Does you golf swing always let you down? I am going to make a strong case for what I think you should do. Learn the swing that produces long and straight drives, the Mike Austin golf swing.
Mike Austin is famous for hitting the record drive (that is still in the Guinness Book of World Records) in a sanctioned competitive golf event. He bombed an incomprehensible drive of 515 yards at the ripe old age of 64. For this reason alone you should take a look at the Mike Austin swing.
It was a scientific based approach that Mike Austin applied to the golf swing. He had a degree in kinesiology and applied the study of human motion to golf. He also made sure that he was not breaking any of the laws of physics.
Even back in the early 1960s Mike Austin was critical of his teaching peers claiming that they simply did not understand how the golf swing actually worked. Many aspects of the swing most people are taught today are almost the opposite of the Mike Austin method. Let's look at some of the conflicting ideas between Mike and what most golf pros believe.
The modern swing has the lower body staying very still, and only rotating. The top of the spine, and your head is forced to shift back a forth as a result of this stationary lower spine. The sequence in the Mike Austin pivot is shift, turn, shift back, turn back. Pivoting this way is easier on the body and provides power and balance.
Mike said "at the start of the downswing I give the club a throw, which gives me the jump on almost anyone else". Nearly any golf pro would tell you this is wrong. Most teachers tell us we need to "delay the release", storing up power for the hit. Mike explains that the there is a stimulus response time which requires starting the release from the top in order for the club to catch up to the left arm at impact.
The Mike Austin hand action is a twirling motion where the wrists are freely released through the hit. This is unlike conventional teaching, where we are encouraged to maintain a flat left wrist throughout the follow through. Keeping the left wrist flat, as Ben Hogan suggests, will impede the swing and slow the club head down. You will lose distance and direction when impeding the release of the club by keeping the left wrist straight.
The Mike Austin swing is done virtually the same by everyone. It is truly a one swing fits all approach. The swing uses our joints in the way we are supposed to use them. When you learn to work your joints correctly during the swing your shots will soar long and straight. The late and great Mike Austin would always say "it is the most efficient way to hit a ball".
Mike Austin is famous for hitting the record drive (that is still in the Guinness Book of World Records) in a sanctioned competitive golf event. He bombed an incomprehensible drive of 515 yards at the ripe old age of 64. For this reason alone you should take a look at the Mike Austin swing.
It was a scientific based approach that Mike Austin applied to the golf swing. He had a degree in kinesiology and applied the study of human motion to golf. He also made sure that he was not breaking any of the laws of physics.
Even back in the early 1960s Mike Austin was critical of his teaching peers claiming that they simply did not understand how the golf swing actually worked. Many aspects of the swing most people are taught today are almost the opposite of the Mike Austin method. Let's look at some of the conflicting ideas between Mike and what most golf pros believe.
The modern swing has the lower body staying very still, and only rotating. The top of the spine, and your head is forced to shift back a forth as a result of this stationary lower spine. The sequence in the Mike Austin pivot is shift, turn, shift back, turn back. Pivoting this way is easier on the body and provides power and balance.
Mike said "at the start of the downswing I give the club a throw, which gives me the jump on almost anyone else". Nearly any golf pro would tell you this is wrong. Most teachers tell us we need to "delay the release", storing up power for the hit. Mike explains that the there is a stimulus response time which requires starting the release from the top in order for the club to catch up to the left arm at impact.
The Mike Austin hand action is a twirling motion where the wrists are freely released through the hit. This is unlike conventional teaching, where we are encouraged to maintain a flat left wrist throughout the follow through. Keeping the left wrist flat, as Ben Hogan suggests, will impede the swing and slow the club head down. You will lose distance and direction when impeding the release of the club by keeping the left wrist straight.
The Mike Austin swing is done virtually the same by everyone. It is truly a one swing fits all approach. The swing uses our joints in the way we are supposed to use them. When you learn to work your joints correctly during the swing your shots will soar long and straight. The late and great Mike Austin would always say "it is the most efficient way to hit a ball".
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You can learn Mike Austin golf swing from teaching pro Steve Pratt. Take golf lessons online or meet Steve for live lessons.
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