Malaska Golf // Generating Speed with your Driver - How to Use the L to L

You see a lot on TV about rotation to gain more distance with your driver. And, yes, rotation is a speed generator. However, if you don't understand the basic lever system and how the L-to-L works, you'll never hit the ball very far.
Work on the L-to-L with your right foot back and build the foundation for generating speed with your driver.
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[@hansidelk6604]

Listening to this legend is like listening to 200 years of golf teaching!! So much experience.

[@golferiam6533]

Having been away for over a year, I had to return to dump the trash I had listened to during my hiatus and refresh my swing thoughts to your more commons sense approach. Some of the teachers would hit on a point here and there but the whole motion was too mechanical and driven by having to attain many defined positions during the swing to get it right. I ended up taking a point here and a point there that made sense to me and realized my compilation was very familiar...It was Mike Malaska golf. So, I return having relearned simple solutions to a complex problem almost always work more effectively and efficiently. Thank you for that.

[@j.p.montpellier3834]

Bravo Mr. Mike ! Great tips... Simple and Effective... 👍🍷💯🇨🇦

[@josephsaber6103]

I'm sure that you've been told this many times but you have a gift for explaining what's going on in the golf swing! Thanx

[@MJB7322]

At the 2:23 mark, Mike hit's a drive with half a swing and it's better than most golfers that I play with. Pretty incredible!

[@canuck_gamer3359]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@franksampson477]

Mike, you are actually helping my tennis game as much as my golf game. Your videos are really great and I love your formula focusing on feel and simplicity.

[@garryhulgan5267]

thanks so much sir, retired now, 40 plus years, in the elevator trade, we use our body so much, it tears us down, sir thank you

[@Yoohoo2949]

Now you went and done it Mike. Watching all your videos, I now realize I have a hundred golf instruction books and videos that are all worthless. All I need is Malaska! Goodwill here they come!

[@perry4397]

Malaska golf instruction is what every golfer needs. Wish he had clinics in S. FL.

[@Strebor1937]

This is a phenomenal video. Watched it three times then went to the range. Built up slowly with 50% swings to a full swing. Absolutely mullered the ball. Hit baby draws and fades to order! Incredible.

[@coegj]

Great explanation Mike, those who refuse to try to learn pay up at the end of the 18 holes.

[@g.workingman4598]

Great! I joined your website 3 days ago, doing L to L, played today and was hitting driver 240 in low 40s temperature, I was hitting 240 in 60 degrees and dry a few weeks ago full swing. Your method has really freed me up and my body feels better.

[@tomnelson8515]

Nice explanation of why both Anika Sorenstam and David Duval were able to hit is so far even though they both had a 'look-up' turn through the ball. Perfect!!

[@MJLU280]

Very true. You have to use all that power and brace against the left side on the down swing before whipping the hands through. I started hitting it better by “shortening” my swing going L to L and not over rotating on the back swing. L to L and better tempo helped me a ton.

[@chrstphrdyer]

That was my swing for the first two and a half years of my three year golf career. The last six months have been bliss. It was the original L2L vid that did it. Thanks and if you’re ever in Vegas....

[@tejanochris]

Whip action. Mike Austin preached this. It works. Serious distance.

[@edinnm8212]

Mike, thanks, I'm a new subscriber. Great video. It never made sense to me that speed and distance comes from the "big muscles". I'm glad that you showed that the arms need to swing fast to hit the ball long. I'll keep watching.

[@dougierobertson2099]

I love these videos. Short and one point at a time.

[@georgegonzalez2831]

I’m sorry mike but you literally cracked me up😂😂😂 watching you waggle your body lol! But seriously.. you have literally helped me out tremendously by helping me work on how my hands,arms, club need to work.And then working in the body’s pivot back swing thru downswing. You are definitely a great game changer, coach, explainer. Keep bringing your great content. Much appreciated!

[@tangocharlie9291]

This is so spot on. I got a length of pvc (because you can hear your speed) and swung it three ways: A) “Mostly wrists” B) Something akin to the “L to L” with a narrower stance and minimal body movement, and 3) The dreaded “Rotate-until-your-spine’s-about-to-snap-wreck-your-hips-and-back-in-a-hellish-attempt-to-muscle-the-club-through”. While the ol’ Twist-n-Grunt technique *will* deliver the arms and hands quick’ish... I was amazed that I HEARD the L to L was indeed faster. (And less painful, and more repeatable.)

[@SuperDieseldriver]

That tennis doing it wrong was funny great videos watched a lot of instruction 9n KZbin but I'm back here👍👍👍⛳⛳

[@miltonmatthews2138]

Your momentum theory of golf makes more mechanical sense to me versus the layoff catch up swing. With your method you are using gravity as an additional source of power called potential energy. With the wrap around method where the clubhead goes behind your hands, you must overcome the inertia of the club head with very little help from gravity. Makes perfect sense to me.

[@davewinn532]

Mike doesn’t make guesses , he makes educated guesses. There is a differences

[@wviti64]

About time Mike, someone highlighted the years of poor swing explanation or just copying poor terminology

[@chriswreford8065]

Superb ! ..best lesson ever ! Thankyou.

[@cedricesau8492]

Thx for this tip Mike. It's very helpful.

[@nigelfsu]

Facts i triee the hard rotations and did eh. I started releasing on irons thru driver such less effort and way more speed and power. Yes i add rotation but with hands also. Until i could do this i couldn’t get any real distance

[@bigeasy3923]

Mike thanks for all the videos and teaching. I used to fire hip and turn shoulder so at impact my right foot was barely on the ground. With your theory I feel easier swing and stable lower half. I’ve been doing drills for the dipping feel and for L to L it works perfect, but with long irons and full swing it’s often a straight push and with driver it’s push fade or slice. What might be the causing this ? Thanks again

[@tjabaley]

Thank you for a great lesson!

[@phillipharrell7692]

You have a great sense of humor! "I'm just a guessin"

[@petermartinaitis8166]

Spot on Mike , if you don't get the body movement right with the hands and arm movement you actually swing slower.

[@MrColdpressed]

I actually laughed three 3x at the demonstration of modern You Tube rotation videos.

[@TPH0316]

how good is this...all the the rigamarole...watch MM's tennis analogy...perfect.

[@Melted_Butter]

This video was long overdue Mike!

[@privateperson7118]

This is exactly my problem, over rotating. What I find most helpful is to keep my left eye on the ball. This keeps my head behind the ball and allows me to generate speed with my arms. If I rotate my head around too early, my chest opens up way too much. It feels like keeping my left eye on the ball keeps my eyeline stable on my target line. Like a visual "anchor" for my swing. When my head moves, my sense of swing direction gets disoriented and I can't find target. Great video mike.

[@MrPixelous]

More importantly than keeping you left eyee on the ball (in my opinion) is the turning of the head and tucking that left chin in behind the ball. If you watch any good golfer, regardless of swing, they all have that chin pointed to the right behind the ball.

[@baklash6079]

MrPixelous what if you’re right eye dominate?

[@jeffstrack1143]

Love the tennis serve

[@BlackjackCZ]

I was laughing hard when you were doing the whole rotation. It actually looks dangerous.

[@stevenwhiting8941]

Very interesting video, I came across this while searching for a solution of how to hit my driver & irons better. I will try this L-L concept. My PGA Pro at my club never mentioned this, he focuses on the rotation portion. This is also contrary to another You Tube PGA teaching pro out of Las Vegas that focuses on hitting with the body, rotate the belt buckle to the target. How does your method differ?

[@ngstigator]

Another pearl of golfing wisdom. Love the new intro, Mike!

[@jacobr4558]

Mike is 100% on the money! Think about it logically for a second. Something MUST slow to accelerate something else. Example: the club can't move fast on both ends at the same time! The end of the grip and the head of the club don't both move fast simultaneously! The handle MUST slow somewhere in the swing to propel the club head. In other words you can't move your torso, arms, hands, grip, and club head all fast at the same exact time. That's super weak! Another illustration: what moves faster? a. A person on a motorcycle going 100mph. b. A person who was going 100mph and SLAMMED the front brakes. Should be obvious. So when Mike uses that example of their body slowing and pivoting that is the mechanism. That drill he does at 3:20 would make you actually hit it farther then you currently do. Try it. It's because the CLUB actually release.

[@steven3747]

Without naming him, Mike takes a real jab at G Gankas methods here. I had to laugh. As a 62 year-old, I can't swing like GG's youngsters or even come close. Mike's method makes a lot more sense for the majority of us, I think. On the other hand, I still point to other lessons where Mike explains to an LPGA player, Margarita, that the "hands do nothing through the impact position". Mike, I am having a hard time reconciling that lesson to the L swing imperatives.

[@m3toz4]

GG is legit, GG just emphasizes the body movement correctly. With arms wrists and shoulder relax and in the right position, they will react to the body and that how you can control your swing by body movement.

[@wasatchgolfacademy1046]

@@m3toz4G is going away become of injuries to players and difficulty of movements.

[@jcee6886]

Great lesson.

[@hzl35h]

On the downswing, can you feel as though you are trying to spear your upper left leg to get to club working in.

[@zatoichi-sm8mj]

superb explanation

[@kukamaolen3669]

Absolutely correct. This is how the right sequence is taught. Only thing that I found different is that the wrist lever system only work until the impact. After impact wrist has to be firm , otherwise it’s all wrist and less body release. There is no L on the follow through side like that.

[@magnuscroify]

If you are reading this comment, save yourself the trouble and just unsubscribe from pretty much anyone else. This guy's a genius. Padraig Harrington's channel is a distant second, though...

[@Justkatie2012]

I’ve been struggling with an overactive waist and have lost a lot of distance. Please do a video on how to quiet the bottom half of the body.

[@markbandy2066]

Does that type of release apply to the irons as well?

[@swamiluv3285]

Mike you talk about the ball joints of the shoulders being tension free, would you also say your hip joints also need to be tension free and if so how would one go about that?

[@Borkybaby]

Great video coach

[@mikehaynes1769]

I’ve never seen or heard of a golf instructor that teaches rotation without releasing the club. Can anyone post a link of an example?

[@jonvanhala]

great reminder and perfectly timed for where i am right now. i used to do this when i played my best. (get a windscreen!! otherwise fantastic video)

[@michaelsparks8632]

I literally Laughed out loud every time Mike made that all body swing, probably cause I've done that myself....... It doesn't work trust me!

[@maeu59]

I saw a video of you and Brendan where you said you were getting away from the roll release, this looks like a roll, can you please explain.

[@barryread3672]

Mike is not saying roll release...he teaches that the face stays square to the arc.... the rolling of the firearms at impact is an illusion because of body rotation. The forearms will eventually roll well past impact as the lead arm folds to the top of the finish.

[@thomasfraser9072]

Barry Read correct! In Mike’s teaching he should make “do not roll the hands” a major protocol. Hope he actually reads his viewers comments. But I doubt it.

[@hlubmos2chah945]

Spot on! Period. Thanks.

[@tatoreedhanraj4154]

Very good tip

[@nonobebert7646]

Mike Malaska. Your opinion on Mike Austin's swing and underhand release please.

[@nonobebert7646]

@by Exception What's this ?

[@nonobebert7646]

@by Exception Thanks

[@countfloyd1269]

And yes, this includes Hogan. Hogan said, use your lower body to get into position to hit. It makes me shake my head that people still think he rotates all the way around.

[@sumsar0125]

Makes sense. When should you fire the hands? At the right thigh?

[@niguel4438]

Very helpful thanks

[@Schnoberich]

Great video! What is Your main speed producer, the "throwing motion" of Your right arm or the pulling motion of Your left arm triggered by the obliques ? Or sequentially first throwing and than pulling ?

[@Schnoberich]

I first thought my question is too theoretical, but meanwhile I have got by chance the perfect answer by Martin Chuck : the left lat gets it goin' and the right arm gets to throwin.

[@davidsallee5364]

I agree, but how do you learn what you are saying?

[@MrRunnerdog]

Thanks Mike! Beautiful

[@mikeobrien1559]

Rats! I used to know this. Thanks, Mike.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

I would love to know how far that second shot he hit went, I just know that it went farther than my drives do lol.

[@AA-fx6ku]

Excellent!

[@k9feces]

0:40 that’s me for the last 5 years

[@TroyStevens430]

🎯

[@BamaPaul]

Do some videos on the takeaway Mike. Not many out there .

[@djp3525]

Athletic motion golf on KZbin

[@peewheelee1241]

Lol. Mike bring more comedy you are funny man!

[@robertmayer1497]

Hey Mike Put a sock on it [The other Mic] Good video though.

[@geoffreybriggs4999]

Mike, what you are showing as wrong is not what most modern coaches are teaching. They are teaching a rotation of the body with a stable release. Teaching has generally moved away from rolling the hands over as this is hard to control.

[@malone77]

Didn't teach anyone to roll the hands. He said accelerate the arms, massive difference.

[@GolferGeeks]

Why on earth would you downvote this video?

[@wantonjr1]

Your correct Mike but you see some of this guys straightening both arms thru impact and not the L to L

[@larsahlstrom6179]

hahaha i love your illustrations. though i get it!

[@ablgolfmom6211]

Hmm interesting how he argues that you don’t just rotate and demonstrates dragging the club around. I have never seen any quality instructors teach anything resembling that. However if the tension levels are low in the hands and arms and the pivot of the body is done correctly the club releases and squares itself due to many physics principles to complex to explain here. It seems to me that learning to pivot the club with the hands and arms requires more timing and is redundant.

[@Murf1802]

Very funny ty !!

[@tonyreiner3836]

Mike you are so funny.

[@mr.walker8700]

"...GOLD Jerry! pure GOLD!"

[@darrenkpohl]

Great

[@joaodejesusferreira544]

Excellent .... 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

[@mattranum5231]

Zach Johnson does that

[@malone77]

He most certainly does not 🤣

[@conorsmith5765]

Truth Bombs 💣

[@gregorybolin4672]

Do you want maximize hand speed thru impact ?

[@arielluna4399]

👍👏👍👏

[@chadgregory9037]

I swear to god 3:30 is how joe biden would swing a club lmfao

[@suuduong3779]

👍

[@swamiluv3285]

Nuggets!!!

[@johnr2632]

Sorry Mike. You are wrong. I do that stupid swing which is just a turn/spin. I can show you if you like. I carry the ball a whopping 190 yards with it, usually at a 45 degree angle right off the club face and out of bounds/lost.

[@wayneriley7367]

Where is Mike? This is not Superstition Mountains, I could play golf where he is for the rest of my life.

[@tomatden]

Was wondering that too. Looks like CO to me.

[@gabrielilles6506]

“I mean, I’d kill myself. I couldn’t hit it anywhere” Mike Malaska

[@davet2625]

It's annoyed me for a long while that commentators/analysts continually talk about players with strong grip just rotating hard as they want left, while dragging handle through. It's so obvious that you couldn't generate any club head speed that way. But that's just the tip of the iceberg with the nonsense that they talk!

[@markio2010]

LMAO....not releasing is my name.

[@MrSmashmouth07]

good video just to much talking demonstrate more

[@davidlee1753]

Had to stop watching because He kept saying no one does this and no one does that...seriously teach more

[@alanmartins6349]

Bye, nobody cares what you think

[@davidlee1753]

@@alanmartins6349 and no one cares about what you think...I just gave an honest opinion in the comments so bugger off.

[@alanmartins6349]

@@davidlee1753 How about you fuck off.

[@yusufalan8045]

ğ. l0

[@baklash6079]

I think the “no one does this” is “teaching” because it demonstrates what a lot of people do, including me. It helps me visualize my problem and remember to address it when I practice.