basil J
Hall of Fame
Well I got my Pure storm in today. It only took 2 days. Uh redondo, 4 weeks and counting. Anyways I was intrigued by this racquet so I went ahead and bought after playing with a loaner for 3 hours last week.
I have it strung with Wilson sensation at 58#. A wilson pro overgrip, wilson head tape and a Samparas "O" Hampener.
here are my thoughts:
This racquet swings nice and light, but due to an almost even balance and a 21.5mm beam thickness, it has a nice solid feel. There was an annoying pingy sound coming off of the string bed that I did not experience with my friends PS who used ALU BB.
Groundstrokes: I could really get some great action on ball on my forehand and backhand. Good pop and heavy spin. The frame comes around very nicely and I found that I had all sorts of time to set up and tee off on shots.
I got good bite on my BH slice as long as I drove through the ball. Sweetspot felt pretty big and there was no uncomfortable jarring on mihits.
Volleys: Surprise.. I could really stick some volleys today, especially some low shoe top volleys on the run . Nice & solid with no surprises.
Serve: because it is a light swinging frame with some decent mass, I found that I could serve in a very relaxed manner and use wrist snap to regulate pace without any "arming" of the ball whatsoever. I was gettin "OK" pop on my flat serves, but nice action on my slice and kickers and actually used almost all second serves today because I was hitting them so consistently.
Return of serve: Good depth on blocks and I was able to keep a nice low slice on some aggressive returns. Good, but nothing fantastic.
My opponent today was a slicer & dicer. Thursday I play a heavy hitter so I am curious to see how the ball feels coming off of the string bed against pace. The few hard shots that were hit today, I dialed into with no problem, so we will see.
Overall: A fun racquet to use. The lightest frame that I have ever used, but still solid. I found myself very relaxed today, because, although not a tweener, I had power at my disposal that I don't get from my redondo. I have to be much more precise with that frame. Plus with some of the crazy spin that I was getting, I was hitting loopers and slices during points that I normally would never hit. Maybe tennis doesn't have to be so much work after all. Maybe NBMJ has a point??? HMM...
I have it strung with Wilson sensation at 58#. A wilson pro overgrip, wilson head tape and a Samparas "O" Hampener.
here are my thoughts:
This racquet swings nice and light, but due to an almost even balance and a 21.5mm beam thickness, it has a nice solid feel. There was an annoying pingy sound coming off of the string bed that I did not experience with my friends PS who used ALU BB.
Groundstrokes: I could really get some great action on ball on my forehand and backhand. Good pop and heavy spin. The frame comes around very nicely and I found that I had all sorts of time to set up and tee off on shots.
I got good bite on my BH slice as long as I drove through the ball. Sweetspot felt pretty big and there was no uncomfortable jarring on mihits.
Volleys: Surprise.. I could really stick some volleys today, especially some low shoe top volleys on the run . Nice & solid with no surprises.
Serve: because it is a light swinging frame with some decent mass, I found that I could serve in a very relaxed manner and use wrist snap to regulate pace without any "arming" of the ball whatsoever. I was gettin "OK" pop on my flat serves, but nice action on my slice and kickers and actually used almost all second serves today because I was hitting them so consistently.
Return of serve: Good depth on blocks and I was able to keep a nice low slice on some aggressive returns. Good, but nothing fantastic.
My opponent today was a slicer & dicer. Thursday I play a heavy hitter so I am curious to see how the ball feels coming off of the string bed against pace. The few hard shots that were hit today, I dialed into with no problem, so we will see.
Overall: A fun racquet to use. The lightest frame that I have ever used, but still solid. I found myself very relaxed today, because, although not a tweener, I had power at my disposal that I don't get from my redondo. I have to be much more precise with that frame. Plus with some of the crazy spin that I was getting, I was hitting loopers and slices during points that I normally would never hit. Maybe tennis doesn't have to be so much work after all. Maybe NBMJ has a point??? HMM...
