How to reduce racket vibration

[ricardo]

According to TW (http://twu.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/vibration_explanation.php)

When you customize a racquet by adding lead tape, you reduce the vibration frequency. More mass is more difficult to accelerate into vibration, and the racquet will therefore feel softer. The degree of vibration reduction will depend on where you add the weight. If you add it to a vibration node (just below the middle of the head or at the top of the hand on the grip) the frequency will change very little, if at all. If you add it near the tip or the middle of the racquet, vibration will decrease more.

Assumptions:
Near the tip means 12 or the butt.
Middle of the racket means at or near the throat
Middle of the head means 3 and 9

Question/s:
In your own personal experience, do you find TW assertions to be true?

Thanks in advance...

 

[TennisCJC]

The best way to reduce racket vibration is to buy a Volkl.

With lead, I really am not sure which location reduces the most vibration but I do agree that adding lead does seem to reduce vibration and give a more solid feel. My preference for lead is 3/9 o'clock with a much smaller bit at noon. Handle weight I like 7" from butt with a much smaller amount near butt just about cap. 3/9 seem to give more plow, stability, and it volleys a lot better than weight at noon for me.

 

[ricardo]

The best way to reduce racket vibration is to buy a Volkl.
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I have a Volkl C10 Pro and it vibrates a lot to the extent that I got rid of it. It was strung with BTonic 15L at 45 lbs..

 

[Muppet]

I have found that multi strings that are laid up with a polyurethane immersion absorb a lot of vibration. Examples of this type of multi are NXT and X-one Biphase.

 

[Yourtenniscoach]

Hit the ball on the sweetspot of the string bed. This helps get rid of excess vibration.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

^ Ya beat me to it. :twisted:

I have a Volkl C10 Pro and it vibrates a lot to the extent that I got rid of it. It was strung with BTonic 15L at 45 lbs..

Lemon? Perhaps you had a fake or a defective Volkl. I've never used a C10 but I've noticed that quite a lot of users have recommended it as an arm-friendly stick. A couple of ppl have mentioned that they preferred the old C10 to the C10 Pro tho.

My experience with the V1 Classic has been very positive. Most comfortable that I have ever used. Some of new Organix have garnered some positive feedback according to some ppl.

 

[Power Player]

Hit the ball on the sweetspot of the string bed. This helps get rid of excess vibration.

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