On the Mark Golf Podcast Improve Your Golf-Swing with Mike Malaska
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Mar 4, 2026 Mike Malaska, a celebrated PGA instructor and 2011 National Teacher of the Year, shares his athletic, skill‑development take on the golf swing. He covers stability over timing, face control via hands, where swing speed really comes from, impact‑first training, and a single move to fix timing. Short, practical talk focused on restoring instinctive, athletic motion.
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Biomechanics Aren't A Teaching Method
- Biomechanics describe what happens but not how to teach skill development.
- Mike Malaska realized muscle firing data and ground-force numbers didn't make students better until he learned pattern and skill development first.
How Coaching Stole My Instincts
- Mike lost his natural instincts when teachers forced positions, and under pressure his swing unraveled.
- He describes practicing imposed, non-athletic methods that looked correct but failed him in competition until he relearned freedom.
Free Your Swing To Free Your Mind
- Turning 50 and working with Phil Blackmar taught Mike to free his swing to free his mind.
- Blackmar had Mike make natural swings and rebuild feelings, restoring the childhood instinct that improved his ball-striking.