Malaska Golf - The Club is Behind You - The Club is Stuck - The A-ha Moment

[@pathala1599]

This is the best expalantion of what getting the club stuck behind you is. Just excellent !

[@golfweed9947]

Solid information! No one has EVER explained "getting behind", ever! Thanks!

[@mattbickham5635]

This teaching is amazing. All my swing lessons and videos I watch just talk about the body rotating. They never explain how the club needs go, even though they all say let the club do the work. Amazing teaching.

[@brothatothanight]

Brother, you just changed my golf swing with this one. Best explanation ever.

[@Theaveragepunter1]

Explaining and linking the correlation between your spine angle and the leading edge on takeaway is absolute gold. 40 yrs of golf and lessons and that penny finally dropped for me. Yours is the best and easiest explanation I’ve heard. Thank you.

[@IIIllllIIIIlllll]

I took my first real lesson a couple weeks ago and this was the point my instructor emphasized most. Helped so much

[@HHHWLH]

Mr. Malaska, the more I watch your videos the more convincing and true your teachings unveil.

[@Hoganwantabe]

I love the way Mike SHOWS people what to do. A true teacher.

[@victorvaldez5768]

This is by far the best video I have ever seen regarding getting stuck. Thanks for posting!!

[@mh_golfer]

The simplest and best by far.

[@oldergolfer310]

Certainly the best instruction ever re getting stuck - a lightbulb moment for me. Thanks Mike.

[@KenCarr-y7w]

The best easy to understand teacher

[@99lutzlutzlutz]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!! Michael from Berlin

[@alexoubre8123]

This is still the best video I’ve ever seen from mike.

[@fegracias]

The best instructional video I have ever seen from Mike. Perfect swing

[@nevillevanevery4300]

Francisco Gracias Ben hogs an golf lessons

[@ablgolfmom6211]

Francisco Gracias perfect swing? This player has his chest closed and hips square at impact because of this tipping move. It’s a way to do it but not the best way!

[@ebitalian02767]

@@ablgolfmom6211I’m sure this player will work on timing the left hip back move with the club pull down feel. This will get his body more out of the way. But this is a really playable golf swing.

[@kerrymong99]

Have to agree with a lot of the comments.This possibly is one of the best Mike videos i have seen.The explanation and demonstration was brilliant!!!

[@CollinGravesPersonal]

Been golfing a long time and this just made so many things click in my brain. Thank you!

[@frankb1928]

I misunderstood this for so long. Even today most trainers talk about flattening the down swing. When I do achieve this move it feels so easy and pain free

[@maamold]

I can't figure out why this video doesn't have 10,000 upvotes and your channel have 2 million subscribers. Great Video !

[@MikeYang]

Brian almost brained you with one of those last swings! I'm enjoying the content. Thanks!

[@jdmojoman]

Mike "Matrix" Malaska at 6:24. Definitely the 'chosen one' when is comes to teaching the golf swing. Love this guy !!!

[@MrMikeRodriguez]

When the club is kept in front as described here I’ve noticed it’s easier to move the body correct. And the club seems to be more working with me during the swing instead of against me like it does if it starts to fall back behind as he explains. Really insightful. The tipping forward Malaska move is really weird to feel at first. Definitely seems wrong and that it’d lead to some big duck hook or something. But when put in motion the offsetting forces do lay the club in a really good position. I found it hard to believe the camera at first.

[@mh_golfer]

He is right, I never understood exactly what getting stuck meant, yet once again Mike makes it really easy to understand.

[@johncreet1254]

An a-ha moment for me as well. Thank you.

[@rypgram1110]

This video is underrated. Thanks Mike. This helped my swing tremendously.

[@greghogan5686]

Love it! you have helped me understand, what no one else has been able to.

[@canefan17]

Best golfing instruction I've see anywhere. This video and the ones with Brendon from BeBetterGolf are pure gold. I also like Shawn Clement's "Throw the club at the target" video. Mike has a similar video where he has you throw a golf ball with your dominant hand at the tee in front of you at address to get the feel of what coming from the inside feels like. Some call this the skipping the rock on a pond move I suppose.

[@CraigNAnderson]

Mike, What a great video! I have watched a couple other of your videos on "pulling the handle down" and "standing the club up". This video brought it all together! The idea that as long as the club is parallel with your hands you can come from inside on different planes. I went to the range last night and that "feeling" came on my first swing. Ah-ha! Better ball flight, on-line, shallow contact. 20 swings later I got on the course for 6 holes. My iron play was great, but driver did not respond with the same swing "feeling". Perhaps I'm missing something. Glad I found you through BeBetterGolf:)

[@barbarashaffer6882]

Yes Coach Mike I have to agree with the “M” family this is a “feel good” video simple and clear thanks from Marty

[@SammyPrairiechicken]

Thanks Brian for asking and clarifying that, your right, never understood club behind!

[@ljlewis1]

Thanks a lot. This really helped me especially with the 1 o'clock explanation.

[@Melted_Butter]

ljlewis1 what was the 1 o'clock rule?

[@blackie75]

Favourited that one. There were some real nuggets in there as far as understanding the Malaska move :)

[@robocop30301]

Once again. Such a great video.

[@thomasfraser9072]

Hi Mike. The one thing that I see constant in everyone of your teachings episodes is trying the various ways getting your students to keep their trail elbow in a pivotal motion on the back swing and then a pivotal motion on the downswing. I have found conclusively that 'the Magic trail elbow' is the clutch to a great swing. On the backswing- simply shift the trail elbow back. On the downswing; simply shift the trail elbow forward all the while allowing the rest of the body to respond naturally to the entire swinging of the club. All happens at a blink of the eye! Now isn't that easy? Cheers

[@waynedowding7168]

This is great along with the too steep video, my feeling now is my hands coming down closer to my right thigh, and just hitting airballs at the moment it feels great. Can't wait to get to the range.

[@outdooroutfitters3658]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@76MUTiger]

What an AWESOME lesson!

[@GolfTheSimpleTruth]

Hey Mike! Sending out a big hello. We met at the Teacher of the Year Summit at Pinehurst. If you don't mind I borrowed this video to drive home the finer points of "getting stuck" and why my Mr. Saturday Golfer keeps hitting hosel rockets. Well done and TY!

[@jasonbreding7905]

Man story of my life ... started out as Jr Sr shot under par often and then got worse now I don't play but watch so many videos when I play I am closer to back to when I started 30 years ago

[@colinhiga2385]

Great explanation! Thank you!

[@popospos]

I love how mike almost gets hit by his students and dodges the club in most of his lesson videos, his reflexes are almost ninja level

[@steveng8727]

The 'split grip' drill helps you feel this.

[@ebitalian02767]

Oh wow. I’ve been using all right no left to “throw” the club at it. I need to picture a frisbee left hand throw. This gets my hands down and in and gets the clubhead out to the ball. My body is just whipping the club around. Wow.

[@fnshouse632]

I find it interesting (as I have had a 15yr tour player as my instructor) how we interpret what our instructors say, into something we think they say. I love your vids and how you instruct your pupils, as it was similar to what I've been taught. My instructor btw learned his craft from Bob Toski.

[@6-4-3gaming3]

I’ve done it wrong for so long when I do it right it feels like I’m going to come over the top even more.

[@rejuve50plus59]

This is Gold, and I am playing Devil's advocate here. But here is where I think many people go wrong, Me and the student Brian. When Mike has explained in his book and other videos that the left arm rotates and the hands drop and return to the where they were at takeaway; it's all to late by then. How I got my swing right was to rotate the left and drop the arms and hands down to what appears to be in the middle of the side of the right foot. And Wala; out it goes. Thanks Mike, love your work.

[@seth1455]

you are both saying the same thing, it's a swing with the down swing taking less than half a second. You feel it at the back leg, but I would bet your hands do go through the impact position close to where Mike feels it.

[@colins.6170]

This is fascinating to me. I think people who've really studied golf information and have worked seriously at improving, will find Mike's videos very interesting. I'm dying to go hit some balls.

[@charlesdalton8961]

Slowly,Putting all the pieces together,Thank You Mike

[@dansbrennan]

Awesome video. I have been doing this same thing for years. Never truly understood the concept of the club getting behind and no instructor could explain it so clearly as Mike just did. Thanks for the great content. SUBSCRIBE!

[@Mrhirtzel]

This is the RIT swing Hardy teaches. Great stuff! This is so huge for anyone with a flat swing.

[@imj9046]

Mal is geneous. A few years back I have never feagured out what he was talking about. Now i understand the cencept about what he is trying to teach. It has been a long long way… over 20years for me….haha

[@Randy-J]

Your style of instruction is fantastic. Suits my way of learning to a Tee.... pun :o)

[@89gsmith]

Natural Tuition at its best. The guy is at the pinnacle of his career.

[@kiwijohn01]

I've watched this a few times now..the section on the right elbow pivot is aha moment number 2 😊

[@nickbaker1189]

I am stuck with the club head behind me constantly. I didn’t have this problem until I started this move, and now I can’t seem to shake it. Guess I’m going to have to start working on tipping the club head.

[@robert-janstuessel8316]

This is fun to watch! Great!

[@toumistra]

Damn, im jealous. What a session!

[@kooijbas]

To me, this can be explained as follows: grip the club and keep it straight in front of you. Throughout the entire swing, your wrists can never cock in a manner that would move the club left or right, only (slightly) up or down. I unconsciously cocked the wrists the wrong way at the top of my backswing, just as this student does. This will make the club go behind you.

[@ksmithreps1]

Another good one! Very helpful, thanks for posting!

[@jamiesloan7259]

Here's a good drill to "feel" the correct plane... Swing the club with your trail hand ONLY. If you keep your right elbow close to your right side, and loosely swing the club, the club will naturally stay in line with the right forearm, where it SHOULD be.

[@KDBowler]

Great Lesson. Watch every time Mike tells him he's not stuck.. his left shoulder is much lower. When you get behind in the swing your left shoulder will ALWAYS be too high at the beginning of the downswing.

[@TheZenbudda]

Thanks for posting this vid!!! I got away from your teachings because i thought "inside" was behind. I kept pull drawing every shot trying to keep the club in front and "releasing from the top". Now i know i can drop my hands more to the inside and that isnt considered behind.

[@canefan17]

I’d love to ask Mike what his thoughts are on “swing to right field”. So many instructors teach that.

[@jamiesloan7259]

This swing thought only works for people that hit pulls(straight left), or pull slices. Watch the tour pros... As soon as the club head passes impact, it's immediately exiting left. Your ball flight will dictate what you need to feel.

[@Dougmolls]

Great swing!

[@jimdusek4948]

Clear explanation. Much appreciated

[@5184louis]

Hi Mike. Great vid as always. Got the downswing 'down' thanks to your technique. However, been struggling with the backswing for quite some time. Had a eureka moment recently though by applying kind of the same concept as you teach coming down. Applying the 'pivot' idea going back means i am now swinging the shaft, rather than 'moving' it if that makes sense (Probably caused by the doomed quest for width, another bad concept in my humble opinion!). Along the lines of trying to make the handle end of the club pivot by my right hip on the way back. Almost as if the butt end of the club has to swing from/pivot by my belly button. Which is doesn't of course, but it ensures i get the clubhead moving. Anyway, just a thought and again, any comprehensive concept you can come up with that can be applied to the backswing, similar to your downswing technique will be greatly appreciated. PS. Your philosophy is catching on massively here in the UK amongst teaching pros. I try and spread the word as much as I can when playing in my county pro-ams and thankfully my game is backing up my claim to the pros that their students would love them forever if they try and get your ideas across, rather than the old teachings with the destructive 'pull' concept! Cheers from England!

[@christopherwhitehead8946]

Fantastic video.

[@khi5150]

Malaska sir you are awesome!!

[@crazyjoe5684]

Holy Shit!!!!! Now i Get The Behind You Means!!!! Thank God

[@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

[@jasonvasek6107]

Yup - always had a problem or was incapable of releasing the club after it gets behind me or I let it drop

[@guitar1950]

I see the that his club head is low to the ground in the stuck behind position but it's higher when you say it's fine. The shaft is laid way down to cause the stuck position. The hands should come out in front of the body while the shaft lays down to about a 45 degree angle to the ground, not parallel to the ground. Achieving a 4:30 path to impact is the key. This is achieved with a counter rotation of the forearms at the start of the downswing.

[@MrMark945]

Wow lightbulb!!!! Omg...I always wondered why the hell did I sometimes hit these beautiful draws and other time it was a nasty hook or weak push...

[@e.g.flores2819]

Watch yourself Mike, he almost rearranged your face.Great video.

[@OchangDE]

Omg. Totally Ah ha moment. I had the same problem. Now I understand.

[@pauldunne445]

Fantastic thanks mike

[@Dkiash]

this is one of his best videos yet--it encompasses just about everything you would need to start practicing this method. I am waiting anxiously to hear from Jennifer to see if I can get to see Mike sometime this summer yet!!!

[@paullee5029]

This is so so good

[@timkozlow5258]

Best part of this video is when he almost hits Mike in the head with his swing. LOL

[@shawn199500]

So Mike hitting the squares is just a drill to feel loose wrist and forearm rotation? It isn't really needed to hit those spots in the full swing , just keep handle in close to body without dragging the handle?

[@1Seabass1]

I’d like to see the entire lesson and hear what they meant by parallax

[@stevebrooks164]

+1 ahh haa, you ain't kidding! Great stuff here

[@petermartinaitis8166]

There is a huge difference between feel and real, I like to feel that the club head is way behind so that it never overtakes the hands but in reality it never is.

[@BayouHotBoy1]

I met an old pro who suggested while learning the game find an instructor or 2 that relates to what you are trying to accomplish in golf. He said most golf instructors are copy cats and full of shit and very few really care if you get better. Since I found Mike, I think I have found the one that works for me. Thanks Mike for the gems!

[@alienrenders]

Ahhhh.... this happens with my driver. The clubhead sometimes falls really low and I feel like I have to pull it back into place. I thought I was releasing early, but I'm in fact pulling the club and losing power.

[@jimgellein1072]

Oh! Thank you!

[@randyunderwood2894]

i was taught so early to take the club "in to out" path to gain power. i'm a little guy who never hit as long as the other guys so, i learned that well. then fought the hooks my whole life. never could hit that high soft fade with an iron. as i aged (62) i get "stuck" even on pitch shots! lol! these vids have helped me alot but, how can i "level out" my swing ark? or, not let my spine angle get tilted back so much at times? i feel my ark make that "loop" back there when i tilt and the clubhead has to go behind me. so frustrating

[@tonytanti8138]

randy underwood I have e the same struggles...nice big draws one day then low snappy hooks the next. what drills help you straighten it out

[@randyunderwood2894]

Tony Tanti i had to go with the L to L drill.. and due to physical issues that's about all i can do now. also mike's "handle down-heel out " helps alot. go check that out. but i still struggle with spine angle. going to play right now..lol

[@davelindfield4288]

@@cscoetzee same for me. Just by reaching my hands out farther, it gets my right elbow unstuck from my body. More vertical plane and less hand rotation needed, therefore more consistency squaring the club head at impact

[@geoffhunt7965]

A-ha!!!!! Very helpful.

[@grumpyoldgit8254]

hahaha, watched this 3 times over the last few months, now i get it. doh

[@caswellc]

Curious on his thoughts on Alex Noren’s pre shot drill...it’s literally what Mike preaches against

[@davidv3599]

Feel is not real.

[@davep007007]

So basically stuck is when your upper body rotates out of the shot early and your hands are higher than normal and your forearms rotate the club open for too long in the first part of the down swing. So getting stuck is actually going to quickly from the top. Then people feel stuck so they try and just speed up the arms and swing left which then relieves them from having any remnants of a transition. Stuck is from putting undo pressure on your forearms to shallow the club because other parts of your body is steepening the action and the forearms are employed a last resort to shallow the move.

[@joesmith389]

davep007007 technically, getting stuck is when your trail elbow lags behind and gets stuck behind (or beside) you at impact, instead of being in front of you at impact. Think Jim Furyk (stuck), and Dustin Johnson (majorly NOT stuck). Watch the trail elbows on the downswing and through impact. Malaska has a slightly different definition of being stuck, as the student in this vid wasn’t technically “stuck” in the traditional manner.

[@jamesbondisamonkey]

so it looks like what he's referring to is when the hands move towards the ball, getting away from the body too much, as the club lags behind the ball...basically any kind of motion where the hands come at the ball instead of the club head...from what I understand of this video

[@BonziCatz]

Isn't the sensation of feeling stuck/club behind you more a product of a bad/inside takeaway? as in rolling hands inside? I have the same problem, getting that club behind me and flipping to save a shank but I've lost a ton of distance on all of my irons because of this move.... working on the on plane takeaway... I'm a 6 handicap with this problem...

[@timkozlow5258]

One more comment. I know from spending countless hours on his website and building my swing his way, he does not jump around. He goes right from the basics and builds upon that. If you don't have the basics down then he doesn't move on trying to gain speed in your swing. This guy looks like he is ready for another level. Maybe build some speed now that he has the basic concept down. You don't really know where he is at in the process. He's ready for another level by the looks of it. He works with professionals and he works with them on building speed since they already have the basic swing. What good is distance if you hit it thirty yards offline.

[@afriendtoleanon3401]

So behind you means your hands are fwd of where they should be when the club head goes below the hands ? am i right

[@robertholleyman73]

thanks Mike i see it know. thats been getting me.

[@ST-xg3gy]

Club over your hands? He saud that at the end. Please explain.

[@parasmalik8459]

Love you Malaska

[@ImperfectGolfer]

It is very nice to see Mike Malaska teaching this golfer how to maintain an intact LAFW (where the left arm and clubshaft are always straight-in-line) between P5.5 and P7.2+ as demonstrated between the 2:33 - 2:44 minute time point of the video.

[@Melted_Butter]

The 15 people who gave thumbs down clearly didn't have the 'a ha' moment

[@jimmysmith736]

Melted Butter I think keeping the club outside your hands is holding all amateurs back tbh

[@ThrowinBombs80]

@@jimmysmith736 bull lol

[@arjanpetersen]

jimmy smith hahha.... I guess you are still a high hcp then?

[@mikeobie11]

Does this make sense? If the butt end of the club points out to the target, or left/right of it for that matter, then you are stuck? It seems that the proper release involves having the butt end of the handle beginning to point skyward as you work thru impact. Am I way off here?

[@arjanpetersen]

Mike O'Brien yes

[@Tigersmundo]

THE CLUB TO THE RIGHT OF YOU!!! Look just keep under you and right shoulder internally wound your gold

[@ronkeossy4158]

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