Advanced players care about recoil, and here’s why. Swingweight, twist weight, and recoil weight (also called ‘hitting weight’) all measure the inertia of a racquet along different axes or planes. Recoil weight shares the same plane as swingweight but its axis is the balance point (vs. the...
Recoil weight, the polarization index, and MgR/I are different measures of racquet polarization calculated from the same variables of weight, balance & swingweight (SW):
THE FORMULAS:
Recoil Weight = SW - (wt. in kg. x (cm balance - 10)²)
The Polarization Index = Recoil Weight ÷ Weight in grams...