Tips on buying a Tennis Racquet
Jul 06 '01
The Bottom Line Game, Set, Match.
The racquet you play tennis with can make a difference in how you play. This doesn’t mean with a good racquet you can go out and win Wimbledon. I am an avid tennis player and I go through about 14-15 racquets a year. Most of the time I just get tired of playing with a racquet and the strings lose their tension and it doesn’t play as good as it did before. Most of the time, I try to buy the same racquet that I had before, but sometimes I will see another one that I like better and I will buy it. Here are a few tips on buying a tennis racquet.
1. Buy one that suits your game. If all you do is serve and volley, then a racquet that is better for base liners will not work as well for you at the net.
2. Do research before making a purchase. You can look in tennis magazine at the bookstore or you can look on the web or epinion.com to see what other people think of the racquet.
3. Just because a racquet is expensive, doesn’t mean it is better than a cheaper one. Most of the time I don’t spend over 150 dollars on a racquet. I have bought a racquet for 50 dollars and it played better that a 150$ one. But on the other hand I bought a different 50$ one and it was crap. Don’t focus too much on price.
4. Since I play so much I normally have about 5 to 6 racquets at any given time. I normally have 2 really expensive ones and 3 or 4 cheap ones. When I get really mad on court, I tend to break racquets. If I am playing someone who I know is really good, I will play with a cheap one, because I know I am probably going to break it.
5. If you know someone who has a racquet you are thinking about buying, ask them if you can borrow it to try out. This way you will get a feel for it and see if this is the one that is right for you.
6. Make sure the racquet has a good grip on it. If it doesn’t when you start sweating, it will be very hard to hold. If there is one you just have to have and it doesn’t have a good grip, buy one of those grips that you apply yourself.
7. If you buy a racquet and you see it has a lot of vibration, buy some vibration dampeners. One works good, buy if you put 2 it almost completely eliminates vibration.
8.Weight. You want a light racquet not a heavy one. Beware though. If the racquet is too light it will be hard to control the ball and it will make a lot of your shots go wide or off, because you are used to a little heavier racquet so you are swinging it too fast because you are use to having to swing it harder with the bigger racquet.
9. Durability. If a racquet is really lightweight and the frame is not very thick and it just looks really cheap, chances are it will not be durable at all. It may play good for a while, but after hitting the balls so hard so many times the frame will crack. It happen to me and I was not happy.
10. If you are looking to buy a really good tennis racquet that is really cheap, Wilson makes some really good racquets for about 35 $. I had one that lasted me for a years and no matter how hard I throw it on the ground in anger, it never cracked. You don’t even have to go to a sports store to get one either. You can get it like at Wal-Mart or K-mart.
Over all, when buying a tennis racquet use your head. Search the web, ask friends, look in magazine, do whatever you can to learn which racquet is the best for you. Don’t rush in and spend 200 dollars on a racquet just because Venus Williams or Pete Sampras has one and it looks really cool.
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