quote:Originally posted by Tball88
Can some one explain to me the concept of the club feeling heavy, or a heavy swing. ................
Grip the club horizontally and parallel to the ground in front of the body. The more weight added to the clubhead, the "heavier" it feels and the more degree of "flex" to the shaft, due to GRAVITY (constant acceleration by the earth).
The same things (or "LAG" in TGM's term) occur during a swing, due to ACCELERATION (Newton's Second Law of Motion) against INERTIA (Newton's "First Law of Motion) and/or DIRECTIONAL CHANGE.
Under a given power, the "heavier" (or more "LAG") the club, the slower the swing, due to Energy = Mass x Velocity's square. And vice versa.
Under a optimal swing speed, which hopefully provides the optimal control (for precise contact or compression of ball), increasing the "LAG"/"flex of shaft"/"weight of the club" increases the "power" (or Energy) by the same token.
quote:Originally posted by brianman
Heavy= RESISTANCE to DECELARATION from IMAPCTING A GOLF BALL.
Which is also very true due to Newton's "Third Law of Motion" (force and counter fource), and extremely essential to an efficient shot as well.