You think that no matter what if you are under a certain age that even with dead poly only bad technique can cause injury? Wow to say that you are off on this subject some would be a big understatement.
You claim that you play with dead poly all the time and have never been injured yet, well thats great but remember that never is a long time. I know many of the local high school players that have developed arm and shoulder problems from using old dead poly repeatedly.
Just because you have gotten away with this so far is not a good reason to be passing along dangerous advise to others. A hitting partner of mine who coaches one of the local high school teams found out the hard way. This guy is in great shape with beautiful technique, but would play with old dead poly for way to long.
I told him he should change it more often but he is to tight and trys to save money by not restringing often. Well he got a bad case of TE that took him a long time to get over, so he learned the lesson the hard way. Which is why i am trying to help others avoid this problem.
Well yeah, because they probably used bad technique, or a bad racquet.
Whatever you say man. Some coaches may look like they have good technique, but in fact they have hitches here and there. My coach also had good-looking technique, but he developed arm problems. The reality is, he didn't have sound form. He had full body rotation, sure, it was smooth, but he still armed the ball.
You need to separate what LOOKS good from what is actually good form. Look at Juan Del Potro; his strokes look so ugly and terrible, but he's actually using very sound form. Now take your average 4.0 at the club; 80% of them are arming the living crap out of the ball.
You probably knew the weaker high school players. I played many kids I got to know a while ago who used full poly, they didn't have any history of arm troubles. Funny how the singles players in my county don't ever leave the season, injuring their arms, when some of our lower-spotted doubles players have to skip the tournament due to arm pains.
You can do your way, tlm. Let them fix their problem by changing their string. Yeah, that'll help. It's like taking a malfunctioning car from the landfill and giving it a new coat of paint.
How do you justify other players
not getting TE or arm problems from using full poly setups, hmm?
I've used REALLY harsh-sounding setups, dude. Full Prince Beast XP at 61 lbs? Done that for 2 months. No shock to the arm, no pain.
...and how is asking them to "improve their technique" dangerous advice? That's the sure-fire way to prevent injury, not switch to a softer string. If anything, I'd say rest your arm a bit, then go to a local pro, top junior, or college player and ask them how to hit properly.
You think that no matter what if you are under a certain age that even with dead poly only bad technique can cause injury? Wow to say that you are off on this subject some would be a big understatement.
Unless it's some freak accident or a physiological condition, then yeah. What else could possibly cause injury in younger players, then? Justify yourself. Don't just attack me, back yourself up. The last thing I want is this antagonism, and it's clear that you've come off on not only me, but the other posters in this thread.