[Daryl]

I see this so much in old books but rarely in Tour Pros video ,is this a deliberate use of an overstiff shaft in order to enhance direction control?,or too soft a shaft to enhance effective loft.Or is it good loading of the shaft PRIOR TO IMPACT to be certain of keeping it loaded through impact ?Is this what actually happens as opposed to what we feel.I would like to see the same swing with the shaft at impact-THE TRUTH!

This is no loading. These are illustrations of exceptional hand eye coordination. They will both loose distance because of clubhead impact deceleration (not that they need anymore). Soft Impact. And, with the shaft bending backward, accuracy too. Just serves to demonstrate how talent can be a compensation.