In this video, Mike Malaska moves from the wedge hitting 130 yards to the middle irons.
When you set up, position the ball in the center of your body, Your weight is not all on your left side. It is distributed evenly for the most part, but a little more on your lead side. The circle of your swing will bottom out just in front of the ball.
The ball position is the same as the wedges; however, Mike changed his setup, which changed his angle of approach to the ball.
With the middle irons, you want a little more distance and to be able to launch the ball from a different angle. As your club gets longer, your angle of approach gets shallower. How you change your angle of approach is by adjusting your setup. Your swing is still the same; it’s just catching the ball at different arcs of the swing.
The goal is to still bottom out in front of the ball in your swing. As you work your way from a wedge through your irons, how far you want to bottom out in front of the ball changes.
How you change your setup and where you place your weight changes how the circle of your swing works.
Mike Malaska now visits the rescue and fairway woods. You want less angle of descent with your 5 iron and much less than your wedge. When you swing, you still want the club to catch the ball and then brush the ground after you have hit the ball.
Your setup changes, and you have slightly more wei...
Mike Malaska demonstrates the driver and ball position. When most Tour Players swing the driver, the club runs into the ball; the low point is behind the ball and is slightly on the upswing as it hits the ball. Some still catch the ball on the downswing, but long-drive players catch the ball on t...
The fitness tie-in to Ball Position is that you must be consistent with it.
Mike keeps exercise bands in his golf bag so he can use them at any time.
He has an exercise routine that he goes through before he plays. He uses the bands on his legs and then uses his body weight with the bands to st...
