One of the most troublesome things about being a racquetholic is that you’re never really becoming a hundred percent in tune with one racquet. This can play havoc on your mind and game. The year of 2017 is coming to a close and during the year I’ve tested countless racquets, which I will try to summarize in a “Gear of the Year” post (coming shortly). If you’re curious about last year’s post, click here for the Gear of the Year 2016. With all the tennis I’ve been playing I’ve improved as a player, which is always my main goal, but lately I’ve …
buying a new tennis racquet
You’re not playing as well as you should. Timing is off and you might feel that your racquet is too sluggish or not stable enough. Is it your game or is it the racquet? How often do you get these kind of thoughts? I get them from time to time and that’s why I’ve been searching for the perfect racquet for pretty much all of my tennis life (excluding the junior years when I didn’t have a clue about tennis racquets). I’m currently playing pretty well with my new Babolat Pure Strikes 16×19Â (read the review) strung with Solinco Hyper-GÂ but the …
For us tennis nerds there is a period we need to beware of and that’s the racquet honeymoon. Those first weeks when we believe we’ve finally found the one… This might lead us into buying an extra racquet and vowing to play this racquet until the end of time because no other racquet has ever made us feel this good about ourselves and our tennis games. But just wait a few weeks and you’ll have an off session and you might start finding some faults in the racquet and how it affects your game. Suddenly you’re thinking, “how naive I …