Understanding the role of shaft stiffness in the golf swing

The purpose of this thesis was to determine how shaft stiffness affects clubhead speed and how it alters clubhead orientation at impact. For the first time, a 3D, six-segment forward dynamics model of a golfer and club was developed and optimized to answer these questions. A range of shaft stiffness...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacKenzie, Sasho James
Other Authors: Stilling, Denise
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2005
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-12212005-163850/