Nicholas Kakatsis
Rookie
Guys, I write here in search fro some tuning advice. Here is teh background
I had a PS97 paint stripped and repainted under a new PJ. This changed the specs of thet racket to a certain extent and allowed me to customize it to 355gr, 10.4HL, 325 SW. Unfortunatley I got a TFCC so I decided to play with a lower static weight. New specs are 338gr, 7.7HL, 322SW. That means a RW of 161 (vs 170 before), but significantly more forgining to the wrist in case of bad timing. Other than my wrist I never had a problem with any pain. In both versions I play with Xone Bi-phase main (26kg) - Alu power cross (24kg).
Switching to the new lighter version gave me the following problem. When I intend to crush the ball, it almost 80% lands way far from the base line. The lead I have put is on 12 and at 7'' mark (cannot remember now how much) and as much I have struggled to keep the ball in, it seems I cannot. The result is that I am not enjoying the full swng speed I can produce, hence play a significnatly lower pace game, always trying to use spin. Don't get me wrong, I still get some significnat pressure with high trajectory deep shots to the opponents but....I miss the time when I could swing as hard as I coulsd and still get the ball in.
What would be areas that I can - if at all - tune teh racket to test if it works? Constraits are that I want to keep the amx 340gr static weight and a soft sringbed.
Would increasing twistweight more help at all? (there is no lead at 3-9), does ti make sense to increase cross tensions higher than mains? (I believe I ahve read somewhere that this distorts the frame)...How about increasing a bit the size of the grip?
Thnaks in advance for any suggestions.
I had a PS97 paint stripped and repainted under a new PJ. This changed the specs of thet racket to a certain extent and allowed me to customize it to 355gr, 10.4HL, 325 SW. Unfortunatley I got a TFCC so I decided to play with a lower static weight. New specs are 338gr, 7.7HL, 322SW. That means a RW of 161 (vs 170 before), but significantly more forgining to the wrist in case of bad timing. Other than my wrist I never had a problem with any pain. In both versions I play with Xone Bi-phase main (26kg) - Alu power cross (24kg).
Switching to the new lighter version gave me the following problem. When I intend to crush the ball, it almost 80% lands way far from the base line. The lead I have put is on 12 and at 7'' mark (cannot remember now how much) and as much I have struggled to keep the ball in, it seems I cannot. The result is that I am not enjoying the full swng speed I can produce, hence play a significnatly lower pace game, always trying to use spin. Don't get me wrong, I still get some significnat pressure with high trajectory deep shots to the opponents but....I miss the time when I could swing as hard as I coulsd and still get the ball in.
What would be areas that I can - if at all - tune teh racket to test if it works? Constraits are that I want to keep the amx 340gr static weight and a soft sringbed.
Would increasing twistweight more help at all? (there is no lead at 3-9), does ti make sense to increase cross tensions higher than mains? (I believe I ahve read somewhere that this distorts the frame)...How about increasing a bit the size of the grip?
Thnaks in advance for any suggestions.