new member - questions on racquets
Hi all, new memnber here. I am a 3.0-3.5 all court player with a medium swing. I'm looking at a couple of racquets to buy and wondered if anyone has played them before. The racquets I am thinking about are the Dunlop Quadro mid plus and the Yonex Ultimum RQ Ti-210. I have been suffering with a players racquet that is too heavy, too low powered and too small of a sweet spot for my intermediate level game. The racquets listed above are both 102 sq. in. and standard 27" length, and not too head heavy. I'd like to hear some feedback if anyone has used one of these. Thanks !!
disagree on the pure drive
I think it depends on how often, and how intensely you play. This year, two college players I coach injured their wrists -- in both cases, we determined it was due to their Babolat pure drive racquets. I suppose it's a good racquet for a player with a lot of arm and wrist strength, but not appropriate for most players. Too stiff, especially for slender girls, which these players are.
The players I worked with wanted the racquet because Roddick uses it. They failed to recognize three facts: 1) his racquet is customized, head heavy; 2) his serve power comes from his legs, not his racquet; 3) his transitional game ain't that great.
I didn't do it -- honest!
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Originally Posted by browndogwilson
true about the customize racket
B. the racket cannot cause the injury in the wrist, unless it is to heavy, and the babolat is a light swinging racket.
C. The players need to adjust their swing to the racket, it is like no other.
D. Roddicks power does come from his legs, however, you think he can serve 150 with a wilson ncode six one 90?
E. ROddicks spin does come from the babolat
F. id like to see you hit with roddick..
G> if you dont know what your talking about dont post anything
Tenista you seem to be quite the genius here. But, I will have to disagree with some of your comments...
"the racket cannot cause the injury in the wrist, unless it is to heavy, and the babolat is a light swinging racket"...a light racquet will cause you to feel everything upon contact....why do you think all good players have heavy racquets? I don't see to many wrist problems out there compared to your local club. Think of this way, if you are driving a VW bug and hit something at 55 mph, you are gonna feel it. If you hit the same thing driving a Semi-truck, you are not going to feel anything and you will have a lot more power behind you too.
A racquet can surely cause wrist problems. I know if I switched to something light and and soft my wrist would be done in a couple days. It is not the only contributing factor that can cause harm, but it is definitley one of them.
I am pretty sure Roddick can hit his serve as hard with any frame. He may have to balance it a bit, but even without it, he will be darn close. Did you not see the test they did with Phillopousis a while back,,he hit the same speeds with a wood racquet....as long as you hit the sweet spot, anything is going to make that ball get up and go.
"ROddicks spin does come from the babolat" This has to be one of the most uneducated statements I have ever heard. His wallet gets fiiled up by Babolat, thats about it. He could play with a lot of of other frames with the same result. The racquet has no absolutely no effect on the spin. A thinner gauge string may help with spin, but to say he gets it from the raquet is kind of silly.
id like to see you hit with roddick.." What is it you would like to see?
"if you dont know what your talking about dont post anything" Thats a good point, be careful about the things you say though.
Browndog --
It wasn't me who wrote those intemperate remarks. That was a guest responding to my comments.