In my review of Monfils racquet, the Artengo TR 960 Control Tour, I called it a platform racquet. But what is a platform racquet? A platform racquet has the same idea as pro stock racquets in the way that you get a racquet at a lower specification (meaning weight/swing weight/balance), that you then customize to your desired specs. The pros get their favorite mold and layup and then that racquet …
There are many ways of adding weight to your racquet. You can use lead, tungsten or copper tape, use specific trapdoors, silicone, blu-tack.. I have received some samples of new ways of adding weight to your racquet (applies to both tennis and pickleball). One is the new Katana Sports copper tape, which is a lead-free alternative to lead tape. There is also the traditional lead tape, whether you use Gamma …
I’m generally always happy when the mailman rings the door. Today I received my Wilson Custom tennis racquets and they look great. Around 6 weeks back I designed a bunch of different Wilson Custom tennis racquets and asked my followers/subscribers to choose. In the end, this is what they chose, a Sweden (or Boca Juniors) inspired Clash 98 (my elbow says thank you very much) and a Porsche-inspired Pro Staff …
I wanted to create a series of videos on the topic: Things to know about tennis racquets. This one deals with weight, swing weight & balance. Why I lumped them together into one video called “Things to know about tennis racquets” is because I often get the question: if the weight and balance of my racquets (same model) are the same, will they have the same swing weight. The short …
Wilson has now announced that you can customize your Pro Staff. Previously, the Pro Staff racquets were not available for a custom paint, but that has now changed. You can customize your Pro Staff via this link. There are a few pros that share how they would customize their Pro Staffs on the page, including Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Gael Monfils. Federer will however return to play in …
I have just published my podcast with Andrew from Prospect Customization. It’s available on Spotify, iTunes and the usual places. I really enjoyed talking to a like-minded tennis nerd and we could easily have go on for a couple more hours. If you want to follow Andrew’s work, you should check out his Instagram Prospect Customization. He publishes a lot of interesting stuff around swing weights and customization. You can …
I get a lot of questions about racquet swing weights. How do you measure it? Is it important? What swing weight should you use? There is obviously not an easy answer to this. Like all things in tennis, it’s a personal thing. If you are interested in the racquet swing weights that the pros use, you check out this page. I have also created a video comparing typical swing weights …
