Pro's Shock Absorbers?

Toph · Jun 1, 2007

I was just watching the FO match between Monfils and Nalbandian, and after the point where Monfils threw is racket to try and hit a ball, he changed rackets. The part that i was wondering about it when he took out his new racket it looked like he put on his old shock absorber. Is this normal for pro tennis? I mean its obvious he has the money, i wasn't sure if it was a string thing?

nickb · Jun 1, 2007

Nadal also does the same thing.....must be a mental thing??

Toph · Jun 1, 2007

i just wasn't sure if it was a string thing. I know some people have been having problem with the yonex shock absorbers because they break the two mains. but obviously these people aren't using yonex so idk if this carries over

BluDiamond · Jun 13, 2007

shock absorbers are quite expensive though and it makes sense to change them when you break a string. The Nadal one is about £3-4 in the UK which is around $7????

boobik2371 · Jun 13, 2007

They most likely change because they dont have them put shock absorbers on every racquet since they restring them daily so it makes more sense not to waste time taking them off and then putting them back on since they most likely wont go through all their racquets

baseliner87 · Jun 14, 2007

boobik2371 said:
They most likely change because they dont have them put shock absorbers on every racquet since they restring them daily so it makes more sense not to waste time taking them off and then putting them back on since they most likely wont go through all their racquets

that seems like a reasonable answer

origmarm · Jun 14, 2007

Yeah I agree, that seems the most likely, why bother having loads of them, it only takes 2 seconds to switch it

JMS · Jun 15, 2007

origmarm said:
Yeah I agree, that seems the most likely, why bother having loads of them, it only takes 2 seconds to switch it

unless you have butter fingers

WhiteSox05CA · Jun 15, 2007

boobik2371 said:
They most likely change because they dont have them put shock absorbers on every racquet since they restring them daily so it makes more sense not to waste time taking them off and then putting them back on since they most likely wont go through all their racquets

Yeah, that's what I thoughht. I know a lot of players do this.

pow · Jun 15, 2007

Not saying that they are doing this for the same reason but...

I have one dampener that is worn out and doesn't quite push the two main strings apart too much and I prefer it over any new dampener I have used.

AlpineCadet · Jun 15, 2007

It'd be more practical to just have the dampener put onto each racket, than to take it off and reapply the same one to different rackets. Obviously there's a psychological issue.

Toph · Jun 16, 2007

AlpineCadet said:
It'd be more practical to just have the dampener put onto each racket, than to take it off and reapply the same one to different rackets. Obviously there's a psychological issue.

or our stringers of the world are getting lazy

stevekim8 · Jun 24, 2007

i like nadal's shock dampener

it's smiley face

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