Wierd club flex?

[Region3]

I video'd myself today on the course, and just messing about trying to pause it at various points saw something that looked odd.

On the downswing, when the club is parallel to the ground, the shaft is flexing the opposite way to what I'd expect! i.e. the bow in the shaft is pointing skywards so the clubhead is ahead of it when I'd expect it to be behind it.

Is that normal, or if I'm right and it isn't normal what could cause it?

 

[USER1999]

Dunno, but at some point the head has to overtake the swing, or you wouldn't get any power at all. Don't know when this happens though.

 

[Twire]

It's not just a trick of the slow motion camera is it?

I would imagine the club/shaft needs to release it's energy at impact, not half way down your swing. Out of interest, what shaft is it? Working on the theory that if the shaft is to flexi you pull you shots left, to stiff you block right. I would guess it's not stiff enough i.e the shaft has released it's energy and the head is ahead of itself causing a pull.

But then again, all that could be total and utter crap.

 

[bobmac]

You mean like this?

Its a trick of the camera. I hit that shot dead straight

 

[Region3]

Yes Bob exactly like that except I saw mine halfway down my swing and it wasn't as pronounced as the one in your pic.

I still don't see how it can be a trick of the camera but at least I know I needn't worry about it now.

Very strange

Twire - it's a ust v2 stiff, but I guess that's not important now bob has said I'm not a wierdo

 

[DanS]

Apparently its the wat HD camcorders work.
They scan the image in rows from top to bottom.

So during the swing whilst it takes one frame the club has moved quite a lot.

 

[Leftie]

but I guess that's not important now bob has said I'm not a wierdo

He's didn't actually say that...

 

[Smiffy]

I can't believe that Bob actually hit it straight..

 

[bobmac]

I can't believe that Bob actually hit it straight..

I remember it well, it was back in 2002, a Tuesday

 

[DCB]

I remember it well, it was back in 2002, a Tuesday

am or pm ?

 

[SammmeBee]

No it is the laws of physics I believe....

If you have a shaft that is too whippy and the clubhead gets too far ahead of the hands and you hit it left....too stiff and you get it too far behind and it goes right (as the clubhead doesn't catch up with the hands)....get the flex right and it will help you hit it straighter....

 

[viscount17]

No it is the laws of physics I believe....

If you have a shaft that is too whippy and the clubhead gets too far ahead of the hands and you hit it left....too stiff and you get it too far behind and it goes right (as the clubhead doesn't catch up with the hands)....get the flex right and it will help you hit it straighter....

this one confuses me a bit. I had a driver shaft that was definitely too whippy, I hit high right, hell I bend the ball in a U. Even now if I try to hit the regular full out it's high right.
too stiff a shaft, yes that does go right but nothing like as badly.

 

[JustOne]

Apparently its the way HD camcorders work.
They scan the image in rows from top to bottom.

So during the swing whilst it takes one frame the club has moved quite a lot.

Amen. You won't see that with a 'proper' camera.