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    My, um, 'blisters'

    I play with a very loose Western grip, lots of wrist etc, and have had a longstanding blister problem for about a year now. The thing is, ive only had blisters twice. The rest of the time, after playing 3--4 hours 2 or 3 days in a row, the exact areas that have blisters start to burn...
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    Forehand Problems

    My forehand is (on form) the strongest shot in my game. I hit with a SW to full Western grip, and my follow through varies from accross the body to the one where you follow through on the same side as you hit your forehand if you know what I mean, ive noticed Nadal does it a lot to give you...
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    Serving....bizarre

    Serves allways been my first or second biggest weapon of my game. There was a whole lot of back extension, a nice step in, a generally nice, coach approved action. Think Feliciano Lopez, its a similar service action to that, and id racked up consisten speeds of about 95 Problem was it...
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    These strings.....

    After going through what must be my 4th load of Babolat strings in as many weeks, pure synthetic gut I think (they dont fray at all, one day theyll just snap) I asked my stringer to get me something a little stronger this time. He came up with a synthetic gut lined* (*I think) with Kevlar...
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    Racquets on flights....

    Anyone tryed taking them on as hand luggage? Any problems? Im planning on taking 3 in a 3 racquet holder onboard as I dont want to risk damage or them getting lost, its like 12CM too long but surely because its thin etc theyll be allright about it?
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    Painting strings

    Ok, people please post what you fin works best when painting a logo on your strings, as my stringer uses this stuff that wears off within one hit, and i dont like blank strings (just personal prefernce I guess). Professional stringers use this thing that looks like a big felt pen or something?
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    BABOLAT PURE DRIVE TEAM Standard

    I have a few friends who use the racquet and they all say its nice etc. But reading around, reviews say its more of a tweener racquet than a players. Is this true? Surely not as its the most used on the tour. I was wondering if anyone had one, and if so, is it too powerful?
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