Any way to make a racquet headlight without..

[Final_Match_Point]

Is there any way to make racquet headlight I.E. counterweight it without moving the sweetspot down?

 

[Duzza]

I don't think I understand. Couldn't you make your racquet more Headlight by adding weight below the balance point only, thus not affecting the stringbed/sweetspot at all?

 

[madmanfool]

Is there any way to make racquet headlight I.E. counterweight it without moving the sweetspot down?

i thought it was like this: if you add weight to the hoop the racquet the sweetspot will move towards that direction. So weight at 12 will move it up, at 6 will move it down. But weight to the handle, which is off the course the best way to make it more headlight, will not move the sweetspot.

 

[Final_Match_Point]

Really? Ive tried adding weight under the buttcap and it seems to have shifted the sweetspot down. Maybe its just me

 

[fuzz nation]

The sweetspot might feel different because when you change the balance of the racquet, it swings through the hitting zone differently and you can catch the ball on a slightly different part of the stringbed more often. I'm most aware of this difference when I serve - a less headlight frame demands that I make contact further out in front of me to get the ball down on the court.

 

[madmanfool]

yup, you probably felt the shift in balance, not the shift of the sweetspot

 

[pennc94]

Believe it or not, adding mass to the butt cap alone will raise the COP. I would post the formulas, but you need to be a USRSA member.

 

[LanEvo]

i added weight to the buttcap of my racquet and its heavier it still has the same sweetspot, u just have to play with it for a few hours to adjust to the new weight and balance of it