I played my hitting partner today who is slightly better than me so he normally wins when we play sets, however today I beat him 6-4, 6-0.
When just rallying I felt the stiffness in my wrist on the forehand side, however once we started playing it was no issue, and felt comfortable. I'm gonna go down 1-2 lbs next time. Anyways it played great, the extra topspin is really substantial. He made more errors than normal due to my shots bouncing higher than he initially thought, i also made less errors too due to the extra control. I few shots i stopped playing mid rally because i thought they were going long, but they were well inside the court. My partner likes to serve and volley occasionally, and i was able to hit sharp cross court angles due to the extra rpm's.
The big thing was I felt confident swinging out on short balls, normally with my full gut set-up i have to be a bit careful when moving towards the net and hitting approach shots, but i felt confident with this set-up and was looking to move forward which was really nice.
I'm not sold on gut/poly yet, but it's definitely a great start. I will probably lower my tension to 63/60 next time.
When just rallying I felt the stiffness in my wrist on the forehand side, however once we started playing it was no issue, and felt comfortable. I'm gonna go down 1-2 lbs next time. Anyways it played great, the extra topspin is really substantial. He made more errors than normal due to my shots bouncing higher than he initially thought, i also made less errors too due to the extra control. I few shots i stopped playing mid rally because i thought they were going long, but they were well inside the court. My partner likes to serve and volley occasionally, and i was able to hit sharp cross court angles due to the extra rpm's.
The big thing was I felt confident swinging out on short balls, normally with my full gut set-up i have to be a bit careful when moving towards the net and hitting approach shots, but i felt confident with this set-up and was looking to move forward which was really nice.
I'm not sold on gut/poly yet, but it's definitely a great start. I will probably lower my tension to 63/60 next time.