The playing style will influence your choice of racquet. What is your playing style? Here we go through categories of racquets.
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Precision racquets
Let’s say you’re an aggressive player that likes to attack the ball at the first opportunity you get. You need some power from the racquet to take charge of the point or go for the winner but you also need some precision to go for smaller targets. Think Federer. This racquet category includes racquets like Wilson Pro Staff, HEAD Prestige, Babolat Pure Strike and Tecnifibre Tfight.
This means you usually want to go for a precision racquet.
Control racquets
Or you’re perhaps a defensive mastermind that likes to thread the needle with brilliant passing shots and carefully executed lobs? You might play all court tennis with the brains of a master chess player. Think Djokovic. This category has racquets like Wilson Blade, HEAD Radical, Yonex Percept, Tecnifibre TF40, Dunlop CX.
Then you will want a control racquet.
Spin racquets
Maybe Rafael Nadal is your idol and you like to move your opponents around using heavy top spin shots from the baseline. Or you want a bit more lift on your flatter shots. This category holds racquets like Babolat Pure Aero, Wilson Shift, HEAD Extreme, Dunlop SX and Yonex VCORE.
Then you will want a spin racquet.
Power racquets
Perhaps you have a flatter game and don’t enjoy the lift and launch of the balls that some top spin racquets produce, but you enjoy extra power and free depth on your shots. In this category, we find racquets like Babolat Pure Drive, Wilson Ultra, Yonex Ezone, Dunlop FX and HEAD Instinct.
Then you would probably enjoy a power racquet.
Comfort racquets
If have a history of arm issues like tennis elbow, perhaps a sensitive wrist or shoulder, you should consider a comfort racquet. In this category we find the Wilson Clash, ProKennex racquets, Donnay and Prince Phantoms.
If you think you are somewhere in the middle of all this, maybe you should check out a versatile racquet.
Let’s say you mainly play doubles, then you might want a racquet adapted for this game. We also have a category called Doubles racquets.
We will deal with all these categories for intermediate to advanced players to make sure you find a racquet and a string that might suit your level and playing style.
We deal with both options for intermediate players to advanced in each category. These are new firm rules in the path to a racquet. Some advanced players might prefer a lighter racquet with lots of power, while some intermediate players prefer having a bit more control. Those are heavily based on playing style.
