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Originally Posted by rivercitybirdie
i agree to some degree about not getting fitted for absolutely everything until you have a reasonable swing. getting fit to some huge "over the top" swing is counter-productive and i have or had the same issue.
having said that, getting fitted for shaft might not be bad.
as per stiffness, i have found quite good success with stiffer shafts even though my swing speed might not justify as per charts on the internet..... one thing about stiff shafts is you can swing really hard and the ball will take off straight. if i try to really hammer a drive with an R-flex, invariably the ball takes off at a 30 degree angle to the left and slices further - i am left-handed. basically aggressive swing with R = giant push slice from leaving clubface open but i think it's shaft bending not necessarily swing flaw.
so i think with stiff shaft your playable swing speed increases and maybe even your max swing speed as you are training the muscles for high speed swing whereas before you were holding back.
Yea, I forgot to mention that he did a few things with tape on the face and also tape on the bottom of the club. On the bottom of the club I wound up being really good both times, and then on the club face I hit it a bit on the inside-- I think that's because I suck at lining up tbh and I feel like my mistake there is usually being too close to the ball. Idk, I'm generally inconsistent, should really start re-lining up before every shot, maybe get some lines so I have a consistent length as we talked about.
The more I think about it the more I think I really wanna get some heavier stiffer irons so I should just get maybe some 2016 M2s or something making sure they have similar length clubs to what I have right now.
Kinda funny btw he gave me a super heavy stiff shaft to try (I think it was like a 115g 6.5) and I liked it, hit it straight both times, but both times a little thin, and he said "well I didn't wanna tell you before you swung but those are regular length not extra long." So that made sense.
Even though I might not have my "true" swing just yet, it seems like getting "stock extra long" or w/e irons that are same length as my current ones is probably good and they'll be a huge improvement over what I have and last me a this season and next at the minimum?