Avoid poly strings unless you string below 35lbs. I'm nursing a sore elbow and arm having disregarded that piece of advice this past week
A good friend of mine who is just past 50 is using the Bio300T bone stock strung
You should try gut-poly. Good power, phenomenal touch, and no arm issues whatsoever.
If it works for them - great. I'd have arm problems though (I have a PDR in my closet). Maybe the warmer weather makes it more comfortable for the older set. There are some aspects of colder weather that bother me at times.
Well it's interesting to see no Pure Drives so far. It seems like all the advanced 50+ guys here in TX are using the PD, and I can't figure it out as I have tried it out and it doesn't work for me. I'm using the Donnay P1 16x19 but definitely feeling like I should give the PD another look. I mean, these guys are nationally ranked, they must know something ?
Well it's interesting to see no Pure Drives so far. It seems like all the advanced 50+ guys here in TX are using the PD
Well it's interesting to see no Pure Drives so far. It seems like all the advanced 50+ guys here in TX are using the PD, and I can't figure it out as I have tried it out and it doesn't work for me. I'm using the Donnay P1 16x19 but definitely feeling like I should give the PD another look. I mean, these guys are nationally ranked, they must know something ?
I tried the PD a bunch of years ago. It felt like crap....probably because I was using the C10 at the time.
Val Wilder is from TX, he switch to a Bab a few years ago. At the 45/50 grass courts, I saw a number of other players using them.Well it's interesting to see no Pure Drives so far. It seems like all the advanced 50+ guys here in TX are using the PD, and I can't figure it out as I have tried it out and it doesn't work for me. I'm using the Donnay P1 16x19 but definitely feeling like I should give the PD another look. I mean, these guys are nationally ranked, they must know something ?
My wife and I tried the early PD, with the swirly PJ, probably ~10 years ago by now. It felt horrible. For a short time, I used the swirly Pure Control, but the stiffness beat me down, but it generally felt much better than the PD.
While demoing recently, we tried the 2012 PD, and while it felt much more solid, neither of us thought our joints would take it for any length of time.
She's gone to the Head Graphene Instinct Rev with an RA of 59, which is much more benign, with extra weight in the handle. She was out of the game for multiple years, in part due to non-tennis related joint issues. Now that she can play again, we're avoiding the high RA racquets. I'm currently using her C10 Pros.
Well it's interesting to see no Pure Drives so far. It seems like all the advanced 50+ guys here in TX are using the PD, and I can't figure it out as I have tried it out and it doesn't work for me. I'm using the Donnay P1 16x19 but definitely feeling like I should give the PD another look. I mean, these guys are nationally ranked, they must know something ?
53, 4.5, playing the Volkl PB 10 Mid. Love everything about this stick. I hit a pretty big topspin FH and 1hbh. It's a demanding racquet but when you hit it good, it's real good!
I'd be curious if the old guard using PDs and APDs are using classic, pressuring, hitting-through-the-ball strokes, or the more modern, brushing strokes, where you're less likely to feel the stiffness.
50, nowadays a 4.25 not a 4.5! But I just bought a couple of Volkl PB 10 mids to replace C-9s; I'm looking forward to better weather.
The real thing is your physical fitness and not the frame. If you're overweight, it's got to be tougher getting to the ball. . . and it's easy to let an extra 5-10 pounds get on you.
50, nowadays a 4.25 not a 4.5! But I just bought a couple of Volkl PB 10 mids to replace C-9s; I'm looking forward to better weather.
The real thing is your physical fitness and not the frame. If you're overweight, it's got to be tougher getting to the ball. . . and it's easy to let an extra 5-10 pounds get on you.
The real thing is your physical fitness and not the frame. If you're overweight, it's got to be tougher getting to the ball. . . and it's easy to let an extra 5-10 pounds get on you.
So, of all us old coots, who still hits classic strokes? Who has adopted modern strokes? Baseline, all-court, or S&V game?
I still hit classic strokes, all-court game.
Next?
I am baseliner, brushing up the ball with my classic racquet - Prince Spectrum Comp 90.