Golf Club Face and Impact Lesson

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• Instructor: Mike Malaska
• Category: Lessons
• Topic: Full Swing

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So when it comes to playing golf, when you start, what, what is the game really? I mean, it's interesting when I talk to people about what's a golf swing, what's the number one most important part of a golf swing? You know, they'll, or hitting a golf shot, set up, grip, takeaway. No, no, no. The first thing is you have to understand, here's the game. It's a club face and a ball, and you're trying to put the face on the ball in a position, on a path to make the ball do what you want it to do. I mean, that's the game. So here's where we start to get a problem. You've got a club face here. What connects you to the club face? Well, you've got a club shaft. Now, here's where the disconnect starts to come in. Now you've got this 30 or 40 inch shaft with a round grip that you're trying to control, a lofted, angled face. There's a lot of disconnect. If you think about a tennis racket or a hockey stick, or a ping pong paddle, what are they on the side? They're flat. Why are they flat? Well, 'cause when you put it in your hand, now you're looking at the ball. You can feel where the face is. So you don't have to look to, to, to organize the face. So when you start practicing, here's the first thing. When I take a hold of a golf club, I'm not holding a round grip. That's not what I'm holding. I'm looking at that ball. I feel that club face in my hand. My hands are controlling what that face is gonna do. That's the game right here. You have to get really good at this. You, you should…