I am not the most active poster on here but I know I have shared my tennis elbow experience. Long story short, I was sidelined from November of 2018 thru May of 2019 with tennis elbow. It was the worst injury I have ever dealt with as far as consistent pain and longevity of injury.
When I finally returned to the court I played with the original Clash 100, and then made the transition to the Clash 100 v2. This past summer my elbow was feeling pretty good. I had no pain while playing, but if I played a little too much I would have soreness and discomfort after playing, but it would eventually go way. I was so confident I decided to up my flex level and give the Speed MP a try. I played with the Speed MP September thru January. I like the racquet. I don't love the racquet. But all elbow pain went away. It was the first time in years I could confidently say I had absolutely no elbow pain, not while playing and not after playing. I played 3-4 hours of tennis in the 10 of 11 days over my Winter Break. No pain.
Once I saw my former racquet of choice (Pure Strike) was coming out with a new model that offered a lower flex rating I was excited. I bought several frames of the PS 100 16x20. I played with it for one weekend and the elbow pain was back. I quickly returned my unused racquets and put the frame I played with briefly on the TW classifieds. To my surprise it is still sitting there waiting for a home.
I returned to the Clash 100 v2 for a few weekends as I waited to get some matching Speed MP's back. My attempt to find some Speed MP's (2022) using the matching service to find those at advertised spec took longer than I hoped, so I just used my old Clash 100's for a couple of weekends. My elbow pain improved but just like before I would be sore after playing and when I woke up each morning.
Last weekend was my first weekend back with the Speed MP 2022. I played four straight days over President's Day weekend, and twice on Saturday (5 hours), and absolutely zero pain. No soreness. Nothing.
So, what am I trying to say or confirm with other TW'ers. The auxentic technology is better that Wilson's FORTYFIVE, as far as arm comfort goes. If anyone else is out there struggling with elbow pain, I would 1000% endorse giving the Speed MP 2022 a try. I am guessing that would also translate to all Head models that use auxentic technology, but as of now I have not used anything but the Speed MP 2022 model. In the future I may try to give the Radical a try, but for now I am going to stick with my Speed MP's and enjoy the comfort.
When I finally returned to the court I played with the original Clash 100, and then made the transition to the Clash 100 v2. This past summer my elbow was feeling pretty good. I had no pain while playing, but if I played a little too much I would have soreness and discomfort after playing, but it would eventually go way. I was so confident I decided to up my flex level and give the Speed MP a try. I played with the Speed MP September thru January. I like the racquet. I don't love the racquet. But all elbow pain went away. It was the first time in years I could confidently say I had absolutely no elbow pain, not while playing and not after playing. I played 3-4 hours of tennis in the 10 of 11 days over my Winter Break. No pain.
Once I saw my former racquet of choice (Pure Strike) was coming out with a new model that offered a lower flex rating I was excited. I bought several frames of the PS 100 16x20. I played with it for one weekend and the elbow pain was back. I quickly returned my unused racquets and put the frame I played with briefly on the TW classifieds. To my surprise it is still sitting there waiting for a home.
I returned to the Clash 100 v2 for a few weekends as I waited to get some matching Speed MP's back. My attempt to find some Speed MP's (2022) using the matching service to find those at advertised spec took longer than I hoped, so I just used my old Clash 100's for a couple of weekends. My elbow pain improved but just like before I would be sore after playing and when I woke up each morning.
Last weekend was my first weekend back with the Speed MP 2022. I played four straight days over President's Day weekend, and twice on Saturday (5 hours), and absolutely zero pain. No soreness. Nothing.
So, what am I trying to say or confirm with other TW'ers. The auxentic technology is better that Wilson's FORTYFIVE, as far as arm comfort goes. If anyone else is out there struggling with elbow pain, I would 1000% endorse giving the Speed MP 2022 a try. I am guessing that would also translate to all Head models that use auxentic technology, but as of now I have not used anything but the Speed MP 2022 model. In the future I may try to give the Radical a try, but for now I am going to stick with my Speed MP's and enjoy the comfort.