Any of these Racquets Hard on the Arm?

[TripleB]

Just finished up a week of demoing 4 racquets (KBlade 98, 4D 300 Tour, RDiS 200 Lite, Babolat Pure Storm). Of the four the KBlade 98 came out on top because of it's excellent control, solid feel, good maneuvarability, very good topspin for 18 mains, balanced power, and the confidence it gave me on my second serves.

About 3 weeks ago I used my TT Warrior Midplus for a couple sets and the next morning my arm ached terribly (never had arm problems before). After using the above demos for 5 days straight my arm is really hurting. I'm not sure if the pain is from the excessive amount of tennis or from the 67 flex of the KBlade 98.

There are several other racquets I want to try out so I plan on ordering three more as well as the KBlade 98 again so I can compare it to the others (and to see if the KBlade 98 is causing some arm pain - for now I plan on taking some time off from playing).

I am wanting to know if anyone has experienced any arm problems with any of the following racquets:
- Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex
- Dunlop 4D 300
- Tecnifibre TFight 295
- Wilson BLX Pro Tour
- Babolat Pure Storm Limited
- Babolat Pure Storm Tour GT
- Head YouTek Prestige Pro
- Pacific XForce Pro
- Tecnifibre TFight 320
- Yonex RDiS 100 Midplus
- Yonex RDiS 200 Midplus
- Wilson BLX Six-One 16x18

I know that's a lot of racquets and a huge range of weights. Most however have some things I'm looking for in a racquet: open string pattern (for spin), 95-100 sq in head, thin beam, 315-325 swingweight and 4 to 8 points headlight (for maneuverability in doubles).

To me swingweight is more important than the overall weight. As long as it has a solid feel, excellent control, maneuverability, and good access to spin, I'll give it a shot.

I've been playing tennis for 38 years now and have never had to worry about an arm friendly racquet...can't believe I'm having to do so now. :-?

TripleB

 

[Fed Kennedy]

Whats your string setup?

 

[TripleB]

Whats your string setup?

Typically I use poly mains (Tornado, Lux BB ALU, etc) with synthetic crosses (Yonex Tour Super 850, Gosen OG Sheep Micro Super, etc).

However the KBlade 98 had full NXT which worked well...just probably at a lower tension.

TripleB

 

[Irvin]

It could be overuse or one or more of the rackets. If you keep on subjecting your arm to overuse or one or more 'arm bandits' you may never be able to figure it out or get your arm back. Could be the strings in one or more of the rackets.

It would be nice if you could string the rackets you want to demo with a string that you know you like so you could compare rackets and not racket and string combinations. You know the old apples and oranges theory.

Relax and enjoy the game.

Irvin

 

[roundiesee]

Benjamin, weren't you using a POG OS some time ago? Wouldn't you say that was arm-friendly?

 

[lostmyforehand]

You could always try leading up your current preferred stick (if its giving you arm problems). A little well-thought out lead on a frame can really help with plow-through and lessen the vibrations that lead to arm problems.