Probably the most important golf video on KZread . This is exactly why so many amateurs can strike the ball ok and straight when at the driving range in a bay where everything is nice and squared up. Once out on the course 80% will point the left shoulder straight at the target instead of parallel to it and have feet aligned even further right than that. The result is either a big slice as the swing comes over the top in an attempt to correct things or the body stalls because the hips are closed so much resulting in a low pull to the left.

This officially one of the Best videos I have seen in a while. I am the perfect example of “aiming right/over the top”. Every instructor I have had has told me to practise coming from the inside, but I have always felt that it’s my allignment was bad, but didn’t know how to fix it. This certainly helps 👏👏

This is the greatest golf video I've ever seen. This finally explains to me why my buddies would line me up and I would just subconsciously fight it and work my way back to my normal stance right before I took the club back. I can't wait to try this at the range!! Thank you so much!!

Fantastic! I've never hear/read any instructor that explained setup and visual misundertanding in this detail. Priceless!

I have watched way to many how to golf instructors and completely lost my game. Finally Mike makes sense and I’m starting to get back to a 10 handicap instead of 18 or more. THANKS TO YOU MIKE😁. Common sense always wins out.

I went back to watch some of these old Malaska videos. Great content Brendan.

I knew this, I knew this, then I watch this and thought about it and played today and started knocking down flag sticks. I guess by brain didn't really understand. Thanks, this is working for me. Love Mike.

Mike is the best instructor in the world. Period. Thank you both for what I consider to be some of the most important golf instruction videos ever made.

I've watched ALOT of golf instruction vids and have just this week found Mike and Brendan's work. They are sensational. So simple and true. Thank you both. (Hi from Downunder)

I have been playing for 20 years and struggled with this. No one has explained it like this. This is gold. if it wasn't 5 degrees outside i would be on my way to the range right now.

Brendon I remember your videos of PGA guys setting up clearly open on TV. Finally this helps us understand why.

Didn't think Mike could do a better video - but he just did it in this one - such great info and makes so much sense. Thanks!

@parasmalik8459

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Malaska is the real thing.

Alignment! Fantastic lesson Mike, I am a good player who had 10years away from golf starting a business. Have been back playing club golf every weekend for a full season, & have been struggling with hitting. Most shots left of my target line, & had a lesson today after thinking my grip or follow through was off. But saw as you greatly explained my visual picture & stance of a straight alignment to the the target. Was so wrong! I couldn't believe it, as alignment is not a feel. Which would make it easier to correct, but realising that re-training the brains directional concept with the trusty alignment sticks again, & your video is going to help immensely!! Thanks Mark from Australia.

Mike you always amaze me. It is great to see someone who makes sense and shows things you can work on immediately.

I hate the amateur term referenced to bad golf, the greatest player to play the game was an amateur , Bobby jones, he won 13 majors by the age of 28, the British and us amateur in those days were majors because the best players in the world were amateurs. 4 us opens , 3 British opens( out of 4 tries) 1 British am(out of 2 tries) and 5 us ams, what was astonishing was he rarely touched a club between majors, which was months at times. He won over 44% of every major he played. His total win percentage of all tournaments was astonishing. He shot a 66 in a British qualifying tournament on a course that played 6900 yards. In a time where you couldn't lift clean and place on the green, this was mind bogging. He shot lower scores and equaled that but this one left Britain stunned. So please lets just say weekenders or average players. I do like your videos.

This should be every golfers first video that they ever watch

@jlcsr9163

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely!

Very good video, awesome content in this one. Perhaps the best explanation on alignment/targeting/visualization I've ever seen. Good job on this one and thank you Mr. Malaska as well.

Thank you Brendon for this video. Mike is one of the best instructors you habe ever worked with. I will work on training my alignment using this technique! Thank you again B & M !!!!!!

This was a great lesson to watch...your eyes lie to you when you set up square to the ball. Wow! Our binocular vision see things fine when looking directly down the target line, but when we get over the ball our brain basically goes on tilt. Awareness of this optical illusion, and what adjustments Mike is telling you to make will actually change your swing characteristics and accuracy. Thanks for this! Cheers M.

People dont understand this is the hardest thing to do in golf. Training your brain is so hard. Getting there. but this is the first, second, third, fourth and fifth issue for us amateurs. Brilliant and thanks!

This also explains why every down the line camera view that is down the foot line, looks like the player is hitting their ball way right. Very interesting.

I'm glad y'all discussed this! This is something I think would make you so much better. It's something I've wanted to mention for a long time on your channel. When I watch your course vlogs, your approach to the ball ( pre shot routine) is all over the place. Most of the time you're set up to the ball before you ever look at the target. You're worst shots always come when you're set to the ball then give the target the smallest glance ever. It just looks like you're so focused on the swing or feel you're trying to make that you forget about the target.

Man, l have to said you are the best explaining Golf swing teacher, that l have seeing, and Brandon you good asking questions, thank you both!! God bless you!!!

This is absolutely fantastic content and I think that 80-90% number who do this is right on point. Working on this but it’s not easy to tell your brain not to worry.

This is fantastic, thanks to both of you! Can’t wait to take this to the range

Love your series with Mike!

I played last week front 9 five over and par round on back nine one of the best round of my life never ever played par round thanks all your videos I'm really playing very good after watching all your videos and one more very important I'm hitting with my 4 iron almost 210 meters and dead straight, I'm not 20 years kid, I am 55 years young men😉 really appreciate all your hard work and thanks a lot god bless you 👍👍

@gppp11

4 жыл бұрын

I will soon post my score playing under all 18 holes 💪

Super, recently played and on #18 needing a big cut went to a wide open stance and was amazed at how well I struck the ball as prior that day I was moving on the ball and as normal it seems I am playing army golf, left- right spraying my shots - seeing this tip I now see how I can fix some bad habits. I will be testing the alignment stick out front - as a past decent player who has aged past 70 --- I think that much of what Mike teaches would be perfect for aging players wanting to remain competitive --- even though I stay in shape I see that my swing is nothing compared to the past - now I am in a hurry to hit the ball versus swing the club - resulting in poor turn, sliding, head moving and that is only the first swing --- so many elements that were part of my smooth swing are gone --- this tip gives me a lot to work on. Thanks for the insights.

This video is so good!!! I’ve never heard any other instructors talk about how your eyes influence your setup & the cascade of events that happen from a good or poor setup. This is next level stuff! Thanks Brendon & Mike! This has helped me be better at golf.

I went out today and tried Mikes swing . Man what a difference . I am hooked .

great content !!!!! loved it .. cant wait to apply this to my game.. i think this is the best video you did in quiet a while... thanks bbg and Malaska

One of the best golf videos I have ever watched. This is soooo helpful.

Watched this one then practiced a little with it. Went to the range the next day was was hitting absolute bombs😂. Mike is the man. Great video. If there is one video I will be passing on to friends it's this one.

Mike Malaska is such an awesome communicator! So well explained and easy to understand. Now if I just had his swing and talent!

Great video. Never thought of this being a problem for over the top. I will be using this information in my setup. Thanks

Great stuff. I struggle with alignment. This will help me. Thanks BBG and M Malaska

A life line to my sinking game. Now in my early 70s and having tried so many swing adjustments in recent years, I'm convinced I need to focus more on my alignment and now have been given tools to do just that. Thank you for "pointing me in the right direction."

@BEBETTERGOLF

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Keep at it

Go on Mike! Massive! Absolutely Massive! The attitude on him!

went to range today, and this fixed my aligment, Outsanding help . Thanks

When I set up to what I think is straight on the range I’m always 20 yards left as Mike says. This has been the most eye-opening insight for me. Thanks Mike and Brendon.

Just only the first 2 minutes into this, I already give it a thumb up..

Amazing video. I can’t wait to go out and try this. It’s so often that I find my shots (even the well struck ones) are slight blocks - eg 3-5 yards to the right of target from 100 yards ... Whenever I considered alignment it was only the feet line that I looked at (and these were often pointed at or to the right of target, but correcting this I’ve always found feels off)... so the importance of shoulder line and getting the right picture from this video is a seminal learning for me! Bravo Mike

Thanks for bringing Joe back to golfdom. It was a privilege to watch him teach and to pepper him with 10,000 questions.

This reminds me of the Putting alignment very similar principles, thanks. Love the Vid.

This is a great description of the deception you see with your eyes due to the way golf is played alongside the ball and not directly behind like in basketball or throwing a pass in football. Keep in mind these descriptions here are about hitting the ball straight or directly at the target. Another thing that most golfers do not understand but they must grasp about aiming is that your target line is NOT your target when curving the ball. Your target line is your aiming point / starting line. My target line to hit a draw is actually right of my actual target, to hit a fade it is left of my target, and to hit it directly or straight at my target then they actually become the same thing, but only on a straight shot. You have to train yourself and your brain that you are trying to hit it at one point and allow the curvature of the ball / shape of the shot to end at your true target or finish point. Mike does a great job of explaining how to take practice swings and gain your feel to hit the shot you want and then finding your "target line" to play that shot trying to duplicate the feel in the mental game video. You practice feel, your aim, and trusting the feel trying to duplicate it to do what you want is the "Process" that Mike talks about. Mike does an incredible job of taking the complexity of this game and helping us all understand that we actually already know how to play this game in our brains because the brain is a task master / problem-solver. It's the lack of understanding of impact and lack of instruction and skill development to perfect that causing golfers to continue to struggle. I love your Mike Malaska series!

Priceless knowledge being passed down right here. Cheers. 💯👊🏻

Great video Mike I think every single amateur golfer needs to watch this video

So good! I've watched this 3 x now. Such common sense.

This is the most important concept ever and most teachers and amateurs focus on everything, but this topic. Pure gold and I wish I knew this explained this way a long time ago.

@alg7096

5 жыл бұрын

Stephen Shepherd everyone loves the complex sexy stuff, not the basic obvious stuff we don’t want to spend time on. Weird how all these teachers crank out all these videos 2-3 times a week on all kinda of stuff... almost like the more videos they put out the more money they make...🤔

A concept that helped me too is that our upper body is what really controls our swing path and our lower body supplies the power

This is a major lesson to me. Tanks.

Visual parallax explained expertly. I’ve recently have decided I can’t get any better aiming right and swinging left. So I’ve started trying to train myself to line up and then don’t look at the target before I swing. If I look I feel like the target is too far right and the farther out the target is the more right it is. Nice drill I’ll try it tomorrow!

Thanks BBG, your content has improved so much over the years! Helped my game

This is an incredible lesson on a subject no one talks about.... #grail

Dear Sir I'm Brazilian, I live in Brazil ans I have difficulty with the English language. Forgive the text. Be Better Golf reflects work done with passion and seriousness. With good teaching, bugt simplicity. Congratulations Roberto

It’s amazing how left your feet appear when looking down at them compared to the target especially going from aiming your feet right of target

Great swing Brendan! at 12min.

Amazing insights on using the brain to play your shots!

The best presentation on Alignment, among mani, I have found. Roberto Brazil

GREAT INFO HERE GUYS! Thank you!

This might be one of the most eye-opening videos I have watched, I tried this today on the range, and damn if he is not right.

Great video. Mike is awesome. I am a right aim golfer that actually hooks it instead of coming over the top, but the solution is the same. When I get the feeling as Mike describes it, the game is easy.

Great explanation Mike, cheers Paul in Brisbane Australia.

Tried it today, great results with irons

Good stuff, explaining what alignment should actually look like.

Like the video...especially the idea of things not looking right from over-the-ball and have to get used to this as an amateur weekend-warrior. Alignment, when I haven't played in awhile, can take me nine holes to trust and by then bye-bye to a decent score. Another video which has helped me with alignment tremendously is on Monte's IG...he talks about kicking fieldgoals about 18 inches out as an intermediate target...gold!

Great video. After spending all season learning how to swing properly watching mikes videos and many others and not seeing very much progress. I’ve gotten back to basics and this is one of the best alignment vids I’ve found. Huge issue with my personal swing. Hope it helps. Any other tips about this in future videos would be awesome! Thanks for the great content.

@alg7096

5 жыл бұрын

Eric Mead the basics, and mainly clubface alignment, is all that needs to be focused on. You get that correctly and your 🧠 will be able to figure out the rest

This should be the first lesson every beginner takes.

Best video on set up I have seen

Scratch player and I still struggle with alignment. Can’t wait to try the extremes you guys covered.

Malaska knows his stuff! ⛳🏌️🎾

This concept is what Shawn Clement (KZread master teacher) is all about... task master brain... visualization/target. Brandon should look him up and do lessons/videos

seems like the intermediate target needs to be decided from behind, rather than from the side. Nicklaus seemed to do well with it...

This sounds just like me. I'm going to have to train my alignment. I've been pointing myself to the right to try to not pull my shots.

This is gold

I’m a huge believer in lines! I like this concept. Aim left make it go right and slowly brings things in together.

@ihop04

4 жыл бұрын

Went to the practice green today. Applied what was shown. Felt mentally worked over. Completely different approach to putting.

Well this makes me think a lot. All this work on swings etc and not really checked my alignment. Excellent video gents.

@alg7096

5 жыл бұрын

Mr Kipling you and everyone else on KZread. Listening to swing concepts is much more interesting than accepting alignment as literally being all that 99% of golfers need to work on and NOTHING else until they have truly mastered it. If that idea caught on a lot of people pushing all these swing concept videos would lose a lot of money cause the masses wouldn’t need them anymore. 🤔

Guys, keep up the great work. Love this discussion today. Even more relevant to me now as temperatures begin to drop in Atlanta and common fault for getting a little more distance out of each shot is hitting a big draw, ie end up aiming further right. Also, i wanted y'all to know that since I started following I've moved from 2.3 index to a +0.7. Amazing what happens when you eliminate "getting stuck" from your game. Thank you!

@BEBETTERGOLF

5 жыл бұрын

Ballin!

@BamaPaul

5 жыл бұрын

BE BETTER GOLF have you noticed with Malaska swing how there is not much divot .I have noticed that with my swing doing this .So you not steep at all you just bruising the ground a little. Wish you would talk to him sometime about this .Love these videos 👍

If only I had seen this 30 years ago !!

Great content! Golf Gold!

@BEBETTERGOLF

4 жыл бұрын

Thx!

Ty you guys great content!!! So what I thought I heard fro. Mike and IAM steep with my driver iam going to tee off from the left side of tee box and make my target out to right on the fairway ??? If I understand what Mike explained so my task is to drive ball from left side of tee box to the right side of the fairway ??? I'll let you know how it goes !!!!

add advanced astigmatism of the left eye to the mix and we have a really fun party.

Respectfully, at 1:45, if you adjust the bottom of the circle to the ball at address, then swing on that plane, even with that foot and body position, it is going straight and right down the middle. Radius, Tangent! I like all the rest!

This happened today, i was pulling everything....so I made myself open my stance. It felt weird but i started hitting it straighter because my brain wouldn't let the ball go left as much....of course next time this won't work, because that's golf. Which is why teaching pros make a lot of money.

Man, I feel like I say this for every one of your videos with Mike, but this might be the best one yet lol. Such an out-of-the-box concept that is never covered in golf instruction, yet it is so intuitive.

Well done! FR

I'll give this a try. Starting left is always a problem for me.

For a visual person like me, it would have been more effective if there were lines drawn to depict target line, body alignment, path direction, clubface, etc. But, for just pointing out the parallax error, thanks a million!

I am a big fan of BBG and Malaska golf for a couple of years. I like Mike’s teaching and have implemented his suggestions. I have had difficulty tipping the shaft. I have had an ahah moment. For me my first move down from the backswing with my hands and arms is to shallow my arms, the club head drops behind my hands, my hands go out a little. This allows me to swing in a proper semicircle. Watch any pro from DTL.

@BEBETTERGOLF

5 жыл бұрын

Thx T!

THANK YOU. I've been noticing this since I started focusing on lining up the club face with whatever is directly infront of the ball; grass patches, leaves, etc. I try to get my feet square to that line, and it really screws with my brain. Feels like a huge mistake, esp with the longer clubs.

I know I have that problem...I wonder if it's also related to having one eye considerably dominant over the other...

Great video. I have quite an open stance, but still come over the top 😂

@sluggworth2154

4 жыл бұрын

Then go farther

WOW! All my shots are going left driver, irons, and especial my wedges. Now I know why....!!!!!

Great lesson, I Watch my wife line up them when she greats ready to swing she shuffles her feet over to aim more to the right. I try and not make the same mistake.

It's called "Parallax" Try point your finger at something with one eye closed, then close that eye and open the other eye without moving your finger. See how far off your finger is off the target.

@terrythomas790

4 жыл бұрын

I just did, and you are right! Now Im thinking each and every person reading this will be doing it.

Question for Mike: Most slicers are going to aiming to the left of the target in hopes that a miss to the right will find the target, but you are saying the most golfer's shoulders are alighted to the left of the target causing an 'over the top swing'. Do open shoulders at address promote a slice or 'over the top' move and closed shoulders promote an inside swing path producing a draw? Thanks

Mike has saved my game from the Abyss (a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm of pain and frustration). It was sad he struggled most of his early days but it was NOT for nothing. You've changed my game and I cannot thank you more MIKE!!

Brian could you use a P O V camera so we could get more of a visual. Hard to see where you guys are aiming. Malaska ROCKS!!

The last part, target is to the right, but aim to the left. Is the eyes/shoulders aim to the left, while club face still aiming the right of where the target is??

How/when do you factor in shot shape?