The influence of golf shaft stiffness on grip and clubhead kinematics

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of shaft stiffness on grip and clubhead kinematics. Two driver shafts with disparate levels of stiffness, but very similar inertial properties, were tested by 33 golfers representing a range of abilities. Shaft deflection data as well as gri...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of sports sciences 2017-01, Vol.35 (2), p.105-111
Main Authors: MacKenzie, Sasho J., Boucher, Daniel E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biomechanical Phenomena
club
Golf
Golf - physiology
Hand Strength
Humans
kinematics
Male
Mechanical Phenomena
Middle Aged
motion capture
Movement
Rotation
shaft stiffness
Sports Equipment
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of shaft stiffness on grip and clubhead kinematics. Two driver shafts with disparate levels of stiffness, but very similar inertial properties, were tested by 33 golfers representing a range of abilities. Shaft deflection data as well as grip and clubhead kinematics were collected from 14 swings, with each shaft, for each golfer using an optical motion capture system. The more flexible shaft (R-Flex) demonstrated a higher contribution to clubhead speed from shaft deflection dynamics (P 
ISSN:0264-0414
1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2016.1157262