More About Golf Club Shafts
The shaft of the golf club connects the golfer's hands to the club head and its purpose is to provide the player with a way to generate enough centrifugal force in order to strike the ball. The golf shaft is a long, cylindrical piece and throughout the golf's history, has been manufactured from different materials (the first golf shafts were made of wood. Those hafts were strong and withstood the forces created by the golf swing, but their high flexibility required a skilled swing to produce consistent results.). Nowadays, golf shafts benefit from the latest technological findings and are made out of the strongest and in the same time lightest materials available (such as special tempered steels and graphite - carbon fiber-). Recent shafts have lost their round shape for the triangular shape, which offer greater strength (they are called trigraphite shafts).
There are a series of characteristics, which define a golf shaft and make it appropriate for one type of swing or the other: the material from which they are built, the shaft's flexibility, the flex point (point over the length of the where it is designed to bend) and the shaft's length and weight.
In order to improve your game and the way you swing there are some things you should know about shaft flex. The golf shaft has the ability to bend when the forces of the swing are applied to it and the amount of flexing golf shaft generate put them in five categories: extra stiff, stiff, regular, senior and women. If the flax does not match the swing, the club's head will be misaligned with the ball at impact and it will cause the shot to deviate severely.
Shaft flax is very important as is has a direct connection with the shot's accuracy, trajectory and shot distance. When the shaft will flex, the club's position will change. In order to get the most of the shot, the club's face must be square at the moment of impact. In the worst-case scenario, if you have the wrong flax for that swing, you will not even touch the ball. One of the things you must be aware of when choosing the right golf shaft is the distance of the shot. Use the "general" type of shaft: if the hole if over 250 yards away. If the hole is between 230 and 250 yards, use the "regular" shaft. For distances between 200 and 230 yards, you can successfully use the "senior" shafts and for distances shorter than 200 yards, go for the "ladies" golf shaft. Choose correctly and here practice will help you a lot. Because a shaft too stiff is harder to square, your ball shot will deviate from the straight line. If the shaft is too stiff for that shot and you are a right-handed golfer, the ball will fly for a much shorter distance and will tend to fly to the right. If your shaft is not stiff enough for that shot, your golf ball will fly higher. If you are a right-handed golfer and you use a shaft not stiff enough, the ball will tend to go to the left.
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