb moment I think. I’m like him with the rotation, I’m fighting it and years of inconsistent ball striking but I learned to get by, and my short game saved me. This I got to work on!

True, true, true, true, TQ for re-enforcing what I thought since 1997.

Great video this is so true and my problem exactly.

Time to hit the range, thanks Mike!

Excellent explanation thank you very much

Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge. I have fallen in love with the game again😊🍺🍺

Top explanation ... On the few occasions i have been absolutely pureing the ball this is what i was doing but couldn't figure out how , it was just a feeling and the next time i played that feeling was gone . This has helped in finding that feeling more often . Anybody struggling should pay attention to what to he is saying in this video you will hit it long and straight .

Fantastic Video. Thank you Pro

I get it! Old time instructors have only taught how to manipulate the club face and position. I guess Malaska's game was ruined by this for a long time. Thanks for solving the issue

Man is this a great video explaining how I played for years and years (since the late 1970's). About 4-5 years ago I took some lessons to help me learn to hit the ball on a lower trajectory. By the end of the first lesson the "teacher" was having me rotate and swing the club to "left field" and rotate the lower and mid core as fast as possible to the left while silencing the hands (mostly the right hand) as much as possible all while also limiting my lower leg movement. My handicap went from around a 2-3 up to 8-10 and some weeks higher. This fall after several frustrating years and injuries later I tried to give up that swing idea and feelings and have attempted to go back to just what youve stated in this video. But I feel now that Im in my late 50's in age Im pretty much shot at ever becoming the swinger of the club I used to be because of attempting to hold off and swing left for these past several years. Thanks for putting this information out there, I wish more instructors would do this. Any of you golfers out there been told this by the "new era" teachers...."you have too many moving parts in your swing, we have to limit youre movements so you have a better chance of repeating a swing"???. Well if you have, RUN AWAY FAST because youre going to injure yourself and the damage will be more then a physical one. Ty again for the video, glad I stumbled upon this site thru a Be Better Golf video you were in.

This is Gold!

Right on the money Mike! Thanks

Great instructions, I didn’t learn this until I was past 60 years, better late than never. I was much like this instructor, was told to open and close the face ( 1950’s instructions) ....I made it work but I cloud have done much better using this method.

You can hear the pain and passion in Mike’s voice. Do what this man says. Plus, if you keep rotating the shoulder in the socket like that you get what’s called a “slap tare.” You do not want that. Thank you Mike! Good stuff.

You are my hero Mike!

Thanks mike, good teaching,,,

Love this lesson, simple is always better.

Great explanation ! I’ve always been a wrist roller too and it’s very inconsistent. Thanks

Probably the best lesson in golf. 40 yrs teaching martial arts one of the things we work on is how the hand effect the over all position of the body. If you take it back like Mike describe your posture will be in a much better position.to deliver club face.

Spent 7 weeks hitting 000s mid irons in garage went to course pull hooked every iron for the 1st 6 holes! After that played great and my driver which i hadnt hit for 7 weeks was the best ever!

Fricken love it. Thanks mike

Great teaching.

Great video!

Finally I see it. As I tried to swing harder thru the ball I pull hooked more. I kept fight that my losing my grip and trying to swing down the line-but it kept coming back. Some times I never knew what the next hole would bring on bad day. Now I see that it was all wrong. We were all trying to "time" the closing of the club face-close at the top, the middle etc., so that when you reached the bar the face was "closed" to perpenticular to the ball. Now, you don't need to time-just swing.

Your right arm rotates in your shoulder socket. Another bingo moment. 👌🏻

Outstanding. I wonder how much of the decline in playing golf is from athletic people who got turned away from the game failing miserably trying to time that rotating wrist tip! Thank you for helping march it the grave!

I was overdoing it, closing it down to start with on backswing and a bit steep but this is a great video.

First 2 min of the video is my golf game. Self taught and got to 8 handicap. Then start taking lessons and work with pros. Now I’m at 18 handicap...

Best golf tips for. Shure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

Great video. Thanks

This method of "throwing" the club as opposed to holding it off or rotating your forearms has changed my entire golf game. I went from hitting 40% of GIR to 65%, I am hitting more fairways as well. I am still working on the timing of it to make sure I am not flipping at it, and sometimes still struggle with holding it off, but for the first time in my life, I feel like I know how to get the clubface square at impact.

YES!! Thank you!

Nice, now that's what I'm talking about. The best tip like ever.

Mike, I watch all of you're videos. Please take this advice seriously. I think you should expand on this teaching concept, because this video translated to me so simply and gave me such clarity that I was actually able to duplicate your instruction moments after watching this. This video expressed so clearly what you've been saying for years. Thank you so much for the free content and can't wait for more.

What a good tip !!!

Great video