I tried searching for this but didn't find anything. I was looking at a few companies babolat, and wilson and noticed that the smaller grips particularly wilson the 4 and 1/4 grips sell out first. Why is this. Does everyone on tw have small hands. IS it best to buy a small grip because it allows you to put on over grips to have a more custom feel. I look at pure drives and the 1/8s sold out first which as even more astonishing. Can someone please help me out.
Why does everyone buy smallest grip.
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BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
I've also noticed that the smaller grip sizes sell the fastest. I've heard that no one can get a K90 with a 4 1/4 grip anywhere until mid-March. Perhaps people are trying to copy Nadal and Federer?
I have small hands and I got a K90 with a 4 3/8 grip and it still feels too small to me. I just feel more comfortable with a 4 1/2, especially on my OHBH side.
I have small hands and I got a K90 with a 4 3/8 grip and it still feels too small to me. I just feel more comfortable with a 4 1/2, especially on my OHBH side.
As mentioned, it is easier to make a grip bigger than to make it smaller.
I think the most popular selling grip size is 4 3/8, it's kind of like the size 10.5 in shoes. (which I happen to wear also)
Personally, I am one of those people. I prefer a grip at about 4 3/8 but I hate having to ruin my grip with my hand prints so I either buy 4 3/8 and put on thin overgrip like Tournagrip or I use 4 1/4 with a grip.
In the case of the 4 1/8 grip, I believe that the stores themselves may have stocked up on less of these due to a lower demand, therefore, they run out faster.
Ok so I am a size 4 3/8 without a overgrip. I want to get a prostaff 6.0 but don't want to get a 3/8 because I know I'm going to have to put pn a overgrip which will make the grip too big. Would a safe choice be a 1/4 and if I find it too small just put on a overgrip to make it a 3/8 instead of getting a 3/8 and having it too big.
I was met with the same dilemna not too long ago, having it too big will be a big problem because you will have to shave down a grip which I don't even want to imagine doing. A big factor is also what kind of grip you use and how much you overlap when you grip it. I have 2 racquets, one of them is 4 3/8 with tournagrip (thin) and the other is 4 1/4 with Wilson Pro Grip with plenty of overlap (apparently Wilson grips come longer than tourna and it was thicker) in the end, the two racquets were about the same size, surprisingly.
Getting it too big is always going to be the more difficult of the two, but keep in mind that wrapping too many overgrips will take away the feel of the bevels (learned about it thanks to people on this forum) which is the problem you may run into if not careful, so it is best to avoid using more than 1 overgrip and wrapping too many things over one another.
Deuce
Banned
You say that you're a 4 3/8 - but with which company? If it's not Wilson, then it's irrelevant, as all companies shape their handles differently. It even seems that they measure them differently.
Polaris
Hall of Fame
Agreed. That is probably the main reason why people tend to buy racquets with smaller grips.
I wonder though, why some of the pros use smaller grips. Federer's grip size is probably one or two sizes smaller than TW's rough recommendation seems to indicate. Nadal's grip is even smaller. Is it because smaller grips are easier when it comes to hitting "whippy" shots by bringing the wrist into play? Smaller grips may cause tennis elbow, but the pros are so powerful and train so diligently that most of them needn't worry about these things.
If I use TW's measurement, my grip size tends to be between 4 3/8 and 4 1/2, but I'm always more comfortable with 4 1/2. When I last played with 4 3/8 grip, I felt that the "hit-through" component of my shot suffered, while the "bursh-up" component improved. It was a PK 5g, which is not a very powerful racquet, so I had a hard time clearing the service line on my groundstrokes with a 4 3/8 grip.
Michelangelo
Professional
I think grip size 4 is exclusively for junior and those rackets designed (intentionally) exclusively for women. However, I really haven't seen any girl/women play with grip smaller than 4-1/8 (<-- that's my god-sis)
Okay guys can you help me out with your vast knowledge of tennis gizear. I'm going to get a 1/4 st vincent eventually. If I get it and put on a wilson pro overgrip will it make the grip fit like a 3/8. If I get a 3/8
And put on a wilson rpo overgrip will that increase its size and make it too big. Please I need vital info because st vincents don't come that often. I don't want to lose the feel of the racquet especially with a st vincent.
And put on a wilson rpo overgrip will that increase its size and make it too big. Please I need vital info because st vincents don't come that often. I don't want to lose the feel of the racquet especially with a st vincent.
Achilles
New User
Yeah, I agree with above.
