Now that I have received my PS85 and finally got the chance to hit with it I feel I gotta make my review of the legend.
Just to put up the scene.
I played before with the Pure Storm Ltd (non gt), with no lead and strung with multies. I play semi-western with an innuendo of western forehand, and a quite flat 2HBH. Used to have awesome volleys that misteriously disappeared after a two year hiatus.
My brother used to play with a Tour Diablo Mid, leaded up to something like 370-375 gramms, strung with multies. He plays with semi-western, more like an eastern forehand, one handed backhand. All court playa who sometimes struggles with the backhands.
Now, although we usually don't play with same sticks, here our wishes were the same, so both of us switched to the PS85. He had no concerns whatsoever about the change. I was a little concerned about the weight (just a little) and a little more about the head size affecting my 2HBH. We did not modify the sticks, only put a TurnaGrip (yeah, yeah, I know it sounds like a cliche, but from the very beggining we played with TurnaGrip).
The overall impression was awesome even before the first hit. The stick feels good in the hands. Then, from the very first stroke it felt so different to the Pure Storm Ltd!! Can't explain in operative terminologies the feeling, but can only say I loooved it.
On the forehands had no problems at all. As a matter of fact, the stick has surprised me a lot. First of all - power. It was so damn powerful, that my main concern was to adapt to that power. Then was the spin! The stick is small, but god does it spin the ball! My brother who never really liked to spin, and therefore never did so, was hitting the balls with such a spin! I just could not adapt to his "new" backhand. If before it was completely flat, now after bouncing it just "jumped" on me. His forehands were also heavy. I loved the control of the racquet. Yes, I did shack the ball from time to time, but not really more than with the PSLtd. And even when I did shack, it still ended inside the court because of such a heavy spin.
Then the backhands. Really did not have any problems with the size of the stick. Yet again, the only thing that needed adaptation was the inmense power. My brother did not notice it so much, but guess a 370g Diablo hits harder that the PSltd.... The slice was also very nice - loved it. Yet again, sometimes shacked the ball, but I put all of my body weight into the shots, so even when I shack the ball it still kicks *** to most people.
At the net I did not really practice a lot, but really loved it the few times I did come to the net. Did not have any troubles with maneuvrability. Stability was nice, as well as control. Yet again, the power, I still gotta learn to control so much power!
Serves, really did not have time to serve much, but the few times I did serve I liked it. The serves were not weaker than normal, and it's alright, cause I don't really imagine my serves to be any more powerful. It is funny, but I usually injure most ppl I play with when I serve. I don't really control the direction, just try to make it in. But it clocks so fast that sometimes they hit the oponnents, and it hit them hard...
Overall I just say one thing - if that stick goes out again in August, I'll get one more for sure!!! As long as you have the strength to weild it, you can just dance with it on the court. I really loved my tennis with it. You don't need to force anything, just swing it long and smooth, and everything will be just fine!!
Would be grateful to other playas who used this stick to give a comparison - what is closer to THIS PS85, the Youtek Prestige Mid or the BLX90?
Thanks for your attention.
