Head Liquidmetal Tennis Racquet What racquet for my stlye of play?
First of all i cannot try new racquets as i live on a tiny island with no tennis stores ( Saipan)
I have been playing for 8 months and just won the 3.0 division.
Now at 4.0 i have noticed lack of power , but good control with my Head Liquidmetal radical OS racquet, strung with Kevlar main strings at 57 tension and Technifiber X-one 61 tension.
I usually play baseline with a long swing.
1. Is there any way i can increase power with sacrificing much control.
2. Is it better to use a midsize racquet ( 90-110 sq inch)
3. Is it the strings or racquet that will improve my power , or is it my swing.
4. How do wilson and babolat compare to head liquidmetal racquets.
thanks
Everything effects the power of your shots even the surface which you play on!
For generating more power you should follow this:
1. Your racket:
a) make sure the balance/weight of you racket in its head and not in the grip.
b) Then softer the tension of the strings on your racket then more power but less control you will have. So its like a scale: more power - less control (soft tension) and more control - less power (strong tension) so be cafeful with tension selection because if you go too far away to one way you will loose the other...Does not really matter what kind of strings/brand/price you use unless you are a touring pro...just follow one rule...then more space you have between the strings on your racket then thicker strings you should use (normally oversize head rackets) and then less space between the strings on your racket (normally midsize or smaller touring/pro rackets) then thiner strings you should use.
2. Your tecnique:
a) Then bigger backswing you have then more power you can generate, however everything has a limit so make sure you dont go too far away. Example: when you swing your racket back make sure your hand which holds the racket does not go above/higher your shoulder hight (but the rackets head can) otherwise it will take too long to swing your racket back and you can be late for your shot.
b) use your body/weight: make sure you turn your shoulders left (forehand) or right (backhand) everytime you hit the ball so you can use your body and not just your arms which would def. give you more power. Weight transfer is very important too, so dont forget about it! Also, if the ball is going shorter try to hit it inside of the court rather then wait for it behind the base line if you'd do it the ball will be coming back faster to you opponient as it takes less distance for the ball to travel!
You also asked about racket brands. Id say you wont go wrong with Wilson however you can still go for others, too.
Racket head size: its up to your game, generally smaller head size rackets are for more professional players, you can get a lot of power and still control with this rackets the only problem is it ONLY works if your get the ball right on the "hitting spot" of this racket which is very small and if you miss the spot it means you loose the power, control and have an ugly shot...so be cafefull with going for small head rackets....as it might take too long before you will start getting the ball right on the hitting spot consistantly. Oversize head rackets have bigger "hitting sport" so its easier to be getting the ball right on the spot sonsistantly.
I hope it all helps you! Good luck with your game!
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