GOLF: How To Create Hip Depth And Fix Early Extension With Mike Malaska
5 golfers recommended it · 2023–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Mike Malaska explains hip depth and how the hips should work to fix early extension.
Why golfers recommend it
- Watch all of it
- Push away from ball, several links
- How hips should work
- Lower body fundamentals for beginner
- Three videos for setup and hips
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
5 comments from Reddit
u/ishman2000 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Getting back into golf after a few years, any tips on the swing?”
You have very good trail hip depth on the back swing and your club looks like on plane going back - nice. However, in the downswing transition, your trail hip fires too quickly which causes loss of posture and will cause your EE. In the transition, try to feel that your lead hip move back behind you as opposed to firing that right hip right away. If done correctly you will feel like you are squatting/ recentering in …
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u/UFGatorNEPat 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “I HATE EARLY EXTENSION”
You aren’t going to fix EE by having practice swings that feel or look right, it’s not creating the same conditions or causes of failure. I’ve fought it for years and only made it worse myself and after seeing a high level instructor who thought I just needed to get my left hip turning more. While trying to troubleshoot why that wasn’t working, I destroyed my backswing over time so now I have to fix that first after …
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u/TheZag90 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Just started golfing 2 months ago. Any tips?”
Really impressive for 2 months! As you’re so new but clearly learning well, I’d encourage you to start with the most important bit which is lower body fundamentals. This video specifically will help you: ▶ this video
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u/CptBadAss2016 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Washed up. Lost most of my club speed. Besides losing about 70lbs any advice?”
That's because you're not supposed to extend into the ball, you should be pushing away from it. [instagram.com] ▶ this video ▶ this video ▶ this video
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u/The_Monsieur 2024 · r/golftips · in “Tips?”
You have a good swing. If you’re really looking for an area for improvement I’d say you’re standing a bit too far away which is promoting a lot of early hip extension. Watch the first half of this video for how the hips should work in the swing: ▶ this video
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