is his shopck dampner that comes with head racquet good?

[furyoku_tennis]

Originally Posted by PeterFig

Not to start some huge Physics debate here ... but I think there are two things at play here ... shock and vibration.

Shock is the force transferred to the racquet / player from the impact of the ball. There is WAY too much of that force for a tiny little piece of rubber or plastic that a dampener is to do anything about.

Dampeners only dampen the insignificant vibration (and subsequent sound) of the strings that result in hitting of the ball.

Well, I didn't say anything about force, but I concur with your line of thought.