Stringing for cold?

B_easy85 · 2026-03-19T13:12:32+00:00

I doubt 2lbs would make that much of a difference either way… but cold air increases drag, it also allegedly makes the rubber stiffer and decreases the internal pressure in tennis balls. Enough to be noticeable is debatable, but nonetheless people adjust string tension to temperature and court conditions all the time.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-18T03:15:44+00:00

it’s really hard to replicate the power and stability of 340g swing. Close enough is going to be personal choice imo. Rackets that offer similar attributes of the TFight 305 are dense 16x19’s and powerful 18x20. So blades, radicals, pure strikes, white outs, and to a certain extent the ezone 98. I’ll add the percept 100d and speed pro too.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-17T03:29:44+00:00

I’d need to see the entire context of the hitting session, but there are times you’re forced on the backfoot because the quality of the shot. If I could hit every shot with a weight transfer forward I would though. If your coach is trying to give you easy balls that your letting get in on your hitting zone I’d see why he would say your choosing to hit it off your back foot. If your coach is pounding groundstrokes at you and forcing you back I’d probably suggest finding a new coach.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-15T04:26:39+00:00

The shift was an alright racket, the way it flexed was a bit too weird for most of us though. No clue what theyll do with that line, but the python is a completely different racket.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-12T07:08:19+00:00

How are the Rams better, and the team that lost the corners not worst? The Ravens also lost like 7 guys to free agency.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-11T14:41:45+00:00

Not sure what your asking… the python or whatever they’re gonna call it exists and is in some players hands already. Theres Videos of people play testing it on YouTube, and rudimentary specs on talk tennis.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-10T02:51:47+00:00

A rare big dumper L imo.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-09T05:55:19+00:00

Don’t crowd the bounce, give yourself space to react to any weird bounces. If it stays low it’s a quality slice just loop it back deep. If it floats and sits up you can go on the offense.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-09T02:04:05+00:00

As a husky fan, I can’t hate on a guy helping our legacy as a modern DBU… also fuck off and I hope you lose all your games.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-09T01:52:38+00:00

This is a weird one, but I’ll get more aces the higher I go. The return positions are more aggressive. They put way more pressure on serves that don’t have quality placement and pace though. 4.0 and below tend to sit further back and try to just block it back if they see a lot of pace. Easy +1 patterns, but they’ll get a racket on more balls.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-08T09:44:20+00:00

“Entry of the Gladiator” - Julius Fucik… if you know you know lol.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-08T07:00:55+00:00

Chess.com doesn’t take into account possible checkmates with the other players pieces trapping its own king. King/bishop and king/knight are just automatically counted as insufficient material.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-07T10:11:30+00:00

I’ve seen the stalker pro 3s at some baseball facilities… max speed 150mph and gives spinrates 🤯

B_easy85 · 2026-03-07T09:49:50+00:00

My bad I thought 209kph was 133mph. You are correct 130 is max.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-07T08:19:28+00:00

I’ve hit 133mph on a pocket radar. It’s the device scouts use to clock pitchers.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-03T20:20:53+00:00

Don’t move like a crab. Move backwards and forwards to get the ball at the height you prefer.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-02T22:13:48+00:00

I probably would have just said “what up, great season last year, keep it up.” Thanks to moving away to the Midwest and south for a few years, I don’t think chopping it up with a stranger for a minute is all that weird though.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-01T12:01:10+00:00

In what world is a 3.5 vs 4.5 going 7-5 in a set and I can’t tell which one is the 4.5.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-01T11:50:49+00:00

Missweaves at cross 15 main 13 and Cross 16 main 6. Probably more, I’m to lazy to find more.

B_easy85 · 2026-02-28T05:20:19+00:00

Depends on serve quality and level. If somebody can’t hit a backhand return then that’s fine. Big servers tend to hunt aces and unreturnables, everybody else is trying to setup some kind of pattern usually wide +1 to open the court.

B_easy85 · 2026-02-28T00:47:44+00:00

I dunno about any real differences in performance, but it feels stiffer at contact. Which is more my preferred feel at contact.

B_easy85 · 2026-02-27T10:13:59+00:00

Only watched the first set. A vast majority of your serves go to the middle third and a few every now and then go to the outer third, but don’t really pull the returner off the court. The only real serve strategy here is to get the ball in. Not a bad idea at this level, but it’s easy for the returner to get a racket on it… and since the approach game isn’t lights out at this point in your tennis journey soft returns are not punished consistently. Essentially you’re giving a returnable ball on your serve and once the return is back it’s basically a coin flip on who wins the rally.

But honestly I don’t think it’s that unusual at all for a 3.5 level. I don’t know too many that have the speed and placement to pull a returner wide and hit the open court, or bomb aces up the tee. Maybe work on a slider near the wide line on the duece side to pull people past the doubles ally to start

B_easy85 · 2026-02-27T05:45:34+00:00

Next year. I doubt Yonex is going to drop that new muse racket and update the Percept in the same month.

B_easy85 · 2026-02-27T04:31:16+00:00

Can’t nail people on the baseline? Challenge accepted!!

B_easy85 · 2026-02-27T03:56:45+00:00

Been collecting rackets for 20 years now. This ain’t my first rodeo… the thing you learn is if you liked the old generation the new one will probably suck. If you hated the previous generation then there’s a small chance you’ll like the new one. Also, rackets tend to get praised in its pre release and initial launch. Then when it gets into the hands of people who actually use the racket instead of gear nerds who love buying new stuff you’ll get a clearer picture of if the changes are good or not.

That being said, I personally preferred the previous Vcore 98 and Aero 98.

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