Hi,
short Introduction of the backstory:
I'm in Australia now. Haven't played in about 2 months. Wanted to start again here but didn't bring a racquet so I needed to buy one. Back home I play Wilson Blade 98 v8.
My friend here is a Coach. He sold me a brand new, unused Babolat Pure Aero Rafa (the old 300g version). He bought it before his job started and then had to buy a Head racquet as the academy is an endorser.
Today I played with it for the first time. And I don't know. It felt very uncomfortable on my arm and heavy to swing. I have a slight wrist pain right now.
I don't know if it's the racquet or maybe the strings/tension but it just felt like a wood plank to hit the ball.
It's strung with RPM Blast at 55/55 and was strung 3 months ago, then never played. Maybe someone can tell if it would be better with a different string at a lower tension?
Despite I'm using a dampener you can hear a "ping" all the time when hitting and that is also very annoying. It kind of lets me hear, what I feel.
After about 15 minutes I switched to my partners Head Speed MP which was much more comfortable to play with and also delivering a nice saturated sound.
I'm just asking you for your opinion. Restring differently or sell it and buy a different racquet?
Racquets are damn expensive down here, so I was happy I got the opportunity to buy the one off my friend.
One more thing: It's an L3 grip size, what I also usually use. I put on an overripe like I always do and somehow it feels bigger (too big) than what I'm used to.
Does anybody know what the factory basicgrip is and how thick it is?
My Wilson has a sublime basicgrip.
Thanks for your input.
short Introduction of the backstory:
I'm in Australia now. Haven't played in about 2 months. Wanted to start again here but didn't bring a racquet so I needed to buy one. Back home I play Wilson Blade 98 v8.
My friend here is a Coach. He sold me a brand new, unused Babolat Pure Aero Rafa (the old 300g version). He bought it before his job started and then had to buy a Head racquet as the academy is an endorser.
Today I played with it for the first time. And I don't know. It felt very uncomfortable on my arm and heavy to swing. I have a slight wrist pain right now.
I don't know if it's the racquet or maybe the strings/tension but it just felt like a wood plank to hit the ball.
It's strung with RPM Blast at 55/55 and was strung 3 months ago, then never played. Maybe someone can tell if it would be better with a different string at a lower tension?
Despite I'm using a dampener you can hear a "ping" all the time when hitting and that is also very annoying. It kind of lets me hear, what I feel.
After about 15 minutes I switched to my partners Head Speed MP which was much more comfortable to play with and also delivering a nice saturated sound.
I'm just asking you for your opinion. Restring differently or sell it and buy a different racquet?
Racquets are damn expensive down here, so I was happy I got the opportunity to buy the one off my friend.
One more thing: It's an L3 grip size, what I also usually use. I put on an overripe like I always do and somehow it feels bigger (too big) than what I'm used to.
Does anybody know what the factory basicgrip is and how thick it is?
My Wilson has a sublime basicgrip.
Thanks for your input.