At 07:28 AM 10/26/2006, André Cantin wrote:
Tom. Please take a look at the following link:
http://www.fitchip.com/fitchip4club.htm
I always believed that the shaft reacted just
the opposite from the pics above the graph. Your take please.
I'm not Tom, but I agree pretty much with Tom's
take earlier. The FitChip is based on an
incorrect model of shaft bending during the
swing. If you want more detail on what I think of the FitChip model, see
http://www.tutelman.com/golfclubs/misc/FitChipRvu.html
BTW, I don't agree with your take on the pictures
-- at least not if you mean that literally. That
would mean that a too-stiff shaft would be bent
back. My opinion (and Tom's if I read his previous answer right) is:
* A swing that will bend a shaft forward will
bend it forward pretty much independent of the
stiffness. It will just bend forward MORE with a more flexible shaft.
* A swing that will leave a shaft straight
(early release) will leave the shaft more or less
straight independent of the stiffness. Well, a
much-too-flexible shaft might bend forward a
little, depending on glitches in the swing.
* A swing that will bend a shaft back is pretty
rare. I have so little experience with it that I
don't have any idea what shaft stiffness will do
for it. But it's a sufficiently pathological
swing that shaft fitting isn't the solution. :-)
Cheers!
DaveT
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