Which demo will i like the best

[guedoguedo]

Babolat AeroPro Drive Mid+ Demo (3/8)
Volkl DNX 8 Demo Mid+ (3/8)
Head Liquidmetal Radical Demo Mid+ (3/8)
Yonex RDX 500 Demo Mid (1/2)


4.0 player, nice spin serve, very quick and crafty, like to use slice and angles rather than overpowering opponents. Like to play net, play doubles mostly. Would compare my game to stefan edberg or mcenroe.

 

[Court_Jester]

How should we know?! You're the one demoing. You tell us.
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[guedoguedo]

they havent arrived yet. I would like to make hypothesis based on my playing style and *your* knowledge of those racquets, being that people here have used them and i havent. And then it will be interesting to see if it holds true!

 

[Court_Jester]

Anyway, if you like going to the net, DNX 8 may not be for you. While I find it maneuverable enough at the net, it's more suitable at the baseline. I just love bashing the ball with it. The same thing goes for the Radical, although the one I own is an OS.

I've never played with the Bab nor Yonex so I have no opinion of their performance.
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[guedoguedo]

would the dnx10 have been more appropriate

 

[Court_Jester]

they havent arrived yet. I would like to make hypothesis based on my playing style and *your* knowledge of those racquets, being that people here have used them and i havent. And then it will be interesting to see if it holds true!

Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to demo racquets with some preconceived notions about them. They will only taint your final conclusions about their performance and your eventual choice of your stick. I remember the when I decided to go for Head racquets and made myself believe that they're going to do as well as I expected them to be. When they turned out to be unsuitable for my style of game, it took me a while to finally admit that I made a mistake and my elbow paid dearly for it.

Just play them without making them fit to what you are expecting them to be. Who knows, the result may surprise as well.

 

[Court_Jester]

would the dnx10 have been more appropriate

It's a relatively demanding stick in the sense that you need to be fairly strong to use this in a match. My arm end up getting really tired after using it. But it has a pretty good-sized sweetspot and enough feedback or feel without being excessively jarring. I think it's an all-courter type of a racquet. The swingweight is just a tad too high for an S&V player like you but like what I said earlier, if you're strong enough, this will be a good one at the net because of its awesome control. Balls rarely fly out on me when I use this, even from the baseline.
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[JayxTheKoolest]

The Yonex has a very flexible, soft feel to it, and it generates massive amounts of spin. If you enjoy the flexible feel (which some love, others hate), I think you'll enjoy the racquet as a whole.

 

[str33t]

I like the lm radical. It has the right amount of power, but you do lose some horsepower on the serves. Generates a good amount of spin. Is very good with slices and volleys well

 

[guedoguedo]

jester, i will admit that i am not a baseline player for the sole reason that i never got completely comfortable hitting a topspin forehand, and topspin one handed backhand. I stopped playing serious tennis at 14, and 10 years later am getting back into it.

My game naturally evolved into serve, volley, touch, because that is what I do really well. If i got a couple lessons and forced myself to use topspin ground strokes, i would definitely get better, and enjoy that part of the game much more. But it is easy for me to hit a nice slice, so i seem to stick to that.

I also play people who dont have a lot of pace on the ball, and it is easier for me to go all out of the opponent hits it hard with a lot of topspin. When i try to kill it against a pusher, it goes 10ft past the baseline.

 

[Court_Jester]

I'm just the opposite. From Day One of my tennis classes, my classmates noticed that I was hitting with topspins even though our instructor had only taught us basic groundies.

Anyway, I've been looking at the specs of the Bab and Yonex that you're going to demo and it looks like Yonex fits your style of play, at least on paper. It's more headlight and has lower swingweight of the two. I've read in another thread that a smaller headsize somehow reduces the spin generated with a slice so that's something you may wish to take into account if you like slices. I never played with midsize racquets so it's something I cannot confirm.
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[Deleted member 6835]

i think you'll like the yonex.

 

[Rasta]

I say the Babolat.

 

[LordRaceR]

RDX 500 and LM Rad maybe will do the trick. PureDrive is my next gues.