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Post by golfdad on May 31, 2011 9:12:16 GMT -5
A little background. Some of you have previously seen my younger one's swing. What is different is that she has recently "upgraded" to a set of leftovers from her older sis. According to a pro with a trackman, he felt that numbers suggest that she is ready to play this x20 callaway (with lady flex) set rather than her US kids set (not sure what flex they have).
My kid felt the "new" clubs are heavier. She is hitting longer but it seem to me she has wider dispersion with the new clubs.
Here is her using the 5 iron going about 130-135 yrds.
Would appreciate any thoughts and suggestions. Thanks.
ps. One of the club pros came by one day and asked to tape her swing, with a new casio slow mo camera. When she emailed me a copy, it was not in slow mo that I was looking for:)
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Post by Richie3Jack on May 31, 2011 11:07:38 GMT -5
IMO, it's tough to say. Although I favor golfers learning to hit heavier clubs than lightweight clubs because I think it helps better develop the golf swing and the 'golf muscles.' I think a lot of females fall into the trap of using lightweight shafts to their detriment. IMO, if she has the enough strength to generate enough clubhead speed to where she doesn't lose distance, she should go to it. The dispersion stuff can be fixed with better fitting and/or finding a different clubhead she hits better.
3JACK
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Post by gmbtempe on May 31, 2011 11:20:30 GMT -5
golfdad,
Its an interesting question.
My son who is 7 has a nice set of clubs that I bought him made for kids his age, they are very light and he can swing them with good speed, problem is they are so light he moves all around when make the downswing.
I gave him my very heavy 3 wood yesterday and to my amazement was the best swing he made all day, great balance. My guess is he did not have to move all around or he would fall over.
Your daughter has a very nice swing.
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Post by benita on May 31, 2011 11:23:01 GMT -5
She is fine with the club in the video. Make sure the lie angle is correct for her and the grips are tacky, though. How old is she and how tall is she? (I should have asked this first.) And, how long has she been involved with golf? Do you have any other of the Trackman numbers? That young lady should make you feel proud.
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Post by golfdad on May 31, 2011 13:15:24 GMT -5
Richie, I find your take in golf very balanced so I will give your opinion some serious thought, thanks. gmb, also had the similar feedback. My kid said that because the club is "heavier", it "forces" her to come down with "better" tempo, whatever that means:) benita, thanks for the compliment. she is 10 yo, about 5.5 feet. she has played about 5 years. sorry I don't have any numbers saved because I think the pro with the trackman took my older's fitting more seriously and gave my younger one (this one) a comparatively a brief walk through,,,  interestingly, the US kids junior golf sets has essentially the same length as the lady set, but just lighter. |
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Post by rohlio on May 31, 2011 15:11:25 GMT -5
Love your daughters swing. great extension through the ball.
As for the clubs I have done a lot of junior fittings with a ton of gear for the local first tee chapter. One of the things I have noticed is that in general a bit heavier overall club weight can really help kids develop their proprioception ( the ability to feel their limbs in space). I would say unless she is losing distance from the heavier clubs; which you said she is not, then you only stand to benefit from improved awareness of the clubs position.
The dispersal issues could be as simple as the relative newness of the clubs to her. I know when I get a new set they take some getting used to as far as alignments and feels. If the good stuff is better and the experiment is still relatively new (such that it would explain the dispersion due to lack of familiarity) I would say you are on the right path.
One of the juniors I worked with who had a lot of problems with short irons was helped tremendously by going to significantly heavier steel shafts. She went from ~65 gram graphite ladies flex shafts to NS Pro 1050's in regular flex and it was night and day in terms of the consistency of her sequencing.
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Post by golfdad on May 31, 2011 16:48:46 GMT -5
rohlio, thank you for a informative post. your mention of the proprioception and sequencing make a lot of sense.
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interestingly, the US kids junior golf sets has essentially the same length as the lady set, but just lighter.