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Yesterday I spend time looking at ebay club repair stuff. OMG I am so ignorant. So I watch a few videos on spine finders, none of which explain where to align the spine relative to the face. One says the spine is on the side that "flips up" another says the spine is opposite the side that flips up. One guy said to align the spine at 12:00 on the club face than another showed how a properly aligned spine flipped the clubface square to the target; what about offsets and faces that are supposed to be open or closed a few degrees? A while back I mentioned two pros had made disparaging comments about my Burner shaft's action. I am thinking about doing it myself as a teaching moment, the equipment seems cheap.

This thread was not much help.
http://thesandtrap.com/forum/showthr...ighlight=spine

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Ogio Synchro cart
'07 Burner Driver, 3 Fairway, and Rescue 5
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  FHopper said:
Yesterday I spend time looking at ebay club repair stuff. OMG I am so ignorant. So I watch a few videos on spine finders, none of which explain where to align the spine relative to the face. One says the spine is on the side that "flips up" another says the spine is opposite the side that flips up. One guy said to align the spine at 12:00 on the club face than another showed how a properly aligned spine flipped the clubface square to the target; what about offsets and faces that are supposed to be open or closed a few degrees? A while back I mentioned two pros had made disparaging comments about my Burner shaft's action. I am thinking about doing it myself as a teaching moment, the equipment seems cheap.

What I worry about is how I hit the ball. I couldn't give a fat crap where my spine is, what my head is doing, or what direction my freakin belt is pointing towards. I worry about the ball getting in the hole in the least amount of strokes possible. No mechanical bull crap with the spine angle, and making a triangle with your arms at address, and have your shoulders and waist pointing towards the target. I use MY swing to play MY game, and it sure as hell works. Too blunt? sorry im in school. It'll do that to ya Yea but seriously, I don't worry about any of that spine angle stuff. Not even close. The only thing that matters is a square club face at impact. It doesn't matter how you get there, it just matters that you get there.

Driver: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo 9º
2 Hybrid: Callaway Big Bertha Heavenwood
Irons: Nike Slingshot OSS 6-3 iron
          Taylormade Tour Preferred PW-7 iron
Wedges: Cleveland CG14 50º, 54º
              Taylormade RAC 58º
Putter: Ping Darby 32" shaft


 


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What I worry about is how I hit the ball. I couldn't give a fat crap where my spine is, what my head is doing, or what direction my freakin belt is pointing towards. I worry about the ball getting in the hole in the least amount of strokes possible. No mechanical bull crap with the spine angle, and making a triangle with your arms at address, and have your shoulders and waist pointing towards the target. I use MY swing to play MY game, and it sure as hell works.

looks like someone is out of their element....the OP was talking about the spine and alignment of a shaft...not his physical spine.

to answer the question....a shaft will have a plane which it is most comfortable bending on, or neutral bending position (nbp). 90 degrees from the nbp will be the spine (think of your spine being your strongest support four your body. how you align the spine and nbp with respect to the clubface and target line is a matter of personal preference. depending on whether the spine is in 12/6 o'clock or 3/9 oclock positions, you'll get slightly different feel out of your shafts. what is more important than the orientation is that all your shafts are oriented the same way...

in my bag:

Driver: '08 Cobra F Speed LD 10.5 w/UST Proforce V2 Tour Flight stiff

Fairway: Adams Speedline Fast10 3-wood w/Aldila Wasabi stiff
Hybrid: Nickent 3dx 3H
Irons: Nike CCI forged 4-pw Wedges: Nike Victory Red 52 56 60 Putter: Rife Mr. Beasley Balls: Bridgestone B330-RX Tees: epoch


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