Malaska Journey Lesson 6
Join PGA National Teacher of the Year Mike Malaska for the sixth installment of his transformative golf instruction series. In this lesson, Malaska, renowned for his simplified approach to the golf swing and his induction into Golf Digest's Legends of Golf Instruction, guides golfers through key pr…
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- Instructor: Mike Malaska
- Category: Lessons
- Topic: Full Swing
Transcript preview
We've got some cool new opportunities for golfers out there. They're called Journeys. These are lesson series, and they're really dynamic. And one of those that we've done is with Mike Malaska. It's available over at GolfLife.com, but right now we're going to share a part six of this lesson series that is just a true jewel. I think you're going to really enjoy this. It's never been seen before on TV, so check it out. Week six. Now we're going to start talking about how you use your lower body. This becomes really critical, and we're going to start with just a little pitch shot. So we're going to start with your left hip. Now, initially, when I used to do this, I thought it was more people's right hip that was the biggest problem. But the reality, it's how your left leg works is a big problem. Right's also, but we're going to do both, and we're going to start with the left. If I set up and I was going to hit a little pitch shot, as the club's going through the ball, my left leg pushes my left hip out of the way. So it's just pushing my left hip socket straight back. There is no turn in a golf swing. Turn is an effect. Your body understands straight line forces. That's how it works. So what I see most people do, if I turn and face the camera here, they're going to hit a little pitch shot. If you watch my left hip, there's my left hip socket. They go like this, and they start into the ball, and their left hip socket stays there, and then they push with their right. So their hips keep turning, but this hip socket doesn't move back. So…