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If you want free power I would suggest stringing the London with VS Team 17 in the mains and WC MB 18 (or another thin poly) in the crosses at 55/52. Weight on mine with this setup is 11.45 without dampener.

Do NOT use cortisone as a treatment for ANY tendonitis unless you intend to FULLY rest the tendon until healed. Doing so will absolutely reduce the pain, and you will feel like a million bucks for awhile. But if you dont remove the root cause of the inflammation, your newfound mobility will...

My original injury was a fractured olecranon process that did not heal properly and formed a spur that damaged the triceps tendon and fractured at the base while weightlifting. While I put off the necessary excision I continued to lift, play golf and tennis. Consequently the GE got so bad that...

FWIW, I had major surgery on my elbow (medial epicondylectomy, olecranon process spur excision/repair of triceps tendon, ulnar nerve release, and bursectomy) in January 2015, and began playing again in July. I used KT tape on my elbow (applied as recommended for golfers elbow) every time I...

I promised I would return with updates, so here it is. I began PT as I mentioned, and continued that for 3 months before attempting to hit a tennis ball. In April I began hitting but immediately experienced loss of ROM so I stopped and continued PT for 4 more weeks. Attempted to hit again and...

More mystery surrounding the grey model of the Classic. The colorway on these two are exactly the same, as well as all of the graphics except for the model name on the outside of the throat and the "Big Grommet" graphic on the inside of the throat. But there is more. One of these racquets is...

Another example is the 10th anniversary edition. The gold on this one is a darker hue than appears in this pic. Really nice looking racquet, but what is with those yellow grommets??? If you look really close, you can see that the outline of the Volkl on the hoop is actually yellow, so that's...

The other thing I like about the Powerbridge is that it doesn't have those hideous yellow grommets, that don't match anything else on the cosmetic.

The Powerbridge. The gold is a nice shade and there is some really nice detail around the inside of the hoop. A little busy textwise, but this one really stands out.

I like several of the cosmetics, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be the Powerbridge. IMO, one of the best paint jobs of all time. I will post a closeup of a few. I haven't hit with any of them enough to make a judgement, but originally my plan was to keep the four 2014 racquets in my...

Ha, good catch, but not the $10 teaser...

While I am recovering from elbow surgery, I apparently have too much time on my hands. Researching arm friendly racquets I began to look at the Volkl V1. I learned that there have been many variations of the V1 over the years and one day came across an add for a brand new Powerbridge version...

During my quest to assemble the ultimate Volkl V1 collection, I got sidetracked a bit on the Boris Becker racquets, particularly the "Slam" series, if you will. The London was the most difficult to track down, with a couple of failed attempts in the process. It is also my favorite cosmetic...

What about the Hot Spot?

Here is my V1 collection as of now. From right to left Bottom Row Catapult V1 (2003) Power Bridge V1 (2009) 10th Anniversary V1 Classic (2004) V1 Classic Germany (2014) Super G V1 OS (2015) Top Row 20th Anniversary V1 Classic USA (2014) 20th Anniversary V1 Classic Spain (2014)...

Update. I am 11 weeks out from surgery now. 98% ROM flexion, 95% extension. Those numbers may take up to a year to get to 100%, if ever. No pain in normal use. Mild discomfort when pushed. Grip strength 85% of pre surgery value. Daily therapy ongoing. Hoping to be released to begin...

OK, they must be opposites! I added the "LOW" power level Wilson Pro Staff 97 RF Autograph to the comparison and it trumps them all, with higher power potential in all areas of the stringbed. Comparison here :confused:

That being the case, the possible subjective power levels being Low Low-Medium Medium Medium-High High It seems odd to me that a racquet could "feel" 3 levels lower in power yet actually have more power. Comparing racquets that are one level apart, I could see some scatter in...

Can someone explain the difference between the POWER LEVEL listed in the specifications for each racquet and the POWER POTENTIAL given in the TW university comparisons? For example, four racquets, with their TW listed POWER LEVEL Head Graphene Speed S - Low-Medium Wilson Blade 104 (2015) -...

You mean like this guy?

Yes, it is very much real. It's not that I hurt as bad as the next guy and suck it up, its that I don't hurt as bad as the next guy. My first experience with this was as a teenager, when I sat thru the last 2 hours at school with a broken wrist, just to avoid taking the finals that semester...

Yes, that is why I shared my story. As examples of what lack of understanding and poor decision making can cause. I had the unfortunate factors of high tolerance to pain (played 3 weeks with a fractured elbow) and experience with playing through pain at other sports in the past without issue...

Very good info from jk816. I played through some pretty severe pain in my elbow for an extended period, but nothing compared to the corrective surgery that became necessary. As I was coming out of the anesthesia, the nurse said that before I woke enough to remember, that I was screaming in...

I suppose I am an extreme case, but here goes. Picked up tennis in Jan 2013, at 51 years old. Played for 3 weeks and began taking lessons. Average 3 sets doubles a night, 5 nights a week and 2 one hour lessons a week. Began to feel some pain in elbow which progressively got worse. Not...

I am OOC for 8 weeks, recovering from right arm surgery (olecranon fracture/excision and medial epicondylectomy/ulnar nerve release), so I thought I would update my "findings". I settled on a Head Radical S strung with Babolat Tonic+ 17 in the mains and Mosquito Bite 18 in the crosses, both at...

And I believe that the spirit of the game is embodied in the rules and the code. So play by the rules and the code. I never said I was the rules and code police. If I were to catch an errant ball while still live during a league or tournament match and my opponent claimed the point, I would...

I am constantly amazed at the experienced players that recommend not playing by the code. Lets get something straight. If you don't want to play by the code, YOU are the jerk. If an errant serve hits me while live, it is my opponents point. If I offer them a let, I am the jerk. And...

I played against a guy at state in 6.5 last year who was clearly below level. I didn't find out until after the match that he was the 3.0 and his partner was the mid year bump to 4.0 (he was way better than his partner). He has made a career out of playing tri level and combo (6 years). He...

I wouldn't advise playing 50's. If you are at 3.5 skill, you will take a beating. From what I have seen, you won't have a problem playing 0.0 because tournament directors don't enforce the rule. Your self rate is not subject to grievance unless you play Adult League, so if you truly feel...

So far I have received the following responses from the southern admins, shown with my replies below Our NTRP administrator feels strongly that tournament results are not as accurate as league results How did they arrive at that conclusion? I would argue that tournament results are more...