Love GC Quad, but now I need to know what parameters I should consider good.

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  • jjfcpa
    Junior Member
    • Sep 2016
    • 4

    #1

    Love GC Quad, but now I need to know what parameters I should consider good.

    I'm a senior golfer with a pretty slow swing speed. Probably 75 for a 7 iron with a 30 degree loft. (Apex CF19)

    I'm trying to determine what specs I should consider good for the following:

    Back spin
    In-to-Out
    Club Face
    Angle of Attack (normally around 2 right now)

    Smash factor is typically around 1.3 - 1.4

    Just looking for some ballpark numbers so I can tell what I should be looking for.
  • LEO MODE
    Super Member
    • May 2017
    • 646

    #2
    Swing speed of 75mph with a 7 iron is more than average I think, great stuff!

    Backspin = iron number x 1000 is ideal, so 7000rpm

    In-to-out and club face = square is always preferred (close to 0 degree)

    Angle of attack: negative 2~4 is preferred.

    Smash factor = around 1.3~1.4 is good.

    keep at it sir!

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    • Dax
      Ultimate Member
      • Oct 2014
      • 1797

      #3
      not a complete answer, but TM did publish a driver fitting type of document a number of years ago with all the parameters you are looking for in respect of the driver. I suspect you can either find that in TMs website or on LeoModes website. I tend not to look for this though as it is built into the TPS software for TM in the optimizer section. Fingers crossed you can find something for your other clubs.

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      • StuartG
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2018
        • 236

        #4
        Originally posted by Dax View Post
        not a complete answer, but TM did publish a driver fitting type of document a number of years ago with all the parameters you are looking for in respect of the driver. I suspect you can either find that in TMs website or on LeoModes website. I tend not to look for this though as it is built into the TPS software for TM in the optimizer section. Fingers crossed you can find something for your other clubs.
        For drivers yes, to help optimize distance, but for everything else (like the 7 iron data the OP shared), there are no optimal numbers. They published tour averages for PGA and LPGA but those are horrible numbers to use to judge yours or anyone else's results. But despite that lots of people still think they should so you can still find a lot of posts online of people recommending it. That's a clear sign that the person making that suggestion really doesn't have an idea of what they are talking about.

        The numbers can be useful to help track progress for a swing change but even in that case you shouldn't be chasing numbers, just looking at general trends along with other ways (like swing videos) to check the progress of ones work. The numbers by themselves wont really tell you anything about how good your swing is or what might need to change with the swing to improve it or even if you are going about fixing a problem in a good way.
        Last edited by StuartG; 02-27-2020, 05:06 PM.

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        • A.West
          Member
          • Jun 2016
          • 88

          #5
          I recommend Jim McLean's "The Ultimate Guide to Trackman Swing Analysis" which is available on Kindle for $49 and has "level one" and "level two" sections that sets some goals for a player of your level for face angle, club path, attack angle, smash factor, club speed, and then also gives some lesson advice for how to use the launch monitor to improve those numbers. He knows these players aren't pros so sets target ranges for these items, plus explains why it matters for ball flight. The data between trackman and foresight is close enough that for this book it typically doesn't matter which machine you have. I will note however that understanding the data vs changing the data in your own swing is two different things. So I think Adam Young's book/lessons for example provided better tips for changing swing path than did Jim McLean's book. Check out the table of contents and intro material by doing a "look inside" the McClean book on the Amazon website.

          Foresight should sponsor (or provide free) such a document, but instead keeping with their "everyday high prices" strategy they want to charge hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars for vaguely described online educational materials "PEAK Certified Professional Training" of this sort, which is why I didn't buy what they are offering.

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