Why don't racquet manufacturers make their racquets more head heavy right out of the factory?

[Djokovicfan]

It seems that pros and everybody who knows what's up adds weight to the hoop making the balance and swingweight go up. Why don't manufacturers anticipate this and sell racquets with more weight at the hoop end? From my researching it seems the avg pro setup is about 5 points hl after all their lead tape is added. But the racquets endorsed by the pros are all pretty naked out the factory in terms of swingweight with balances of 8 pts hl or higher.

 

[Fernando]

It seems that pros and everybody who knows what's up adds weight to the hoop making the balance and swingweight go up. Why don't manufacturers anticipate this and sell racquets with more weight at the hoop end? From my researching it seems the avg pro setup is about 5 points hl after all their lead tape is added. But the racquets endorsed by the pros are all pretty naked out the factory in terms of swingweight with balances of 8 pts hl or higher.

They do. They call then children racquets. Most pro counterbalance by putting weight in th handle.

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[Kevo]

People like to buy lightweight frames. The heavier swinging frames don't sell as well in general. At least that's what I've been told. I don't have access to actual retail data, but it makes sense. If heavier frames sold better they would surely make more of them.

 

[KG32]

It seems that pros and everybody who knows what's up adds weight to the hoop making the balance and swingweight go up. Why don't manufacturers anticipate this and sell racquets with more weight at the hoop end? From my researching it seems the avg pro setup is about 5 points hl after all their lead tape is added. But the racquets endorsed by the pros are all pretty naked out the factory in terms of swingweight with balances of 8 pts hl or higher.

I don’t want to get into the “right balance” discussion, but whenever you’re wondering about retail racquets, keep in mind that 99% of racquets are being bought by people who don’t even know or care about balance or any other spec.

Ever been wondering why Wilson doesn’t give a damn about poor QC? Same thing, people just marching in like “gimmie the Wilson”, less than 5% knows a single thing about balance and I’d guess less than 1% knows that two racquets of the same model will vary in specs.

 

[Djokovicfan]

I don’t want to get into the “right balance” discussion, but whenever you’re wondering about retail racquets, keep in mind that 99% of racquets are being bought by people who don’t even know or care about balance or any other spec.

Ever been wondering why Wilson doesn’t give a damn about poor QC? Same thing, people just marching in like “gimmie the Wilson”, less than 5% knows a single thing about balance and I’d guess less than 1% knows that two racquets of the same model will vary in specs.

Do you think heads qc is good enough to snag new racquets from 100% positive sellers on fleabay? The wilsons having poor qc is kind of a shock. Also kind of embarrassing patriotism wise.

 

[KG32]

Do you think heads qc is good enough to snag new racquets from 100% positive sellers on fleabay? The wilsons having poor qc is kind of a shock. Also kind of embarrassing patriotism wise.

I have absolutely no experience with Head’s QC. But I guess no major racquet company has spot on racquet batches. Pacific was advertising “zero tolerance QC” or sth like that and I heard it worked pretty well, but I’d never order a racquet without checking the specs myself first.