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FIX THE LOOP! SIMPLE OVER the TOP FIX, SLICE FIX with Mike Malaska, PGA on BE BETTER GOLF

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10 golfers recommended it · ✓ 5 said it fixed their problem · 2023–2026

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Explainer · Intermediate

Explains the inside-then-over-the-top loop and gives a simple fix for it and the resulting slice.

Part of Fix your over-the-top swing in 6 videos · step 1 of 6

Why golfers recommend it

  • Start here, reverse loop
  • Out-to-in explained; exaggerating helped
  • Swing path and hip action videos
  • Figure 8 drill worked for me
  • Explains inside then OTT pattern and fix
  • Video fixed my chicken wing

Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.

10 comments from Reddit

u/urdaddy7245 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “What is your single best tip for someone coming over the top with driver?”

▶ this video These guys explain this out to in move. I started exaggerating this even more and it's definitely helped.

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u/raobjcovtn 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Advice/Tips for New Golfer”

▶ this video This video fixed my chicken wing. Also try to keep arm width (meaning the club handle is far from you in the backswing) in the backswing (helps with chicken wing). ▶ this video This video (split grip drill) will help you to stop swinging with all arms and early extension. Feel the momentum and centrifugal force of the club head. Another problem I see (as others mentioned) is your takeaway is too inside …

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u/Rude_Award2718 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “10 months in any advice. I’ve recently been hitting massive hooks”

So I'm kind of in the same boat right now where I'm doing these pushes to the left and drawing it that way. The advice I've been getting is that I need to slow my body down and just worry about my hands. I just found these videos which I think will help you. I have a lot of things wrong with my swing but these videos I helping me. ▶ this video ▶ this video I'm beginning to like this channel and I found it by looking …

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u/top-hunnit 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Looking for a feel to stop the over the top motion at the start of the downswing.”

My old swing is similar to yours. This video did the trick for me. ▶ this video

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u/walesison1 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Help with an OTT swing”

I’m no expert and also battle an OTT swing so I’m sure you’ll get much better a divisé elsewhere. That being said I’ve had success (for me at least) with figure 8 drills so maybe that’s somewhere to start. ▶ this video

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u/Formerly21 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “thoughts on my swing”

▶ this video This video. Watch the first 5 min

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u/notthebestusername12 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Over the top final boss”

Your pattern of coming back extremely inside, then coming over the top with early extension, costs you distance, consistency, and will likely result in low back problems. This explains everything and how to fix it: ▶ this video

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u/andmaythefranchise 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Can’t stop getting steep, any tips?”

Takeaway is too far inside like just about everybody else on the planet. The classic "snatching the club away with hands and arms. There are about 9 million takeaway/backswing videos about on YouTube and Instagram so trial and error until you find one that works. Here are a few of my favorites that take different approaches: ▶ this video ▶ this video ▶ this video

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u/Call-me-Maverick 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Swing tips”

You’re coming extremely over the top. Causes an out to in swing path which is bad. That’ll make you slice. Here you pulled it hard left because of your very out to in swing path but it faded back toward your target with the slice. Notice how your club makes a clockwise circle at the top of the backswing going into the downswing? That’s over the top and you want your swing to do the exact opposite. This is the video …

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u/PureKoolAid 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Am I destined to forever swing over the top?”

Don’t pull the club behind you on the take away. Watch this. ▶ this video

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