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Malaska Golf // Player Lesson // Shot Shaping - The Club Face and the Ball

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A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Pillar, Kevin Plawecki and Ryon Healy at Superstition Mountain for an afternoon lesson and Rapsodo Mobile Launch Monitor demo. It was a lot of fun working with these guys and applying their baseball skills to the game of golf. When you're working with athletes like these, their hands are so good all you have to do is give them the right task and let them do the rest.
Shaping the ball and how you hit a draw, fade or hit it straight is all about understanding how the club face and the ball work. For me, and when working with Major League Baseball players, the club face is the bat. How you angle that bat determines what field you'll hit the ball to.
I think we revealed a lot of those "a-ha moments," and I hope you enjoy watching these lessons as much as I enjoyed giving them.
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@Tapin4pardude 3 жыл бұрын

The best part was when Mike told them the face was the bat and the guy he called to hit first looked at his buddy like “ok” whatever. Then immediately realized that Mike proved the analogy for these baseball players to a tee!!

@arturoplaying 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for everything Mike. I don’t know what else to say.

@dirtyhipstergolf8412 4 жыл бұрын

Best teacher on the planet. I saw Mike in Jan 2019 and it totally changed my game.

@richyclubsport5155 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky guy, he's genius

@glennhynes5263 2 жыл бұрын

That is very true.

@jonvig4771 4 жыл бұрын

Mike, by far one of the best in the business. I sware the instructors now a days deliberately give bad information knowing most people will follow it, they become so screwed up, and out of sink they than have to go pay for lessons most of the golf business is just a money maker with no end in site. Happy to have found one guy still out here who is honest!

@ryanrussell3575 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome concept. So tired of golf instruction muddying the waters with how to play this game. So many athletes get so frustrated being told to hold the angle and don’t use hands when that is our greatest asset. Once you understand how you are supposed to swing you can groove it and start playing golf and stop playing golf swing all the time.

@macdaddyblues1 2 жыл бұрын

probably the best Lesson Mike has ever done. I have used this on a bunch of athletes that have baseball experience and it makes an instant connection. Bravo Mike!

@golfinthekingdom5569 4 жыл бұрын

Mike is as gifted as it gets, appreciate you Mike, some of the best content in the biz, when it comes to simplifying the golf swing nobody does it better. Your Where does Speed come from? Bob Toski Is a game changer

@jimd5622 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, as usual! Finally made sense out of AJ Bonar’s “Da Bat”; had no clue that the shaft is an extension of the left arm and does not represent the bat (still messes with my mind...) Thanks for all of your hard work and generosity in sharing these great videos!

@bradball7278 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard it talked about in conjunction with baseball. Control the face by hitting it to left field, center field or right field. That clicked for me & look forward to practicing it & incorporating on the course

@j.p.montpellier3834 3 жыл бұрын

Simple, easy and more importantly effective....Bravo Mr. Mike ! 👏👏👏😊👍🇨🇦

@josephwirtz8352 4 жыл бұрын

...not going to lie to you Mike @Malaska, I got goosebumps too when he hit one to all three fields off of the “bat”!

@golfepoch272 4 жыл бұрын

This is great for visual learners. Puts things in a whole new perspective with the baseball bat mantra.

@NonnyStrikes 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched hundreds of videos on youtube. I MEAN HUNDREDS. Many hours of my winters up here in Minnesota have been trying to find the right instructor to relate things and change my perspective. You and Tom Saguto are the kings. Hands down, no one else on youtube teaches the game better than you guys. It's not about one thing, it's about simplicity and discovery. That's how it should be from day one. If I had someone give me this perspective in the beginning, no doubt I would be winning tournaments up the ying-yang. I'm 35 and am finally playing par and better golf. Truly amazing stuff here man. I'll be sharing this wisdom and this channel with anyone that takes the game with an open mind.

@mikeclaytor1739 4 жыл бұрын

I think I like your teaching methods more than anyone else , I have been working on your methods , for a wile and am committed. It's coming around ,but it's not overnight. Making good progress though

@ranmangolf 3 жыл бұрын

Great concept about the bat!!!!

@Rykbell 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Mike is the freaking man.

@petercrocitto7383 4 жыл бұрын

Great video love the interaction between everyone

@BruceBusby 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant!

@mr.walker8700 4 жыл бұрын

🔥 This is good insight.

@user-rs1ui4sv2w 3 ай бұрын

The best 👍oh wow

@johncreet1254 4 жыл бұрын

Really like the comparison with how you hit a ball in other sports.

@-AthleteInAction- 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Genius

@TheGunnyUSMC 4 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@caswellc 4 жыл бұрын

I subscribed to Mike's channel last year. Did great on the range/simulator. Got on the course and had numerous meltdowns. Almost gave up. Unsubscribed and went a different way. Got better incrementally. Saw this vid...changed. My. Life.

@guitar1950 4 жыл бұрын

I understand hitting the inside of the ball considering we stand to the side of the ball. I'd just like more explanation of the concept as well as details on how you use your hands/body to control the club face.

@valkett8331 4 жыл бұрын

very good mike

@DeepakSharmaChd001 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@dirtyhipstergolf8412 4 жыл бұрын

Good tip related - cut out 4-6 straight inches of a coat hanger and use electrical or duct tape and attach it to the clubface, along one of the upper grooves. I’ll post a video of it.

@dirtyhipstergolf8412 4 жыл бұрын

You can even hit balls w it (just be careful of others are around you for poking reasons)

@werquantum 2 жыл бұрын

Mike: This is the bat. Does that make sense? Baseball players:

@bobreidy8665 4 жыл бұрын

Mike can you explain the pros and cons of the stack and tilt golf swing. In particular Iam keento hear your comments on ball the static position. I believe Jack Nicholas and Greg Norman maintained aconstant all position with all clubs?

@tonysdivot 4 жыл бұрын

I understand your concept of manipulating the clubface on the downswing but wonder if setting the face open, closed or straight at set-up would achieve the same result

@dirtyhipstergolf8412 4 жыл бұрын

Mike you guys should mention on this video that these students are MLB players

@wally6193 4 жыл бұрын

I suppose if you were watching close enough it came up on the screen which team these guys play for, lol.

@dirtyhipstergolf8412 4 жыл бұрын

walter yeah it’s a little buried ha. Just underselling the vid a bit. Great content.

@DjDaveVA 4 жыл бұрын

way too good

@chachifeere 4 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see a close up when he was showing the guys left , right , straight

@raulantoniocamerasmeneses3506 3 ай бұрын

Hi Mike, is the direction of the iron face the same as the drive?

@creamabdul-jabbar6722 Жыл бұрын

I feel as if this is onto something way more than anything else. Just my theory. But I learned to hit a draw with an open club face at address. I’m talking 45 degrees. I don’t think ball flight laws are correct. Because the rate of closure I swear by it produced the hook. Didn’t matter where i swung. I’d swing out to in into out but if I snapped that face down it had draw spin. Vice versa I’d set up with my face closed 45 at address. There was absolutely no way that the face was “open to my path” but if I didn’t close the face down it was fading or slicing. It sure wasn’t opening over 45 degrees to where I was swinging but at the time of impact it was still in the act of opening. I think the ball flight laws need to take into account the closure rates. They say they’ve studied it but there is absolutely no way that it doesn’t take any affect on the ball. That’s 80 percent of the affect

@paulrobinson5395 4 жыл бұрын

The inside of the ball ............eureka moment

@dusanjezik8728 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, if I understand correctly, I can exchange a bat for a tennis racket. It is correct?

@ComoGolfFoundation 4 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the training aid with the oversized club head?

@whenmullet2674 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard Mike say a cuss word in over 5 years worth of videos. Get around a few Pros and he drops a GD in the first 30 seconds, lol.

@jimspatz9211 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the shaft an extension of the left arm, not the right, or both?

@UniversalGC 4 жыл бұрын

Because the left arm lines up with the shaft at impact, assuming you are right-handed.

@douglasspencer745 4 жыл бұрын

What's this with the spitting from Kevin Pillar

@kymstock1852 4 жыл бұрын

disgusting habit, and with Covid 19 pandemic these days, everyone cringes!

@djp3525 4 жыл бұрын

I still spit. It’s a habit.

@maxsqt 4 жыл бұрын

It just looks disrespectful. Keep your spit in when someone is talking to you.

@LeeComeauxGolf2017 4 жыл бұрын

Golf clubs and extension of the upper girdle not the arms. Fact

@UniversalGC 4 жыл бұрын

Really? So does your left arm or your girdle line up with the shaft at impact?

@LeeComeauxGolf2017 4 жыл бұрын

Well it’s about how the sole of club passes the ball not the face to be exactly correct .

@iamtherealjin 4 жыл бұрын

I have been following and learning from Mike for about a year, I pretty much practice and implement whatever he teaches, however, ball shaping is not one of them as I just don't believe this is something can be executed well under pressure, like Jack and Phil said golf is already completed enough, and most of the pros just adjust stance and club face to shape ball

@stephanetzicuris3376 2 жыл бұрын

perfect video!! except the guy spitting every minutes!! omg

@tylercameron211 2 жыл бұрын

Love all the videos. A mic on the gentleman talking during important points and, spitting frequently is not all that fun to hear. Otherwise awesome video!

@LeeComeauxGolf2017 4 жыл бұрын

So everyone here knows his advice is horrible and he knows it . He needs views and why he says 10 different things about a topic and none right like this one.

@ou812bnt 4 жыл бұрын

Lee Comeaux Golf well you have about 1500 subscribers and he has 65000 I think that says it all.

@prorobo Жыл бұрын

Funny how all you seem to do is comment on other instructors who are more successful than you could ever dream of. Keep hating, loser.