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ditto to isca. They make a good shoe - reputation for slightly wider fit. I normally wear new balance 2e, but the normal Kswiss fit pretty well. I feel it has nice cushion without it being too much (if that makes sense0

I think if there is a color/design you like - go for it. I like the Blade design / color - If I were doing it I would just make the frame gloss black - looks great I know in golf there are a lot of comments of how the clubs look at address (watch a golf club video review) - the thinking is if...

I would say your list looks similar to the list that I focused on about 5-6 months ago. I went with the Pure Strike 16/19 - really liked the Blade as well (my third choice), and the Tour 310. I also really liked the Pure Strike 100 (my second choice) ,fyi. the PS 16/19 has a bit more...

I purchased the PS 16/19 this summer and am really enjoying it. I have never had a history with TE and haven't had any issue. My second choice was the blade 16/19. I think the difference between the two is that the PS seemed to have more and power/pop vs. the Blade. The Blade had a nice...

I recently purchased the 3rd generation PS 16x19. For what it is worth, my #2 was probably the PS 100...and #3 would have been the Blade16x19 (not as powerful as the PS 16x19 but a nice racquet from my view). The PS 100 is a bit lighter, but I believe it would have a slightly larger sweet...

On that note - is Babolat thinking of making a 6 bag pure drive vs bag? Looks like they just have the 9 bag

Add Iowa to the list (for men’s tennis) I believe this is one of the first schools from a power five conferences to drop tennis. They dropped four sports

I think all these suggestions are spot on. Only other thing I would add is that when I hit my backhand volley when my off hand/arm goes back when I make contact. This gives the volley more pop. When I am closer to I can get away with more of a block but when I am far away I find that helps.

I got Blast Rough in a demo a few months back and loved it!!! Nice spin, good power. I had never played with a poly so didn't have much to compare it to. The only issue for me was I thought that it went dead pretty quickly - I could feel a noticeable different after the end of my demo time...

Add George Washington University to the list (as of end of 2021 season)

I recently purchased the PS 16/19. I did try the Head and liked it but for whatever reason really felt at home with the PS. For me it did come down to the PS and the Blade 16/19. I thought the PS had a bit more free power (which is probably b/c it is stiffer) and great pocketing. Blade had...

In a perfect world, I do like to match my bag and my racquets....but don't don't go out of my way (right now I have a Prince bag and Babolat racquets).

I demoed the PS 100 and was about to buy it, but then tested the PS 98 16/19 and really preferred the increased swing weight of the 98. I tried a bunch of others including blade 16/19 and some technefibre...but really like the feel of the PS. Also really like the blade 16/19

I actually just switched from the beast 03 100 to the pure strike 3rd gen (16/19). Like both but beast felt a touch muted. PS has a very nice pocketing feel to it - also felt it had a nice swongweoght. Didn’t try to beast 98 but have heard great things the tour 310 is a nice racquet - a...

Fun fact -- according to a yahoo article "Cincinnati cut men's soccer in March, which will save the school roughly $725,000. That's less than it paid its football support staff (i.e. non-coaches) last year, and head football coach Luke Fickell earned $2.3 million." I had also seen that Florida...

I demoed the Blade, Pure Strike, Gravity, and a couple of the Technifibre racquets. I really liked the Blade and Pure Strike - found the PS to be more powered and went with that. It does feel a bit more stiff between the two, but I haven't sensed any discomfort thus far (and haven't really...

Regarding UConn, I saw an article that highlighted the various expenses of the respective sports ( see below). Tennis has expenses of 298k - (they didn’t offer scholarships). Hardly a big money spender and cutting the sport doesn’t seem like it really saves much money. I guess every $ counts...

I thought I would provide an update as well. I ended up demoing some 98 racquets as well and went with the Pure Strike 98 16x19. I really noticed a different feel with the PS vs other frames and the 100 and 16/19 were my top two racquets (out of about 8-9 tried) but preferred the 16/19 as...

There is no doubt that it is a financial decision....I guess the question for me is why tennis is getting cut at a higher rate vs other athletic non-revenue programs. If you are looking to save $$ why not cut golf, swimming, crew, softball, etc. - in fact some of the larger programs, such as...

looked like the men's record was 2-10 this year - not sure how they did in their conference. also, looks like no US players on the men's roster. also, disappointing that it does appear that tennis is getting cut at a much higher rate than other programs.

Add Arkansas-Pine Bluff to the list

Can someone compare the TF40 305 with the Pure Strike (both 16x19 and 18x20). strength / weakness … also curious about power levels

Interesting paper and good to see actual data. On a % basis tennis is by far the most international....if I read correctly, 63% of tennis participants are international... #2 is ice hockey at 36% and soccer at 34%, then golf at 21%. In terms of actual students it is basically tied with soccer...

On the Furman cuts... one thing in the article that I read was that they were also going to cut about 45 athletic scholarships from the remaining sports in the coming years. These would be spread throughout sports

I wonder if one option would be to keep these sports but offer no scholarships? I did read one article where the author suggested two levels of sports - the first (including football and basketball) that generate revenue would remain funded...with the non-revenue sports offering no...

I have not hit with the 290 or the Yonexes. I am coming from the other direction - I was playing with the Prince Speedport Black and then had hit with the Beast 100, can't beat the price (both with ports and without). Felt it was a bit clubby and stiff for me. The ports version is nice but a...

Which racquets in the 98 and 100 range do you think have the largest sweetspots? What would you recommend?

I have demoed both as well. I would say I have a slight preference for the PS 100. For me it was a nice balance of power and control - I also felt pretty connected to the racquet. A touch lacking on the serve (in terms of speed), but felt I could place it pretty well. I particularly like...

Sonoma State is dropping three sports - two of which are men's and women's tennis (water polo is the third)

I agree with the sentiment of whatever works, go for it I enjoy trying out new racquets, but I prefer to stick with one racquet. I prefer stiffer more powerful racquets but if I switch around to much I have trouble adjusting and calibrating - particularly on approach shots and shots from...