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Choosing rackets
May 12, 2012
1:45 pm
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I have been playing for quite some time but never passionate enough to know more about equipment until recently.

I am playing with two rackets at the moment – Voltric 80 and Panda Power Trinity 2. The Voltric used to be strung with NBG98 27lbs while the Panda is BG66 Ultimax 26lbs. Between the two I prefer Voltric as I can get more power from smashes. My rackets are strung at such high tension more because a few of my friends started to increase the tension on theirs rather than knowing what I was doing.

One of the weakness in my game is strength. I often find my smash too weak and clearing from baseline to baseline very stressful especially in a more competitive doubles game. 

I have recently changed the string on my Voltric to BG66 Ultimax at 25lbs. I was disappointed to find the new setup worse than the previous one. The power from my smash became worse and my control of net shots and service have deteriorate to the extent that my less preferred racket, the Panda has become my more preferred racket. Hence my dilemma is how to get the best out of my existing two rackets, i.e. in terms of getting the right string at the right tension and whether the two rackets actually suit the me. As I have mentioned before I do not have very good strength and I usually play doubles and I am a leftie.

I just want some technical advice with regards to the racket types, string types and tension for someone with poorer strength. If both the rackets I currently own are not as suitable, I do not mind getting a new one. Few of the rackets I have in mind are Yonex ArcSaber 10, Victor MX80, Victor Brave Sword LYD and Victor MX60 but I am not sure whether they are any more suitable than my current ones. At the end of the day I just want to gain more knowledge on rackets, stiffness, size of sweet spots, strings and tension to assist me in finding the optimum setup. 

Thanks.

May 13, 2012
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JY

 

These are good questions.

 

First off, there is no such thing as an optimum string/tension combination for a racquet, only the one that suits you best. The simple way to test is to stick with one string and begin at a decent tension. Every time you ask for a re-string increase the tension by 1lb and make notes on how it plays and how you feel good and abad about it. Do this until you're really happy or make the decision to change the string.

 

With regard to your strength issues, are you using the exercsies from my armchair exercise videos? If not, I recommend you watch and begin immediately. This will help you.

 

Also, go and see a coach because clearly there is something wrong with your technique if you are having such difficulties. It may be best to invest in coaching before you undertake string testing.

 

Either way, I'm afraid you need to spend some money to solve your problem, unless you know a very friendly coach.

 

Good luck

 

Paul

May 17, 2012
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One of the things that doesn't get talked about much is the “feel” of different strings.

Yonex desribe them as soft, medium and hard but each string has a different feeling.

For example, BG65ti and BG80 are both desribed as hard but I think there's a big difference in how they feel.

There's also an issue with how well they hold their “stringing tension” and “playing tension”.

The general feeling about tensions is that you get more control but less power the higher you have your racket strung, higher tensions also reduce the sweet spot and are very unforgiving for even slight mistakes.

26/27lbs sounds very high to me, although changing rackets/strings/tensions won't improve your game drastically, only training and technique can do that.

You might have to trawl through all the posts here but the technical aspects of racket properties are all on here somewhere.

Good luck but as Paul said, it can get expensive

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