tophersuwita
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Yea but the choked up grip feels more natural, while in tennis (maybe due to my tailweighting?) that kind of grip kinda mess my swing sensation hahaBut in badminton you do chocke up on the grip.
Yea but the choked up grip feels more natural, while in tennis (maybe due to my tailweighting?) that kind of grip kinda mess my swing sensation hahaBut in badminton you do chocke up on the grip.
Then I don't really see that changing with the current PD. I would focus on other sticks. One less distraction.1. I have played with previous edition, I felt that it was powerful but too light so I couldn't feel any plow even the ball had depth/spin etc. Same winrate as my Ezone 100 (vs lower if I use harder control racket like Blade Pro/RF97/etc)
All well and good, but if serve is still a glaring-enough negative, then you'll probably scapegoat on that eventually. I would go for the stick that has negligible to zero downsides, from the get-go.2. Yes, but it feels so plush and connected haha.
Judging from your take-aways with the regular '22 and Tour, and your sensitivity to higher swing-weights and/or balance points, I'm not sure the 98+ would be the silver bullet you're hoping for. The main thing I would wait on is to see what the average real-world swing weights look like on the '25's. If they're low enough, it might be worth a try.3. Maybe I can agree to that premise. I need to restrain myself to order the Ezone 98+ though. AC Tennis reviewed it has benefits of 98+100, better than 2022.
Fair enough, but I presume if you found it at least agreeable enough in most other areas, that you tried adding a bit of hoop lead at various places? That would decrease whippy-ness, in the hopeful attempt to help you find a happier medium there. If you didn't try that, it might be something worth revisiting. Or maybe the '25 will give a better middle-ground straight away.4. The EZ98 was too whippy, I once used DR98 too but my wrist hurted even with multifilament. I used EZ Tour but it was a bit sluggish on net.
Could very well be your goldilocks frame.Maybe I will try to go back to 100p with Multifeel black 50/PT Air 46 (my favorite soft poly for cross, any other recommendations? Isospeed Cream is hard to find in my area)
Nice info once again! What is the benefit of Lynx Touch? I once liked to use Lynx Tour full bed and Lynx Tour/Hawk Touch, never tried Lynx TouchThen I don't really see that changing with the current PD. I would focus on other sticks. One less distraction.
All well and good, but if serve is still a glaring-enough negative, then you'll probably scapegoat on that eventually. I would go for the stick that has negligible to zero downsides, from the get-go.
Judging from your take-aways with the regular '22 and Tour, and your sensitivity to higher swing-weights and/or balance points, I'm not sure the 98+ would be the silver bullet you're hoping for. The main thing I would wait on is to see what the average real-world swing weights look like on the '25's. If they're low enough, it might be worth a try.
Fair enough, but I presume if you found it at least agreeable enough in most other areas, that you tried adding a bit of hoop lead at various places? That would decrease whippy-ness, in the hopeful attempt to help you find a happier medium there. If you didn't try that, it might be something worth revisiting. Or maybe the '25 will give a better middle-ground straight away.
Could very well be your goldilocks frame.
As for hybrid cross strings, aside from Air and apart from Cream, I would look at the following:
- Head Lynx Touch
- Prince Warrior Response
Hope that helps again.
Who is the current ATP player most similar to pouille?Lone Wolf Lucas Pouille rocking the 100P.
Assume its a paintjob of whatever he was using beforeRe. soft poly crosses, I would add MSV Swift. I like how it plays with Triax mains (they say it is roughly the same as Cream).
Re. 100P in general, Pouille is just playing with one now at the AO. This time it is not the old black-green paintjob, but the new ATS Carbon. Any info if this is a paintjob only or an actual ATS?
prince confirmed what he uses somewhere on the prince official thread. iirc, it was the 2019 model.Assume its a paintjob of whatever he was using before
Trip, I use Hyper G hybrid prepackaged and it really accentuates the colorway and the racket's feel. Nevertheless, now I'm insecure: the 100p is HL, maneuverable, good in defense, serve, and I can hit all out in my forehands. For the first time (then second, third time) I won against my grinding clay specialist friend. But my Ezone 100, even with its net weakness, is still a bit better in serve and pressuring forehands. I won my double match in clay against my senior (first time winning too) with it. I even tested myself with another racket because 50% sale: VCore 100+ that gives same vibe to Ezone and wins against my double senior (it is a bit launchier but more maneuverable, sometimes I'm late though because of higher SW and longer throat). If you can do well with all of these power rackets and tweener control rackets, which type of rackets will you bring to your important matches?@tophersuwita - Very welcome. The benefit of Lynx Touch is that, like Air, it's a very soft-playing partial-poly, though unlike Air, it's differently constructed, with an elastomer core surrounded by an outer co-poly shell, which may give you certain playability benefits over Air. Plus, being a Head string, it's likely available in most markets. Definitely worth a try.
This is a crazy good advice that is very practical. Thanks a lot Trip! I think you may be right, after I get into 40s, I won't get bigger power, will I? Maybe the 100p is useful only for training to cement the sweet feeling when I'm hitting propetly.@tophersuwita - Sounds to me like you need more time to figure out which frame you truly play best with. Get feedback from hitting partners, coaches and/or SwingVision stats over several matches with each frame if you can. Especially the latter: video and stats don't lie (usually, anyways). Presuming your most winning tennis is the ultimate decision maker, I think the conclusion should avail itself once you get enough matches under your belt with each frame.
Following on that, if winning tennis really is the primary goal here, beyond just dabbling with frames for the fun of it (which is perfectly fine by the way), then at some point, you'll obviously want to commit to one frame exclusively, as most further insights, upsides and/or trade-offs from yet another frame switch will be clearly outweighed by the value of simply staying the course with what you have. And it sounds like your close.
If I had to venture a guess as to which frame that should be, it sounds like the best option bet might be the EZone 100, and learning to maneuver/control it as best you can. Why? Because quite frankly, you're on the wrong side of 30 (as are most of us in this forum, myself included!), and if the level of your competition is as high as I think it might be, then the most sustainable strategy would likely be learning how to control the most forgiving, most powerful racquet possible, rather than learning how add forgiveness and power to a control frame (which, for all its upsides, is more of what the 100P is). As for standard vs extended length, my stance is usually: unless you can really build a case that shows, without a doubt, that you benefit more from an extended length frame than you suffer from it, I would stick with standard length. That said, if 27.5" does end up being a game-changer for you, then you might want to consider a playoff between the VC100+ and an EZ100+, then declare a winner and commit.
Hope some of that helps.
Very welcome!This is a crazy good advice that is very practical. Thanks a lot Trip! I
Only if your current physical shape right now is poor enough that in several years time you actually improve your fitness and strength, more so from repairing/recovering your overall state of wellness than anything else. Otherwise, if you've been more or less maintaining peak condition all along, then it's quite likely you're at or just beyond your max output already. Welcome to aging my dude!after I get into 40s, I won't get bigger power, will I?
Well that may be what it is, but you need to weigh anything in context. In the case of performance, it's a simple question: with which frame do I play my most winning tennis? Period. Whichever frame that is, is the one you choose. Beyond that, if you're experiencing any extended amount of cognitive dissonance, it usually stems from a clash between your opinion of yourself and the reality of what's really going on; ie. between the racquet or type of racquet you want to play with, and the one/type you should be playing with. And that's the place where people can easily lose weeks, months, even years, of would-be-best-performance, in time spent vacillating. At some point, you reach a place where you just realize, "OK, I'm not going to fight it any more. I'm just going to play with __________, because that's what I perform best with." Then you buy in, and deal with it. For better or for worse. But usually for the better, if you give the commitment enough time and patience. Kind of like marriage, really.The VC+is still a bit controversial, because I feel that it is a bit sluggish so even I get more points in serve/forehands, I lose a bit more in net and half volley approach. The OHBH is even more sluggish.