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    The gut/poly thread

    I used to use full beds of poly and sometimes multi/syn gut hybrids with poly crosses. I feel like gut hybrid blows everything out of the water tbh.
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    Best items you found at thrift stores (Goodwill)?

    The prokennex golden ace hits beautifully! I'm more or an eastern flatter player and I did not need to change my strokes at all for this racquet. I have a pretty good grasp of different techniques for swings so when I play with wooden racquets I dont hit with spin but go with more of an old...
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    Electrolyte supplementation

    I've been struggling with low blood sugar symptoms when I play. Even when I have a good breakfast. I've realized it's not low blood sugar but low sodium levels. I'll race to eat a protein bar and shake and still feel crappy but now I have loads of salt packets in my bag and that's what abates my...
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    Best items you found at thrift stores (Goodwill)?

    The goodwill haul from recent trips My buddy found a six.one k factor 90 for 20 bucks. I found the first wilson ultra PWS. A prokennex golden ace. 22x30 micro mid prokkenex. Blade blx lite
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    Looking for a string replacement for Lynx Tour

    Restring more often with lynx tour or try dunlop explosive tour. It has more of a velvet feel?
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    The gut/poly thread

    I also have switched to gut poly as a main setup for now. I really like 4g rough hybrid. I tend to like the stiffer string bed with my v8 blade. I usually string my polys(head lynx tour) at 51 lbs but have went up to 58/56 with my 4g rough. I just got my roland garros blade today and I went with...
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    Racquet matching and racquets still feel different

    I have a swing weight machine and I can match the specs of my racquets. Flex can change from racquet to racquet just like static weight, etc.
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    Racquet matching and racquets still feel different

    My og blade that was sw 310 has about 6 grams of lead spread between 10 and 2 to bring it up to same static and swing weight of my night session. Which is 330. The others do not have lead at 10 and 2. My other night session was 2 pts sw lower but 5 g static lighter. So I put 5 grams of lead in...
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    Racquet matching and racquets still feel different

    I get your point but I disagree with the infinite possibilities of weight placement. If that's the case if you used the racquet customization calculator youd get hundreds of options but if I say Make racquet a to racquet b They would give me one or two 100% success or partial success results.
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    Racquet matching and racquets still feel different

    The stiffness can also be different. I've matched my oldest blades (sw 306 and 310) to my newest night session blades(sw 328 and 330!!) And the blade with 310 swing weight and 6 grams of lead on the 10 and 2 feels way better than the others. Even though now it's the same static/balance/sw... It...
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    The gut/poly thread

    The klip 1.30/4g rough 1.25 hybrid at 58/56 has been playing amazingly well. It also helps that the racquet is specced to a more comfortable range for me. (My blades are all over the place. This is one that I've matched to my other 2 but the remaining 3 are off(2 of which have my other gut...
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    The gut/poly thread

    After my initial stringing of lux gut/explosive tour(dunlop) 56/56 And lux gut/4g rough(56/54) I like the 4g combo a lot more. The launch angle is really high on the explosive tour combo. Lux gut feels really nice. I just got my half set of klip today... 58/56 lbs 4g rough hybrid. All gut in the...
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    The gut/poly thread

    Thanks for the advice. Maybe it's not just extra power but the launch angle that is higher than my normal full bed off explosive tour. I have a half set left so I'll save it until this setup breaks and we'll see what I can do with my next string job. Half set of klip coming in hopefully soon.
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    The gut/poly thread

    Just got some luxilon 1.30 nat gut in today. strung in my blade v8 16x19 racquet. I usually use a full bed of poly but i wanted to try natural gut. So my string of my choice is 1.20mm Dunlop explosive tour. I really like silver control polys in my setup. I usually string at 51 lbs but past...
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    One handed backhand technique

    His racquet is traveling horizontal when it makes contact. "Sliding" across the ball it looks like. That's my two cents. Does he hit with top spin? It looks like there would be side spin on the ball.
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    Best items you found at thrift stores (Goodwill)?

    A member at my tennis club brings in his dads racquet the other day for his buddy to try. It's a blx prostaff 6.1 I asked where he got it and he said his dad found three of them at goodwill...Three of them! No idea why we were saying it was a cool racquet. So needless to say I've been scouring...
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    Which prostaff 85 did i get?

    Not looking to resell. I just started collecting racquets and I'm just interested where they come from:p
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    Which prostaff 85 did i get?

    https://pasteboard.co/FNgUJU6cYaGf.jpg https://pasteboard.co/GNwdNtedh7tQ.jpg https://pasteboard.co/jS2aefFmvfyL.jpg https://pasteboard.co/1p3lpRaIEROh.jpg On another prostaff megathread I read that it couldnt be GMO because O and M were both lot identifiers? It's a shame it's so worn I cant...
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    Which prostaff 85 did i get?

    Although the complete bottom half of "O" is worn off, so its really hard to tell. It also says 4 1/2 (L4) String at 65-60 lbs. Weight/Oz. 11.6-12.3 Unstrung Balanced 1.0-1.5 in. Headlight
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    Which prostaff 85 did i get?

    It's GMO.
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    Which prostaff 85 did i get?

    It doesn't say Taiwan anywhere on it. The buttcap code says GMO. Any other identifiers to figure out which one this is? From what I can tell this might be a St Vincent Prostaff 85??
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    Which prostaff 85 did i get?

    I just grabbed this for 80 bucks at a racquet store. As far as I can tell it's not a remake. Which model of prostaff did I grab? https://pasteboard.co/ywl5amZmGVlb.jpg
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    Blade V8 Official Thread.

    For your second question IME 16x19 v7 grommet set does fit in the v8 blade 16x19 BUT it is really hard to get the last head guard grommet through. It will take some elbow grease.
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    How to tell how long remains in a reel?

    I usually just sharpy a tally mark on my reels
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    Live by the Blade...Die by the Blade...

    I finally got back to my clubs swing weight machine after acquiring 2 night session blades and 1 more us open blade online. So my current arsenal of blades is as follows. These are all v8 16x19 with different paint jobs. My original two blades I got when they were released Blade #1 with...
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    Blade V8 Official Thread.

    I finally got back to my clubs swing weight machine after acquiring 2 night session blades and 1 more us open blade off ****. So my current arsenal of blades is as follows My original two blades I got when they were released Blade #1 with original paint US open blade #1 Swing weight was 279 and...
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    Dunlop silk spin

    50 lbs. 16 g
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    Dunlop silk spin

    Silk in the mains
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    Dunlop silk spin

    My friend paired Silk Spin and yonex poly tour air. He broke strings in 45 minutes of hitting. He really likes the silk spin but cant find a durable set up with it.
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