Malaska Journey Lesson 1
Join PGA National Teacher of the Year, Mike Malaska, as he introduces foundational concepts for a more effective and consistent golf swing. This introductory lesson is designed to help golfers of all skill levels build a solid understanding of the golf swing, focusing on natural body movements and…
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- Instructor: Mike Malaska
- Category: Lessons
- Topic: Full Swing
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When it comes to the golf swing, the first and most important thing is the club face, and it's how the club face runs into the ball. Because all we're trying to do is get the club on a certain path with the face in a certain position to make the ball go where you want it to go. That's really the game. So a club face basically fits in my hand like this. So if I'm looking at a ball on the ground and I want to hit a ball lower than this club's designed to hit it, all I have to do is take some loft off the face. Now, I'm not doing anything with my hips or my shoulders. I just take loft off the face. If I want to add loft, I do this to it. If I want to curve it to the left, curve it to the right. Now it fits in my left hand like this. Same thing. Low, high, left, right. If I put both hands, low, high, left, right. Now, if I take this club and I were to hold it in my left hand, it's the same thing. I want you to watch what the shaft is going to do, and this is something for you to practice at home. So now I've got the club face in my hand. I say, "Okay, I want to hit the ball low." Where'd the shaft just go? Lean forward, so that's lower. I want to hit it a little higher. That adds loft. I want to curve it left. I want to curve it right. So you see where the shaft is aiming with what I do with my hands. So basically, we're learning how to aim that shaft, which is going…