I'm a beginner lookin for a tennis raquet with good control(dont like power that much) , that i can use for a long time without having to change it if i get better at playin can u suggest some good raquets i could get and also the string tension and stuff like that?
2007-06-09 07:55:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Tennis
One answer to that: Go to a tennis Pro shop and get a raquet.
Be sure to tell the person helping you that you are just learning to play tennis and you do not know anything about raquests. Explain you need his or her help to get the right raquet for you. And shoes made for the tennis court.
There are a lot of factors involved in choosing a raquet.
your physical size: height, weight, arm length, etc.
your physical strength
your hand size. how big your hand is!
No two people on the court will have exactly the same raquet as a rule due to those differences.
Once you have picked several raquests you like get them to let you hit a few balls with each one of the raquests to see which one feels best to you. (One you are most comfortable with)
Then after you progress and can tell just by the in store feel by dry swinging the raquet you can go to the big box stores to buy new raquets if you want to. But beware the quality at the big box stores i.e. Wal Mart, Bass. Pro Shop etc is not going to be as good as you can get at Pro shop.
As far as string tension that varying so much from raquest to raquet and string to string. Always have your string tension checked at a Pro shop or have it restrung at a Pro shop.
Here again is where your Pro Shops have it all over the big box stores. When the raquets leave the Pro Shop they are strung right number one. They are not warpped number two. Their over all quality is better number three.
You can spend a hell of a lot of money by going from raquet to raquet without ever getting one that feels good to you. If you start out buying them at the big box stores.
In fact a hell of a lot more money that you will spend by going to a Pro Shop and getting a good quality raquet which feels right to you and which performs right for you and your level of play.
Keep this in mind about buying from big box stores:
There is no telling how long the raquet has sat in the warehouse. There is also no telling how long it has been in the store either.
Both of those lead to annoying things like the strings not being tight enough and them developing age related warpping not enough that you can see it but enough it affects the perormance of the raquet.
And the same goes for tennis balls as well. Seems like every time I wind up on Sunday or late at night needing balls when and can't get to a Pro shop I end up going through three of four cans of balls just to get enough balls not flat for us to play with.
2007-06-09 08:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
D-Teeb, I think you missed what JUAN FRAN$$$ was saying. It was very solid, excellent advice, that is, if you intend to play somewhat seriously and more than just a few times a year, if that. No one's saying to start off with an nCode or [K]Factor. A good tweener racquet should do the trick. (I have a Prince O3 Hybrid Hornet that I really like, and it doesn't have an overwhelming amount of power.)
2007-06-09 23:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by En79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dunlop McEnroe 200G with 16 gut synthetic at 55 lbs.
2007-06-10 02:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by pro10slessons 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it doesn't work like that
if you're just starting, you have to buy a simple racket; if you get better, you can buy a better one. a person can't start off playing tennis with an ncode k factor because it is a difficult racket to play with and you have to have experience
2007-06-09 21:47:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋