shaft flex :S really weird?

a_barker_07 · July 2, 2008

unhuman shaft flex? and i hit it amazing

i have a taylormade burner 4 hybrid with a regular shaft. i hit it about 215-225 fly on average.. i decided to take a picture of the swing today with my clubs and i know this isnt normal. i have the callaway x-forged irons with px 6.0 shafts and my driver is a cleveland hibore XL stiff shaft and i still get alot of whip out of it.. is the flex on my driver that i have on the pictures attached good or is it too whippy? i know my hybird club is terrible whip but i still seem to hit it nice and high and decently far.. let me know what u think..

TM golf guy · July 2, 2008

The camera is playing tricks on you LOL.

BJG718 · July 2, 2008

that is an obscene amount of flex. im not sure if im the right person to be commenting on this but it seems as if you are "jumping" at the ball and not keeping your weight back. im not sure what type of player you are, but i think that move is robbing you of power, accuracy, and consistency.

MR MIZUN0 · July 2, 2008

Dude, did you phtoshop those pics???

With the shat flexing that much, you should be hitting some HUGE snap hooks, as you can see in the pic with the hybrid, the shfat has kicked very early withing your swing, thus a snap hook. Therefore you might be making some adjustments within your swing to compensate for the kicking of the shaft.

gboldman23 · July 2, 2008

The camera is definitely playing tricks on you. I think its too slow to catch up to your swing hence the ridiculous "reverse lag" in the 3rd picture

BParis · July 2, 2008

Wow, that's a lot of flex! You may need to give your clubs some Viagra!

BJG718 · July 2, 2008

i cant even imagine how the third picture down is possible. usually the shaft flexes the other way.

PutteditOB · July 2, 2008

Wow, that's a lot of flex! You may need to give your clubs some Viagra!

:drinks:

BluesDrive · July 3, 2008

the third picture is probably his takeaway. I've seen my brother flex a regular flex driver that much. I personally think he just needs to slow down his swing till he gets control of the club.

But back on topic. If anything, the 4th picture is the only true picture. It's essentially trying to take a picture of a pitcher throwing a 100mph fastball. The arm ends up looking like it's a slingshot. If the dispersion on your hybrid is bad, you might wanna get a stiff shaft.

I also agree with BJG in the whole "jumping". I used to do that too. I think of the hip movement now more as prominent rather than dominant.

Awalkspoiled · July 3, 2008

Don't feed the trolls

bloodredsun · July 3, 2008

HA! Love it!

It looks like your camera has a fairly slow right-to-left CCD processing. It reads the right side first and by the time it's stated to read the left hand side you've moved a long way.

BluesDrive · July 3, 2008

blood, how in the world did you think of that? I just looked at all the pictures and now they make sense. Especially the backwards one.

brl11 · July 3, 2008

its just shutterlag...

bloodredsun · July 3, 2008

Because despite any superficial appearance against it, I am the geekiest of the geek!

jszot · July 3, 2008

the third picture is probably his takeaway. I've seen my brother flex a regular flex driver that much. I personally think he just needs to slow down his swing till he gets control of the club.

But back on topic. If anything, the 4th picture is the only true picture. It's essentially trying to take a picture of a pitcher throwing a 100mph fastball. The arm ends up looking like it's a slingshot. If the dispersion on your hybrid is bad, you might wanna get a stiff shaft.

I also agree with BJG in the whole "jumping". I used to do that too. I think of the hip movement now more as prominent rather than dominant.

Well obviously you must have a terrible swing if you think the third picture is his backswing. Look at his feet and the weight transfer going on. You tell me you bend your knees and move foward as you take the club away. I didnt think so.