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The Power of the Launch Monitor in Club Fitting
Perhaps the biggest development in golf club fitting in recent years is the addition of the launch monitor. The launch monitor provides vital data of both... -
Club Fitting – SST Pure News
When one of the annual international competitions like this week’s Presidents Cup takes center stage, you can be sure that SST PURE is playing a major role. So... -
Equipment paths the way for junior golfers
Choosing the right clubs for your child to golf with is an important step towards their love or hate for the game. I see too many...
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Mark Smith Golf lessons go digital with V1 GOLF
Mark Smith Golf is joining forces with V1 Golf – the leader in golf swing anlysis software to allow online transfer of video used during your lessons and your own online locker to store videos that can be viewed wherever you have an internet connection.Giving lessons a Digital Life
Instantly receive YOUR V1 lessons to your computers, Smartphones (iPhones, Blackberry and others) and Facebook™ pages where you can easily share your videos.Read on….
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President of Nakashima Golf visits Hong Kong
Mr. John Nakashima president of Nakashima Golf dropped into Hong Kong for a two day visit before moving on to the region for further product development. John together with Gary Nakashima a Master Club builder and head of product development spent time with our local Master Mr. Victor Cheung to explain the recent addition of SST Pure shaft analysis and alignment system to the already renowned Nakashima Golf fitting and manufacturing process.Read on….
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Q – I’m interested in fitting my clubs but I’m not sure if my swing is consistent enough. How do I know if my swing is stable enough for club fitting?
A – Club fitting is about engineering a set of clubs or a single club relative to your physique and individual swing. For newer golfers it is more about getting the correct club length and lie angle to allow you set up in an athletic stance and matching a shaft flex, and weight and a clubhead design and loft to aid getting the ball airborne. Further characteristics such as grip size will aid in improved control of the golf club. For intermediate or advanced golfers it’s more about dialing in on characteristics such as shaft deflection point and spin rates particularly in the woods and driver club to maximize carry distance and incremental difference in distance between clubs.Read on….
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The Power of the Launch Monitor in Club Fitting
Perhaps the biggest development in golf club fitting in recent years is the addition of the launch monitor. The launch monitor provides vital data of both the golf ball and club head prior to, during and following ball impact.The following data is compiled by the launch monitor after each shot.
- Clubhead speed
- Ball speed
- Dynamic loft (loft of the clubhead at ball contact)
- Launch angle (the angle the ball is launched when leaving the clubface)
- Club head path
- Clubface angle
- Angle of attack of the clubhead
- Rate of ball back spin and side spin
- Displacement of the ball during and after flight
- Carry and total distance
- Efficiency or smash factorRead on…..
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Equipment paths the way for junior golfers
Choosing the right clubs for your child to golf with is an important step towards their love or hate for the game. I see too many junior golfers in the driving range and at the course using clubs that are too long, too heavy, too upright in lie angle, and too stiff in the shaft.Parents often buy clubs thinking that their son or daughter will grow into them just like buying clothes however, with golf, growing into your clubs is a very painful and unrewarding experience. Trust me – I’ve been through it.
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The lesson before your first golf lesson
So you’ve just picked up golf and thinking of finding an instructor and facility to try your hand. There are a number of considerations you must make before booking your first lesson. Firstly you must know that Hong Kong is not the exactly the easiest place in the world to take up the game, however if you don’t mind to travel about a bit then you’ll be fine.
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