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Exactly...the increase in power by lowering tension is really quite small assuming people equate power w. ballspeed....lower tensions increase the launch angle of the shot making it easier to get depth on the shot <or hit the ball long lacking spin for control>. It is very possible to hit the...

for sure..ideally, you would want to play with a racquet with a swingweight that works on all surfaces, but you need a racquet that will provide enough 'weight of shot' to pierce/penetrate the court on the clay. that doesnt necessarily mean a high swingweight racquet..it means a well designed...

yw...it really is stringing 101. havent read Stringers Digest.

Nonsense. a drop weight is a constant pull machine. the weight constantly pulls the string until clamped Also, the arm doesnt have to be right at horizontal to get an accurate relative tension. 10 degrees off horizonzal <or more> in either direction yields the same result as horizontal.

The fact that the term 'pronation' always causes so much confusion and disagreement around here indicates that it isnt a good verbal cue....pronation is a type of wrist snap..in fact the verbal cue wrist snap tends to work better for most lessons than pronation. the term pronation seems to have...

It's always a good idea when changing/experimenting w. changes in gear to change only one variable at a time if feasible..in this case I assume you were changing the racquet, so therefore you would want to keep the string and tension the same as what you were using in your previous bat. In this...

I usually recommend people limit the number of changes when experimenting with gear, so unless (you are changing to/from 18m's, I would suggest you start w. your normal string tension and adjust as necessary <considering that the Iso string you will be using calls for a 10% bump in tension>

thanks man...appreciate it

** as above. adios

The 10 foot rope paradigm almost always applies...It's the most elemental basic of dubs there is

sorry to have missed your post and others because of the usual troll(s) doing the usual trolling creating the usual whack..after reading this you may be sorry you asked...;) a 'Panyhose Lesson' is a lesson given to some woman wearing pantyhose...they are usually significantly overweight and the...

Thought to update this as I just concluded hitting lessons w. this guy Conclusions: The guy's game went and stayed into the dumper as a result of his racquet switch, and he still doesnt acknowledge he was far better off using the APD which was a much better match to his skillset. So he got some...

Fedace that is a logical presumption, but if you arent familiar w. the k90 that racquet has some unusual properties...first off there is a hot spot down low compared to the middle of the stringbed and also up north of center. couple that with the way they layed out the strings increasing the...

Think I can bring my polarization experiment to conclusion Conclusion: -The quality of ball hit with the polarized setup is marginally better for me than a conventional setup. It would be meaningful to an advanced player..someone at least 4.5..anyone less and folks have bigger fish to fry...

The Pro and Control Classic come on a plastic reel..that's the one you string tighter. As far as tensions go...most racquets (which arent dense stringbeds) play well within the recommended tension range....smaller headed frames like the k90 suffer from a relatively further reduced sweetzone...

now we are back to what racquet Fed is really using or used...hahahahahaha talk about a topic that has been beaten to death! do any of you 'What racquet is federer really using' experts actually know what the composition/layup of feds paintjob is and how it compares to the consumer grade k90?

actually you have stiffer crosses w. this setup because the iso isnt stretchy at all...they recommend stringing the x's 10% tighter because the string dumps the 10% immediately and then the tension locks. I am talking about the iso Classic string. They recommend stringing the NEW Iso at 10%...

10 and 11 ounce racquets are stable nowadays and 330-350 swingweight is more than 99+% of the tennis playing public can honestly handle <unless they are so bad that it doesnt matter> and slow groundstrokes just arent going get get many people to a very good level of play. if lots of people...

Huh? lol..i'm just messin w. you. i learned to play tennis with one grip for everything. these days my forehand grip goes anywhere from cont to semi western depending upon the ball i am presented with and the type of shot i am trying to shape. i dont know if what i have experienced is an...

Right....i think everyone <including him> expected that a turnaround back to his old winning ways, if forthcoming, would be coming by now. I am sure his two top goals are to win the French and to surpass Sampras....his chances at both seem markedly less than a year ago..at what point do you...

as i said in my original post, to see for myself what the effect of 'polarization' might be, and to provide the forum with some practical info ... i'm quite set with racquets...there are several racquets i could happily play. i enjoy adapting my game to the gear once in a while..makes me a...

cool beans..tell us what the wind conditions were like those years and tell me the game and the players havent changed in the last few years..fed hasnt won this event in the last 3 years and perhaps he had some early exits..3 years is a very long time by tour standards

i really dont think you can blame lack of conditioning or lack of strength for his slip in results or slow footwork..in fact, i think he has improved in all areas...others have improved more and the ball is coming at him faster and faster...a case for something light enough and large headed...

Time for Fed to change racquets yes, I know there are lots of these threads ..or at least there were, <and I guess this is a silly notion>, but it seems reasonable to me that in the Pro Racquets section of a open tennis Forum that folks should be permitted to talk about the racquet of a Pro...

Just theorizing that with the weight at the tip, you would get less whip of the racquet tip which would explain less spin and also more sluggish on the serve....these things are most always about tradeoffs...where you gain in one area, you lose in another. I really wouldnt go by what the...

yw....i am very familiar w. the c8Pro and I bet the specs are close to the B11L other than the string density..the c8 is a little more flexy..there just arent many frames like these around...guess that is why you still have your c8's....mine c8's all became fatigued and are long gone..nuthin...

If the specs <swingweight> suits you, it is certainly worth the demo...a very solid lightweight racquet

sure..yw.......we got a 2nd hit in today <the first was truncated because of rain> and the serve was coming around. I might take just a small smidge off 12 and see how that goes before hiding the lead and calling it a day..it's real close and i sure dont want to add any lead in the throat as...

right....the swingweights of the two frames are about the same after modifying the b11L's....my optimal swingweight range is 315-320. i bet the dnx9 has more static weight which i dont care about.

Think people would be happy if you merely added a balance point conversion utility to the appropriate places on your website ie; person enters one of these ...pts hh/hl, balance pt in inches, balance pt in cm, inches hl/hh, and the utility spits out the other numbers. i think converting one...