jmacdaununder2
Legend
Spend some time playing with heavy/old balls on clay in a country with relatively mild enough winters to be outdoors & see what happens to your sw preferences.
Carlos Alcaraz is using a stock Pure aero vs
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I had wrist injury before, and after that I raised my SW from 320 to 330. The added weight really handles the pace and heaviness from my opponents' shots. For me when I play local tournaments against those 5.0+ players, it was really hard to handle their serves and forehands if I uses light rackets with low 320 SW (especially college players and I'm not even talking about D1 Varsities). So I really doubt that any pro can use any rackets with SW under 330 on the tour...
TysonMcMuffin
New User
Saw this interview with who I assume is @uk_skippy . At 7:15 he implies that carlos’ racquet setup is one that “probably wouldn’t work for you”. This likely means he isn’t using the rumoured ~325 sw.Video
HitMoreBHs
Professional
Of course it wouldn’t work for us. All TTWers worth their salt aren’t able to play with swingweights under 340. Too unstable, not enough plow, not manly enough etc.
Sander001
Hall of Fame
Not if you really wanted to find out. Nadal's specs have been posted here going back 16 years ago
pico
Hall of Fame
What was the cross?
Not dgoran, obviously. I did luxilon gut 1.25 and 1.25 alu round. Should have been 52/50, but had a couple beers and ended up 52/52 unintentionally, lol.
That said, WOW. Monstrous spin and power. Balls land in even with gut at 52. I’m liking my accident and almost don’t want to see what 52/50 feels like given I liked it so much. I thought gut/poly would be a waste but did it anyway as that is what I normally use in most frames.
I’m four hours into both the frame and strings. This frame is nuts. You need to be able to swing fast, semi north/south is all you need in my opinion to get the full effect. Never really liked Babo except for the OG APD but good lord…I liked my first 4 hours a lot.
I completely see how “the kid” is hitting 100mph forehands. The frame has it, you need to give it the juice.
pico
Hall of Fame
I hear you. I have mine strung with BHS7T 1.30mm on mains at 56 and Signum Hextreme 1.30mm on cross at 53. The crush factor is addictive. I ordered Babolat natural gut 1.30mm and was wondering what to cross it with. I might use my go to Signum Hextreme.
Bender
G.O.A.T.
I’m convinced half the pro player gear heads are flat earthers.
Show me they’re not, with video evidence and an RDC machine and I’ll claim AI generated videos, ilerminaty-tampered RDC / counterfeit Alcaraz frame, or all of them at the same time. Why? Because my mind doesn’t believe it. Everyone else is duped including people who have had access to his alleged frames, but not me.
dgoran
Hall of Fame
Sorry don’t remember what it was either Alu or rpm maybe
Don't remember the details, but I remember a story about Sampras and the "W" stencil on his strings, he asked Nate Fergunson to do the stencil with one layer of paint only, of course the "W" faded very fast so Wilson asked him to do do it with two layers, thinking Sampras didn't notice but oddly (or not...) he did.
He returned all racquets with a warning - I'm the one who pays you, don't do it again, or you're out.
How sensitive a player has to be to notice the difference, that thing is painted with a marker, the ink must weight next to nothing
He returned all racquets with a warning - I'm the one who pays you, don't do it again, or you're out.
How sensitive a player has to be to notice the difference, that thing is painted with a marker, the ink must weight next to nothing
mtommer
Hall of Fame
I wouldn't assume it was a weight issue. That said, many athletes are superstitious...
That could be the case if knew previously Nate did it with two layers.
But no. Somehow he just felt it, and that's what amazes me
nohandedbackhand
Semi-Pro
When he finally comes to his senses and switches to the prestige classic 2.0 Babolat’s pro team is gonna have to get creative and paint that thing black and yellow
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