In this episode of Ask Malaska Golf, Mike Malaska explores a swing concept that many modern players overlook: feeling the weight of the clubhead. The question comes from member Ralph, who asked whether great players actually feel the clubhead during the swing. To help answer, Mike brings in Certified Malaska Golf Coach Billy Fitzgerald from Chicago, and what follows is a lesson in momentum, awareness, and natural motion.
Mike explains that legendary instructors like Ernest Jones, Manuel de la Torre, and Bob Toski all taught with one key principle in mind — that feel and momentum are more reliable than mechanical positions. These teachers believed that by understanding how the clubhead moves, and allowing that weight to work for you, your swing becomes more repeatable and efficient.
In a simple drill, Billy swings the club handle-first, training his hands to sense momentum. Then, with the club turned around, he lets the clubhead hinge, unhinge, and rehinge his wrists naturally. The club is doing the work — and Billy is guiding it, not forcing it. Mike shows how this feel-based pattern eliminates tension, improves timing, and ultimately helps players strike the ball more solidly. When you grip too tightly or fight the club’s motion, you lose speed and control.
This isn’t about forcing a position — it’s about learning how to feel and trust the swing.

What You’ll Learn in This Video:
• Why feeling the weight of the clubhead improves contact and rhythm
• How momentum, not muscle, controls wrist action and tempo
• Why legends like Toski and de la Torre trusted feel over science
• A simple drill to train awareness and swing flow
“The weight in the clubhead hinges your wrist, unhinges your wrist, and rehinges your wrist. That’s what creates the swing — not you forcing it.”
— Mike Malaska

Key Takeaway:
Let the clubhead do the work. When you stay relaxed and let the weight of the club swing freely, your wrists react naturally — hinging and unhinging with rhythm and control. This motion, rooted in the M-System, teaches you how to feel the swing instead of forcing it, resulting in better contact, more speed, and a freer, more athletic swing.