Dave et.al.: ". . . and we probably never will have the science totally in hand because of two things."
1) where and how much a shaft bends is totally dependent on specific swing movements and swing actions which most definitely can be and are quite different from golfer to golfer. I think we've identified which swing motions are most pertinent to the bending action of a shaft, but we still have to come up with a viable way to measure/quantify these swing actions' effect on shaft bending. 2) how each golfer perceives what is a good or bad bending feel differs a whole lot as well and is not able to be quantified - at best you might be able to qualify it but that still is going to leave a ton of guess work/trial and error. Not to mention there are a whole lot of golfers who have no concept at all of a bending feel in a shaft. TOM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Tutelman Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:11 AM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: Re: ShopTalk: frequency At 12:22 PM 9/9/2008, TFLAN wrote: >Ahh, another potential thread upon which many will opine. I agree >with Prof. T in every regard here, but (and Dr T, as you are >well-aware, there's always one of them with me), I wonder how one >can select the "correct model shaft" when there are so many? OK, my turn to agree with Dr. Flanagan here. >...But how to select the right brand? >What did that old impossible to understand English playwright say? >"Ah,there's the rub". That is indeed the rub. (Well, not brand so much as model. But brand as well.) But Jeremy asked what has gotten worse -- more tedious -- since he left on holiday. I'm just pointing out that nothing is worse. Shaft flex/frequency profiling is just one more tool that we MIGHT have in selecting a model. Nothing more, nothing less. Moreover, its use is very limited right now. There are some success stories in choosing different model shafts that feel and perform similarly based on similar profile (and similar weight, torque, etc). But we still need to understand a lot more about how the profile corresponds to feel and performance. There are a few rough rules of thumb, and profiling can be helpful, but we don't really have the science in hand yet. Cheers! DaveT -- Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ -- Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/
