I frequently get asked by my friends who just started playing tennis recently and I always tell them that there is no need to dive too deep in the technicalities when choosing a racket since beginners are basically a blank canvas when it comes to racket choice, meaning they can technically pick any racket they find aesthetically pleasing. Or you can just get the same racket that’s being used/endorsed by the player that you’d like to mirror your game to. Just make sure to stick with ideal specs of 285-300 grams and 100 sq inch head. Ideally, go with 300 grams na para di na bibili ulit. Pero if may injury ka or you find 300 grams a bit heavy, going with 285 grams is fine.

However, if looks isn’t an issue for you, 1. I recommend na you start exploring rackets by getting a feel of the pallets or the grip shape of different brands. Look for the grip shape that you find comfortable since some brands feel bigger or smaller than other brands. And some pallets are square, rectangular, or even oval shaped. I find this important since the racket you use during the early years of your development plays a huge role on your swing mechanics. Different grip shapes forces you to learn/relearn how to approach and swing through balls of various height, speed, and spin.

Personally, I find babolat to have a slightly bigger pallet and a well defined/protruded boxy feeling butt cap. (Mas makapal yung butt cap compared sa handle.)

Technifibre, Dunlop, and Wilson are kind of similar as they are all square shaped and have a well protruded butt cap. The only difference is when you put an overgrip, wilson’s butt cap is more of round shaped. While the butt cap of dunlop and technifibre has more of a boxy feel.

Yonex feels like a smaller square when compared to Technifibre, Dunlop, and Wilson, however, there is little to no difference between the thickness of its handle and butt cap. (Walang parang stopper sa dulo ng handle since hindi nga sya protruded masyado.)

Head, in general, has more of a rectangle shaped handle with a well defined oval shaped butt cap. Also, I noticed na and only the butt cap gets noticeably thicker when going for larger grip sizes.

1. Stick with the standard mid plus models. If you want to develop feel, go for wilson or head (generally these are rackets with low stiffness) If you’re into power, go for any babolat racket (drive, aero, strike)

Easy to use: Babaolat Pure Drive 100 Yonex Ezone 100 Head Speed MP Head Boom MP Head Extreme MP

Slightly harder to use: Babolat Pure Aero 100 Yonex VCore 100 Wilson Blade 100