Are my clubs too short?

[craftboy]

Picked up golfing a couple of weeks ago and bought a cheap new complete set online. It feels pretty good playing with, but yesterday I filmed myself while working on a horrible slice and watching the movie I started wondering if the clubs are too short. I'm about 6,2" (190 cm) and the clubs are 'regular' length. The club I'm using on the movie is an iron 5 or 6 , don't recall exactly.

What do you think?

[Jon Robert]

No, the length may be just fine.

Your right arm gets only as high as your left shoulder on the back swing indicating a one plane swing. Therefore you should use the one plane swing fundamentals.

Which is to bend over at the hips 30 to 45 degrees. 2 plane bends only 10 degrees and might require longer short iron  club for you

That being said

I use a one plane swing as well.

At 6' 4" I use plus 3 on my wedges for personal comfort and standard length driver. They are actually plus three on the woods but I am choking up. I will be cutting them down.  I have tried as much as plus 8 (eight)

One plane vs  Two plane

Save yourself 20 years of golf tip / instruction contradiction frustration and futility and watch Hardy's DVD's or get his books. The Plane Truth for Golfers. He gets $750 an hour for a reason. He is Golf digests #8 best teacher in America

I got a copy of the DVD's from the local Library and bought the books on Amazon

MANDATORY VIEWING

http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Hardys-Plane-Truth-Golfers/dp/B000PLUYTQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid;=1344601836&sr;=8-4&keywords;=plane+truth+for+golf

Your slice is from your swing not the clubs.  Get the DVD's or the book. Further more study the Width swing in the LAW's of golf system  to help you get on track to correct a slice. Follow the chaart set up positions etc. https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/pasdirtz/web/golf/GOLF_LAWs_Chart.html

[craftboy]

Thanks for the reply!

I knew that the slice was from the swing, I am working on that. Just curious now if I have clubs that are too short. It looks kind of like a wedge on the film but it's a 5/6. Spent a couple of hours on the range yesterday and my back hurts today. But that might very well (i.e. probably) be from lacking technique as well...

[Jon Robert]

Do this

Get a thin piece of plywood and lay it on the ground

wrap the club heads with masking tape - all of them

Swing at a ball spot on the board and actually skip/strike the board SIX times per club

Note the wear point on the masking tape.

The mark should be dead center between the scoring line ends

If it is not but the mark is near the shaft this is what will happen

a) if left alone your shots may tend to fly and land TO YOUR RIGHT (lefty)

b) if bent to correct then you need to make them a few degrees flatter

c) if you make the shaft longer you MAY need to double the amount of flatter that you need and can break the clubs when bending.  I use 6 degrees flat on forged soft steel club heads and if I bend it 1/1000th of a degree more then I can count on having too weld it back together. It is bubbling now at 6* I have had to weld others in the past.

IF your masking tape marks are at the toe end then you can lengthen the clubs for comfort with out having to bend lie angles.

MEASURE THEM AS YOU MAY HAVE BOUGHT WOMEN'S LENGTH CLUBS.   My first set were old women's which are 2" shorter than today's men's standard length

http://www.allforgolf.com/length_chart.asp