Patent ID: 8313392

Claim:
A method of customizing a sports implement system having an elongate primary shaft and an elongate grip shaft and a customizing mechanism having a length setting component including a plurality of different length setting states, a plurality of weight components, and a coupling component for locking the grip shaft coaxially to the primary shaft, the method comprising the steps of: providing a customizing mechanism comprising a plurality of selectively connectable weight components and a length setting component selectively and adjustably connectable to at least one of the weight components, the customizing mechanism further comprising a coupling component for locking the grip shaft coaxially to the primary shaft; placing the sports implement system in a first configuration by: selecting a number of the weight components, with the length setting component connected to one of the weight components to form a first combination of length setting and weight components; adjusting the length setting component; installing the at which a first combination of the length setting and weight components is installed within a cavity provided in defined by at least one of the primary shaft and the grip shaft; joining the grip shaft to the primary shaft, with the primary shaft abutting the first combination; and locking the coupling component; adjusting the sports implement system to a second configuration via swapping a second combination of the length setting and weight components for the first combination installed within the cavity; and adjusting the sports implement system to a third configuration via removing whichever of the first or second combination is installed within the cavity, adjusting changing the length setting state of the length setting component, and re-installing the corresponding combination within the cavity; wherein each of the adjusting steps further includes a step of setting a combination of playing weight and playing length of the sports implement system at least in part by contacting the grip shaft and the primary shaft with the installed combination within the cavity, and locking the coupling component; wherein each of the first, second, and third configurations includes a different combination of playing weight and playing length, and wherein the method further comprises a step of customizing the playing weight and playing length via the adjusting steps, responsive to using the sports implement system in each of the first, second, and third configurations.