A mid kick point bows in the middle of the shaft and will have a medium-high trajectory. A high kick point bows near the grip end of the shaft and produces a low trajectory. You need a fast swing speed to play a shaft with a high kick point. Shaft weight is mostly a individual preference based on feel.
Using lightweight shafts will result in faster swing speeds and possibly more distance. Be aware that lighter shafts make it harder to feel the club's position throughout the swing, which could lead to less control. Heavier shafts are easier to keep on plane during the swing and help promote good tempo. Heavy shafts tend to produce lower-trajectory shots. Torque is amount the tip of the shaft twists during the swing. This twisting effects the way the club face impacts the ball.
High-torque shafts could help golfers with slower club head speeds and golfers who slice the ball. Shafts are made with different flexes, lengths, weights, kick points and torque properties, and shafts can also be tipped to change their performance and feel. Frankly, finding the correct shaft for your driver is like navigating a minefield. Golfers buy certain shafts for various reasons. Some want to play the popular shaft on Tour, or the one Tiger Woods uses, or maybe they just heard from a buddy that a certain shaft is awesome.
So, in this article, I wanted to help golfers with a few general rules and guidelines for fitting themselves into the right driver shaft. Hopefully, though, the information here can help you get into the right wheelhouse. These places can be at your local country club or an actual store. When you just want to get some clubs from a retail or online store, it is a good idea to at least know which shaft you should get.
It is also important to realize that the shaft you choose for your driver may be different than the shafts you use for your irons. You typically swing a driver with a wide arc and hit your irons with a more shallow swing. This variation could be the main reason why you may hit a driver better than your irons or vice versa.
The stiff shafted clubs are going to flex less during the swing than the regular shafted clubs. Conversely, the regular shafted clubs are going to flex more. If you have a slower swing speed, you are probably going to want to choose regular shafted clubs because the additional flex will provide a little more power and accuracy. When you swing harder, the stiff flex will be more controlled and give you the punch you need to hit better shots.
One of the most common problems that many golfers face is finding the right flex. Some Rifle shafts offer 'flighted' versions that can produce variable ball trajectories for different clubs within a single set. Generally graphite is more expensive than steel and less durable. The lighter weight provides greater swing speed for more power, but it sacrifices control due to the flex generated during the swing. The variation in flexes and colours make graphite shafts a very popular choice with professionals and amateurs alike.
They are also suited to lady golfers and seniors who cannot produce the swing speed to use a steel shaft effectively. The shaft is produced using Graphite tape, with an expoy binder, wrapped around a steel mandrel. The shaft is then heated and the mandrel removed. After it has cooled, the shaft is sanded and cut, it is painted. They weigh between grams, while their steel counterparts generally start at grams.
Graphite shafts also dampen shaft vibration better than steel which is why several high profile injured golf pros recovering from surgery use them to receover. On the downside it is more difficult than steel to get a consistent feel and stiffness in a set of graphite shafted irons. But remember, longer clubs are good for distance, not for control. Lighter than steel and can be made in many variations, making it easier to select a shaft best suited to your game.
The major negative of graphite shafts is that they need looked after more than steel shafts. Make sure you have extra long headcovers on woods or padded dividers in your golf bag so that the paint on the graphite shaft does not get worn off, as this will negatively affect the performance of the shaft.
A recent addition to the shaft market is the multi-material shaft. Used on both irons and drivers, this shaft combines both steel and graphite into one shaft to try and get the best of both worlds. Typically it is mainly a steel shaft that has a graphite tip.
The steel section of the shaft offers a solid shaft that allows players to control the ball flight more. The graphite tip lets the driver have a limited amount of 'whip' into the ball that can help produce more distance. The graphite tip also helps filter out any unwanted vibrations at contact to optimize the feel of each shot. Titanium is a relatively new material in shafts and there is not currently much information available about the manufacturing process.
The shaft itself is lightweight titanium being lighter than steel and it has the ability to dampen vibrations, although this can give the shaft a stiff feel. Nanofuse shafts are not steel, but they are metallic. They're not graphite, but they are firmly rooted in carbon fibre. They are created by fusing a nanocrystalline alloy with a carbon fibre composite polymer sublayer.
The manufacturers claim this gives you a shaft with the consistency of steel and the distance and feel benefits of graphite, without any of the downsides.
The key lies in an unimaginably small and tight grain structure in the NanoFuse material, increases strength dramatically which is so strong that the weight of the shaft can be reduced for distance without losing any of the stregnth which helps accuracy. Flex is the most important factor in the shaft as it affects distance and direction.
Getting the correct flex in your golf equipment is of the utmost importance. The flex is a rating of a golf club shaft's ability to bend during the golf swing.
All shafts, no matter how stiff, exhibit flex under the forces of the golf swing. A player with a very fast swing will require a shaft with less flex, while a player with a slower swing will need a shaft with greater flex. The less the bend in a shaft, the more control a powerful swinger will have. On the other hand, beginners and those with less powerful swings generally use a shaft with greater flexibility. The average swing speed with a driver is from 65 miles per hour for the beginner up to over miles per hour for powerful swingers.
Different shaft manufacturers have differences in their specifications of flex. There are 2 methods of measuring flex. Both are effective in the measurement of flex. Stiffness defines the bending characteristics of the shaft when weight is applied.
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