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Customizing a Tennis Racquet
We have a new guest contributor in Mark Illgner, who has written a post about customizing a tennis racquet. Keen to hear your experiences. Customizing a tennis racquet Customizing a tennis racquet is a great way to change a racquet you like into a racquet you love. You can change a racquet by adding weight, […]
The HEAD TiS6 Frankenstein edition
Master racquet technician Michael Gordon contacted me to write about his HEAD TiS6 Frankenstein project. How could I say no? HEAD TiS6 Frankenstein This project came about from using a 107″ Head radical in an 18×19 string pattern for a year. I found the larger head size created a larger sweetspot and the denser string […]
How can you get more out of your racquet?
How can you get more out of your racquet? Well, there are several ways to do that. Let’s look at a couple. Most players answer the question: How can you get more out of your racquet? with: Let’s buy a new one! Buying a new racquet is fun, don’t get me wrong. I’ve done this […]
What are platform racquets?
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 […]
Adding weight to your 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 […]
My Wilson Custom Tennis Racquets have arrived
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) […]
Things to know about tennis racquets
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 […]
Customize Your Pro Staff
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 […]
Podcast with Andrew from Prospect Customization
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 […]
Racquet Swing Weights
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, […]
