Shaft durability

[jallstar23]

I have, in the past two years, broken 3 driver shafts during the normal course of play. These shafts include a Aldila NV and a Titleist Speeder. I have been using a stiff shaft but i do have a high speed, fast tempo swing. Would using an X-Stiff shaft help prevent snapping the shafts. Is there any shaft that is particularly stong and resistant to breaking. I am considering getting a V2. Has anyone had problems with this shaft snapping?

[857 Pro-Ti]

How and where are the shafts breaking? The only shafts I broke were in Callaway heads which put extra stress on the tips.

[jallstar23]

Interesting you say that one of them was Callaway head because one of the shafts that broke was from a callaway head. Why does it put extra stress on the tips. Would that be the same in Titleist heads as well. I am breaking the shaft about 3 inches above the hosel.

[857 Pro-Ti]

Because there is no hosel on the Callaway's it seems to stress the shaft more so then on a Titleist. I broke 3 shafts in Callaway's and none in any other club.

 

If you don't keep a headcover on your woods and your irons bang into the shaft that also isn't good for it :cheesy:

[jallstar23]

I always keep my head cover on my driver. I have had a TM shaft snap too.

[woodequip]

Are you hitting your back on the follow thru? The only "shaft breaker" that I have known actually wrapped his hands and arms around his body so far, the club actually touched his back and snapped and bend shafts. He has a great game and low handicap but we won't let him hit our clubs anymore. He didn't realize this and we have a film of him actually breaking a stiff shaft in a callaway driver. I have broken the shaft is a ping 3 wood at impact with the ball and the head went almost as far as the ball. The face proved that I made contact on the center of the face with the ball.

[idrive400yards]

I'm good for breaking at least 5 shafts in a season, I switched to the AccuFLEX Ultraboom and so far it hasn't let me down. My neighbor always twinges whenever I hit his driver because he has seen me break 2 shafts in a week.

[jallstar23]

I have had my shafts snap on the downswing before i get to the ball. I usually dont hit my back on my follow through. Idrive400yards, do you feel that when you come through the ball that your hands come through that the club spins on the shaft.

[idrive400yards]

If your shaft breaks before you hit the ball, there was some kind of crack in the shaft already that you may not have known about. When I used to play Penley shafts at times when I made contact I did fell a twist of the clubhead, went to a tip stiff shaft and that took care of the twisting, now when the shafts broke there was no twisting felt, ball still carried a long distance, head flew off about 60-70 yards away.