Thought to slap some lead on this racquet and take it out for a dance. Strung at 58 with Excellerator.
The racquet responded very well to the lead. I'm not much of a lead person. I put some just below the upper dnx bracelets in the hoop and about twice as much around the collar grip cuff. the racquet also has a Volkl calfskin grip on it.
It's a very nice hit, low powered, spinny, solid, and comfortable. an all around great racquet.
This would be a great racquet for someone whose game requires high batspeed, but has lost some for whatever reasons. Someone who has good stroke mechanics. I could string this frame at around 55 with the Mojo setup and not have control issues.
Does is have good plow through? naah..it's light. you've got to use batspeed..it's not a chippers/blockers type of frame. does it hit a heavy ball? naah..light racquets dont hit heavy balls unless you hit it like Nadal. is it stable? sure is...pretty much any racquet is stable if the sweetzone is struck with enough batspeed or momentum
I could easily use this frame and compete well with it at my level. Likely I will go to these leaded up by a qualified person when the Becker11 standard becomes too much frame for me, unless Volkl/becker comes up w. something better for me
The racquet got dismissed because it's too light....that's really not a reason to declare a racquet as crap.all it means is that it may be too light for that particular person.
Thought to post this as this frame got an unecessary bad rap IMO. be glad to answer any questions
The racquet responded very well to the lead. I'm not much of a lead person. I put some just below the upper dnx bracelets in the hoop and about twice as much around the collar grip cuff. the racquet also has a Volkl calfskin grip on it.
It's a very nice hit, low powered, spinny, solid, and comfortable. an all around great racquet.
This would be a great racquet for someone whose game requires high batspeed, but has lost some for whatever reasons. Someone who has good stroke mechanics. I could string this frame at around 55 with the Mojo setup and not have control issues.
Does is have good plow through? naah..it's light. you've got to use batspeed..it's not a chippers/blockers type of frame. does it hit a heavy ball? naah..light racquets dont hit heavy balls unless you hit it like Nadal. is it stable? sure is...pretty much any racquet is stable if the sweetzone is struck with enough batspeed or momentum
I could easily use this frame and compete well with it at my level. Likely I will go to these leaded up by a qualified person when the Becker11 standard becomes too much frame for me, unless Volkl/becker comes up w. something better for me
The racquet got dismissed because it's too light....that's really not a reason to declare a racquet as crap.all it means is that it may be too light for that particular person.
Thought to post this as this frame got an unecessary bad rap IMO. be glad to answer any questions
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