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11-17-2012, 05:04 AM
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very encouraging yourmailman!
can't wait to get my POGs so I can try this out. I've got 4 on the way - 2 strung and 2 unstrung. Darn USPS and CAnadapost - hustle it up - I want my racquets  |
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11-17-2012, 07:28 AM
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sick post!
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11-17-2012, 09:42 AM
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11-17-2012, 09:56 AM
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Update ....
I got a call this morning from a strong 4.0 player who wanted to hit. I am a 3.5 and figured it would be good to hit with someone who is better and try out my new 36# tension. I would love to say that I won, but alas ... I lost the first set 6-3, won the second 7-6(4), and lost the tie-break set 10-7. I didn't win, but I did hold my own. I am now more jazzed to try 30# next week.
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Evil doers ... you face The Tick! Last edited by yourmailman : 11-19-2012 at 07:32 PM. |
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11-17-2012, 02:39 PM
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That's pretty interesting to hear syn gut tensions at that tension. Thx for sharing.
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Married into a tennis fam-trying2keep up after4knee surgeries. I almost have more racquets than my wife and in-laws (don't tell the wife) |
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11-17-2012, 07:19 PM
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K90, Gosen OG Micro 16, 23 kg. |
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11-18-2012, 05:24 AM
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It is 18g, and I think all of my string going forward will be. I still have about 1/2 a reel of 17g Dunlop Biomimetic Syn-gut and 1/2 a reel of 17g Gamma Zo Verve. But as soon as those are gone, it's 18g for me. I like the feel better.
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11-18-2012, 05:50 AM
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Pretty soon I don't even think anyone is going to need a stringing machine, just string the racket by hand.
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11-18-2012, 09:19 AM
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After Cris's posts about the hand-pulled tension, I think I'll stay with my machine.
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11-18-2012, 10:34 AM
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Praise the Lord, people have finally awaken! Poly can be strung in the 20s and still play very well and with a crisp string bed and plenty of topspin. I have known this for years. I tell people I string at 27 pounds and it is still too tight and they look at me like I am from Mars! If I lower the tension to below 10, I wonder if the ball will go right through the strings.
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11-18-2012, 11:50 AM
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11-18-2012, 11:52 AM
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11-18-2012, 07:04 PM
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There was an article in the Wall Street Journal called Tennis Without All the Tension. Let me know if you cant find it, I will send you the link. The article mentions the following:
The lowest request from the U.S. Open this past year: Filippo Volandri's rackets at an astonishingly slack 26 pounds. The naysayers are the same guys who told the Colonel his recipe for Fried Chicken would never be successful! |
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11-18-2012, 07:26 PM
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Career prize money $2,720,040 For Fillippo Volandri
Singles Career record 146–157 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No. 25 (July 23, 2007) Current ranking No. 89 (September 24, 2012) |
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11-18-2012, 07:40 PM
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Career prize money $2,720,040
Singles Career record 146–157 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No. 25 (July 23, 2007) Current ranking No. 89 (September 24, 2012) Filippo Volandri |
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11-18-2012, 07:40 PM
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Ya the pro players have not experimented with all different tensions and do not know as much as the players on this site do. Even though if you averaged their tensions out it would be somewhere in the mid 50's.
They are missing out by not stringing in the 20's, one of the low tension fanatics should let them know that they are playing with the wrong tension. Here is a list from this years AO, it appears more than obvious that they are not to big into these low tensions. Latest Update: Australian Open/Davis Cup 1st Round – January/February 2012 Tomas Berdych Head YouTek IG Instinct MP Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 55lbs James Blake Donnay X-Dual Pro Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 68lbs Bob Bryan Prince EXO3 Rebel 95 Prince Beast XP 56/52lbs Mike Bryan Prince EXO3 Rebel Prince Beast XP 54/51lbs Jennifer Capriati Prince Tour Diablo Babolat VS Touch/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 51/48lbs Juan-Ignacio Chela Babolat Pure Storm Team Tecnifibre Spinfire Maxi Power 58lbs Marin Cilic Head YouTek IG Radical MP Babolat VS Touch 61lbs Kim Clijsters Babolat Pure Drive Team Babolat VS Touch 58lbs Lindsay Davenport Wilson [K]Tour Wilson Natural Gut 63/64lbs Nikolay Davydenko Prince EXO3 Tour 18×20 Polystar Energy 51lbs Juan Martin del Potro Wilson [K] Six.One 95 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 62lbs Novak Djokovic Head YouTek IG Speed MP 315 18×20 Babolat VS Team Natural Gut/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 55/52lbs Elena Dementieva Yonex RDiS 100 Mid Plus Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 52/48lbs Roger Federer Wilson Pro Staff Six.One Tour BLX Wilson Natural Gut/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 48.5/44lbs David Ferrer Prince EXO3 Tour Luxilon Big Banger Original 51lbs Juan Carlos Ferrero Prince EXO3 Tour Luxilon Big Banger Original 53/51lbs Richard Gasquet Head YouTek IG Extreme Pro Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 58lbs Robby Ginepri Babolat Pure Storm Team Babolat Pro Hurricane/Babolat VS Team 64lbs Fernando Gonzalez Babolat Pure Storm Team Babolat Pro Hurricane 60lbs Sebastien Grosjean Head Microgel Prestige Mid Babolat VS Touch 51lbs Tommy Haas Head YouTek IG Prestige Pro Babolat VS Team 75lbs Daniela Hantuchova Prince EXO3 Tour Babolat VS Touch 58lbs Justine Henin Wilson Tour BLX Babolat VS Touch 59.5lbs Tim Henman Slazenger NX One Luxilon Big Banger TiMo/Babolat VS Team 62lbs Lleyton Hewitt Yonex RDiS 100 Babolat VS Team/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 56lbs Martina Hingis Yonex RQS-11 Yonex Polyester/Babolat VS Team 49/44lbs John Isner Prince EXO3 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11-18-2012, 08:03 PM
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11-18-2012, 08:10 PM
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I think you better hurry and let them and their coaches know what they are missing out on, because obviously you know more about string tensions than they do. |
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11-18-2012, 08:15 PM
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You are right and I am wrong! Have a great evening/early morning!
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11-18-2012, 08:43 PM
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On court I started with my regular set up, the racquet at 52lbs. Everything felt great and I was hitting the ball well. After about 15 minutes I was fully warmed up and switched to the 30lbs racquet. Amazingly, my shots were staying in and the strings actually felt lower powered. The ball felt like it was flying on me more with the 52lbs racquet than the 30lbs racquet — that was a huge shock to me.
Most interestingly, I was getting a lot of spin with the 30lbs racquet. Switching back and forth between the two racquets, my hitting partner could see and feel an immediate difference on the spin of my shots between the two racquets. I was getting excellent hop on my topspin, but best of all was the slice. In other words, a lower tension means less power and more spin due presumably to the strings sliding more easily. So you don't need a new Wilson racquet with fewer strings to get more spin.
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