Recent content by MLtennis

I apologize if this thread has occured before - if so, please put a link in and I'll ask for this one to be killed. But I keep seeing threads for people who want to know what racquet to play at 3.0 or 3.5 or 4.0 levels - and it made me think, what are the pros and cons to playing a "player's...

Has anyone used these and if so have any opinions one way or another? I tried searching for them but could only find a few references and no reviews. I'm curious as I'd like to try a multi-filament and have the PB10 Mid so wondered if these would be a good fit for me. Thanks!

Eastern now - used to be Semi Western to almost Western. I tried moving to the modern forehand as many of my hitting partners use it and even teachers tried to get me to use it. Super cool shots for sure, but my wrist began to give me tons of trouble so I got frustrated and tried fixing other...

Phillay - there was another thread on this earlier and I had the same issue you're having. I switched to much flexier racquets, multi-filament strings, more dampeners, icing every day 2x, Ibuprofin - none of it helped. Then I took a lesson and my teacher told me to switch to a Eastern forehand...

Wow! Thanks so much for all the great advice and experiences. I think I'll take both sides seriously (play both or just one) - I'm a 3.5 and closing in on the 4.0. I think I can definitely benefit from playing the one racquet style and making sure I don't lose consistency by switching too...

Hello, so I bought (and love) 2 Volkl PB10 Mids to go with my 2 Head Prestige MP's - and the other day I played with the Volkls for the first time and hit everything long. I switched today and went back to the Head's and now hit them all long as well. I'm sure a lot of this is just me however...

Hello! Wondering if there are any fellow Seattle-area players on here who could recommend a good team to join for leagues and/or good tournements to look into? I'm a 3.5 player and would love to play both singles, doubles and mixed-doubles. I used to play up north at Forest Crest a couple...

I had a HUGE epiphany today - and my wrist barely hurts now. I figured I'd pass it along as this may help people who are experiencing a lot of wrist pain. I'm 34 and have been transitioning my game from the old school ways to the modern methods - primarily around the windshield wiper forehand...

Because I don't want them to go the way of Fischer, that's why. I LOVE my PB10 Mids, much better racquet than most of the ones created by Wilson/Babolat for my game. Thanks again to everyone for the insight - I knew Head made ski's but didn't know about all the other manufacturers as...

Well, I've finally decided to put the racquet down for 6 weeks to heal my arm. I have consistent wrist and forearm pain when I hit and I believe I need to take serious time off before trying again. I took a week and then hit, pain. I took another week, then hit, pain. So, I'm thinking of...

the first time I played a guy at my club who is reknowned for being a hot head and an angry loser we played a very close match. He was throwing his racquet, swearing up and down (in Bulgarian), and would give me a strong fist pump and stare when he won a point. That said I nudged out a win in...

I agree with mctennis - I believe it's all marketing. The truth is probably that the racquets don't cost much more than the $20/$30 difference in price to make in the first place. Even if the racquets cost $60 to make - I sincerely doubt a 40-50% difference in cost from one racquet to another...

Not sure how to take the poll - I have 2 Prestige's at 98 but also 2 Volkl PB10 Mid's coming in the mail on Friday which will be 93. The poll doesn't show an option for 93! OK, I'll put 98.

I guess I feel a little different than everyone here - maybe I've just been lucky but: 1. I always bring new balls and offer to open my can - granted, I'm usually playing against people better than me (I'm a 3.5 - 4.0 and ask 4.0 - 4.5 players to hit as often as possible) so I feel like it's...

Not to avert the direction of this thread too much - but what is the TW shop like in SLO? Do you go through a warehouse or something? I just picture a million racquets/strings/etc.!! I used to travel to Cali a lot, love SLO but for some reason have never gone to TW - wasn't playing much...