Broken Raquet: How to Tell

[Chopin]

Hi all,

Is there any way to determine if a racquet is cracked when there is no visible damage?

I was serving with my Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex and it slipped out of my hand and smashed onto the court several feet in front of me. The butt cap flew off (I put it back on) and I've been playing with it for a couple weeks.

At first I thought there was little more vibration towards the top of the raquet/it was playing softer but after getting it restrung--I'm not sure.

Any thoughts? Has anyone ever had their racquet's butt cap fly off and the racquet still be fine?

Thanks,
Chopin

 

[Return_Ace]

I swear i've seen this thread before somewhere...

 

[AznRamenDude]

I swear i've seen this thread before somewhere...

agreed....

but that must be one hell of an impact to knock out the butt cap

 

[Return_Ace]

agreed....

but that must be one hell of an impact to knock out the butt cap

I swear it was worded exactly the same way ¬.¬

Also yeah... butt caps are normally stapled on :? (they are in my head/yonex rackets anyways).

 

[YULitle]

You may have just jarred a graphite shaving loose and that's what you hear rattling in the head.

Or, you broke it.

 

[Zhou]

I swear it was worded exactly the same way ¬.¬

Also yeah... butt caps are normally stapled on :? (they are in my head/yonex rackets anyways).

I believe he means the trap door on the butt cap.