Dear members,
First let me give you a background about myself. I am from Sri Lanka and I am 37 years old, 5'6", weighing 180 pounds. I went for tennis coaching for around 6 months in my junior days, played around 2-3 competitive matches in school. After an injury I stopped playing and started going for coaching for 3 months, 2 years ago and from last week starting playing recreational doubles with some of my friends, which is going to be a regular once a week. Furthermore, I am planning to go to a coach once a week as well. I believe I am a USTA 3.0 looking at the chart but based on the below details, would appreciate honest feedback from this community on my actual level. These are my skills at present from a scale of (good, average, bad):
Serve: average
Forehand: average
Backhand (slice): average
Backhand (both hands): bad
Volly: bad
Smash: bad
performance at the net: bad
performance at the baseline: average
Returning a serve: average
I currently have a Wilson nCode N6 and I have no idea on the tension. I feel that I have the power to plow through balls but what I require most is control, as I am hesitant in hitting the ball hard in fear that it would go out. I also feel that the racquet I have now does not serve me well in my game as on most occasions it turns in my hand when returning a power shot. I would be grateful to gain experience advice from this community on a good racquet recommendation (unfortunately they don't allow of us to demo racquets before buying):
- From Wilson, Babolat, Head and Price (Only brands available here)?
- Weight (Would be comfortable with a 320G Racquet)?
- Stringing tension (would depend on racquet i believe?)?
- Should I go for a hybrid setup?
- Some good strings for control?
Thank you all in advance!
First let me give you a background about myself. I am from Sri Lanka and I am 37 years old, 5'6", weighing 180 pounds. I went for tennis coaching for around 6 months in my junior days, played around 2-3 competitive matches in school. After an injury I stopped playing and started going for coaching for 3 months, 2 years ago and from last week starting playing recreational doubles with some of my friends, which is going to be a regular once a week. Furthermore, I am planning to go to a coach once a week as well. I believe I am a USTA 3.0 looking at the chart but based on the below details, would appreciate honest feedback from this community on my actual level. These are my skills at present from a scale of (good, average, bad):
Serve: average
Forehand: average
Backhand (slice): average
Backhand (both hands): bad
Volly: bad
Smash: bad
performance at the net: bad
performance at the baseline: average
Returning a serve: average
I currently have a Wilson nCode N6 and I have no idea on the tension. I feel that I have the power to plow through balls but what I require most is control, as I am hesitant in hitting the ball hard in fear that it would go out. I also feel that the racquet I have now does not serve me well in my game as on most occasions it turns in my hand when returning a power shot. I would be grateful to gain experience advice from this community on a good racquet recommendation (unfortunately they don't allow of us to demo racquets before buying):
- From Wilson, Babolat, Head and Price (Only brands available here)?
- Weight (Would be comfortable with a 320G Racquet)?
- Stringing tension (would depend on racquet i believe?)?
- Should I go for a hybrid setup?
- Some good strings for control?
Thank you all in advance!