Advice on light rackets please

[HughJars]

I bought a Head Extreme Pro 2.0 a few months ago, and experienced significant shoulder and wrist pain (I broke my wrist a couple of years ago snowboarding). The racket felt great on groundstrokes, but I struggled with backhand slices (I think my relatively weak wrist contributed to this) and getting to quick volleys. Serving gave me a lot of pain too after playing for a couple of days. My form for my serve isnt the problem my coach has advised, its most likely because the swing weight and weighting of the racket. It just naturally feels too heavy, particularly in the head.

I put it away and went back to my old but light Dunlop 285 gram M-Fil beginners racket. Generating a lot of racket head speed on serve. But this is well and truly becoming unusable for ground strokes and generating any decent power.

So, Im looking for a very light to light racket that I can generate good racket head speed and allows me to snap my wrist on serve without killing it, while at the same time giving me control and feel with ground strokes. I generally play a serve volley style.

Has anyone got any feedback on the Dunlop Aerogel 4D 300 Lite?

Thanks

 

[MikeHitsHard93]

I liked the Wilson surge blx and it's a pretty light racket. Its basically a light, even balanced pro open.

 

[HughJars]

Thanks, Ill check it out.

Ive just checked out the Wilson BLX Tour Lite - any advice on this at all?

 

[LeeD]

Dunlop 500 series, non tour.
Basically, a 69 stiffness stick, 10 oz, SW of 310, 100 sq in, and you can weight it up to whatever you like and whatever balance you like.

 

[HughJars]

Thanks. Do you mean the Dunlop Biomimetic 500?

 

[LeeD]

Oh sorry, you already have a 300 lite.
Then add weight to hit, to hit a harder groundstroke. 6" of 1/4 lead, at 3 and at 9, should increase SW up to around 315.
If you want an overall heavier racket, remove grip, add the same 1/4" lead tape, but using about 18", increases overall weight to around 10.7 oz.
I play with a stock 4d300, 10.9 oz, SW of 320, but it's softer in flex than your lite.

 

[HughJars]

Oh sorry, you already have a 300 lite.
Then add weight to hit, to hit a harder groundstroke. 6" of 1/4 lead, at 3 and at 9, should increase SW up to around 315.
If you want an overall heavier racket, remove grip, add the same 1/4" lead tape, but using about 18", increases overall weight to around 10.7 oz.
I play with a stock 4d300, 10.9 oz, SW of 320, but it's softer in flex than your lite.

No, dont have the 300 lite yet. Was just looking for some feedback on it as a good light racket.

What would be better between this and the Dunlop Biomimetic 500 do you think?

 

[LeeD]

Basically, all iterations of 500 are the same. Stiff at 68, light at 10 oz, SW just over 300, head size 100, don't matter if it's Mfil, Aero, 4DAero, Bio, or F/M5.
Add a T to the end, you get another oz, a bit more SW (varies by year), and a touch more stiffness.
300 Lite is a thin beamed, rather stiff racket.
500 is a much wider/thicker beam, starts out heavier than 300 Lite, and might possibly be stronger for really big mi*******s.
I have 3 500's I used for 2 years.
Currently using a couple of 4D300's. \
Rallying, 500 hits harder.
Match play, they hit about the same.

 

[Ross K]

I bought a Head Extreme Pro 2.0 a few months ago, and experienced significant shoulder and wrist pain (I broke my wrist a couple of years ago snowboarding). The racket felt great on groundstrokes, but I struggled with backhand slices (I think my relatively weak wrist contributed to this) and getting to quick volleys. Serving gave me a lot of pain too after playing for a couple of days. My form for my serve isnt the problem my coach has advised, its most likely because the swing weight and weighting of the racket. It just naturally feels too heavy, particularly in the head.

I put it away and went back to my old but light Dunlop 285 gram M-Fil beginners racket. Generating a lot of racket head speed on serve. But this is well and truly becoming unusable for ground strokes and generating any decent power.

So, Im looking for a very light to light racket that I can generate good racket head speed and allows me to snap my wrist on serve without killing it, while at the same time giving me control and feel with ground strokes. I generally play a serve volley style.

Has anyone got any feedback on the Dunlop Aerogel 4D 300 Lite?

Thanks

Might want to check out the TFight range which includes lots of lighter options (255, 280, 295, 305, etc). Was actually very surprised and impressed indeed by the 280.

 

[SmilinBob]

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[un6a]

Might want to check out the TFight range which includes lots of lighter options (255, 280, 295, 305, etc). Was actually very surprised and impressed indeed by the 280.

Agree, i have TFight 295 and it's solid racquet for relatively low static weight. Easy to swing but more stable than some heavier sticks.

 

[tmc5005]

Why would you want a light racquet, they are bad for your arm. You could look for a heavier racquet with a lower swingweight.

 

[Attila_the_gorilla]

Why would you want a light racquet, they are bad for your arm. You could look for a heavier racquet with a lower swingweight.

+1

I've just ordered a Babolat Pure Sorm Ltd GT, which is unlike most Babolat offerings. Very low stiffness, very headlight and low swingweight, but still has enough static weight to protect your arm from vibrations. If you can test it out, you should. And if the static weight is not too high for you, it's very customizable, being so headlight in stock form.

http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Babolat_Pure_Storm_Ltd_GT/descpageRCBAB-BPSL.html

 

[stingstang]

I have an aerogel 500 in the bag as a "spare spare". Its ok and perfectly useable against good players (my regular is a Prestige MP).

 

[LeeD]

OK, get the 300 Lite, hit with it against the full range of player's you usually play against, then decide if you need to add lead in the hoop or/and handle.

 

[Chotobaka]

Agree, i have TFight 295 and it's solid racquet for relatively low static weight. Easy to swing but more stable than some heavier sticks.

That's a very good racquet and made it to my short list for 295's. The three others that stood out are Fischer's X-Force, the Volkl Organix 10 295 and the Pro Kennex Ki Q5 295. In stock form, I felt the X10 295 was less solid than the others, but still a very sweet stick. The Q5 295 was a bit more powerful than the others. The TF 295 TP had the crispest feel for me but was still comfortable. OP, demo them all and you'll have a blast.