OlleEriksson

Ah interesting. Yeah the sand wedge is probably not the club with the highest angular velocity around my body when I think about it. Hmm. It's just that the driver definitely doesn't feel the fastest. Reading up on MOI matching, I'm starting to think that's what I am feeling here. Maybe my driver sticks out from the rest of the clubs in that regard. The 3W does feel ok actually when I think about it. Also gripping down half an inch to an inch on the driver made a huge difference last night. But going further down on it made it worse. I wasn't sure if that was just my mind playing tricks but maybe I'm MOI matching my driver when I do that. Or maybe just swing weight matching it. Who knows. 😂 I am guessing wildly here but maybe I feel the MOI is getting better (lower) when I grip down. But at the same time it feels like I would prefer a higher swing weight overall on the driver. The rest of my clubs I think are really light compared to "normal" clubs and has relatively more weight towards the heads (higher swing weight). At least that's my sensation of it. As I said, guessing wildly. But an interesting topic.

While playing with the driver yesterday, and realizing it gets steeper than my shorter clubs, it got me thinking about what effect a longer shaft has on the swing mechanics. We often say that a longer club gives you more club head speed because of the increased shaft length, but that assumes the angular velocity around the body is the same. And in my mind it would seem like a longer club would definitely (in general) rotate more slowly around the body just because of its moment of inertia. Of course the weight distribution of a driver is not the same as for other clubs, but in general I would think it would be much harder to get a 2m long driver moving and rotating than a 1m driver. Imagine a 3m driver!I am not opposing that a longer shaft usually gives you higher club head speed, but if we assume the angular velocity of the driver around the body is slower than an iron, surely that must play into how we transition in the golf swing, meaning you have to delay the transition to some degree and wait for the club head to catch up or get moving in the transition? No? I can't find anything online that relates to this aspect of hitting longer clubs? So what gives? Am I wrong? It would seem to me that this would be one of the major influencers on the driver technique compared to irons, but also to longer irons and hybrids, at least when compared to short iron shots. Anyone has a video that covers the topic of transitioning with longer clubs specifically? Best regards Olle