Marcelo Rios with BLX Six one Tour?

[quest01]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Agreed. You need to take a huge swing to move that weight to hit the ball hard. It is NOT an inherently powerful frame like most stiff, big headed tweeners are (think Pure Drive, etc.).

I feel the same way the blx 90 in my opinion is one of the more control oriented racquets I've ever used.

[undertaker]

Originally Posted by Clay lover

Heavy racquets are actually more powerful than light racuqets if you are strong enough to swing it as fast as you do the light racquet. no doubt about it. People complain about the low power of a player's racquet because their incomplete technique do not allow them to move the racquet around as fast as the pro players do.

You are absolutly correct. If you have the technique and strenght to move the frame you will hit a heavier more solid ball. Smapars seemed to have enough power with the "low powered" PS 6.0.

[rios76]

It's strange to see Rios with a racket that is not Yonex.
Does anyone know its current string and tension?

[pvaudio]

Originally Posted by undertaker

You are absolutly correct. If you have the technique and strenght to move the frame you will hit a heavier more solid ball. Smapars seemed to have enough power with the "low powered" PS 6.0.

Newton's second law of motion at work. If you can accelerate the higher mass of the frame, you get more force aka power in tennis.

[tt2003]

any youtube video?

[Gonzalito17]

Rios was one very talented player in his prime. I've seen videos of him playing recently and his style has changed, he is much stiffer and almost seems to have devolved to become sort of a basic ball basher, forfeiting the creativity and artistry that made him so appealing to so many.

BTW there is also a new book in English about Rios out called "Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew." Very good read if you are or were a Rios fan. He was such a different player, competitor and character. Tennis needs a few more Rios types now to spice things up.