My friend here wants help with rackets. He'll give you his profile, stats, etc. Please help, and no flaming, please?
Hi there!
Me: 14-year old, 5ft-7, thin and decently strong, could be stronger. I run XC and Track (no tennis team here in the middle school
)
Playing style: Topspin SW forehand, two-handed backhand. Aggressive all-court player who likes to go for his shots (yes, he is talking in third person now ) Strong but somewhat inconsistent flat first serve, flat-but-learning-kick second serve.
Current Racket & Problems: Wilson nCode nSix-One Tour 90. Couple of problems. The absolute lack of power. The weight gives me some trouble. I really want to hit a decent Western FH, something I know would really help my game and give my opponents TONS of trouble. When I got this racket, I was playing a flat-flat-flat drive-the-ball-and-make-it-kiss-the-net type of game. The ball would go nice and deep into the court, but it would decrease in velocity so much, and with the lack of any troubling spin, my opponent would just rip a topspin forehand back that would kill my then-Eastern forehand. Now, I'm changing to a heavy topspin game, lots of angles, and a lot of power. The nSix-One tour 90, is obviously a small-headed, heavy racket, which isn't suited towards that type of game.
So the redundant question that's apparently asked billions of times on this board but I doubt a single answer could answer the single question over and over.
What should I switch to?
(this is pr0digy again)
Guys, I know what a lot of you are wanting to say. "change yourself, the racket won't make much of a difference." Please, I've got a perfectly good reason to say that that's not a valid reason, but I will not say, for fear of biased opinions. The weight of the nSix-One is giving my friend trouble. His swing speed is slower, as a result. Serves are weaker than they should be. His shots land barely past the service line. Don't tell him to get stronger, he's 14.
Hi there!
Me: 14-year old, 5ft-7, thin and decently strong, could be stronger. I run XC and Track (no tennis team here in the middle school
) Playing style: Topspin SW forehand, two-handed backhand. Aggressive all-court player who likes to go for his shots (yes, he is talking in third person now
) Strong but somewhat inconsistent flat first serve, flat-but-learning-kick second serve.Current Racket & Problems: Wilson nCode nSix-One Tour 90. Couple of problems. The absolute lack of power. The weight gives me some trouble. I really want to hit a decent Western FH, something I know would really help my game and give my opponents TONS of trouble. When I got this racket, I was playing a flat-flat-flat drive-the-ball-and-make-it-kiss-the-net type of game. The ball would go nice and deep into the court, but it would decrease in velocity so much, and with the lack of any troubling spin, my opponent would just rip a topspin forehand back that would kill my then-Eastern forehand. Now, I'm changing to a heavy topspin game, lots of angles, and a lot of power. The nSix-One tour 90, is obviously a small-headed, heavy racket, which isn't suited towards that type of game.
So the redundant question that's apparently asked billions of times on this board but I doubt a single answer could answer the single question over and over.
What should I switch to?
(this is pr0digy again)
Guys, I know what a lot of you are wanting to say. "change yourself, the racket won't make much of a difference." Please, I've got a perfectly good reason to say that that's not a valid reason, but I will not say, for fear of biased opinions. The weight of the nSix-One is giving my friend trouble. His swing speed is slower, as a result. Serves are weaker than they should be. His shots land barely past the service line. Don't tell him to get stronger, he's 14.
