advice on control orientated racquet

[nonnio]

Hi everyone,

I've been playing tennis for a few years now with a cheapish racket, and I feel like its time to change racketwise. I've been playing with a Wilson 'ultra pro' titanium racket from the mid-90s, which weighs about 10.5 ounces strung, and it's starting to irritate me. Now it's a natural tendancy of
beginners to blame the racket, but I find it's too powerful and too hard to control. Now I'm starting to develop a bit and take a real swing at the ball, I find the ball lands just out quite often.

So now I'm looking for a heavier, lowish power racket with a responsive feel, that lets you take a good swing at the ball. Reading the racket advice page at tennis warehouse I see this matches the description of a 'player's racket,' but of course I'm really an advanced beginner or a low intermediate player. If anyone can give me advice on a control orientated racket that's fairly forgiving, but forces you to play well, I'd be very grateful. If it helps, I tend to hit hard and flat, with an eastern forehand grip, though I stick a bit of topspin in now and again for variety.

Thanks.

 

[L4RZ]

Maybe a nBlade?

 

[tennisjon]

Racquets to Try

A couple of inexpensive racquets that are good tweener racquets are the Prince O3 Shark and Dunlop m-Fil 500. Both are under $100. Also, take a look at the Head LiquidMetal 8. Its not the newest thing on the block, but its a good racquet that is also inexpensive. These racquets should get you through a year of tennis and when you are ready to move to more advanced racquets, there are plenty out there.

 

[jcbailey111]

pure control in head flexpoint prestige....thats the one i played with last year...was great...won alot of tournaments....this year i played with the nblade....not so sure its control is up to par...????

 

[sunflowerhx]

Get a Wilson ProStaff 6.0 Original 95, you can't really go wrong with this racket. Fairly low power, forces you improve your swing + tons of feel.

If you find it too low powered, then later trade up for a ncode version.
You can easily sell it on eb*y as they are very popular.

 

[MrAWD]

How about the LM Radical MP! This one is lower (but not too low) on power but still requires you to have the correct swings in order to make it happen!

Other one that might be a bit more advanced is Redondo MP, but comes with the nice heft and low power with plenty of control!! And all of that in 98 size!

Fedja

 

[rosenstar]

I like MrAWD's suggestion of the LM Radical MP. I think it's a great racquet for someone moving from the beginner level to a more advanced level.

nonnio-
have you demoed any racquets yet?

 

[nonnio]

Thanks everyone for your quick replies -you people really are serious about giving racquet advice!

No rosenstar I haven't demoed yet. Since I'm pretty new to buying racquets I thought I'd get a few opinions first. Yes, the LM Prestige does look like a good racquet, especially at the price!

I see a lot of people on this forum are Prostaff 6.0 Classic fans. Though I love the idea of a oldschool, make your own power racquet, it seems like quite an esoteric stick... do you think it's worth a demo if you're not a particularly advanced player?

 

[nonnio]

Sorry, LM Radical I mean.

 

[blue03]

get mfil 300 and u wont be looking for other racquets