[Coagulator]

Ok- so i've been on this forum about a week or so and I really dig it, you guys really seem to know your stuff!

As I stopped playing over 10 years ago and have now restarted I am way behind on equipment knowledge.

I see a ton of talk on shafts- something I never really even thought about. I am sure that at this point in my progress that my steel shafts are "just fine" and that until I get back to actual ball striking I won't need to worry about this.

I did a search on shafts and found a ton of posts but no actual "guides" or "primers". So here are my questions:

1.) How do you get your swing speeds? I know that when i was fitted with my clubs they used a little radar device to calculate it- but I am not sure how cool it is to go into a shop and just ask them to do that again for me assuming that my swing speed changes after lessons, practice, etc.

2.) Where and when do you start considering shafts? When I break 90, 80, 75? Or is there some other parameter?

3.) I always thought that graphite shafts in irons were for slower swing speeds- I'm sure that this isn't the case but what are the benefits of graphite shafts in irons?

4.) How do you choose your trajectory? Is it just a personal preference or should it depend on club length? home course?

5.) Any other insights, ideas, advice, etc. would whole heartily be appreciated!

Please excuse this post if I missed this information in my search, if you could just send me a link to the thread I'd appreciate that as well.

-Coag