I AM LOOKING FOR A NEW SHAFT FOR MY NIKE SQ. I HAVE A GRAFFALLOY BLUE STIFF AAT THE MOMENT,BUT NO MATTER HOW HARD I SWING I DONT GET ANY EXTRA DISTANCE AND NO FEEL FROM IT.IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT HAS NO KICK IN IT. I HAVE TRIED THE SAME SHAFT IN REGULAR BUT FOUND IT TOO WHIPPY. MY SWING SPEED IS 80-85MPH.COULD ANYONE RECOMEND A SHAFT TO TRY

I have one with the Accuflex Evolution Lite in Reg flex. Really nice shaft, and not too pricey ( £63 at Midasgolf).
Accuflex aren't well known over here, but the USA club-making forums rave about them.
The Graff Blue NT with the nano-fibres or whatever are supposed to give more feel (The Evo Lite has the nano-wotsits too).
Shaun at Midas (aka EXMAX of this forum) may be able to give you more advice.

blacky

If that swing speed is with a driver and not your iron speed then I am not suprised you lack distance with a stiff graffaloy shaft. I have a swing speed of 105 and I only use regular but in the Prolite 35.

I do not know enough about other shafts but would recommend you get the swing speed rechecked.

Jim is right, there, blacky, the Graf Blue is known as a "boardy" shaft that plays stiffer than other shafts of the same expressed flex.
I would imagine your swing speed stated is more likely to be with an iron, if you find the regular blue whippy.

Loads of shafts out there, Shaun ^^ is your man for the in depth analysis.

i have been on a swing monitor and my swing speed was no more than 90mph on it.i definitely need a regular shaft but there are so many out there. what about the graphite design ys-6+? what does load on the shaft term mean?

Blacky, for a shaft to work at max efficiency and generate distance the golfer has to "load" it....i.e. feed it some energy that can be transmitted to the ball at impact.

Imagine stretching a rubber band...by doing this you are storing enrgy in the band, when you let go the energy is released.

In golf a similar thing is done thru the backswing and the transition into and during the downswing. Becasue there is a heavy weight on the end of the shaft (i.e. the club head), when you swing the club the shaft will bend away from its natural straight shape...energy is now stored in the shaft or..."it is loaded". How aggressively you swing will have a direct influence upon how you "load" the shaft. Fast swingers who have a quick transition from backswing to downswing exert a heavy load on the shaft...hence they generally require stiffer shafts.

During the downswing the shaft will naturally spring back to its natural straight shape and hence transfer the stored energy to the ball.

The tricky thing in choosing a shaft is to get the balance right between the ease of loading of the shaft and the control you have of the ball. A very flexible shaft will be difficult to control where it releases the energy and will generally spray the ball all over the place. Too stiff a shaft will usually hit the ball in a straight line determined largely by the club swing path but will not give great distance becasue the golfer couldnt load it properly.

I've tried the YS6+ in both driver and fairway. Found it very tip-soft, no feel or sensation of loading. The YS7 is supposed to have a stiffer tip-section and I'm going to give one those a whirl soon.
Recommendation is to take some pro-advice (e.g. Shaun) on what is going to suit you, rather than playing shaft-lottery.

cheers fugitive,that explains a lot.that is the feeling i get with the stiff pro launch blue.i hit it straight but with no great distance and the shaft doesnt feel like it flexes much ie like a board. tried to contact shaun but no luck yet.it can be expensive to play shaft lottery but may take a chance with something soon.