The Sound of Ping!

WHOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHH; PING! I love the sound of swinging a golf club. I love golfing. But I have a little problem. All my clubs are too short! (get it, a little problem) I have always thought that I would be more consistent if I but had clubs that would fit me. My swing would be more consistent and I would hit the ball straighter and longer. So I set out on a journey to get measured for clubs.

I first looked at clubs online and how they rated. I also did some online fitting at ping's website. Then, Steven and I went out to swing a few clubs and see how they felt. We went to Uinta Golf. It was a lot of fun to swing, swing, swing and have their computers measure how far the ball went and how straight. Steve loves the feel of ping. I kind of liked the cobras. The cobras were a bit longer than the pings too.

Next we went to Utah Golf, or something like that, down in Springville. We swung a few more clubs and then signed up for a semi-professional club fitting with some ping representatives.

I must say I was...disappointed. They didn't have the length of shaft needed to fit me. They asked me which club felt best when hitting but the clubs they had me swing with were to short. so I bladed it every time. The guy didn't seem to understand how to fit someone as big as me. It was a big let down. I think that Steven had the same experience as me.

In the end, I still want some custom clubs but now I want to get fitted by a real professional. I also think that I want the Wilson Staff Ci7 clubs. They were rated very high. I might also consider the cobras I tried. Here's to wishful thinking and the knowledge that I won't be getting new clubs anytime soon.

Shoes

So I have a problem with keeping my website updated. I always think to myself, "Hey, I could blog about that." But, I never do. So here is hoping that I have turned over a new leaf and start doing more blogging about what I am thinking or what I am doing.

For the last year or so I have been having problems with my shins. When I would run I would eventually get really sharp pains in my shins. Some days were worse than other days. This would happen while I would play basketball, run, walk, or anything that required some shock absorption in my feet. I talked to my Chiropractor and he looked and determined that my arches were collapsing and that I was not getting the proper support. He told me to try Superfeet Insoles.



I found a small specialty shoe store that sold Superfeet and when I talked to salesman I found out that part of my problem was the terrible shoes I had been wearing. I don't buy new shoes very often, really almost never, so I had some pretty old shoes. He fit me to my size of Superfeet and explained what I should be looking for in shoes. He then set me up with a pair of Brooks Adrenaline 7 shoes.



Oh! they were Heaven on my feet. I could walk and run and not have my shins kill me.

Fast Forward nine months. Here I am today still with hurt shins because I was too stupid to buy new basketball shoes and/or put the insoles into my old ones. So Whit and I went on a quest last Saturday to find me some new shoes, both running (because the ones I have are worn out) and basketball. We went to 7 stores in hopes of finding what I was looking for. We found my running shoes, Brooks Adrenaline 8, at Fleet Feet in American Fork. Unfortunately, they were having a sale on my old shoes but didn't have my size. We finally ended up at Famous Footware where I found some basketball shoes. They were having a buy one get one 1/2 off sale so I also found a pair of Dr. Martens.

On further inspection and contemplation, I have decided that I don't like the feel of the basketball shoes on my feet. So until such time that I can find a pair that I really like, I have decided to pull the insoles out of my old running shoes and put them into my old basketball shoes. I hope this will give me enough time to find the right pair of basketball shoes without having to deal with the pain.