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jay12
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Tennis/10
What headsize?
What strings?
What tension?
What weight?
What head balance?
What string pattern?0 -
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that looks massive!!!!
im toying with the idea of learning to play tennis as there are a fuckload of courts at the end of my street owned by the company i work for so i can use them whenever i want [sandler]for freeeeeeeeeeeeee[/sandler]
how hard is tennis to get a grip of? i play squash so can swing a racket about, will this be of any help?0 -
Not really. Tennis is far more skilled than Badminton or Squash. Totally different ball game (excuse the pun)0
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Although that said, squash does help with your movement on a tennis court.0
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102"²Andy wrote:Tennis/10
What headsize?
What strings?
What tension?
What weight?
What head balance?
What string pattern?
HEAD strings
for tension it says 23+/-2kp-51+/-5lb
275g
330mm
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Andy wrote:Not really. Tennis is far more skilled than Badminton or Squash. Totally different ball game (excuse the pun)
i might give it a go either way, if i dont like iti will use the racket that i buy to pretend to play the guitar when drunk at home.
what would be a good racket for under 100 quid?0 -
it's not that hard to get a grip of. just requires a fair bit of practicesheepsteeth wrote:that looks massive!!!!
im toying with the idea of learning to play tennis as there are a fuckload of courts at the end of my street owned by the company i work for so i can use them whenever i want [sandler]for freeeeeeeeeeeeee[/sandler]
how hard is tennis to get a grip of? i play squash so can swing a racket about, will this be of any help?0 -
anything from wilson is goodsheepsteeth wrote:Andy wrote:Not really. Tennis is far more skilled than Badminton or Squash. Totally different ball game (excuse the pun)
i might give it a go either way, if i dont like iti will use the racket that i buy to pretend to play the guitar when drunk at home.
what would be a good racket for under 100 quid?0 -
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Get a used Squier Stratocaster. Good balance for swingin', and you'll look more pro when you're pissed and pretending to play the guitar.sheepsteeth wrote:Andy wrote:Not really. Tennis is far more skilled than Badminton or Squash. Totally different ball game (excuse the pun)
i might give it a go either way, if i dont like iti will use the racket that i buy to pretend to play the guitar when drunk at home.
what would be a good racket for under 100 quid?0 -
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whyamihere wrote:
Get a used Squier Stratocaster. Good balance for swingin', and you'll look more pro when you're pissed and pretending to play the guitar.sheepsteeth wrote:Andy wrote:Not really. Tennis is far more skilled than Badminton or Squash. Totally different ball game (excuse the pun)
i might give it a go either way, if i dont like iti will use the racket that i buy to pretend to play the guitar when drunk at home.
what would be a good racket for under 100 quid?
i always quite liked the look of a telecaster, even though i have never wanted to play a guitar. if i did get one though i would want to be able to throw it over my shoulders and have it spin round my neck on its strap straight back into my hands, that always looks cool i think.0 -
Andy wrote:
i like the look of the dunlop one, it has similar frame technologies to my current squash bat.
when i bought the prince racket, it was designed for touch feel and control as opposed to power and i found it dificult to play with.
do you think this would typically translate into what i would prefer for tennis? or am i better off with less power as there isnt a set of walls to make up for my shocking technique and keep the ball in the court?
i like the idea of stayng with dunlop as the 2 squash bats i have are the best ive ever had, are dunlop tennis bats any good?0 -
LOL @ tennis bat
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Thats a pretty damn good racket to be honest. I've got a Dunlop Aerogel 200 (amongst many many many others) and the quality is good.
Thats an all round racket and I think the best bet for you trying to get into tennis. You don't want anything too powerful as you will struggle to keep it in court and you dont want the other extreme as you will struggle to get the ball back over the net.
You want about a 100sq inch headsize and a 270-300g unstrung weight. Grip size three you will need.0 -
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Andy wrote:Thats a pretty damn good racket to be honest. I've got a Dunlop Aerogel 200 (amongst many many many others) and the quality is good.
Thats an all round racket and I think the best bet for you trying to get into tennis. You don't want anything too powerful as you will struggle to keep it in court and you dont want the other extreme as you will struggle to get the ball back over the net.
You want about a 100sq inch headsize and a 270-300g unstrung weight. Grip size three you will need.
cheers for the advice and recommendations, i will bear all of this in mind and report back.
sorry for the thread hijack jay.0 -
The wife won me one of these tennis sticks. Yet to take it out the cover. Think it's a good one thoughFormally known as Coatbridgeguy0
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Coatbridgeguy wrote:The wife won me one of these tennis sticks. Yet to take it out the cover. Think it's a good one though
Pix?0 -
Andy wrote:Coatbridgeguy wrote:The wife won me one of these tennis sticks. Yet to take it out the cover. Think it's a good one though
Pix?
i can only assume you are asking for pix of the bat?0 -
Erm.... yeah yeah thats what I meant...!0
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Only if people are serious enough and willing to learn tennis, there are some usefull vidz of Oscar Wegner** on e-net. Took me some time to adapt from Classical* tennis to New Age* swings and touch. Now, it takes me roughly 1.5-2hours to teach (not as professional really), but my so called new tennis partners don't believe they learn and enjoy play it in under 2 hours (I even made my wife look way better than some so called recreational players). Most beginners are put off by running and collecting balls instead of playing a game!
Beginners tennis racket Ideally would be in range of 260-290grams, 106-109 size,16X19 string pattern for easier bite and topspin, 60nm frame stiffness would be more than enough to feel the stroke*. Wouldn't recommend any beginner a pro's or club* level players rackets, as most of them are 300gr+ and usually destroy people's wrists after and hours session.
tennisnuts does have some good deals, as well as milletsports. £40-£80 is more than enough for a decent racket, oh its the same thing like with bikes, checking what year and what technology is built in .
To the OP ... Jay12, your racket is to flexy and overpriced, Ti rackets were the future maybe 8years ago, but Head -makes nice feel* rackets . Sorry, its a pinch of salt and somewhat a snobbery as usuall.What could have been (Video)
I'll choose not put too much stake into someone's opinion who is admittingly terrible though0
