E-Guide to Golf

With this article we explain what is the clubfitting, at least in its foundations, and utility that I can have for golfers of all levels of ability. The goal is to individually analyze the game, the physical characteristics and demands of every player to select and build equipment tailored to maximize its performance and fun in the game.
The clubfitting is increasingly becoming an important topic for all producers to realize that the product off-the-shelf is not suitable to all players. The best approach to clubfitting is primarily to be closely tied to a single brand, but to be able to advise impartially in the best solution, which can also be to maintain the tools used today, without pressure on the new sticks. Have you ever wondered why the tests of the major magazines (American and British, of course) have not yielded positive results for your game? It is not your fault, is the methodology used to hold that it is wrong. First, these tests involve tools that are on paper only vaguely similar, but with specific shaft and head in reality very different. Secondly the use of testator (human or robotic) implies that assumptions are made on the launch of the single player, which are often totally irrelevant to an individual player. The point is that every swing is unique, and therefore must be the sticks. Tools-optimal cost is both in distance accuracy, separating them joy and satisfaction from the game. Consultation with a clubfitter, thanks to his experience and specific tools for analysis of the swing, I will confirm what professional players known for a long time. Just as every swing has a very personal nature, therefore the composition of the set and the specifications of individual sticks should depend on your type of swing, and not that of an average generic. The great variety in the specifications of equipment even among professionals with physical characteristics and speed of swing like to understand the difficulty in generalizing the recommendations. Yet 90% of the players bought products from the shelf ", which most probably are not entirely suited to their game. And while some players are convinced of the power play "with anything to have in hand", in reality they have to do to force changes in the swing (perhaps unconscious) that limit the real potential.
The solution for all golfers is to rely on a esparto for proper customization of their equipment, from an objective analysis of efficiency and adequacy of what has already been used, by measuring the same specifications of the bag. The process of fitting is based on the concept of selecting the set of sticks for which the specifications optimize the conditions for launching the single player in the specific parameters of the combination of ball speed, spin rate and launch angle that determine the outcome of each single shot. Thanks to "intelligent" of launch monitors, instruments that detect all the launch of the ball, the clubfitter expert is able to identify the optimal selection. The data generated by these tools enable the comparison between different models of head and shaft, as confirmed players often have similar needs of very different equipment. In particular, the technical data require careful interpretation, and recommendations should be adjusted as appropriate to the player's ambitions and objectives for improvement that is, its physiology and mental approach to the game and also, of course, his budget spending. It is therefore important to listen to the player, to understand what are the difficulties to solve. In this way, and simply tell him what sticks play, you work together for the interpretation of objective data in the specific context. Then a real clubfitting is all art as science.
The process fitting sessions, which can not be longer than the half hour to ensure the understanding of the players, usually begin with an interview on the state of different areas of the game to identify problems more marked. Thus also identifies the goals of the player, the improvement programs, any injuries or limitations that may affect the swing. We then move on to the verification of the existing set, seen as woods, irons, shaft and grip in order to determine their consistency in terms of specifications. All these information are for an initial assessment of adequacy. The subsequent analysis of swing and technical data (speed of the head and ball trajectory, spin, location of the head and angle of attack, the transfer of energy to the ball), by calculating distance and dispersion (lateral) for each shot. These data allow an immediate comparison of the performance of each individual stick, dynamically, in response to specific swing test. It was thus able to identify the combinations that work better and the proper composition of the set, so as not to leave "holes" of distances. The simplest solution is that everything is already adequate, and no change, perhaps because the improvements achieved do not justify the cost! In many cases, adjustments are recommended (not revolution) to achieve incremental benefits. These can be the change in the size of the grip, the swingweight of revision or angles to lie, and so forth. More substantive changes may require the replacement of the shaft, rather than the replacement of one or more sticks to be the best solution to optimize their game. It is also important that the clubfitter has a laboratory where do interventions with the necessary equipment, especially for testing the flexibility of the shaft, since the classifications adopted by manufacturers can be misleading.