What make 100sq in POWER and 98 sq in CONTROL when difference is only 2% within the same racket family?

[Deleted member 775108]

Hello All.

Maybe a stupid question -

What make 100sq in POWER and 98 sq in CONTROL when difference is only 2% within the same racket family with same beam width and mostly similar specs?

Example PRINCE BEAST 98 vs BEAST 100

Is it mostly hocus pocus? I can understand the difference when it comes to DIFFERENT types of rackets and LARGER DIFFERENCES (107 vs 100 vs 93 etc)

 

[2nd Serve Ace]

Forgetting beam width, frame stiffness, string spacing, balance, weight.

Lots of factors in how a frame plays.

 

[TennisManiac]

Usually when you have a 100 and a 98 from the same family. The 100 will be stiffer than the 98 thus being the more powerful frame. Simple as that.

 

[Ryebread]

Weight
Stiffness

 

[blablavla]

Hello All.

Maybe a stupid question -

What make 100sq in POWER and 98 sq in CONTROL when difference is only 2% within the same racket family with same beam width and mostly similar specs?

Example PRINCE BEAST 98 vs BEAST 100

Is it mostly hocus pocus? I can understand the difference when it comes to DIFFERENT types of rackets and LARGER DIFFERENCES (107 vs 100 vs 93 etc)

even with same pattern, say 18x20, on a 100 sq.in the strings will be able to deflect a tad more, which will result in a tad more power and spin.
when you consider potentially a tad bigger spacing between the mains, you get another tad more power and spin.

a tad here, multiplied by a tad there, by another tad somewhere else, and you get quite some difference.

hint, check as well SW, static weight, balance, stiffness and whether the string pattern is really same or not

 

[acintya]

The truth is even 2g+2g in added weight makes a drastic effect. Its physics. 2sq is a lot. You could say also 7sq from 100 in 107 should have no effect - but it is really noticeble. I say: small changes, big effect.

 

[fox]

If you have one 100 sq inch racket and the other 98 sq and other parameters are the same it is basically the same racquet. If you put one on the other it is almost hard to notice.

 

[beltsman]

Posters in this thread are missing OPs point. There is nothing inherently more powerful other than the 2 sq in difference. A 98 could be more powerful if it was made stiffer, thicker, etc.

 

[Roquestil]

Posters in this thread are missing OPs point. There is nothing inherently more powerful other than the 2 sq in difference. A 98 could be more powerful if it was made stiffer, thicker, etc.

Indeed, if they remained the same. I think what others meant to say is that it's common that the 100 sq.in racquets will not only have 2 sq.in more of head size, but also a thicker beam, different drill pattern, lighter etc. If it's exclusively the frame size difference, it's basically the same in regards of control and power.

I guess the answer is that it's a common conclusion and generalization that bigger head racquets are more powerful due to the change in specs that come along with them, but not necessarily the head size increment itself.

We humans like to categorize, place everything in a box and store it away.

 

[Louis33]

Marketing

 

[smalahove]

Even though they might be branded as the same family, a lot of 98 are very diff than their 100 siblings:

PS 16x19 vs PS100
Clash 100 vs 98
PD 98 vs 100
Ezone 98 and 100
VCore 98 and 100
Extreme Tour and MP/Pro

The ET is basically a PS 16x19, whereas the MP/Pro is a Pure Aero / Tour

 

[Steve Huff]

The beam width is different on the 2. But, "marketing" is probably the best answer as Louis said. It's for a good reason though. Marketing people want you to be able to differentiate the 2 when you look at them.

 

[2nd Serve Ace]

Posters in this thread are missing OPs point. There is nothing inherently more powerful other than the 2 sq in difference. A 98 could be more powerful if it was made stiffer, thicker, etc.

Except that OP said "same racket family" and no company is just going to do an identical frame with only a head size difference in any of its lines.

 

[Dragy]

You are likely to find some very close 100 and 98 frames within different lines than within one line. For example:
Head Speed and Babolat Pure Strike.