Switch from a Wilson to a babolat
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Fed Kennedy
Legend
Don't do it
ac3111
Professional
I don't know if anyone tried such kind of a switch but I am sure there must be at least many since all you read in these boards is players switching from one frame to the other. Honest to be the best thing to improve your tennis skills is stick to one frame. unless there is something really wrong with the frame or you using that frame.
The example you are bringing in is a bit extreme.Those two racquets are worlds apart...
The example you are bringing in is a bit extreme.Those two racquets are worlds apart...
Fed Kennedy
Legend
It's fools gold . I've tried it. If you want babolat get the pure storm tour or the pure strike tour. The APD is a POS for wilson users
ac3111
Professional
Since I came back to tennis after a 2 year break I'm trying to experiment with a few frames. My usual stick is the Wilson K95 18x20. Today I tried the Tecnifibre TFight 325 ATP. Although the TFight 325 is supposed to be only 7 grams lighter than the Wilson, it feels way too lighter. I don't know but the K95 has a unique feeling...I mean you have power but you have feel as well and control. I think the K95 is what someone would call the ideal compromise between a 90 thin beamed frame and a 100 muscle racquet with no feel.
The K95 is my first real racquet. My first one was the Prince Ozone Red, ordered by my coach. After a month of use I got wrist strain, something like mild tendinitis. I dropped it and bought the K95. I was a beginner and had tough time handling with it. So I tried Dunlop Aerogel 300, Wilson ProOpen Tour 96, Yonex RDS 100 (red n black) Dunlop Aerogel 4D 300 Tour, demoed KBlade 98, K95 Team, ProStaff Rok 93, PS 6.0 95. In the end I was always going back to the K95. I had a stint with K90 and then I had a 2 year break. Now coming back the K90 and the PS 85 felt nice to play with but too demanding. I went back to basics again, K95.
I'm somehow sure that after my trial period with the Tfight 325 and a Donnay PRo one 18x20, in the end I will end up with the K95. and there I'll stay. Maybe get a few more from the new line.
So switching from Wilson to Babolat? Don't think so
PS: I have hit with the Aeropro a couple times, and that thing did not feel like a racquet at all. But the Pure Storm line I guess is a different story.
The K95 is my first real racquet. My first one was the Prince Ozone Red, ordered by my coach. After a month of use I got wrist strain, something like mild tendinitis. I dropped it and bought the K95. I was a beginner and had tough time handling with it. So I tried Dunlop Aerogel 300, Wilson ProOpen Tour 96, Yonex RDS 100 (red n black) Dunlop Aerogel 4D 300 Tour, demoed KBlade 98, K95 Team, ProStaff Rok 93, PS 6.0 95. In the end I was always going back to the K95. I had a stint with K90 and then I had a 2 year break. Now coming back the K90 and the PS 85 felt nice to play with but too demanding. I went back to basics again, K95.
I'm somehow sure that after my trial period with the Tfight 325 and a Donnay PRo one 18x20, in the end I will end up with the K95. and there I'll stay. Maybe get a few more from the new line.
So switching from Wilson to Babolat? Don't think so
PS: I have hit with the Aeropro a couple times, and that thing did not feel like a racquet at all. But the Pure Storm line I guess is a different story.
i went from a blx 6.1 95 16x18 to an aero storm tour GT to now a pure storm tour GT.
honestly, i should've kept the AST GTs, but i dont know why i sold them to be honest. pure storm tours are very similar, just a bit less power and stiffness, but honestly, it wasnt a HUGE change, although it's no 6.0 85 to a pure drive.
wilsons had way more feel and crispness, the babolats had more spin. the babolats were also less harsh and more forgiving, so it is possible, just depends on what racket.
any hardships with the switch? not really. just the lack of feel because i felt that the blx 6.1 95 felt a lot like a modern 6.1 classic, but babolats in general lack a good amount of ball feel imo. especially compared to the classic feeling rackets i had been so used to.
didnt take me too long to make the switch. just dialing in the right string tension, but that was it. hope this helps. just using my PST GTs right now, they're nothing like any wilson i've tried. i've also contemplated going back to the 6.1 95s but i've also contemplated going to PD or APD too.
honestly, i should've kept the AST GTs, but i dont know why i sold them to be honest. pure storm tours are very similar, just a bit less power and stiffness, but honestly, it wasnt a HUGE change, although it's no 6.0 85 to a pure drive.
wilsons had way more feel and crispness, the babolats had more spin. the babolats were also less harsh and more forgiving, so it is possible, just depends on what racket.
any hardships with the switch? not really. just the lack of feel because i felt that the blx 6.1 95 felt a lot like a modern 6.1 classic, but babolats in general lack a good amount of ball feel imo. especially compared to the classic feeling rackets i had been so used to.
didnt take me too long to make the switch. just dialing in the right string tension, but that was it. hope this helps. just using my PST GTs right now, they're nothing like any wilson i've tried. i've also contemplated going back to the 6.1 95s but i've also contemplated going to PD or APD too.
BHud
Hall of Fame
Switched from 6.1 95 (16x18 ) to Pure Drive several years ago and have never looked back (although at times I miss the unique feel of the Wilson). I can do so many more things with the Babolats, expecially as I age and need the racquet to do some of the work (age 54, 4.5/5.0 competition). The angles I can create are incredible compared with the more traditional 6.1 95, and switching from defense to offense is much easier.
Come to the dark side!
Come to the dark side!
zoobears
Rookie
I switched from a blx90 to a kblade tour, to a speed mp 18x20 and finally to the PDR now (with leather grip). All head light frames but increasingly larger head size. It takes some time to adjust. You'll learn the feel of any racket eventually. The extra power and spin of the PDR provides so much more game on both defense and offense.
Straight-Arm-FH
Banned
Me neither. I demoed APD and PD in their infinite incarnations over the past ten years, just could not press the BUY button. Though I preferred 2013 APD slightly more than most rackets on the market but still not as much as the Pro Staff family.
Straight-Arm-FH
Banned
Me neither. I demoed APD and PD in their infinite incarnations over the past ten years, just could not press the BUY button. Though I preferred 2013 APD slightly more than most rackets on the market but still not as much as the Pro Staff family.
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