ByeByePoly
G.O.A.T.
Dude is a warrior!!!
@Injured Again makes me look like the incredible wuss I am ... don't appreciate it.
Dude is a warrior!!!
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I guess I might have to hit the gym soon.....
Velocity is not meant to be strung really high. I use it and it is indeed better for my arm than any synthetic gut I have played. I did not get along great with that head spiraltek or whatever it is either. It actually aggravated my arm. Velocity in low 50s in Tt100p or mid fifties in my c10 Pro
Haven't tried Isospeed Professional Classic yet. I'm not a string breaker, so I don't restring that often, but I do have a couple of racquets that need stringing, so I could order some and have it strung up. When I compare it to Spiraltek the tension loss is a lot more, so I would probably string it higher than Spiraltek. Spiraltek also has a much better spin potential rating than the Isospeed string. How would you rate spin for the Isospeed string?Interesting, I will look into that string right away - Thanks.
Did you ever try isospeed professional classic
At TWU database isospeed has the following date
Reftension / Stiffness
40 lb - 133.2
51 lb - 133.7
62 lb - 133.7
Quite a unique string in that department, only Natural Gut have the same properties.
You can string isospeed at high tension for control while it still plays soft.
I have a set of Multifeel. May string it up in my Tec DC 315 LTD 18x20 and see how it plays. Any recommendation on tension?If you hit hard with spin and want a multi for comfort, Tecnifibre Multifeel is the best I’ve found. Durability isn’t great (was ~6h with 16x19, now ~9h with 18x20), but you can’t have everything. At least for me, the crosses wear instead of the mains, so the mains are able to snap back until it breaks. Never need to straighten the strings.
damn... you are very much injury prone my fellow poster!I've had major reconstructive surgeries on both shoulders, my right wrist, and my right ankle. I went through a period where I tore my hamstrings, to the point where I would develop a grapefuit or larger sized bruise, seven or eight times in about a year period. And I've called my wife at least four or five times either on my way to, or from, the emergency room. I think the name fits!
Holy crap ... you are stupid. I have no idea how you get past the hamstrings ... I no longer trust mine and just tore each once.
"I think if I had your past level of skill and tournament experience, I wouldn't be taking this so badly."
Two sides of that ... good memories and satisfaction of a lot of work and losses eventually rewarded. BUT ... having to laugh now on the court at the drop in level. Four of my friends ... all very successful 4.5, 5.0 and age group were playing doubles and one blurts out "what game are we playing, certainly isn't tennis". The strokes hold up, but not the legs and the serves.
I ran into another tennis friend yesterday I hadn't seen for a couple of years ... he is probably 65 now. I knew he quit tennis several years ago, mainly to avoid knee surgery, but turns out he tore both hamstrings and one calf. That is exactly my count. Most of my past USTA teammates dropped tennis between 55-60 ... knees, backs, one wrist. Post 50 tennis is tough. Ironically I played and moved my best in years at age 55 ... but at some point the legs start having injuries (or you just don't move much on the court).
OK ... this thread did not cheer me up.
I have been a multi / SG / Gut player for the last 10 years after a TE from poly, and I have been playing most of the multis out there. I am now going back to poly as my game (aggressive baseliner) really benefits from a FB poly. I will also soon experiment with Gut / Poly
@Injured Again you got me interested in Tourna Silver 7 Tour, and I really like this string (I string it low). Perhaps you have a suggestion for a softer poly that can be used as a cross to S7T. I am looking and trying out different strings to find the softest poly that my arm can handle. Have you tried Grapplesnake Irukandji as a cross. I have tried ZX as a cross, but don't like the feeling.
Back to Multi - the problem with most multis are string movement, and strings get stuck out of place and I hate that. So for me the perfect multi is soft, low powered, control oriented, and strings stay in place. Very few multis fits that bill as they all move around like crazy after an hour of play. The two best multis IMO that fits my liking are Isospeed Professional Classic and Head RIP Control (made by isospeed).
Isospeed can be strung at higher tension without getting stiff, just like NG, this is the reason ISO works so well as a cross string for Gut - this is my ultimate softest setup. If you ever want to try it out let me know and I can help with tension.
SG are even worse in the string moving department, and a SG can be quite stiff when strung medium to high.
I agree with @ByeByePoly you are a tough guy with all these injuries - keep up that spirit.
I went through a TE injury last year. My solution was to go to a Tecnifibre TFight DC 315 LTD with synthetic gut, then a really soft multi (LaserFibre Laser 1200). The racquet is foam-filled, and with the softer strings really absorbed the vibrations. I didn't feel any pain during play, only after playing. Along with some exercises to work on my TE, it slowly went away while I played 2-3 times/week, about 2 hours per session.
This is just my experience of working through an injury. You may want to consider changing your racquet to something friendlier to your wrist. I still use my Tec 315 some of the time, but usually play with one of my Volkl racquets, which are not quite as easy on the arm, but still not harsh.
@ByeByePoly and @Injured Again I am about the same age as you guys. Loosing 15 kg made wonders for my knees and legs (and my tennis). I was set up for a knee surgery, but decided to loos weigh and do fitness for my knee - I am now pain free, and no need for surgery anymore. My doctor told me that 1kg on my stomach put a stress on my knee that equals 4kg - so loosing 15kg changed everything.
Cheers, Happi
I bumped into him Sunday night. He was pretty pumped up about his winnner's paycheck.By the way, the winner of the 55's is a pro at the only facility in the area that has Playsight. I believe it's also the home club for @travlerajm when he's not traveling the world.
I played him tonight. He doesn't hit very hard, but he is excellent counterpouncher. I enjoy playing against him because he is very mentally tough and I need to play patiently with long points and strong mental focus against him.The guy he would have played drew a 3.5 in the first round and double-bageled him, got a walkover from the injured #3 seed in the second round, played five games and got a retirement in the quarters, and now got a default from the #2 seed in the semis. Made it to the finals playing 17 games over four matches. Double-aaaarrrrggghhhh!!!!
I've gradually been reducing tension and am now at 47/44 in a MG Radical MP.I have a set of Multifeel. May string it up in my Tec DC 315 LTD 18x20 and see how it plays. Any recommendation on tension?
Read that one about 5 years ago. Worth reading for anyone hitting 50 years of age.I have never been a gym guy ... if not at home not happening (at least for long). I am working out now ... watching taped AU.
I fixed it for you...
I was playing a 4.0 league match and at that time I had a pretty wicked kick serve which I got to bounce extra high by jumping up into the motion from a platform stance. This was probably around 2005 or 2006, when I was in my middle 40's. Then on one serve, my hammy tore in my right leg. Defaulted the match and rested it for a few weeks. Went back to playing and about a week in, lunged and landed on that leg while pretty stretched out and popped it again. Rested some more weeks and was doing hamstring curls, and popped it a third time on the weight machine.
Took a month or two off, healed up, and went to sportsmed PT, who said I was imbalanced in the way that I athletically moved, causing extra strain on my right hamstring. Went through the process of retraining the way I moved, which was really helpful, but then not long after I popped my **left** hamstring running after a ball. Healed up from that in a couple of months, and then as it got colder, ended up popping both hamstrings at least once or twice more.
This was about the time I realized that I needed more time in the gym if I wanted to continue playing. I dedicated an hour doing strength and flexibility for every hour to 90 minutes on court. It's something I continue to this day, which is why I think my physical decline has been less than others my age. It has let me catch up to many of them, and just being physically capable has let me continue to work on improving my game.
But the hamstring tears were awful. I even tore my lat once, trying to hit that same kick serve.
Sorry about that!
At our club, most of the older guys are still going strong. I can only think of one 4.5 player that had to quit the game due to a shoulder problem. Most everyone else is still playing, even with joint replacements. I'm the primary organizer of a band of about a dozen brothers age 58 and up who get together to play singles, and we have multiple courts going every weekday morning. Everyone plays hard and though there are some injuries like my wrist, we all heal up and come back for more, and nearly everyone is 4.5 level or higher.
I guess I thought this was pretty typical, but maybe we should all count our lucky stars that we are still able to do what we do.
I have never been a gym guy ... if not at home not happening (at least for long). I am working out now with the tv remote ... watching taped AO.
Don't forget about Wilson Sensation, it's super super comfy, and cheap compared to the NXTs and Xcels of this world. I went from Ultra Cable, Hyper-G, and PTP right to Sensation thinking it was going to be horrible. It wasn't it was a great fun string that you can learn to rip with. Sometimes keeping it simple just works!
When the last of my half-dozen Babolat Overdrive 110 racquets broke and I had to switch, it was a several month ordeal to find a racquet and string combo that I felt I could really mesh with. I'm really amazed by players who can have different racquets in their bag and use them interchangeably. I don't have that kind of skill or ability to compensate, and I just really don't see how anyone can if they are rushed to the point where a swing has to happen instinctively. But because I had such a tough time switching, I think I'd be more inclined to just shut it down fully if the wrist isn't good.
That being said, I strung this racquet up recently and it is incredibly plush and forgiving:
Poly string with proportional tensioning but averaging in the middle 40's. The sweet spot extends from about the third cross string on the top to the third cross string on the bottom, and is very wide near the tip. This is the racquet I could probably most easily play with if I had to switch to something more comfortable. It's almost a vibrationless impact feel with what seems like an incredibly long dwell time, but the ball still ends up going where I think it's going to go.
I'm not sure what that says about me, or about how strangely my SW104 must be set up that I could switch to this racquet.
At some point isospeed cream got pegged as a cross string, which it does reasonably well. But try it as a main and I think you will be pleasantly surprised.I used to play multifeel too. Been a long time. I might have to try that and compare to Velocity. Velocity locks up but still plays pretty well for me and I hit hard and use a good amount of spin. Gives me just as much as Isospeed Cream and I like the sort of rubbery feel. I have always liked that but I know many do not.
The two strings that come to my mind are Head FXP and Head Rip Control. Both offer great control and the feel is unique. You can put some smooth poly in the cross and you will have close to full poly control but with better feel and comfort.I've got a bit of a wrist issue at the moment. It started because I've been trying to add an extra bit of racquet head drop on my forehand takeback so that with the same swingpath, I can get more topspin. The problem has been that I've been late on contact a few times and haven't gotten the racquet back to parallel. Instead, I've mis-hit the ball with my wrist still bent and I've got a compression type injury to the outside (looking at it with my palms facing down). Unfortunately, I've got a tournament coming up and will probably irritate it more even if I lose first round. Afterwards, I'm going to use a soft string for rehab as I continue to work on this technique.
I don't have a lot of experience with the current multifilament offerings. My priority would be similar launch angle, low powered, and comfort, in about that order. I figure if I can get something like that, I can play with it for some good length of time to fully heal. Spin capability isn't that important, and neither is durability. Suggestions for what to use? I've heard good things about NXT and Velocity. Anything else I should consider?
At some point isospeed cream got pegged as a cross string, which it does reasonably well. But try it as a main and I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
I bumped into him Sunday night. He was pretty pumped up about his winnner's paycheck.
That is a racquetball racquet.
Sounds like you've got a TFCC tear. Get a MRI ASAP. Sharp stabbing pain on the ulnar (outer pinky) side of wrist. It started to mess with my timing, footwork and confidence. Doctors kept telling me it was arthritis and telling me I wasn't a spring chicken. I took the internet into my own hands [emoji23] and self diagnosed myself when the pain became unbearable.... Dr. kept taking Xrays and giving cortisone shots. I would rest for a few weeks, feel better, play pain free for an hour tops then the pain would creep back and my game would go straight to hell.
It was impossible to use a poly and not feel it, plus I couldn't swing out. I went to a full bed of NRG2 or NRG2 in mains, with a synthetic or Black Magic in crosses.
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But it is an amazing racquetball racquet! Seriously, the sweet spot is probably a good eight inches in length and very wide at the top where the frame is wide. It is hard to mis-hit with this frame and the poly gives it control.
P.S. I am so sick of hearing: "There went my dampener." Or worse yet, "My strings won't stay straight." In both cases the most appropriate responses are "Who gives a s..." or "That is the least of your problems."
Just because I could I strung up one of my hard hitting hitting buddy's (25 yrs my junior) Yonex VCP 97 310s with Sensation in the mains and Prince Premier Control in the crosses. Normally he likes a poly around 57lbs. So I strung up the mains at 58 crosses at 56. Looks like we have a winner for him. He came back and asked for that again. Why hybrid two multis? PPC seems slicker than Sensation so I thought maybe this multi combo could appeal to him even though he is OCD about "straight" strings. How could these people have ever survived wooden racket era with blue or gold spiral as their only choices?
P.S. I am so sick of hearing: "There went my dampener." Or worse yet, "My strings won't stay straight." In both cases the most appropriate responses are "Who gives a s..." or "That is the least of your problems."
Just because I could I strung up one of my hard hitting hitting buddy's (25 yrs my junior) Yonex VCP 97 310s with Sensation in the mains and Prince Premier Control in the crosses. Normally he likes a poly around 57lbs. So I strung up the mains at 58 crosses at 56. Looks like we have a winner for him. He came back and asked for that again. Why hybrid two multis? PPC seems slicker than Sensation so I thought maybe this multi combo could appeal to him even though he is OCD about "straight" strings. How could these people have ever survived wooden racket era with blue or gold spiral as their only choices?
P.S. I am so sick of hearing: "There went my dampener." Or worse yet, "My strings won't stay straight." In both cases the most appropriate responses are "Who gives a s..." or "That is the least of your problems."
I'm gonna try AK Control 17 next week. At what tensions did you put AK Control? Is it fullbed? Is it a powerful string? Thanks.ak control must be the worst string i have ever played with.... plays good for about 10-20 min then you have a locked string bed with mains stuck out of place...
Triax and TNT react pro
The 3 best multis IMHO that spin and dont get stuck out of place for a few hours of hitting
TNT2 React Pro was awesome for 2 hours or so and then became very very mushy and everything would get stuck out of place.
- Triax
- RPX (like a cheaper Triax almost, cant tell difference head to head)
- Multifeel