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While you might not gain the advantages of a sliding weight mechanism in the back of the club as you do with the SLDR driver for the ultimate in shot shaping adjustability, you do at least get the benefit of a Speed Pocket when it comes to the JetSpeed. Research suggests 72% of all shots are hit below the centre of face and so the JetSpeed driver has been designed to minimise those ill effects of shots struck below the centre. Well, TaylorMade engineers discovered that incorporating a Speed Pocket into the JetSpeed driver promotes less spin, as well as greater ball speeds on shots struck below the centre of the clubface. The weight on the sole of the club is not adjustable, it’s just factory-installed to improve swing weight. You also get a 12-position adjustable sleeve in the JetSpeed driver which allows you to increase or decrease loft by up to 1.5 degrees. The JetSpeed is the first driver in the company's history to feature a Speed Pocket, which in turn, promotes less spin and greater ball speeds on shots struck below the centre of the clubface. The SLDR family, featuring driver, fairways and hybrids, has been designed with the tinkerers in mind (as the R1, R11 and R11S were before it), while the JetSpeed family, featuring driver, fairways and hybrids, has been designed at a slightly lower price point with distance-craving players in mind (as RBZ Stage 2, RBZ and Burner were). The JetSpeed family is simply taking the place of the RBZ Stage 2 - so TaylorMade is continuing its two-family philosophy regarding woods.
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TaylorMade didn't design the JetSpeed to be anywhere near as adjustable as the recently released SLDR. Having just digested everything the new SLDR driver, fairway woods and hybrids had to feed us last month - a range featuring a big dog with a 20g sliding weight and low-forward CG to promote high launch, fast ball speed and low spin - TaylorMade is now complimenting its lineup for 2014 with new JetSpeed metalwoods.