Which Yonex Racquet Produces The Most Spin?

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TheStrenuousLife

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I am working on becoming a 4.0 player and possibly a 4.5 player within the next few years. I am currently using a head speed pro from 2018 with various Multifilaments. One of my coaches has suggested I am ready for more high performance strings such as poly to help produce more spin. Along with the new strings I'm going to try, I want to aquire a racquet that will help with hitting very heavy topspin.

I want to develop a style of play where my groundstrokes are very hard, heavy, topspin. As of now, I am hitting very good topspin on my one handed backhand, but my forehand is flat and my coach is working on my biomechanics to fix this.

Long story short, I want to switch to a more topspin monster racquet, as that is the style I want to play with, as I am looking to be 4.0-4.5 player known to hit high pace and heavy topspin. I have heard the quality of Yonex racquets are better than any other brand, and it's a brand that I want to give a try.


I'm aware topspin is mostly due to technique, which I am working on, but would like a racquet that can help produce high spin potential. Which Yonex racquets would you recommend to help produce high levels of topspin?
 
The Vcore is their spin line. I've always used the VC95 which is a bit of an anomaly in their entire lineup. I'd suggest trying the VC95 or VC100.
 
TheStrenuousLife said:
One of my coaches has suggested I am ready for more high performance strings such as poly to help produce more spin.
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You could also go with strings that mix in poly and multifilament in the same string, like this one: https://www.tennis-warehouse.com/learning_center/reviews/strings/tecnifibre_triax.html

I wouldn't change strings and racket at the same time though. Change one thing at a time, otherwise you won't know which of the new things you like/dislike.
 
VCORE line-up in general; especially the newones. The string spacing and moving grommet system just adds on to its ability to facilitate more spin and power.

Wouldn't be too concerned about string. A nice soft shaped poly like the Solinco Tour Bite Soft or the Luxilon Adrenaline should do fine.

TheStrenuousLife said:
I am working on becoming a 4.0 player and possibly a 4.5 player within the next few years. I am currently using a head speed pro from 2018 with various Multifilaments. One of my coaches has suggested I am ready for more high performance strings such as poly to help produce more spin. Along with the new strings I'm going to try, I want to aquire a racquet that will help with hitting very heavy topspin.

I want to develop a style of play where my groundstrokes are very hard, heavy, topspin. As of now, I am hitting very good topspin on my one handed backhand, but my forehand is flat and my coach is working on my biomechanics to fix this.

Long story short, I want to switch to a more topspin monster racquet, as that is the style I want to play with, as I am looking to be 4.0-4.5 player known to hit high pace and heavy topspin. I have heard the quality of Yonex racquets are better than any other brand, and it's a brand that I want to give a try.


I'm aware topspin is mostly due to technique, which I am working on, but would like a racquet that can help produce high spin potential. Which Yonex racquets would you recommend to help produce high levels of topspin?
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If your trials with Yonex don't work out, look at the S series of frames from Wilson. BITD, I had some clients using the Steam 99S and 105S frames. Loved those guys cuz they broke strings like clockwork. Or if you are willing to experiment, string the 16x19 patterns like a 16x17 or 16x15.

Another possibility is to change the gauge of the cross by 0.05mm e.g going from 1.25mm to 1.20mm.
 
CosmosMpower said:
No that’s one of the densest pattern frames Yonex makes
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Sorry just being stupid cause ppl recommend the HD and D for everything lol

It IS the densest it’s the only 18x20 frame Yonex makes. But also I don’t think density always limits your spin potential. I think with proper technique your ability to generate spin is prob less on the string pattern and more on the the characteristics of the frame and how it swings. For me spin potential is how easy I can swing with really high RHS and brush up. There is a lower launch angle with dense string beds but personally that doesn’t mean I CANT generate the same spin it just means I need to adjust how I am hitting the ball

Like with the Ezone 98 and Vcore 98 I can generate the same amount of topspin with both frames. But the Vcore 98 swings through the air a little faster I like to think and is a bit whippier lending to more spin potential cause the racket wants me to swing up and over. The Ezone makes me want to swing through the ball instead as it feels a little more stable with a straighter trajectory

My 2 cents at least
 
The craziest spin I've ever experienced was with the Vcor Pro 97 2021, more than my Vcore 100 2023. But I have to admit that I strung the VCP 97 lower and with a 1.20mm poly and not a 1.25mm. I had the best combination of power and spin with the Vcore 98 2021, but somehow still wasn't happy with the racket.
 
might want to try going thinner in your polys too...... 18 or even 19, although the more spin and power you go for the sooner they break/go dead, so that back up racket is a must.
 
Haven't played one but for sure the VCore 98 and 100.

I'm playing an Extreme Tour Auxetic and also own the Pure Aero VS and Pure Aero 98.

All three of the those rackets have more spin than the Ezone 98 I demoed.

I'm playing the Extreme Tour Auxetic w/ RPM Blast @ 53lbs in the mains and Luxilion 4G Desert Bronze @51lbs in the crosses.

I don't need a lot of power, I'm looking more for spin, feel and comfort.

If you're set on Yonex, I would just demo a VCore, EZone and VCore Pro and see which one fits you the best.
 
chrischris said:
Do bullets spin?....
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Thin beam rackets can produce same levels of spin as those categorized as spin rackets..
It's all in technique.. the better the skill...the better the technique..
 
Tough to say but I would recommend switching to a regular syn gut first and working on your technique. I can hit with really good spin with regular nylon even. Try this first...

Among frames I would say VCP 97D, HD, current vcore 98, current vcore 95, dr ezone 98
 
Hawks9451 said:
Precisely what I had in mind.

But also, in case we’re being pedantic, rifling causes bullets to rotate at high speeds. Spin.
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Not really being pendantic there. Rifling changed the world of both warfare and hunting. Made bowhunting obsolete for all intents and purposes. Napoleonic warfare predicated on
"volley fire" and lining up in rows precisely due to the inaccuracy of muskets. It induces the spin, like technique induces the spin in tennis. Good observation.
 

TWU Racquet Analyzer Tool

A racquet comparison tool that plots the power and sweetspot size of any two user-defined racquets on a graph in relation to the plot of every other racquet on the market; a great way to see two racquet
twu.tennis-warehouse.com

By real measurements its the Astrel 100!!!
Looking at the 300(+) g Vcores and Ezones TWU gives the best example that personal feel is always much away from reality!
 
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Numbers don't lie, however, I think there is this notion of "controllable spin." As an example poly gives max spin of any material but is peak/max spin controllable? I question this because this is my experience. I see this in play when I watch the pros, and some of the players' shots land way short though with big margin above the net. Doesn't look optimal to me. Likewise, in frames a super spinny frame with accompanying string pattern might provide max spin, but are shots coming off the string bed very controllable?

If the Astrel 100 gives max spin, then why don't all the pros play with this frame? Thus, my notion of max controllable spin...
 
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