the most forgiving players racquet?

[chaddles]

X10 325 - beautiful, easy to use racquet
YTIG Prestige MP - a lot more user friendly than previous models, and has a decent amount of pop
VCore 95D - possibly Yonex best racquet, great power & control

[UCSF2012]

Originally Posted by Dasol

Interesting... many different opinions!

I did not see many comments on Wilson, so do you guys think wilson players racquets are quite demanding compared to others?

Many opinions, but only mine is correct.

Wilsons have a narrow head shape, making them more prone to mishits. Prince generally has a wide head, as do the Head Speed's (because Head copied Prince). Thus, they are less likely to frame the ball. Those Port grommets give even more leeway for mishits, as hated as they are.

[db10s]

Dunlop Bio Max 200G..... Some lead in the handle and its an absolute beast.

[DeShaun]

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

That's easy. Prince EXO3 Graphite 93, since the strings are suspended from OUTSIDE the frame. Balls hit an inch from the outer rim still have pop.

The EXO 93 has a wide sweet spot, similar to the Tour 100; ample comfort with good springiness without feeling mushy, in my opinion. One knock I give on the 93, however, is that the 93 has such a dead spot at twelve o'clock that, if you like hitting towards the top of your hoop, this frame might annoy you. A little lead at twelve, though, turned my 93 into an absolute beast on serve. Just imagine ripping 80mph second serves that bite like a circular saw ripping through a plank lengthwise, and you can imagine how good a frame the 93 can be--with a touch of lead at twelve--at hurling tornadoes at the returner.

[TennisCJC]

My customized volkl 010 295 setup for 12.1 oz, 6 hl, sw 335 has a very big sweetspot and a 98" 16x19 head. I think this is a generous player's racket. But, you could do the same with practically any player's racket. My view is try to find something that you like the feel of first. If it feels a little light on power and stability but the feel - good solid feel on rally balls and serves - is good, you can fix the issues with a little lead tape.

Candidates: volkl o10 325 or volkl o10 295, dunlop f3 t or f3 m, wilson ps 6.1 95 - all of these could be tweaked with lead to become generous players frames as well as many, many others such as the head prestige, rad or speed series.

Stock: try the becker delta core legend. Stock form is a very generous players racket with a big sweetspot and easy to swing. Getting harder to find. The Wilson 6.1 95 and Wilson blx blade 98 series are good too.

Too many choices but that's part of the fun.

[Ronaldo]

Originally Posted by TennisCJC

My customized volkl 010 295 setup for 12.1 oz, 6 hl, sw 335 has a very big sweetspot and a 98" 16x19 head. I think this is a generous player's racket. But, you could do the same with practically any player's racket. My view is try to find something that you like the feel of first. If it feels a little light on power and stability but the feel - good solid feel on rally balls and serves - is good, you can fix the issues with a little lead tape.

Candidates: volkl o10 325 or volkl o10 295, dunlop f3 t or f3 m, wilson ps 6.1 95 - all of these could be tweaked with lead to become generous players frames as well as many, many others such as the head prestige, rad or speed series.

Stock: try the becker delta core legend. Stock form is a very generous players racket with a big sweetspot and easy to swing. Getting harder to find. The Wilson 6.1 95 and Wilson blx blade 98 series are good too.

Too many choices but that's part of the fun.

Ever compare the O10 and the C10 pro?

[SteveI]

How about something like:

C10 Pro (Mentioned Above)

ProKennex 5G series

Head Prestige Pro

[slowfox]

Originally Posted by TennisCJC

Stock: try the becker delta core legend. Stock form is a very generous players racket with a big sweetspot and easy to swing. Getting harder to find.

I second this recommendation.

[UCSF2012]

I think you guys are just naming every player's racquet you know. Nothing more forgiving than port grommets. Unpopular, but very forgiving.

[SteveI]

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

I think you guys are just naming every player's racquet you know. Nothing more forgiving than port grommets. Unpopular, but very forgiving.

Yes.. I just wrote down any old crap. I put no thought into it. I don't consider anything with Port Grommets as serious tennis rackets. They are unpopular for a reason..they are a pain to string and in general most serious players hate them for various reasons.

[rst]

headsize isnt something you should settle on.....settle on teh racket that works best for your game. be it 90 or 100.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by SteveI

Yes.. I just wrote down any old crap. I put no thought into it. I don't consider anything with Port Grommets as serious tennis rackets. They are unpopular for a reason..they are a pain to string and in general most serious players hate them for various reasons.

A pain to string = yes but there are a few tour level players using them including Ferrer.

[TennisMD]

Originally Posted by Ronaldo

Volkl C10 pro, easy, lotta pop. Need some headspeed though.

I would echo these statements. Control is excellent, very good on serves, I could hit hard serves, with great placement and keep hard first serves in, I had problems with the new PDR 2012 could blast serves but often long not so with volkl. The older( non GT) Bab pure storm tour also nice, not really demanding but I give the edge to volkl
As you probably know you can go to TWU here and see a scientific comparison, this a very valuable asset here at TW as it takes the variable ( the player) out of the equation, this is exactly what player comments cannot do. Of course it is vital that the rkt fit the player, but TWU. gives you a PURE rkt analysis and from there you can launch you demo selection.

[UCSF2012]

Originally Posted by SteveI

Yes.. I just wrote down any old crap. I put no thought into it. I don't consider anything with Port Grommets as serious tennis rackets. They are unpopular for a reason..they are a pain to string and in general most serious players hate them for various reasons.

If you'd put thought into it, you wouldn't have put down the Prestige Pro. Sweetspot's tiny, and it has a narrow profile. The EXO3 Graphite had 3x the sweetspot. I know cuz I own both.

[Dasol]

Thanks guys!!

So many good info concerning the most forgiving players racquet!

I should have made a poll for this question...

[SteveI]

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

If you'd put thought into it, you wouldn't have put down the Prestige Pro. Sweetspot's tiny, and it has a narrow profile. The EXO3 Graphite had 3x the sweetspot. I know cuz I own both.

Maybe your skill is so low that you can't find the sweetpot of any frame... so that would make your comments worthless... Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays... The TW review indicated that the MG Prestige Pro Sweetspot was niceand large and easy to find.. of course they can find the sweetspot....

[Ronaldo]

Own an MG Prestige Pro and EXO3 Graphite mid and IMHO the most forgiving of all, if you can handle the heft, has to be the PK Ki5 PSE. It's all Sweetspot. Even stick saves are sweet.

[ryydman]

The Wilson BLX Blade 98 has a very accessible sweet spot...

[UCSF2012]

Originally Posted by SteveI

Maybe your skill is so low that you can't find the sweetpot of any frame... so that would make your comments worthless... Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays... The TW review indicated that the MG Prestige Pro Sweetspot was niceand large and easy to find.. of course they can find the sweetspot....

What are you, 15?

Not a single Head frame has the sweetspot of Prince. Not when their strings are suspended from outside the frame, and the frame is already wide to begin with. Midsize manuverability, oversized sweetspot.

[DeShaun]

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

What are you, 15?

Not a single Head frame has the sweetspot of Prince. Not when their strings are suspended from outside the frame, and the frame is already wide to begin with. Midsize manuverability, oversized sweetspot.

Opponents/friends have told me that they had more difficulty answering to the shots I was making with my EXO 93 than my Prestige Pro, but that was a couple of years ago when my technique was more suspect. To tell you the truth, nowadays I feel like my Prestige mid has a bigger sweet spot than my old Pro ever had, but neither is as comfortable as my EXO 93, it's just that I enjoy hitting out big and could not always do this with the EXO because it's geared, in my opinion, towards generating big topspin for a such small hoop, whereas my strokes are still on the flatter side. I will say this, though; the Prestige Pro was the least impressive of these rackets--it did not seem quite as crisp or accurate off of the ground as my mid does, nor did the Pro seem to provide great amounts of topspin, but I believe that this is what the Pro was designed for, i.e., having absolutely no glaring weaknesses while no noticeable strengths either.