Ideal Balance Point?

What balance point do you find best? (strung bps, CM and approximate pts)

  • 30-30.4cm (13-14pt HL)

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • 30.5-31cm (11-12pt HL)

    Votes: 2 2.8%
  • 31.1-31.5cm (9-10pt HL)

    Votes: 10 13.9%
  • 31.6-32cm (7-8pt HL)

    Votes: 32 44.4%
  • 32.1-32.5cm (5-6pt HL)

    Votes: 29 40.3%
  • 32.6-33cm (3-4pt HL)

    Votes: 8 11.1%
  • 33.1-33.5cm (2-2.5pt HL)

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • 33.6-34cm (1-1.5pt HL)

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • 34.1-34.5 (0pt HL/HH)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • >34.5 (HH)

    Votes: 2 2.8%

  • Total voters
    72

Grafil Injection

Hall of Fame
Similar to the survey on SWs, do you have a preference for balance points? I find the BP to be a very useful spec for most of my racquets, to the extent that 31-34cm marks are now inscribed on my dining room table! Most of my sticks feel best around 31.5-32.0cm (7-9pt HL) strung, whether they are 330g or 370g.
 

Grafil Injection

Hall of Fame
Results clearly indicating a preference for 6-9pt HL, so not many Blade / Radical MP players voting, or do they modify the balances?
 

Shroud

Talk Tennis Guru
weird. I customize as much as anyone and I never even think about balance point. decades ago sure but in the last 10 years? Nah. Have a balance board somewhere even but its pretty much useless.
 

heavyD

Professional
Balance matters but I've been more focused on swing weight which is a product of static weight and balance.
 

Shroud

Talk Tennis Guru
Balance matters but I've been more focused on swing weight which is a product of static weight and balance.
same here. I recently matched swingweights and the static weight was different on each racquet so I am betting the balance was too. What is 5grams amongst friends?
 

Donmikan

Rookie
weird. I customize as much as anyone and I never even think about balance point. decades ago sure but in the last 10 years? Nah. Have a balance board somewhere even but its pretty much useless.
Im like this too. Before i was concerned with balance because it affects mgri and recoil weight. Found out that tuning these parameters doesnt have any positive impact, so i stopped caring about balance. Now its pretty much get the desired swingweight and twisteight while keeping the weight as low as possible.
 

Shroud

Talk Tennis Guru
Im like this too. Before i was concerned with balance because it affects mgri and recoil weight. Found out that tuning these parameters doesnt have any positive impact, so i stopped caring about balance. Now its pretty much get the desired swingweight and twisteight while keeping the weight as low as possible.
You are better than I am. Basically I just tune the swing weight and thats it! Not sure how to even measure twistweight! Put alot at 10 and 2 so I am betting its pretty decent.
 

Donmikan

Rookie
You are better than I am. Basically I just tune the swing weight and thats it! Not sure how to even measure twistweight! Put alot at 10 and 2 so I am betting its pretty decent.
By desired twistweight i mean the most i can add, so we do literally the same thing, 10 and 2 for life!
 
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