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Originally Posted by ogallalabob I believe it was Azinger in a telecast this year stated "it was better for kids to have clubs a little heavy, it teaches them to fire their hips at the ball." I thought that was an interesting perspective and am not sure if it is good advice or not. I guess even if it was good advice there is a very fine line between a little heavy and too heavy. |
The problem with a club that is to heavy the child ends up with a strange backswing as the club is to heavy so the lift it instead of taking the club away. Liam's problem was his swing speed, he has a very late hit and generates alot of speed at impact, once he reached 7 I had to cut down ladies
clubs because the shafts are stiffer, now aged 10 he has a set of mens graphite regular shaft cobra's with a couple of inches lobed off so he can hit straight, when he has a go with one of the childs
clubs at the golf club he hits a great hook.
So my advice would be go for a light shaft but it must be stiff enough if they start playing at a very young age like Liam did and build strengh, I have seen adults have a go for the first time and struggle to take the club back due to the weight.
Ian.