Steel is best known to be the cheapest material for shafts and because of its high level of performance. But here one thing is important to mention that before 1940s most of the golfers were in the idea of using hockey, until in forties the trend was shifted steel. Golfer sees little need to change, particularly with irons. Still the overwhelming choice for shafts is steel; these are available in many flexes. These are available in regular and light weights with various kick points TaylorMade RBZ Driver

Graphite shafts are light shafts designed to lower the over all weight of the club, making it easier to create more clubhead speed. These are also called composite, boron-graphite or carbon fiber shafts. As golfer look for maximum distances off the tee, graphite shafts are today more frequently used for fairway woods and especially metal headed drivers than for iron. Different varieties of flexes and kick points are also available in the market, but there prices as considerably high and that is the reason that most of the golfers feel hesitate to switch on to graphite equipment. TaylorMade R11 TP

Kick point is that part of the shaft which bends the most during the swing. In recent innovation in shaft design is the positioning of the kick point or flex point. Ideally the kick point should compliment the flex of the shaft whether high, low or mid kick point. The lower the kick point, the more length one gain, and more accuracy one sacrifices. The higher the kick point the more accuracy you gain and the more length you sacrifice.

The players who are able to generate more clubhead speed prefer to have high kick point to lower the vibration near the clubhead, whereas the players who are not able to generate high speed use these kick points to generate more clubhead speed.