Frame stiffness rating?

[Mr. Blond]

Ok, I searched to see if I could find the definative answer, but how exaclty does stiffness rating work? Looking at specs on various racquets, the stiffness can be confusing. A flexpoint prestige has the same stiffness rating as the flexpoint 10, how is that? I was under the impression that a players racquet like the prestige was flexy, but both mentioned have a rating of 65. Am I not understanding the stiffness issue?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Midlife crisis]

The handle is constrained and the racquet is pulled down at the tip. The stiffness is determined by how much the end bends downward at the reference force.

 

[tedmeister]

Looking at specs on various racquets, the stiffness can be confusing. A flexpoint prestige has the same stiffness rating as the flexpoint 10, how is that? I was under the impression that a players racquet like the prestige was flexy, but both mentioned have a rating of 65. Am I not understanding the stiffness issue?

Either the technician taking the readings is having a bad day or it probably is a typo. The Flexpoint 10 is easily 2 or 3 units more stiff than any flexpoint prestige. Sometimes a frame that has a stiff hoop will have spot that gives a lot more compared to the rest of the frame such as the Wilson Triads and that will give out a misleading low/flexy reading. Your arm will be the best judge of how much flex these racquets really have. I have hit a number of racquets with a listed flex of about 66 and they vary from being really boardy to cushy soft.

Maybe there is really a lot of flex happening at those flexpoint holes in the Flexpoint 10