You can easily lose to a much worse player with bad mentality

[rogerroger917]

Ok. Have fun.

If I take into my hands more powerful setup, I immediately hit with more pace and more spin.

 

[zalive]

Ok. Have fun.

Do you pretend not to understand the point, or you really don't understand it?

 

[rogerroger917]

Do you pretend not to understand the point, or you really don't understand it?

I understand it. But you are mistaken. If applied to a wta pro vs ATP pro. For you it is probably valid an equipment change made your ball speed and spin pick up.

 

[zalive]

I understand it. But you are mistaken. If applied to a wta pro vs ATP pro. For you it is probably valid an equipment change made your ball speed and spin pick up.

How do you explain that certain WTA players play with high SW setups?
Why should they use it if they didn't gain on power and spin?

 

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

So top players never lose any games? What kind of logic is that..

Where in the quote from @Topspin Shot did he write that "top players never lose any games"?

 

[Topspin Shot]

Where in the quote from @Topspin Shot did he write that "top players never lose any games"?

It was in the invisible part of my post.

 

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

It was in the invisible part of my post.

D'oh! Why didn't I think of that! Did you use lemon juice? Didn't that mess up your monitor?

 

[rogerroger917]

How do you explain that certain WTA players play with high SW setups?
Why should they use it if they didn't gain on power and spin?

I give up.

 

[li0scc0]

How do you explain that certain WTA players play with high SW setups?
Why should they use it if they didn't gain on power and spin?

They gain power, but not spin.

 

[zalive]

They gain power, but not spin.

Actually, both...but setup alone can't turn their strokes to being really spinny if this is not result of the technique they use. If they hit flatter strokes, ball remains flatter regardless of setup they use.

This is why this has to be taught from the early age. In my view, using bigger head size is very logical approach. Playing with strings (type which allows better energy return) and right related tensions is another option to allow more power to setup. Now how to transfer that setup power to both spin and pace - it's merely a matter of technique.

I used to play with a 14x18 97'' 330 SW stock Prince racquet when co-poly strings arrived, before I took a hiatus. Poly string I used back then had a high energy return. The result was quite a powerful setup and pretty much all influenced it: powerful yet spinny string, 14x18 pattern which allows both lot of topspin and easy power even on moderate RHS and a decent SW. So, with that setup you had abundance of power, what you needed is to tame it...and you tamed it using a technique which transfers big deal of swing energy into spin.