Indiana Pickle and the USTA Chronicles

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by West Coast Ace

You're ripping the sh*t out of the ball.

How much are court fees?

I'm like crime, I don't pay.

At that particular club prime-time is 45/hour for members, and 90/hour for members. Non-prime is 35-40/70-80.

Most other clubs around are cheaper for non-members, if you get towards or in the city you are usually looking at 100/hour+.

J

[Pickle9]

i think i'm gonna go back to the 88

[Pickle9]

so maybe its boredom, but i'm thinking about adding a little lead to my setup.

the pickle pro is the youtek prestige pro, and i put lead on the handle and at 12 o'clock to balance out all 6 racquets, because they were all a little off. so strung with overgrip, they're at 340g, 6 pts hl.

i really like this racquet, the one thing i would say that it doesn't have going for it is that it's a "low powered" compared to other racquets i've tried/used:

k88
npro open
kpro open tour
ntour
blx 90 tour
k95 16x18
liquadmetal radical

i'm thinking the sweetspot might be a little lower than what is in wilsons? either way, i consistently break mains 5-7 crosses down from the top (and 1 main off of the center pair for that matter) so i'm going to try to "raise" the sweet spot. is there a guide for how much lead at what location(s) would raise the sweetspot a given distance?



is lead at 10 and 2 o'clock the best way to accomplish this? anyone know where the sweetspot supposedly is on this racquet? i'm guessing its somewhere around the geometric center of the racquet, 10th cross from (top/bottom, 16x19).

basically, i want to raise the sweetspot 2 inches.

[J011yroger]

Since you hit so close to the center your best bet would be to put it directly at 12.

Putting it at 10&2 in addition to raising the sweetspot would pull it out towards the sides too making it a bit more heart shaped than oval.

If you felt that you needed or didn't want to give up some torsional stability then 10&2 could be a decent compromise.

J

[JoelDali]

Originally Posted by Pickle9

i think i'm gonna go back to the 88

I'll never forget the night I saw J011y caulking his bath tub. I knew right then that he respected the 88 but would never consider using it in Epic Ringer League battle or at Indoor Nationals Consolation 2nd round blob.

[J011yroger]

Pickle blocked, so here I sit with a cold beer and a plate of hot wings with my attention split between my man Chardy laying it down and the glorious badonkadonk in attendance.

J

[Pickle9]

Ok so I put 2g each at 10 and 2. I played doubles Thursday night and everything felt good except I missed every freaking volley unless it was riffled at me. Moved the lead to 12 and played doubles again tonight. Felt about the same, just still feels like the racquet tip wants to dip. Spoak to Pat Jolly and asked him about putting the same weight in the butt, and he said it would make it feel nice.

[Pickle9]

Put 4 grams inside the butt cap. Just holding the racquet up feels nicer. Taking swings in the house feels nice, a tiny bit more weight.

Bought the $1 swingweight app to measure swing weights. Don't know what it was with just 4g but with 8g I'm sitting at 345g, 6 pts hl, sw 339. Before the lead, all my other racquets are around 338g, 6 pts hl, sw 320.

[Pickle9]

I don't know if the sw app is right but it is consistent.

[mhj202]

Originally Posted by Pickle9

Yea lets get some dates. End of the month looking strong.

How does the week of Jan 28th look for you guys? I'll host at Randall's Island.

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by mhj202

How does the week of Jan 28th look for you guys? I'll host at Randall's Island.

You are a member I assume?

Court time is tough to come by.

J

[mhj202]

Originally Posted by J011yroger

You are a member I assume?

Court time is tough to come by.

J

Yes, I'm a member. Not too bad usually if we are willing to play late evening.

[corbind]

Originally Posted by Pickle9

I don't know if the sw app is right but it is consistent.

What is the name of the app?

[Pickle9]

Originally Posted by corbind

What is the name of the app?

Swingtool. It's a $1. Not for the working man.

It measures swingweight for a whole mess if equipment for sports I'll never play as well.

It has a mode that "measures" the swingweight and another one that acts like a stop watch and measures the time for 10 swings, which can be entered into the twu swingweight calculator.

[J011yroger]

After careful deliberation I have come to the conclusion that Mr. Pickle needs a pair of Chuck Taylors.

J

[mhj202]

Originally Posted by Pickle9

Yea lets get some dates. End of the month looking strong.

Any days soon work for you guys?

[Pickle9]

Originally Posted by J011yroger

After careful deliberation I have come to the conclusion that Mr. Pickle needs a pair of Chuck Taylors.

J

Lol

[Pickle9]

Originally Posted by mhj202

Any days soon work for you guys?

Ok let's stop *****footing around.

Can't believe autocorrect knew that's a word.

This weekend looks no good, GF Block Friday, Jolly Saturday, Super Bowl Sunday.

[JoelDali]

A part of me wants to GOAT pickle in public and poast the video to talk tennis prompting bans of the most cherished GOATs of the TT Troll Kingdom but another part of me just wants to hold hands with him and be a good friend and not GOAT him and ruin his future in 7.0 Mixed Westchester Combo League.

[J011yroger]

But he needs Chuck Taylors to train Rocky style.

J