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FYI, I bought both of these racquets from a reputable shop so I am not concerned that they are fakes. I believe they are real racquets, but am just trying to understand the presence of the crack on both racquets.

Hi All, I recently purchased two Head Liquidmetal Radical racquets, which I admit are the only Head racquets I've owned besides a couple of Microgel Prestige mids. Anyway, when I purchased them I noticed a small crack in the butts of *both* racquets. You can see the cracks at 4 o'clock on...

Hey guys...nice to see there are others in the Dallas area, and hopefully I have the chance to hit with you all sometime. As for how things are going on my end, I feel I've been able to hit comfortably at the 4.0 level here in the USTA team setting and 4.5 level in singles leagues. Most of my...

Tennis is definitely a mental game. I play on a men's 4.0 USTA team in Texas and believe I would fare far better in singles than in doubles. As a team, most of us are fairly new to the season and we don't have as much practice partnering up in doubles as some of the other teams, whose doubles...

i agree with PED. i use poly mains and multifilament crosses on my pure storm tours, and i experience everything he mentions. in addition, when i hit groundstrokes with a normal plowthrough that usually imparts spin, sometimes the ball just looks totally flat unless i hit it just right. i mean...

Hey toganitu, I'd definitely be up for playing sometime. I don't make it up to the Plano area that often but can let you know next time I'm around. Do you ever come down to Dallas? I usually play at Cole Park or the Village. Please send me a message or email when you have a moment -- would be...

The other thing I want to note is that maybe just at the 4.0 level, there's a lot of time just spent "hitting around," but occasionally it seems like it is being done without a whole lot of purpose. My perspective on this may be skewed because when I'm not with the team, I generally practice...

Hi all - I was curious as to how your tennis teams run their practices, and what format you think is most effective. I recently joined a USTA men's 4.0 team that is aiming to practice a couple times a week. For the most part, my experience here has been similar with a couple other teams I've...

Hi, and welcome to Dallas. I myself moved here a few months ago. Dallas is great because there are many opportunities to play tennis - lots of public courts and a number of clubs as well. One court close to you is Cole Park and you can often just meet people there. However, if you're looking to...

Also, I should elaborate that I was one of the better guys on the team whereas my partner in that particular match was towards the lower end of the roster. I got the feeling that he truly believed he knew what he was doing, which was what made the outcome of our doubles match particularly...

Hey guys -- I realize this isn't a "mixed doubles" question, but what do you guys do if you're paired up with someone that you think is vastly under-skilled in a doubles match? For example, in a past 4.0 league, I had to team up with another person that was on our team (presumably a 4.0) but I...

Thanks for the feedback tennisdad65 -- I appreciate it!!

Also, on some level I do see your point about not trying to get too preoccupied with equipment. I do notice on these forums in particular, there is a huge sensitivity to equipment, maybe more so than is justified (i.e. too much discussion about rackets and not enough discussion about strategy...

Point taken, but I want to be clear on what's considered "rules" and what's considered "courtesy." I agree that changing in the middle of a game may be excessive, but if I want to switch to a lighter stick with greater spin potential when I'm serving into the wind in doubles, what would prohibit...

hey bigfoot910, sent you an email. i was looking for a league to join and the village seemed pretty convenient for me too. i hit with some of the 4.0 team guys tonight and feel very comfortable about it. i will probably join. have you hit with the village team before? how is it compared to others?

Hi all -- how often are you allowed to switch rackets during a match? Are you only allowed to swap rackets if either your strings break or during changeovers? Or do you have the option to switch rackets during a point or in between games as long as you respect the 20-second time limit between...

Thanks for the suggestions kairosntx (BTW this is num i, just decided to pick a new username) I will check out the USTA site -- sounds like a pretty good suggestion, and if nothing else, a good way for me to meet other decent players around here Thanks also for recommending Fretz -- I have...