The Jolly Rig II.

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by TRVX1912

Jolly does the head mp hurt your wrist? I was playing with k95 18x20 than moved to the youtek prestige and I spained my wrist. Moved back to my k95 and hurt my shoulder go figure. Now im back after a year and a half trusting in the donnay x dual silver

Nope, I have never suffered any sort of pain or injury that I could blame on a racquet.

J

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by arche3

Ha ha... youth. Lets see in 15 years. Its usually tendon damage as you age. Repeated wear and tear on knees, back and elbows.

We will see. So far, so good.

J

[Buford T Justice]

Originally Posted by arche3

Ha ha... youth. Lets see in 15 years. Its usually tendon damage as you age. Repeated wear and tear on knees, back and elbows.

Yes loss of elasticity in the tendons and ligaments with age is what has been proven to cause the drop off in velocity of baseball pitchers. It doesn't matter how strong the muscles are as the energy for throwing a ball (or hitting a tennis ball, etc i would assume) is stored in the connective tissue them released. These tissues get stretched, then released, stretched then released ad infinitum. If one tries that with a rubber band, it becomes obvious that this cant go on forever. It's actually pretty gross if one watches a super slo mo of a pitcher throwing a ball.....it really becomes evident just how much stress the joints take and how much the connective tissue stretches.

What is amazing though is just how long these tissues will take that sort of abuse.

[mpournaras]

THat sounds like elbow hell

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by mpournaras

THat sounds like elbow hell

Another of the reasons for others to try and report their findings. I have never had a bit of racquet or string induced arm trouble, so I am not qualified to comment on such things, but I have found that this setup feels quite nice strung at lower tension.

J

[J011yroger]

Broke the strings in my Wilson this morning, as soon as I started hitting with a fresh stringjob my hitting partner said my ball jumped a foot to a foot and a half higher.

Nothing like fresh Luxilon.

J

[jersey34tennis]

one pro i work with loves nothing more than a nice forten thin blen maxed out at about 61/65 tension. breaks strings pretty quick no matter what you put in there. asked for the kevlar and a poly in the crosses in his blx juice pro. went for it and says it just doesn't bite the ball . what's the stiffest non-poly or kevlar i can put in there. maybe a firm syn gut ? i'm sure all multi and gut it out of the question based on their inherent softness. anyone have a list of stiffest non-poly or kevlar strings ?

[Pickle9]

Strung up the jr2 at jolly's recommended tension. I can't give an honest review yet because I've been playing with 4g for the past 2 days. Played a set and it was nice.

[SFrazeur]

Originally Posted by J011yroger

I think this setup deserves its own thread because I truly believe it is better than the vast majority of crap being foisted on tennis players these days, and so I present to you "The Jolly Rig II" (. . .)

The setup is Luxilon Big Banger Original mains, and Luxilon ALU rough crosses (but ALU smooth can be used equally well). (. . .)

J

Better than the vast majority? Those are two of the most widely used poly string of the past ten years. Not saying that you are wrong; however, those two statements seem somewhat in contrast. There is nothing new in what you are presenting.

-SF

[Fuji]

Originally Posted by SFrazeur

Better than the vast majority? Those are two of the most widely used poly string of the past ten years. Not saying that you are wrong; however, those two statements seem somewhat in contrast. There is nothing new in what you are presenting.

-SF

-Fuji

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by SFrazeur

Better than the vast majority? Those are two of the most widely used poly string of the past ten years. Not saying that you are wrong; however, those two statements seem somewhat in contrast. There is nothing new in what you are presenting.

-SF

I think maybe my statement wasn't quite clear.

What I was attempting to convey was that the blend of these two (old) strings, is better than the vast majority of (new) strings being put out on the market today.

I am unaware of this being a popular combination, but it very nicely covers up the key weaknesses in each of these two gold standard strings, and is worth a try if someone is a power-topspin player.

ALU is basically the gold standard for poly strings, I consider it to be the benchmark all other strings are judged against. But it dies, and it breaks quickly.

BBO was (one of) the first good polys that actually played better than full gut, it has terrific bite, and the spin you get with it is awesome, but it has very little pop.

When you mix the two, the BBO lasts, and bites the ball terrifically, while the ALU lends some nice pop, and that metallic ALU feeling, tempered a bit by the warmth of the loose BBO.

It gets worse as you play it, but the drop off is not as substantial as when ALU dies.

J

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by SFrazeur

-SF

Also, I laud your ellipses and semicolon use.

J

[Doubles]

Finally, I have ascertained the materials necessary to test out the rig. With that said, I am playing a tournament this weekend so I can't string it up until next Tuesday as the earliest.