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In this video, we're going to do a quick review on the Torst Stryker training aid.

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We had a member ask about the Torst Stryker for creating shaft lean.

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We happen to have one here at the academy, so I thought I'd do a quick little video on

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what I like about it and what I think you have to be careful about.

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First, the good things.

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With the Torst Stryker, and if you're not familiar with it, the Torst Stryker is basically

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a golf club that has almost half the face is more this bounce or rounded leading edge.

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So basically the hitting surface is only from there to there, and the bottom of the club

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is here, and there's this pretty pronounced angle there.

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If I get set up, the thing that I really like about it is whenever I have someone look at

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it, visually they start thinking or looking at it, it looks like I really have to get my hands

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ahead in order to get that front edge down onto the ground.

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So in order to actually get the front edge on the ground, I have to get my hands that far

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forward and basically take it down to almost zero loft.

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So visually it creates quite an impression of what I want to do.

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So I'm going to really try and get those hands far ahead.

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Now the thing that I'm not a huge fan of is feel wise, even if I get my hands ahead,

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I don't get the same type of leading edge strike feel that I get with my normal midiron.

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So whether I get my hands ahead and hit a pretty good shot like I just did there,

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or if I swing outside in and kind of scoop the turf contact on that fat shot in that

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solid shot felt somewhat similar because of the pronounced rounded bottom of the soul.

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It almost feels similar to a wedge shot where I'm getting the club feels like it's sliding

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along the ground instead of kind of slicing through it that I typically get when I'm

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swinging more of a midiron.

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So the feel wise isn't going to have a real the the feel wise of the club interacting

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with the turf.

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Unfortunately feels very different when I'm using the training aid compared to my regular

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club.

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So if I'm using it to get a sense of what Shaftlyn feels like to me, a big part of the Shaftlyn

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feel is that ground interaction or that turf interaction of feeling the leading edge

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versus the scoop.

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So visually, if you're more of a visual learner, I think that this can be helpful for

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giving creating an image of I really have to get my hands out there in front in order

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to make contact where I hit the ball on the face like that one.

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But feel wise what I'm going to experience with the club hitting the ground is exactly

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what I'm going for.

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So while I don't use it a time for visual learners, I do think it can be a helpful training

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aid.

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Hopefully I give you some guidance as to whether you should apply this club.

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I don't think it's a club that will do any harm.

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So if you're on the fence, it's not a bad thing to experiment with.

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But there are a number of swing tendencies that are not going to fix and it's not going

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to be a guarantee of getting Shaftlyn.

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Okay, so now we'll hit through a couple.

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One I'll do kind of solid good.

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And you can see that does hit the ground.

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I have some Shaftlyn ball goes flying nicely.

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But it doesn't feel like I had a real strong leading edge right.

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So now I'm going to do more of a cast.

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Try to get the hands behind.

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And I probably still got my hands a little bit ahead.

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But other than the fact that that launched higher, the ground contact felt very similar

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on those two shots because of such a large round bottom of the soul.

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Try to exaggerate it even more.

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So again, I can still scoop.

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I can still hit a decent shot.

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It doesn't guarantee that I'm going to get my hands ahead.

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So in that sense, I have to be a little careful.

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If I'm using it, I probably want to use video at the same time so I can actually make

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sure that I'm making progress.

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Not just relying on how the training aid feels.