Faker
Semi-Pro
I've been using the blade 18x20 for a year and a half now and it has served me well. About a year ago I switched from bent arm to straight arm forehand and started hitting with a lot more spin even with a 18x20. In preparation for switching to the pure aero tour, I decided to pull my 2010 aeropro back out and try it after not playing with it for 2 years. Played a match with it and had 3 hitting sessions. It sucked....a lot. I was less consistent than with my blade 18x20 and I had less spin and power. Using playsight, my first serve for the aeropro was only in the high 80s to low 90s mph range whereas with the blade 18x20 my first serve is in the high 90s to low 100s mph. Not just that, but I usually get around 60-70% first serve in with my blade with good placement but with my aeropro it was about 30% and placement was horrible. Obviously signs point to sticking with my blade 18x20(which I will do) but why is this happening? Theoretically the aeropro should give more spin and power and less consistency but for me it sucked in every department compared to the blade.
I've heard that overall the new blade 18x20 is an improvement over the previous in almost every way. How so?
I want to try to blade 16x19 too. I demoed the previous version briefly before and the control factor of the 18x20 without sacrificing too much power and spin led me to take that racquet, but with a more topspinny forehand now, I think the blade 16x19 might benefit me more. The problem is, I can't really demo this version of the blade 16x19 since TW doesn't have one with poly for demo.
I've heard that overall the new blade 18x20 is an improvement over the previous in almost every way. How so?
I want to try to blade 16x19 too. I demoed the previous version briefly before and the control factor of the 18x20 without sacrificing too much power and spin led me to take that racquet, but with a more topspinny forehand now, I think the blade 16x19 might benefit me more. The problem is, I can't really demo this version of the blade 16x19 since TW doesn't have one with poly for demo.