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Based on your past experience, what is the best shaft kickpoint for a 9.5 degree driver? Low, Mid or High kickpoint?
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To find out, get a driver fitting.

With a fitting, you work backward. Depending on whom you talk to, you probably want a 12* to 15* launch angle for your driver. So, you find a shaft which will give you that launch.

Kickpoint is a bit tricky on first explanation: Low-kick helps you hit ball higher, mid-kick medium, and high-kick you hit it lower.

Clubhead speed and loft, and shaft flex also come into play on launch angle.

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To find out, get a driver fitting.

+1...best concise explanation i've seen so far!

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Driver : r7 Limited 9.5* Matrix Ozik X-Con 5.5 (Reg) | Fairway: 906F4 15.5* (Reg) | Hybrids: DWS Baffler 3/R 20* (Reg) & Baffler Rail H 4-H 22* (Reg) | Irons: AP1 5-G (Reg) | Wedges: SW - SM56-10 & LW - SM60-04 | Putter:.....
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+1...best concise explanation i've seen so far!

correct me if I am wrong, but the kick point can also have an effect on the shot dispersion and generally speaking a lower kick point is generally advantagous for people who tend to slice the ball.

Again, getting a fitting from somebody who can watch your ball flight and make suggestions and allow you to try different shafts and then select the one that works best for you.

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correct me if I am wrong, but the kick point can also have an effect on the shot dispersion and

I'mnot sure about this.....I would think, and this is purely based on specualtion, that a whippy club will lend itself to slice, but I really have not looked at it from that angle. The loft will have an effect on ball spin and contol..but shaft kick-point ..I don't really know.

It's the indian, not the arrow! But it sure is nice to have good arrows!!!!!

Driver : r7 Limited 9.5* Matrix Ozik X-Con 5.5 (Reg) | Fairway: 906F4 15.5* (Reg) | Hybrids: DWS Baffler 3/R 20* (Reg) & Baffler Rail H 4-H 22* (Reg) | Irons: AP1 5-G (Reg) | Wedges: SW - SM56-10 & LW - SM60-04 | Putter:.....
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