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Thanks for your insights. @revkev can you elaborate why you felt it necessary to switch to the stack system? Is it because of the more tailored training?

Never used a Rapsodo but did a bunch of research when trying to decide whether I was going to buy one. It's worth it if you just want to get a very general idea of what your shots are doing. After all, it's a sub $500 device and you get what you pay for. If you want to do an in depth analysis of your golf swing it's just not going to cut it. Launch monitors are just like smart phones, you don't really need one, but once you use one, it's difficult not to. As someone who grew up without launch monitors, it was quite a surprise when I saw some kid, maybe 14 years at most, using his own Trackman. Love it!

I would give the Spornia a try, it has held up well for me, however... I use it indoors. I think outdoors would work if it's not windy at all. I have a friend who put up a Spornia in his backyard and is now unusable. Their customer service is not that great either. Another thing that I would suggest is actually invest in a good net, like the Net Return, it's pricier but I've heard great things about it.

So iron technology hasn't changed as much as driver technology. For me, I'm still using Mizuno MP32 clubs (circa 2004). I've wanted to upgrade for the longest time but it's more because I want new and shiny things as opposed to my game needs it. I'd say if you started off with beginners clubs and have progressed to an intermediate/advanced level, then yes, an upgrade is in order. But it seems like you have a pretty good setup already.

I've always stuck to one wedge in and around the greens, the 60 degree wedge. I find it very tedious and boring to have to remember the different rolls that different degree wedges get. So I just dumb it down to one wedge and just sort of remember how much roll it gets on a bump and run, on a pitch shot, etc.

Hopefully this review will help anybody who's on the fence about getting one of these things. I bought the SuperSpeed training system back in December 2021 and used them religiously until March 2022. Here's a quick summary on my progress: driver pre workout: started at 100, ended at 105 green stick: started at 115, ended at 121 blue stick: started at 106, ended at 112 red stick: started at 98, ended at 106 driver post workout: started at 107, ended at 111. Just by looking at the start and end speeds, these speeds were amazing. I started with a driver swing speed of 100 mph and got up all the way to 111 mph (no ball). It was such a fast and furious gain, especially since my goal was to get to 112 by the end of 2022. Unfortunately, none of this translated to the course, while I was swinging at 107 mph every single shot had a 30-40 yard slice, and I was have always been a draw player. I've been playing golf for over 20 years, started since little, and have always, always played a right to left ball. One way misses were my bread and butter, and after the training, I had every which way misses. Upon filming myself, I realized that my swing had evolved into a much more hideous form. It was so bad that it was unrecognizable. Basically, I had developed this ridiculous habit where I was flipping my club at the ball. I've always flipped at the golf ball, but this was ten times worse. Exasperated, I stopped the training altogether and looked to gain back form. It took me probably a month (I work a full time job and have a kid, and hence the long time) before I regained form. So here's what I'll say about speed training, I think it works with these two HUGE caveats: 1. You have very sound swing fundamentals and you employ the same swing during these speed training sessions. I know the SuperSpeed training people state that you should go all out and not care about swing mechanics and just try to up the mphs. IMO, I think this will ingrain bad habits into your swing. I think that each session should be employed with the same exact swing that you use on the course, except of course at a faster speed. 2. You have time and don't mind re-finding and re-tooling your swing It's inevitable that after speed training that you won't find the face, even the pros go thru this It's very important to hit balls after a workout, the ideal situation would be to take the sticks to the range to do the training and hit balls post workout. I never hit balls during my Dec 2022 - Mar 2022 speed training. I had no idea how much my ball flight had evolved. By then it was too late and it took me too long to get back my desired ball flight. If I could do it again, I would not buy the speed sticks because I just don't have the time. I do believe in speed training, but my definition of speed training is a much simpler one, just go full out on every single drive in the range. Maybe one of these days, I'll try the Bryson speed training system, where all he does is hit drives at various speeds. That being said, while I do go full out on every swing, I make sure that that flight is the correct one, if I see that I'm banana slicing it, I dial it back, and then rinse and repeat. Even with my four month hiatus from the speed sticks, I noticed that I'm steadily regaining my club head speed. I used to be at 107 mph while hitting the golf ball, I'm back at 106 mph. I hope this helps someone. Cheers.