Which of these 2 rackets are most likely to cause TE (Poll)

[Shroud]

Both rackets had the same grips added and were strung with the same strings and at the same tensions.

Racket A Modified Specs
Head Size: 110 sq. in. / 710 sq. cm.
Length: 27.5 inches / 70 cm
Strung Weight: 359.7g
Balance: 7.5 pts HL
Swingweight: ???
Stiffness: 70
Beam Width: 28 mm/25 mm Dual Taper Beam
Composition: 15% Hyper Carbon / 85% Graphite
Power Level: Medium
Swing Speed: Moderate-Fast
String Pattern: 16 Mains / 20 Crosses

Racket B Modified Specs
Head Size: 100 sq. in. / 645.16 sq. cm.
Length: 27in / 68.58cm
Strung Weight: 363.5g
Balance: 9pts HL
Swingweight: ????
Stiffness: 65
Beam Width: 23.5mm / 24mm / 24mm /
Composition: Organix, Carbon, Fiberglass
Power Level: Medium-High
Swing Speed: Medium
String Pattern: 16 Mains / 18 Crosses

 

[Fed Kennedy]

Racket A more likely

 

[Baxter]

Lets see, A is lighter, a lot stiffer and has a more closed string pattern...That's a tough one.

 

[movdqa]

I think that keeping the ball in the court would be a problem with racquet A.

 

[MixedMaster]

There's not much difference in the weight of the 2 sticks and with racket A being stiffer and having a larger head, which hopefully would mean a larger sweet spot, I'd probably think that B would have a greater chance of giving TE. That being said, I played for 7 years or so with the Prince Spectrum, 110 in 9.7oz strung and never had a moments problem with TE. I think a lot would depend on the string job also.

 

[Bhairava]

If you wanna get same launch angle and stringbed stiffness, you have to string racquet A tighter than B. In that case, racuqet A is much more dangerous.it is stiffer and with tubular construction. B racquet is softer,thinner.

 

[movdqa]

The difference between 65 and 70 for me is huge. In general, my limit is around 67 and that's not good for me long-term. I'm at 62 right now and that's decent. I should probably go down to the 50s in the future.

 

[JanowiczJ]

I think that keeping the ball in the court would be a problem with racquet A.

That was what I thought and for that reason racquet A is less likely to give TE, despite all the bad numbers. That thing is a rocket launcher.

You'd have to gently hit the ball each time in order to keep it in play, lol. No stress at all on the elbow.

I played once (during a trip) with a 107 racquet and I believe it was much less stiffer than that and for certainty much lower swing weight and still it was a nightmare to keep the ball in play with a full poly setup at 65lbs.

 

[BreakPoint]

Lets see, A is lighter, a lot stiffer and has a more closed string pattern...That's a tough one.

Also, Racquet A is longer. 1/2 an inch longer makes a big difference to the amount of torque on your arm.

 

[Dgdavid]

If you always hit the sweetspot on both, clearly Racket A but in reality, it might be Racket B because heavy racket on 100 head means you will be outside of the sweetspot more often where it is harsher. Easier to be late on heavier rackets so shanks/outside sweetspot on a 100 very doable.

 

[PrinceMoron]

I think that keeping the ball in the court would be a problem with racquet A.

How would you get it in your bag? Even in through the front door?

 

[JackB1]

You must own the only 360 gram, 110" racquet.

 

[Shroud]

Forgot to mention, that the rackets were both strung with kevlar 18g/ monogut zx 17 at 42/30lbs.

Neither is much of a rocket launcher but yes Racket A is more powerful.

Sorry Jack. Its 90g lighter than my 85

I'll post the answer tommorrow as this is a real scenario, sadly.

 

[ROCKinCourier]

Volkl has really made the Organix rackets a lot stiffer. I demo'd the Organix 8 Super G (315g) and it didn't give me any arm pains -- noting I do suffer from some arm issues when paired with certain racket/string combos.

I didn't check the specs on the racket until after I demo'd it -- then noticed it has a stiffness of 72 per TW. That shocked me because it didn't play nearly that stiff.

Nevertheless, I settled on the Volkl PB 10 Mid anyways.

 

[Shroud]

Ok,

Here are the two rackets:

Racket A- Hyper Hammer 5.3 OS handle weighted
Racket B- Volkl Organix 6- handle weighted

The answer is RACKET B!

Bobs tennis, JanowiczJ, Username_ all got it right.

I think it was just too light in the head and was hurting my arm. I added 4g of lead at 12pm to get the same "headweight" as the hammer...155.3g.

I hit for a few hours against the wall and my arm is fine, which IMHO shows its fixed because this was the 3rd day in a row of hitting and my arm should be messed up now. Its not.

And now that I am ok with the lead I'll do it a bit neater and under the bumper.

Anyone know how much less lead I should use when moving from the inner frame to the tip?