I'm Serious...What's in Your Tennis Bag?

[dlk]

2 rackets (EXO3 Black & O3 Spectrum), overgrips (Prince), 14 balls (usually best eight & always 2 cans new), elbow brace, wrist band (Nike), hand towel, loose cash, tennis shoes (Nike), one complete outfit (Nike), water bottle, & bandanna.

[Taxvictim]

Originally Posted by OrangePower

To all of you who carry more than 2-3 rackets in your bag:

1. Do you ever actually use more than 2-3 rackets during any one session?

Yes, once I played three sets of rotation doubles (switching partners every set) with three racquets. I started with my heaviest Wilson 90, then played with a Babolat PureDrive 100, then finished with a light Prince Speedport OS 107 trampoline head. In the third set I was absolutely crushing my groundstrokes and all the guys said it was the best I'd played.

Unfortunately, I tried the same strategy several more times and it never worked again.

[Edward DFW]

Currently I have a Prince Racq Pack:



I used to have a Prince 6 pack that had backpack straps... the problem with that was that it didn't have enough usable storage that wasn't dedicated to racquets. I can carry more stuff with a smaller footprint now and I don't have to spend 5 minutes digging in huge deep pockets for my keys, cell and wallet after playing.

Anyway right now I have:
2 Prince Original Graphite OS (110)
1 Prince CTS Syngergy DB 24 OS (110)

gauze tape, bandaides, cough drops, 2 wrist braces, 1 ankle brace, gas-x

a few pressureless balls (need to add more)

1 unopened 3 pack of balls (need to add another)

various vibration dampeners (I don't use these anymore but I keep them in case someone else needs / loses one), a lot of rubber bands (these replaced the vibration dampeners that I used to use), 1 Prince TT Warrior trap door butt cap cover (I still have a bunch of these sticks that I'm not willing to let go of)

2 gosen overgrips (my favorite!), 1 slazenger overgrip (not bad), 1 wilson overgrip (garbage... I will give this away at some point)

winset tennis scorekeeping watch

wilson synthetic gut extreme 16 (man this stuff is cheap but its great), gosen og-sheep micro 17 (haven't had anything strung with it yet), gosen polyon ice 17 (I have a few of my Warriors strung with this because it supposedly holds tension well... I don't use them that much anymore, anyway its a pretty good poly)... I'm going to add some more strings

a couple of wrist bands, head band, small towel

currently out of tic-tac gum... which I always keep on hand - restocking asap!

[heninfan99]

A few racquets, change and a can of woop ***.

[ttbrowne]

2 rackets
1 roll adhesive tape
candy (orange slices...yummm. Quick sugar for tiebreak)
$1.75 in change
shoestrings
towel
lead tape
dampeners
jacket
socks
10 practice balls
extra contact lenses
eye wash (for windy days)
wrist bands

[larry10s]

i have a wilson patened leather ktour bag. 3 compartments
side pocket sunglasses (i play with sunglasses).in separate zip locks
overgrips (wilson white ones) vantage and boris becker vibration dampeners
motin 800 mgs and valtrex 1 gm( oral hsv)
adhesive tape , band aids, $5, lens cleaner for sunglasses,shoe laces,sun screen,

[BeachTennis]

Take a look and play along!!

http://www.tennissmith.com/index.php...d=57&Itemid=10

[ericadams01]

3 Speedport Tours
Extra grip (Prince Resipro)
Extra strings
2-3 cans of new and used balls
Water bottle
Knee brace
ankle brace
elbow thingy
Jacket
Extra pair of socks
iPhone
Keys

[FlameYo]

LITE PACK For 1 Match

Dunlop Backpack 3-Racket Bag
2x Head Racquetball Gloves
2x Rackets (Dunlop AE 500)
1x 64oz Sports Drink
1x 64oz Water
2x Tennis Caps (1x Neck Cap)
1x Sports Shirt
1x String Cutters
1x Plastic Bag for Keys/Wallet/Phone
2x Cans of Penn ATP or Padel
2x Headbands/Bandanna
2x Knee Brace
4x Honey Buns

HEAVY PACK For Open Tournaments (2 Matches)

LITE PACK + 6 Racket Wilson Bag = HEAVY PACK
4x Tennis T-Shirts
4x Kern's or Hansen's Nectar Drinks
3x 64oz Sport Drink
2x Nature Valley Bars
1x Large 1st Aid Kit
4x Small Cotton Towels
4x Wilson Sport Socks
1x Bag of Whey Protein
2x Cans of Balls
1x Stern Jacket
1x Panasonic AA Digital Camera

[mambochino]

Originally Posted by Ripper014

Pretty happy with my game... and its not the tools as much as it is the craftsman.

Though if you will notice I am currently using PS Tour 90's, but I probably play better with the PS 6.0 85

seeing all that many prostaff, i think i am in racket heaven. i love it, just that my elbow does not.

[podge]

my racquets, balls, head ties, barricades, kleenex, sunglasses, babolat head tape foam ball, i usually keep vector energy bars in my bag too, theres a lot of loose change in there that i should take out some time.. i think i also have a usb key i forgot to take out once, and a ton of empty water bottles, oh.. one of those penn stop watches that came with the championship 4-pk..

that reminds me i need to get more overgrips

[podge]

ankle sleeve

[ProgressoR]

I am going to my first tournie tomorrow. will take with me -
wallet, phone, keys, ipod
my one racket, some balls
water
might take a second racket in case strings break- but its a tweener and very different to my current players racket i have gotten used to so i expect it not to go very well if i have to use it again

[ProgressoR]

oh and maybe a banana so i can take a bite at each changeover and look like a pro, but there is no chair to sit in and i think changeover lasts as long as it takes me to walk over the other side.

[skiracer55]

...and a flashlight. Just kidding!

- 3 Head Youtek Speed Lite, strung at 62 with Babolat X-1 Biphase 17
- Xtra shirt
- Whatever balls I used yesterday plus two unopened cans (I change balls every other day if I'm hitting two hours or more a day), usually Penn High Altitude something or other
- Lots of Gatorade in water bottles with ice (I can't stand warm Gatorade)
- A bunch of different sunglasses with varying tints, all polarized. I had a lensectomy in one eye a few years back, thanks to an errant bungy cord, and while I have 20/25 vision in both eyes, I the muscles in the injured eye are shot, and the pupil is permanently dilated, so I need a wide range of eyewear.
- As many towels and wrist bands as I think I'll need
- Bandaids for blisters
- Sun block
- Pictures of my pet hamsters...just kidding!

[Big_Dangerous]

Originally Posted by USERNAME

1) I have broken 2 string jobs in one match, 3 in the span of a day (2 matches), and I usually like to have 2 extra racquets either strung up a tad looser or more HH going into a match against a good player. The most I have ever broken on the same day is 5 racquets in 4 hours of practice, but the strings were like 2 weeks old on all of em.
2) Im young and have a TON of energy lol!

Wow I've never broken strings on my rackets. Lolz

[Steady Eddy]

Four racquets, (I'm ready for doubles)
Tennis balls,
radar gun,
gauze,
scissors,
sunglasses,
vibration dampeners,
a copy of The Code, (but I've never gotten it out during a match)
tournagrip,
various grips,
visors,
kleenex,
wristlets,
sunscreen,
mosquito repellent,
towel.

[Steady Eddy]

Originally Posted by OrangePower

To all of you who carry more than 2-3 rackets in your bag:

1. Do you ever actually use more than 2-3 rackets during any one session?

2. Don't you get tired carrying all that weight around?

Three of the racquets are mine, one is my wife's. We've had times when we were either visiting company or having company when our guests/hosts wanted to play doubles. At those times all four racquets were in use. Since I don't know when that might happen, it's easier to just have all the racquets with me.

I like really light raquets. As long as they fit in one bag, it's easy to carry around.

[beststringer]

Originally Posted by Annika

Ugh. I actually can't stand the ad. So I thought I'd try it out here!

Well I have this cute little black & white plaid tote bag that I use when I play tennis. But all I have in it is a hat, tennis balls and a towel. I knew someone who carried two of everything so she'd never run out.

4 packs of trojans.

[Annika]

Originally Posted by beststringer

4 packs of trojans.