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What is the worst racquet ever performance wise? It’s gotta have an erratic stringbed, stiff as all get out, and just play horribly. Any contenders?
Didn't like it as well. No arm pain but that hollow brittle feel, weird launch angle.. meh.Head Graphen Radical Pro first generation. Best way to describe it is arm pain. Stiff conduit for vibrations. As a rad fan the direction Head went with graphene was shocking. It became a poor man's Babolat.
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Holy cow. This is why I had to put down the PD. Elbow hand pain will not go away for two days after hitting. Ball goes either too long or into the net.Person experience only. Babolat Pure Drive. I just couldn’t handle it. Will break my elbow in 30 minutes. The balls I hit either went way outside of the bassline, or straight to the bottom of the net.
The paint job was appropriate, gunmetal, as it felt and transferred vibrations up your arm just like metal.Didn't like it as well. No arm pain but that hollow brittle feel, weird launch angle.. meh.
FYI - the TC101 Copper (Only Copper, not Octane) is going for £101 for 101 hours (since yesterday afternoon).... so that would be a good time to pick one up... cos Angell doesn’t really do “sales” often.Been looking at TC101 or the 100 at 27.25 inches long. How do you find them?
Thanks for the heads up mate.FYI - the TC101 Copper (Only Copper, not Octane) is going for £101 for 101 hours (since yesterday afternoon).... so that would be a good time to pick one up... cos Angell doesn’t really do “sales” often.
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The paint job was appropriate, gunmetal, as it felt and transferred vibrations up your arm just like metal.
Agree with everything said here. The FST 99 was also what came to mind for me as soon as i saw the thread title. (I also love Babolats)Wilson Burn FST 99
Got my pair on sale from TW hoping I could make them work. Just plain terrible racquets. Harsh, no feel, tinny (and all this coming from someone who loves Babolats) and felt like you were playing with a frying pan. No type of string setup worked. Just couldn't use it with anything.
The best thing about them I liked was the fantastic PJ and that was their only redeeming quality.
I'm betting that it looks good but doesn't share the awful characteristics of the graphene rad pro!Angell V1 paint job was/is gunmetal, too. Just fyi My favourite PJ btw.
Yeah, I traded for an SV 98+ once. I was excited because all of the great reviews. It was pretty bad.yonex sv 98+ was pretty unredeeming for me. I have a few of the racquets on these lists, the fst 95, fst 99, nxg graphite mid. the soon to be mentioned head premier tour which I still enjoy even though it flexes so unnaturally . I honestly thought the babolat aeropro drives with cortex and gt's were bumblebee garbage. hollow and cheap. I also thought the Wilson air shell oversized super thick racquets were crap. maybe the lord of all crap racquets
Lol, hated the burn. Had tried the team, still sucked. So glad Wilson replaced it.
The steel pole like burn
The tinny part is very true, I have an old 100 team and it feels like I’m hitting with a piece of cardboard, just doesn’t feel right. Haven’t used it in years.Wilson Burn FST 99
Got my pair on sale from TW hoping I could make them work. Just plain terrible racquets. Harsh, no feel, tinny (and all this coming from someone who loves Babolats) and felt like you were playing with a frying pan. No type of string setup worked. Just couldn't use it with anything.
The best thing about them I liked was the fantastic PJ and that was their only redeeming quality.
Stiffness can go and it becomes a clash. Or the clash is the flexy pure drive. I do wish I had a pure drive original.Absolute worst racket ever is Pure Drive. That's not even discusable
I am probably the only one, but the stiffer the stick the better....What is the worst racquet ever performance wise? It’s gotta have an erratic stringbed, stiff as all get out, and just play horribly. Any contenders?
What’s the highest stiffness rating you have ever used?I am probably the only one, but the stiffer the stick the better....
ONe racquet that was a big letdown was the Steam 96. That was before the open pattern steams and well that racquet was super dead. Even with lead I could never get any power out of it. Usually my sticks are super powerful but the Steam 96...no way.
But worse than that was a Volkl G6 or something. Supposed to have some vibe tech to help the arm. Man I have had at least 20 sticks that on paper would wreck elbows and none did. Like the Profile and some hammers. But that g6 hurt my elbow. I gifted it to a friend and viola it hurt his too.
Profile 2.7. probably is the stiffest. I don't know the stiffness of the current stick but if the numbers are to be believed, its stiffer than the profile at 2.3. I think there might be one model before the original Profile that was a bit stiffer. Prifile is in the mid 80s I think interms of RA. FWIW if the stiffness isnt at least 70 I don't buy a stick. One of my faves was only RA70 and I ditched it eventually because it wasn't stiff enough. The Burn that everyone is trashing is a great racquet for me at least. Played will with them.What’s the highest stiffness rating you have ever used?
I kinda agree, if there was an 18/20 I may buy, but not 100% on board with the clash yet.For me, and this is gonna be controversial:
the Wilson Clash
Goodness.Profile 2.7. probably is the stiffest. I don't know the stiffness of the current stick but if the numbers are to be believed, its stiffer than the profile at 2.3. I think there might be one model before the original Profile that was a bit stiffer. Prifile is in the mid 80s I think interms of RA. FWIW if the stiffness isnt at least 70 I don't buy a stick. One of my faves was only RA70 and I ditched it eventually because it wasn't stiff enough. The Burn that everyone is trashing is a great racquet for me at least. Played will with them.
I am strange I guess. I ditched my blade teams. RA is 72. I had one I never got around to customizing and gave it to a buddy. I was stringing those frames with KEV/ 4G at 86/86 lbs and well he strung his up with gut/ poly in the lower part of the range. He hit with it and said it hurt his arm. Man all these glass elbows around me...
Never EVER take Shroud for a mere mortal. If you listen hard enough, you can hear Shroud's laughter in the background every time an arm falls off somewhere.Goodness.
Never EVER take Shroud for a mere mortal. If you listen hard enough, you can hear Shroud's laughter in the background every time an arm falls off somwhere.
I bought the ProStaff expecting to be the sureshs. I wasn’tWorst racquet (for me) was a Kneissl White Star. I wanted to be Lendl. I wasn't.
Maybe. Though keep in mind that one reason I ended up here was because I got a big case of TE. So I know how that sucks and would find it hard to laugh. That said I know now how not get te and so yes I do laugh on some level. And I find it hard to understand since I am used to stiff racquets and stiff stringbeds. But anyhow best to get what works for you and realize that everyone is different.Never EVER take Shroud for a mere mortal. If you listen hard enough, you can hear Shroud's laughter in the background every time an arm falls off somewhere.
Yes. I did like that racquet.Goodness.
Maybe. Though keep in mind that one reason I ended up here was because I got a big case of TE. So I know how that sucks and would find it hard to laugh. That said I know now how not get te and so yes I do laugh on some level. And I find it hard to understand since I am used to stiff racquets and stiff stringbeds. But anyhow best to get what works for you and realize that everyone is different.
thats what she saidI am probably the only one, but the stiffer the stick the better....
Hey absoloutely! We all feel differently and what works for you might not work for me and vice versa. A lesser mortal would have chosen an easier, a more softer and flexier path after TE/GE but more power to you if you feel stiffer is the way to go. As long as you stay healthy and enjoy tennis and life in general, that is all that mattersMaybe. Though keep in mind that one reason I ended up here was because I got a big case of TE. So I know how that sucks and would find it hard to laugh. That said I know now how not get te and so yes I do laugh on some level. And I find it hard to understand since I am used to stiff racquets and stiff stringbeds. But anyhow best to get what works for you and realize that everyone is different.
I’m sorry, did I just hear 356 swingweight? No, they just meant static weight... sheesh, and stiff too!
FOr me there are a couple of tricks that make my equipment help make TE a virtual impossibility. My handle for one. Its huge, squishy and well defined. I don't have to grip tight at all. It stays in place with minimal pressure. All I can say is that size and increasing it is kind of like passing the sound barrier. If you go bigger its easy to get to a point where its maybe too big. Just go past that point. FWIW my hand muscles were sore after playing initially as it was trying to squeeze like before....but eventually it learned. Now i never play without my handle. It also adds about 40g of weight to the handle. I might be wrong, but I think that ups the recoil weight which AFAIK helps with winning the collision.how don't you get TE?
They said mid 350s swingweight.I’m sorry, did I just hear 356 swingweight? No, they just meant static weight... sheesh, and stiff too!