The Mitsubishi Kai’li Dark Waves Red: The Best Golf Driver Shaft for Sale for Players with Slow Swing Speeds?

Golf driver shafts for sale are a bit like items of clothing. Calling one or the other the best means nothing unless you qualify the statement in some way.

For instance, one driver shaft might be called the best for heavy, bulky club heads, like the Ping Alta CB, with its counterbalanced design.

Then again, you might consider the Fujikura Ventus Black or the Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green the best golf shafts for players with extremely fast swing speeds.

What makes one driver shaft good for one subset of players might also make it uniquely unsuitable for another cohort - just like one jacket might fit one person well, and not as well on another.

The things that make a driver shaft good, or rather, suitable or unsuitable for a given player, are determined by that player’s unique needs.

Having broached this concept, let’s talk about players that have slower swing speeds. This could include amateurs and seniors, but it also includes anyone else that, for whatever reason, just doesn’t (or can’t) swing that fast.

So what would the best shaft be for a player with a slow swing speed?

Well, there are lots of options. Mitsubishi VANQUISH shafts, Autoflex golf shafts, and Fujikura Ventus Red and Air Speeder shafts are all good options.

Another, and definitely one of the best golf driver shafts for sale for players with slow swing speeds, is the Mitsubishi Kai’li Dark Waves Red. Here’s what it offers and why it’s a top pick.

What the Kai’li Dark Waves Red Offers

Like other Mitsubishi shafts in the Kai’li line, the Dark Waves Red is made with high-strength MR70 carbon fiber, for exceptional strength, stability, loading and energy transfer properties.

For what its worth, this use of carbon fiber also resists deformation when under a high load - although that should not be a big concern for players with slower swing speeds.

The Dark Waves Red is also made with Super Low Resin Content Prepreg, or SLRC material, which lightens the weight, devoting more of the shaft mass to carbon fiber and less to the epoxy resin that binds it.

This results in a lighter, more active and responsive feeling shaft, which generally suits players with slower swing speeds better.

But it goes further than this. The Mitsubishi Kai’li Dark Waves Red has the softest, most active tip section of all the Kai’li profiles. It also sports medium midsection and butt sections, for unbelievable activity and a super-smooth feel.

These are some of the secrets to the Kai’li Dark Waves Red’s launch and spin profiles, which are what really make it suitable for players with slower swing speeds. It produces high launch and medium spin profiles.

These are the true secrets that make these among the best golf driver shafts for sale for players with slower swing speeds.

The Secret to High Launch and Spin

To fully understand why a high-launching, medium (or high spin) shaft is so suitable for players with slower swing speeds, we’ll look at each characteristic.

First, let’s look at the high launch profile. Let’s say you’re throwing a baseball, but you can only throw it at, say, 50 MPH. You want to get it to go as far as possible, but you can’t increase the speed of launch. So what do you do?

Naturally, you increase the launch angle. The same principle applies to golf shafts. If you’re working with a 65 or even a 75 MPH swing speed, and just can’t get faster than that, the way to add carry distance to the golf ball is to launch it higher.

This is one of the secrets to high-launch shafts like the Mitsubishi Kai’li Dark Waves Red (and other high-launching shafts). Hitting higher off the tee carries the ball farther, making high-launch and relatively desirable golf shaft attributes for players who will be well-served by it.

Now let’s take a closer look at spin, which for players with slow swing speeds can also be a boon.

A golf ball is covered in dimples. When the ball spins, these dimples create pressure differentials in the form of a small vacuum. Specifically, when the ball spins backwards - called backspin, which is precisely what a club imparts - a pressure imbalance is created.

Air rushes in to stabilize the imbalance, creating a region of higher air pressure under the ball. We call this lift and it forces the ball slightly higher in the air column.

The effect for golfers is that proper backspin imparted to a ball will cause it to float for longer, allowing golfers with slower swing speeds to extend carry distance through a higher-spin shaft.

That is to suggest - Mitsubishi Kai’li Dark Waves Red golf driver shafts offer two things that benefit players with slower swing speeds - higher launch and relatively high spin, both of which offer greater carry distance.

Whom Will This Mitsubishi Shaft Benefit?

Of course, high launch and higher spin are not the only two traits offered by the Kai’li Dark Waves Red that benefit golfers. These shafts are also highly stable and very sensitive, affording great feedback.

As a result, these Mitsubishi shafts are great for amateur players, along with ladies, senior players, and anyone else that has a slower swing speed and a more moderate tempo.

Behind the Best Golf Driver Shafts for Sale: Key Insight

While these Mitsubishi shafts might easily be called some of the best golf driver shafts for players with slower swing speeds, the true key to getting a good golf shaft and club pairing is to work with an experienced fitter.

A golf club fitter will take your measurements, watch you swing, interview you and assess your goals. Then, leveraging that information, a fitter can make personalized recommendations about what shafts you should pair with your drivers (or other clubs).

Before you re-outfit any of your clubs, make it a point to work with a fitter so you can use those insights in all your future purchases.