JPsuff
Banned
I'm going back to my blades.
I tried the cavity back clubs for a couple of seasons and though I hit them about the same, I don't get the same feedback and that's what's been missing. With blades, I'll know not only whether or not I hit a good shot, but I'll be able to tell before I even lift my head to watch it and if it's a bad shot, I'll know exactly why.
With the cavity backs (and the ones I used were forged, just like my blades), after hitting a poor shot, I too often found myself wondering exactly why. I got a decent feedback from them - what I thought was "just as good" as my blades, but that wasn't the case. After a poor shot, I'd too often find myself looking at the ball, the divot, the club face and I'm scratching my head wondering what went wrong because the shot felt OK but it obviously wasn't.
With the instant feedback from the blades, I can identify a mistake or even just a small miscue and then be able to work on a minor problem long before it becomes a full-blown problem. With the cavity backs, things too often got out of control before I realized that I was doing something differently and then it seemed as if it took at least as long to correct it.
I grew up playing blades and played them for over 30 years and they are definitely temperamental and indeed an acquired taste. But in my opinion, the feedback they offer is worth their weight in strokes and I end up playing better overall because that feedback allows me to recognize problems quickly and to be able to stay on top of things and to be able to make minor corrections along the way instead of allowing bad habits to become ingrained before even realizing they exist.
Lastly, there's a definite ego boost in playing well with blades because I'll know that good play is the result of my skill rather than the forgiveness of technology. That has a very satisfying aspect to it as it lets me know that whatever I'm doing at the time is correct and that the results I'm getting are because I'm striking the ball purely and that all of the work I've put into my game is paying dividends.
-JP
I tried the cavity back clubs for a couple of seasons and though I hit them about the same, I don't get the same feedback and that's what's been missing. With blades, I'll know not only whether or not I hit a good shot, but I'll be able to tell before I even lift my head to watch it and if it's a bad shot, I'll know exactly why.
With the cavity backs (and the ones I used were forged, just like my blades), after hitting a poor shot, I too often found myself wondering exactly why. I got a decent feedback from them - what I thought was "just as good" as my blades, but that wasn't the case. After a poor shot, I'd too often find myself looking at the ball, the divot, the club face and I'm scratching my head wondering what went wrong because the shot felt OK but it obviously wasn't.
With the instant feedback from the blades, I can identify a mistake or even just a small miscue and then be able to work on a minor problem long before it becomes a full-blown problem. With the cavity backs, things too often got out of control before I realized that I was doing something differently and then it seemed as if it took at least as long to correct it.
I grew up playing blades and played them for over 30 years and they are definitely temperamental and indeed an acquired taste. But in my opinion, the feedback they offer is worth their weight in strokes and I end up playing better overall because that feedback allows me to recognize problems quickly and to be able to stay on top of things and to be able to make minor corrections along the way instead of allowing bad habits to become ingrained before even realizing they exist.
Lastly, there's a definite ego boost in playing well with blades because I'll know that good play is the result of my skill rather than the forgiveness of technology. That has a very satisfying aspect to it as it lets me know that whatever I'm doing at the time is correct and that the results I'm getting are because I'm striking the ball purely and that all of the work I've put into my game is paying dividends.
-JP