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I've played with a ton of racquets in-between and alongside those listed below. But the sticks below are what I actually stuck with and played with exclusively for periods. Back in my younger years it was 2-3 years or more for a stick... partly because I couldn't afford to constantly try new...

Instead of playing full sets encourage him to mix in a few practice games like best of 3 games. Or just have one person serve for 5-10 minutes but okay out points. That way he can learn to play points without too much focus on playing a real set. Even playing to 11 by starting with a rally...

The other player is simply a better more advanced player than you which makes strategy suggestions tough. Your opponent definitely has better placement, power and spin. At your current level of play it's going to be really tough for you to beat him, however, the way to maximize your chances...

The Speed MP will be a very different experience than the current racquets you've played with. It's a good racquet but think of it as a tamer Babolat PA. The Radical MP or Blade V9 would fit much better based on what you're used to in player's frames. Personally I like the Blade V9 better. I...

Picked up the v9 98 16x19… probably best looking racquet on market right now. Little pops of color like the locking grommets, red Wilson logo, etc. I find are very cool and just work. Classy and understated. I own the v8 as well and was curious about v9 changes. I like the v8 but it always...

Extreme grip might help you brute force the situation to get you more spin, but that's not can really solve your problem. Extreme grips are frowned upon because they tend to limit your shot options and can make certain shots extremely difficult (return low balls with a western grip for...

I had to learn to say something other than 'out' when playing doubles. I think it's something that people do when you primarily play singles and not that much doubles. That said I prefer to say 'bounce' or 'bounce it' to let my partner know I think it may be going out. What's different about...

I don't know about a hitch, but his backhand was somewhat limited... not nearly as big as his forehand. He played a lot of baseball and his 2HBH looked a lot like a baseball player at bat with regards to his contact which was pretty far out front for a 2 hander. It wasn't pretty, but was...

I'm actually surprisingly good at this shot and have more comfort hitting it sometimes than a standard overhead. A lot of it is timing and understanding how to pronate the racquet. With the right timing and pronation... just like on a regular serve... you can generate a lot of pop with little...

I'm glad this isn't an AA forum. Player wants to be cured of their racketholicism issues and true to form... the forum gives him more rackets to choose from than what they ask about, lol. Forget about 'the heaviest ball' stuff. At your level that's not something you should be worried about...

It's all about feel... it's not necessarily for warm up. It always helps me a lot to get my feel for contact and brushing the ball. Sure you can slice, but you should also be hitting topspin... especially if that is a majority of the type of shot you hit. If I start on the baseline with full...

One option with the continental forehand grip is lobbing the net player... you don't always have to return with a chip/slice forehand. If you're having trouble returning with SW forehand grip... your forehand in general probably isn't the greatest. What is your miss when you try to hit a...

The PA grip shapes are a little on the larger size and a completely different grip shape than the Blade. The grip on the PA is intended more for folks with Western grips to emphasize a spinny, vertical swing path like Rafa. With the over grip it will feel even larger. As for the PA... it will...

Looks better, but you still have a tendency to hit a little late and not far enough out front. Contact a little more out front will also give you more easy extension out through the ball. When you are late you also tend to really have your upper arm pinned into your side and not much space...

Your tendency is to have a very closed racquet face which means your tendency is going to be making contact on lower side of the string bed. You're not giving yourself much of the racquet face to work with since you're presenting so little of it to the ball. You also tend to be a little late...

PA98 is definitely stiffer and more brassy feeling than the 100. A friend of mine uses the 98 and you can mitigate that a bit with srting choice. The demo I tried felt really stiff and brassy. Tried my buddies and softer strings definitely helped.

I think you should focus contact on the center back of the ball. . The ball is a circle so the the center back of the ball is where you're going to make contact... possible very slightly above or below on some strokes or depending on angle of you're racquet face. You can try to make contact a...

Usually it's the opposite problem... lots of places just string with the old cheap synthetic gut. That to me can be annoying, but at least synthetic gut is a lot more similar between brands than poly. I can usually get enough of an understanding of what racquets potential might be with...

Lighter frames and stiffer frames tend to have more of the 'ting' sound, but it's not always the case. Frame style/design and materials can also play into it. More traditional shaped frames can tend to be less piggy. Another contributor is strings... certain string combos with a particular...

Yes, your toss is way left... if you tried to hit a kick serve it would be a good toss... but you're hitting it flat from the spot where you would hit a kick serve. Your momentum is going so far left... even when you hit to the ad court pause the video and see where you're body is facing and...

All of these things tend to play into one another a bit 1) Need more weight on your back (right foot). You have almost all your weight on your front foot way too early. 'Sit' a bit more on the back foot 60/40 or 50/50 weight difference. If you lean forward from left hip it will tilt your...

Yonex Polytour Rev at 48lbs... more pop, not as muted (as HyperG) and good spin

Contact points can vary depend on your grip, swing style, etc. Also, you might’ve been too far out front. Tips on YT, etc are generally good, but can often be over used or taken out of context. Your coach saw something that would work better for you. Not all tips work for everyone.

I would try hitting wide to get him on the move. If you can try to slice to keep ball low. And try the Fed short slice to the backhand. Sounds like your options are to battle his slice backhand as much as possible or get him off court to ad side so you can then hit wide to the duece court...

In short everything looks pretty good until you start forward. Your release is all upper body and ends up being too much arm... you're robbing yourself of a lot energy and racquet head speed. You should be stepping into the shot with your feet... release your hips and then start unwinding your...

I think that's a bit of an extreme take. You might not have lung cancer if you smoke, but you will have other cumulative effects like tar build up, etc. Smoking is straight up unhealthy regardless if you get cancer and that does effect everyone that smokes. Playing with a PD or any stiff...

I think generally speaking overall the Gravity's produce more spin than the Speed and Radical lines. As I mentioned it's pretty difficult to generalize this over the different variations of all of them (pro, mp, s, etc). Most of my experience is the the Pro and some with the MP versions. I...

Within each of those lines there are different versions which play differently. But generally speaking comparing apples to apples (pro to pro version, mp to mp, etc) Power: Speed is more powerful, Radical and Gravity are pretty similar in power Spin: Gravity most spin, then Speed, then...

I wouldn't get too carried away... yes the PD is stiff, but often a number of factors can be at play that can cause a strain. Plenty of people play with PD's and have no issues. A different racquet can cause you to swing differently given the different balance, static weight and swing weight...

Just picked up an Rafa Origin for a song and hit briefly today. Holy crap this thing hits a huge ball. Mine was already strung with synthetic gut which felt like it was around 56-58lbs. I could swing half as hard and get the same results as my Ezone 98+ or Speed Pro’s, etc. Biggest surprise...