Help me wity my O3 Tour....

[Rafa Nadal]

Hey,
last week ive testet the O3 Tour and loved it, so ive ordered one. Today i have played the first time with my own O3, so the original string from Prince was on it.
So im real, it was terrible. Cant hit my forehand full, because than the ball was on the moon. si i have a few questions:

1. can it be, that the original string which comes on the o3 tour, is very horrible?

2. i would like to add some lead, because the racquet is very unstable on groundies, and ma forehands are flying to the moon.
so do you have some advices where and how much lead i should test?

3. please post pictures of corais O3 qith close ups to the lead.

Thanks!!!

 

[fx007]

string O3 Tour at 59 ..... this help

 

[qwerty66]

i think it's the strings
unless those strings are prince syn.
but i think your just not use to it yet....
give it couple weeks.....
try different set ups

 

[Jonnyf]

eh i ended up with 24grams on it in lead +leather, 12 at 3 and 12 at 9 o'clock

 

[ismashall]

Might as well use dental floss to string an O3 tour.... can't make it play any worse.

 

[tonysk83]

String 2-5 lbs heavier then you normally do. Also, put better strings on it.

 

[ismashall]

two words... dental floss.

 

[10sstringman]

two words... dental floss.

two words... get talented.

 

[Final_Match_Point]

Lol why so much 03 tour bashing. I wanna demo it in a month or 2

 

[Duzza]

because a lot of players dislike it because of its lack of feel. They say it is like a block when you hit with it. I didn't find this. I found it really good at the time with lots of spin potential. Don't just listen to posters on this forum

 

[Rafa Nadal]

@Final_Match_point
The O3 Tour is a damnd good racquet, my holy grail, but only with high tension and lead tape, ot works for me...
Has anyone some Coria racquet close ups`?

 

[foetz]

me too. i love my o3t. with some lead it's what i'd call the player's racquet of the 21st century

 

[jackson vile]

Hey,
last week ive testet the O3 Tour and loved it, so ive ordered one. Today i have played the first time with my own O3, so the original string from Prince was on it.
So im real, it was terrible. Cant hit my forehand full, because than the ball was on the moon. si i have a few questions:

1. can it be, that the original string which comes on the o3 tour, is very horrible?

2. i would like to add some lead, because the racquet is very unstable on groundies, and ma forehands are flying to the moon.
so do you have some advices where and how much lead i should test?

3. please post pictures of corais O3 qith close ups to the lead.

Thanks!!!

We don't even know the tension you are at, I would string the crosses 5-10lbs higher.

You can add lead to the tip and right above where you will be griping the racket. If you put too much lead at the tip it will make it too slow and too powerful.

 

[BabolatFan]

So what happened with aeropro dr? When you say ur hitting homeruns with your o3 now, are u hitting 'em over the fence or a few feet past baseline? You can't hit it full? R u saying your follow thru and pronation are not complete and fluid? It's hard to say without seeing how you play. Maybe your tension is too low for your style and rac specs? If you feel your rac head is wobbly at contact, maybe you apply lead tape to 3 o clock and 9 o clock. Go from there. Good luck...

 

[Rafa Nadal]

Yes the Tension is very low, because its the string that comes from prince on the O3 Tour, and my coach says this string is garbage
Ok i will add some lead at 3 and 9 o´clock i think i will add 20grams or so.

 

[Rafa Nadal]

Soo, i add 8grams of Lead at 12 o´clock, tomorrow i will play, hopefully it helps.

 

[ace of spades]

my friend put on leather and added about 1/2 oz in the throat and about 9 grams at 3&9. this seems like about a full ounce and a half of added weight. It worked pretty good for him though.

 

[Return_Ace]

agree that it's a good racket, but i also agree that the racket has about as much "feel" as swinging with expandable foam in between the strings :///