Has anyone ever hit a ball with a touring pros racquet?

[cha cha]

Would you agree that if one wanted to be the best they could be, then they would look for the best tools?

Why not.
It is just that the racket is generally quite low on the list of what is holding back the greatness in the people around me. : - )

 

[zus_greg]

I see. LOL

 

[BGod]

That’s probably true, but I do know of one guy that was at his highest in the 500s that used custom rackets. I think the lower guys need money so it’s hard for them to pay for the custom frames. It’s a shame because when you hit with a stock racket you have to adjust your game to the racket. With a custom you can adjust the racket to your game and the other bonus is that the molds stay the same therefore in 3 years from now you’ll still be able to get the racket that they fell in love, and the guys that got stock rackets will be trying to find the discontinued models or need to search for a new racket and get comfortable with that frame. Sometimes that can take months and years and by that time their chance of making it to the top 100 evaporated cause it’s competitive out there.

The racquet hording is nothing new just like hockey sticks. Costs can be managed or decreased depending on a lot of factors and typically when certain models are going out of style they go on deep discounts. RF97 racquets I'm 2016 could be had at 2 for 1 pricing (and when one was priced at $200cdn) at tournament shops. My local business in like 2014 was offering the PS90s for $90 each, granted he only had 3 left.

Those are joe shloe bargains. A touring pro can easily get something like a 12 for 4 or 20 for 6 deals on aging models. And like how many racquets does one really need if they have grommet replacements?

I'd say on average a mid level pro (200-500) is only going to shred through maybe 8-10 sticks in a year and that's on the higher end. So okay I guess 50 racquets or so for a 6 year run? I mean if buddy is struggling financially for 6 years on tour there are other issues not his model being out of stock.