Help Choosing New Racket - 4.5 player

[josephhkim]

Hey guys,

I'm a high school varsity tennis player at about 4.5 and i've been playing with the same racket for about four to five years now, the N95 16 x 18.

I really like the racket, but some things have triggered me to consider rackets.

First, i tried playing with a kblade tour with lead tape on the 10 and 2 o clock positions and absolutely LOVED it. It just felt so solid on the ground strokes. But i felt like i could serve better with my n95.

Also my rackets have taken a severe beating over the years and im not sure if they're performing as well as they should be.

I hit a rather topspiny forehand and a flatter two-handed backhand. I play doubles for my team, so my serve and volleys are pretty important, but so are the groundstrokes.

I think i like lower-powered rackets better. I usually play with topspin cyber flash at 56 lbs on my current racket. Im pretty sure the kblade i tried had kevlar strings, but it still felt really solid.

I welcome any and all suggestions and i am definately going to demo a ton.

I've already ordered demos for the k90, kblade tour, and the kps88 (this one was just for fun mostly).

Thanks for any help you can offer!

 

[mawashi]

Other player frames worth considering are:

Yonex RDS 002 Tour
Head MGMid
Head MGMP
Head MGPro

mawashi

 

[furyoku_tennis]

Check out the Donnay Pro One International and Fischer M Pro number 1

 

[josephhkim]

Another thing worth mentioning is that i used to play with the LM radical, and i didn't like it much.

For some reason, i felt like i really didn't have much control over the ball and my strokes seemed inconsistent with that racket.

I liked the prestige a little better, but the power level is REALLY low on that racket, at least for me.

In general, i don't really like head rackets.

 

[mawashi]

Well, that narrows things down a bit. If you feel that the power level is too low for prestiges, then the Yonex RDS002T, RDS001MP (which has a power rating of 74) n Babolat PST might be worth checking out too.

mawashi