The Kick Point

If you take a close look at your position while hitting the golf ball, you will find that the shaft is the only thing separating the club head and your hand. This device of 46 inches leaves a huge impact on the standards of your game. The golf shafts influences the quality of your shots and the distance covered by the golf ball. For instance if a golfer plays with a shaft with defective kick point he will manage to cover only 240 yards. On the other hand, he or she might cover a distance of 260 yards while playing with a quality shaft of perfect kick point.

The Technologies Applied by Manufacturers

You may get inquisitive about the big role of technology on the game of golf. Well, all reputed shaft manufacturers makes huge expenditures for their R & D for competing with others in the same business. They wait only for the superior and updated technologies and designs coming from their R & D. As a result of those advanced technologies they can easily outperform their rivals by producing golf shafts of better qualities.

One of the most recent examples of this can be the Rifle Project-X shafts. These golf shafts have flighted technology, rifling, and awesome designs. Other than this, Fujikura and Aldila can be two of the most popular examples of golf shafts with superior technologies. Fujikura is based on Triax Technology and Aldila brags the Micro-laminate technology. The later is mostly known for the use of Carbon nano-tubes. All these technologies are only improving day by day which is eventually resulting in a massive improvement in the quality of the golf shafts.

The Flex

‘Flex’ is the next thing you must look into, while selecting a golf shaft. ‘Flex’ is often defined as the shafts’ relative stiffness, i.e. the resistance provided by the shaft against an applied force. Flex can be categorized as follows: A flex- senior, R flex- regular, X flex- extra stiff, S flex-stiff, and L flex- ladies. The flex is never determined following any industry standards. However, the traditional golf rules suggest that a golfer should select a flex according to his or her driving distance or swing speed.

The Torque

You must also assess the torque while purchasing the golf shafts. Torque is a measurement done to find out the twisting abilities of the shafts. The more the torque is, the lower will be the stiffness of the shaft. If you are player with high swing speed more than 95mph), you should never use shafts having torques more than 5 degrees. On the other hand if your swing speed is low, you should always use shafts with torques more than 4 degrees.

Now as you know all the factors influencing the quality of golf shafts, you will only need to select a shaft suiting your game and concentrate on your golf lesson.