Malaska Golf // L to L and Pivoting the Club - What Makes Toe-Deep Divots?

[@decentblue1]

This lesson is very very important to me, makes me swing more easy more natural. Pivot of the club happens at about right hip , from an inside path, and the hip motion changes the pathway , makes the swing inside to inside, thus squares the club face almost spontaneously.

[@dawnhillanders6791]

Thanks again for putting such important detail into simple terms ... The pivot to the right of target and at the right hip gave me the feel back again -- consistently. Look forward to your new videos.

[@barryread3672]

Great stuff Mike! Thank you for all you do. Your concepts have helped me so much. I always look forward to your videos. Keep them coming.!

[@normankleinberg5525]

Yea, rotate with your body, not with your right shoulder. Unfortunately, many of us who want to power the shot with our right side have difficulty doing this, that's one of the reasons golf can be so difficult. You explain very well, Mike, my MIND understands, it's just that my BODY is unrelentingly stubborn. :)

[@wx811]

I used to have the same problem. I started dropping my trailing elbow into my side as I came down, that cured that for good. Just what I did, but it worked for me.

[@grumpyoldgit8254]

That was my aha aha moment, i have seen you explain the pivot many times and never quite got it until i watched this video, i get the pivot points on each side now and how it is the bodys natural rotation that moves the pivot points from one side to the other, not the hands and arms doing it on their own, doh, 🤦‍♀🙇🙇👍

[@davidyoung7470]

Mike this is an awesome video!! You are the best online!!

[@74soll]

The other lessons now make so much more sense!

[@hdmydyna3981]

Just got the "ah-ha" moment. Can't wait to get to the range now.

[@rickpostma7932]

Brilliant lesson for feelings mike

[@bobmcglone6676]

Great explanation Mike. Your teaching is the best. Always right on.!

[@pravindesai3718]

Pravin Desai, Honolulu, Hawaii This video clarifies some of my misconceptions for me esp. interior circle vs. square position.I would still like for you to detail what happens between pivot point 2 and 3. i.e. 1.role of left hand 2.role of right hand-when does it straighten out 3.meaning of level turn of the shoulders 4.swinging of the arms in relation to the club shaft 5. timing of pivoting of right knee to move the left hip back Thank you so much for your instruction and help.

[@BamaPaul]

Again this is gold .

[@jerryphillips5777]

brilliant explanation, now to get my body to turn at the right time.

[@robsav9723]

sincere compliments for golf teaching that I believe the simplest (and therefore the best) of the web, but I confess a fundamental doubt (due to my limits): "L to L" is just a preparatory practice or really the exact sequence to search and to be applied on the swing? Thanks from Italy.

[@accridelich7369]

My swing thought is to look at the dimple, at address, that most closely resembles the "18 minute" mark on a clock's face as that is where I want the club face to initially contact the ball. Forces me to not turn my shoulders & keep them at the target. After impact & compression, the ball will leave the club face at the "13 minute" mark. This will happen automatically while your shoulders are "pulled through" by the momentum of the club.

[@stuartalexander4519]

Brilliant Mike!!

[@douglasspencer745]

Brilliant as always 🇬🇧

[@joycehalle8033]

Mike, I love your philosophy and technique. I’m a 77 yr. old I never take a divot and frequently come up early, not getting solid contact. Any help staying down? Do you feel a divot important? Thanks for all your videos

[@alejandroreza6593]

You are the best!

[@glennwiebe5128]

Glad to see a Honma bag! While the adage "it's the Indian not the arrow" is true, good arrow make the Indian better. Great lesson, Mike!

[@normnoel4681]

Outstanding!

[@Golfsmithin]

Thank you, this resonates a bunch with the rest of your lessons. Huge!

[@JeffreyLeeflang66]

.....right there; now I've got thé "AHA" moment! Thx! By the way....did you do a video regarding backspin? I can't recall seeing one....🤔

[@jobssteve4175]

It makes perfect sense. Thanks.

[@TrojanMars1]

Forgot to mention how vertical a player’s downswing can influence said divot pattern as well. Old school (flatter plane) produce shallower divots, whereas Newer school (mouth more upright planes) will undoubtedly produce a steeper angle of attack and consequently steeper divots as well.

[@TimmKrista]

Great explanation

[@angeloc700]

Brilliant!

[@MarioSantos-oz4rr]

In some others videos from you your hands just go from extended to flexed without any forearms rotation. In this video it looks to me there is a forearm rotation. I am confused. Please help

[@marydenesha5914]

I'm with you Mario......this motion is the same as his old videos....now I'm caught between the two....one has alot of forearm rotation and the other has seemingly none.....oh boy.......Gary

[@wx811]

Haven't seen many videos of his, so I don't know. But I know this: Forearms rotate passively, not consciously. The hands control the swing (mostly) and if you roll the forearms you'll snap hook it off the planet. I think what looks like forearm rotation is rotation of the clubface through the ball and around. As we all (should) know, the clubface opens on the way back, and shuts as it goes through, which is what release is. But the forearms in this process are completely passive. If it's active or conscious, I'll mess up the timing.

[@GearZa]

I am here is South Africa and i was thinking how can I repay this man and his talent that has helped me for FREE !! Mike I am going to buy your book and I hope that everyone you helped does the same. Thank you for sharing your hard earned knowledge. I will post this on all your KZbin videos because you deserve it. BOOKS:= I Feel Your Pain: Let's Make Golf Uncomplicated: Mike Malaska and the new book when it gets released The Invisible Swing Mike Malaska

[@mattwebster9768]

Hey Mike. I am right hand dominant but have always swung a bat and golfed left handed. My left arm is weak and I have about no feel with it in my golf swing. I have watched a lot of your videos but I can't seem to find one where you would discuss golfing with a weak right hand. I have some decent golf shots but I also have some horrible chunks and slices I want to eliminate. I almost never miss right. What are some drills I can do to get more feeling in my left hand? The more I try and get the feeling that I am throwing a ball into the ground with my left hand (which I can hardly do left handed) the more it feels like I am just flipping the club at impact. I have success with dropping my left foot back at the range and that's about it. The stronger my grip becomes the more resistant my left hand is and just drags the club face wide open into the ball. I just feel lost and can't seem to find the advice I need.

[@wx811]

Here's my opinion on it, if you're interested. The trailing hand is trouble for any player. It's the cause of the hook and generally many other serious problems. For me, being right handed, my right hand will certainly destroy my chances of a good shot. In order to counter fat and sliced shots, that's an entirely different issue. I'd look at your concept of how to strike the iron properly, and path and face issues to cure the slice. But in no way should you use the trailing hand for anything in the swing. It's only use is later, through the ball, but it's passive. Otherwise you'll hook the crap out of it, or even blade shots into the next county. Just my opinion, but being close to scratch, I feel I know at least something about the swing.

[@mattwebster9768]

I made it to the range yesterday focusing on path. Just had horrible slices and hozzle shots regardless of grip/path/releasing and turning over clubface... Almost no chunks and quite a few tops. The strange part is when striking with my feet together or very wide then my ball contact was good. I moved the ball back in my stance somewhere half between center and back foot and it was like magic. Had pure contact, contact felt amazing, ball flight was beautiful and with a subtle draw. I don't understand why moving the ball back would 'cure' slice, unless maybe it is a timing/path issue or my toe is digging and I need a degree or two up bend on my irons.

[@mattwebster9768]

I think the biggest fundamental concept I am missing is how to move the swing arc forward while keeping the 'in to in' path

[@wx811]

@@mattwebster9768 Overall, I had no idea what you just said. Dude, that's overthinking a storm, it's no wonder you struggle. Putting the ball back in the stance with an iron is good, that's correct. But that's really all you needed. All the technical stuff hurts more than it helps, imo. My technical talk is more "feel" than something I consciously think about. Dude, I'm self taught, and have a phenomenal swing. I never once thought about how to swing consciously. I'd suggest simplification. Just do the bare bones basics. Proper contact, curving the ball on command, short game, and management are all that matter imo. Think less, not more. You'll get more out of it over time.

[@BamaPaul]

Adam Martin I have to disagree respectfully I use my trail arm/hand mostly. I have a weak left arm due to neck fusion 2 years ago and have to use the trail hand. Been using Malaska method over a year now with much success even tho I play with pain. You just got to learn to pivot the club correctly with the right body movements. I hit the ball straight with a little draw and hardly ever hit a big hook. Again I don’t use my lead hand much at all . You got to learn to turn your hip out of the way in your backswing to create that space he talks about to shallow them arms out in downswing. That creates the draw with good tempo. Good luck stay with it .

[@mattscott9479]

Hey Mike so would the left arm L to L be out to in?

[@karldoller4174]

Would lie angle have an influence on his being toe-deep?

[@12496k]

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[@timkozlow5258]

I'm such an idiot. I could not do the L to L for two f years. I started thinking I was either had a mental problem or some other infirmity. A ten year old should be able to do this. I realize now, I was doing it from a square position. It's no wonder I could never get enough space to let the pivot happen the way it was suppose to. It feels totally different now and actually looks like Mike's. Why couldn't I see this video two years ago. I almost quit golf over this. I figured if I could not do this, I have no business golfing in the first place.

[@seth1455]

Same here, I know exactly how you feel

[@marydenesha5914]

Which method are we to use?? A short time ago a video came out referencing keeping the "face" square thru impact with a throwing motion with what seemed to be no "arm rotation" ....now were are back to "older" type videos promoting face and arm rotation. And don't say it's an illusion....the face of this golf club is rolling over and it is being done by the movement of the forearm. Very disheartening.....Gary

[@christianmani1730]

Doesn’t pivoting the club off your right hip promote a flip of the hands and how would you get any shaft lean at impact? Wouldn’t that mean your right hip would have to even with the ball at impact (super open) assuming the ball is just slightly forward of center of stance ( a la Jim Furyk)? Mike says your body turns AFTER the first pivot. What am I missing here?

[@wasatchgolfacademy1046]

A lot

[@SylviaRichardson-fo3vm]

Why show just your right arm on the club swinging it through to the right. As soon as you connect your left hand as well your body will turn because both hands are attached to the club

[@jboy5744]

Why not call it a U swing, makes the point. This video does a much better job of describing your swing methodology!

[@kristianwiles4297]

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[@Golf-ib4wg]

Will absolutely ruin your golf game. If you want to quit golf, try to do this