Sure and no. No it is not going to change the stiffness of the shaft, it’s not doable to alter the bodily properties based mostly on the place you maintain it. It might really feel stiffer, however when swinging the arm on the identical pace, the top might be touring quicker when holding it farther from the cone, which may impact the way it flexes in a practical approach. With so many extra supplies being utilized in trendy rackets that behave in a different way, flex in a different way, rebound in a different way, and so on. I’m not likely certain their precise methodology? As a result of even in a shifting situation relying on the supplies, they’d flex in a different way at totally different racket head speeds, not essentially in a linear method. Nd the top might flex in a different way at totally different spots than the shaft.
there are methods which it might convey this in consequence although. The safety of the mounting mechanism. The really flex of the deal with, which is feasible however not possible on the pressure exerted with out inertia. Lastly when mounting, though safe, there’s a discount in flex at or close to the cone cap relying on the place it’s secured for measuring, which once more wouldn’t occur with a human hand, besides if it feels stiffer as a result of the racket head is shifting slower subsequently not flexing as a lot.
I hadn’t watched their movies till simply now, however since Yonex’s Precision Scan does a fairly good job of detecting headweight, weight, swing weight, practical swing weight, and so on. I’m unsure how they declare no machine does an correct job. If utilizing that machine you a minimum of have a constant level of reference for the way rackets evaluate to one another. However they’re nonetheless together with this data and the caveats about it on the swing weight slide.