How to really customize / lead up a racquet?

[AbsolutTennis]

Hello guys! I need help to increase the weight and swingweight of my racquets by a couple of grams.

I know that if you add lead to the 12 o’clock position you will increase the swingweight and pretty much maintain the static weight the same. I also know that added weight at 3 and 9 will increase the racquets’ stability.

However, I’ve been noticing that some pro stock racquets come with MORE LEAD TAPE ADDED on some parts of the head than other parts. For example, 3 layers of lead at the 10 or 2 o’clock position and less lead tape at its counterpart position. i.e. the leads are NOT EVENLY PLACED.

I also own 5 Boris Becker 11 SE, perfectly matched and customized by the company, and recently changed the grommets in a couple of them. To my surprise, I noticed exactly the same thing on my racquets.

I checked on the P1 website, where they have pics of Federer’s racquets without the grommets on, and it happens the same thing there... Two or three layers of lead in one position (10 o’clock), and nothing on the “other half” of the racquet (2 o’clock).

How do I know EXACTLY where to place the lead?

Thanks a lot for your time and attention!

 

[ben123]

I checked on the P1 website, where they have pics of Federer’s racquets without the grommets on, and it happens the same thing there... Two or three layers of lead in one position (10 o’clock), and nothing on the “other half” of the racquet (2 o’clock).

what ? federer has no lead at 10 or 2 but at 12.

placing lead only at one half of the racquet for example 9 but not at 3 is pretty rare. i dont rly know why people do it. i read somewhere that these people only play with one side of the racquet.

basicly people who add lead at 9/10/11 will also add lead at 3/2/1

 

[AbsolutTennis]

what ? federer has no lead at 10 or 2 but at 12.

placing lead only at one half of the racquet for example 9 but not at 3 is pretty rare. i dont rly know why people do it. i read somewhere that these people only play with one side of the racquet.

basicly people who add lead at 9/10/11 will also add lead at 3/2/1

Thanks Ben123!

If you check the pics on the P1 website, you'll see that the lead is indeed placed in an asymmetrical way. Very weird. The Becker 11 SE that I own, which are supposed to be customized and matched by a leading German company, also have them placed in an asymmetrical way.

I’ll try to place the racquets on a balance board or similar, on their longitudinal position, to see if they tend to one side…

The only way it makes sense to me is if you add lead tape starting from the middle (12 o’clock) and move away from the center…

 

[Povl Carstensen]

The pics of Federers racket on P1's site do not show asymmetrical lead, and no 2 or 3 layers either.

 

[Povl Carstensen]

Ron Yu of P1 has just set the record straight here:
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=401415