EPTive played some games and i was getting the hang of it and its pretty fun but heres my question...
whats a good racket (raquet) for a beginner? whats a good brand for a racket
Tennis[sport]
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
ive played some games and i was getting the hang of it and its pretty fun but heres my question... whats a good racket (raquet) for a beginner? whats a good brand for a racket | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
I was pretty good, played in a bunch of USTA events and other random tournaments. I was always a prince guy with my racket, started out with it and was too stubborn to change | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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SurG
Russian Federation798 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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PoP
France15446 Posts
It's a great sport anyway, fun and (very) technical. On the other hand, it's the kind of sport where you tend to often get little (and sometimes bigger) injuries to your arms, or even your hands. | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
I attribute a lot of my success in baseball to tennis. I had extremely strong and quick wrists. Back in high school I was pretty wiry but I hit the shit out of the ball. It also is very physically trying, i love the constant action. I would love to start playing again, havent played competitively in 8 years or so. I think i'll take it up this spring again | ||
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
Wilson hypercarbon series are good rackets.. Ive used a Head ti-s5 for a couple of years.. but now i think its too light - bad for service return tl.net tennis tourney?? ill host, u guys come to vancouver. | ||
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
On December 09 2004 22:25 OhThatDang wrote: hmmm how much does a good racket cost nowadays anyways? u can get a decent racket for $50-80 canadian.. top of the line is around $200-230 | ||
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KillerPenguin
United States516 Posts
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SCFraser
Canada1534 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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shizuru
Japan570 Posts
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Capulet
Canada686 Posts
On December 10 2004 08:51 BigBalls wrote: It's a great great sport I attribute a lot of my success in baseball to tennis. I had extremely strong and quick wrists. Back in high school I was pretty wiry but I hit the shit out of the ball. It also is very physically trying, i love the constant action. I would love to start playing again, havent played competitively in 8 years or so. I think i'll take it up this spring again I thought tennis was more of an arm sport rather than wrists... Edit: Nvm... serves... | ||
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
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itzme_petey
United States1400 Posts
. I play tennis for the school team and its pretty fun to hit balls around for a class period. I suggest you get a recreational racket from prince, they make some good ones like ThunderCloud. Buying a really good racket right now would be a waste of money and most likely you wont be able to use it to the full potential. | ||
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soundwave
United States363 Posts
On December 10 2004 19:45 Okita wrote: I thought tennis was more of an arm sport rather than wrists... Edit: Nvm... serves... actually tennis is more like 1 - head 2 - legs .... .... .... 3 - back 4 - shoulders 5 - wrists .... .... .... ... ... 6 arms otherwise I wouldn't be able to hit 100 mph serves (my arms are very thin). Legs and position of the legs represent more than 50% of your tennis. Agassi's old Head TI Radical is a good racket to get started I strongly recommend it to you, because it's very friendly when hitting from the baseline and with an appropiate string tension say 60-62 pounds, you'll gain fast control of your strokes. If you buy a shitty racket you'll have plenty of problems controlling the ball thus will get frustrated and maybe abandon the sport. | ||
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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BigBalls
United States5354 Posts
i tried playing last year, i had some trouble hitting forehands (which is kinda weird), for some reason it felt a little unnatural after 6 years of not playing and only playing baseball. the backhand was fine and so was the serve, so i just kinda served and volleyed my way through a few games | ||
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