I am primarily a strong 3.5 doubles player that occasionally plays singles. I’ve been using the VCore 98 as my doubles racket and play very well with it. I’ve been carrying around a VCore 95 after having picked one up at the advice of my friend who owns a pro shop. I would break it out occasionally while practicing and have always liked the feel and balance but always assumed it might be a little too precise for me.
Fast forward to this AM and I played a singles match against a pretty decent fellow 3.5. Used my VCore 98 as usual and found myself having trouble keeping the ball in. Hit too many balls long and was missing some pretty routine shots. Lost the set 4-6. So figuring it can’t get much worse I switched to the VCore 95 because at the very least I hoped for more control. Suddenly balls were staying in, I felt more confident taking full cuts and I won the next two sets 6-1, 6-2. It really left me thinking about where to go from here. When I stopped caring about power my consistency shot up. Perhaps this is what I need to stick with at both singles and doubles. Do guys on this forum play with different rackets for different situations? Do you have a racket you only use for singles or doubles?
This result is making me rethink everything and that maybe I stick with the 95 all the time or test out the EZone 98 Tour or the new VCore Pro 97 for just a bit more forgiveness? Dunno but it’s totally shifted my thinking.
Fast forward to this AM and I played a singles match against a pretty decent fellow 3.5. Used my VCore 98 as usual and found myself having trouble keeping the ball in. Hit too many balls long and was missing some pretty routine shots. Lost the set 4-6. So figuring it can’t get much worse I switched to the VCore 95 because at the very least I hoped for more control. Suddenly balls were staying in, I felt more confident taking full cuts and I won the next two sets 6-1, 6-2. It really left me thinking about where to go from here. When I stopped caring about power my consistency shot up. Perhaps this is what I need to stick with at both singles and doubles. Do guys on this forum play with different rackets for different situations? Do you have a racket you only use for singles or doubles?
This result is making me rethink everything and that maybe I stick with the 95 all the time or test out the EZone 98 Tour or the new VCore Pro 97 for just a bit more forgiveness? Dunno but it’s totally shifted my thinking.