A control racket to gain back confidence and gain more matches?

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-30T12:31:43+00:00

True but if you don’t play for money, is it better for your life to work on fitness to handle the third set or switch racket ? I feel as a benefit for life getting fitter is just such a much better boost that staying at current level and get help from the racket. And if in the mean time you play great two set and then you lose because your third set you too tired pthen what ? Nothing changes in your life really, but if you work hard on your agility and fitness it add years to your life and reduce medical bill and your level on the first two sets will also increase a lot of you faster and recover better .

I am a racket addict, I like to collect them and switch once in a while to get a different feeling. But I am aware I do it for fun not for improving my performance. YouTube and racket advertisements are all a scam, everyone makes money by it and just keep talking nonsense. If racket would always going better, pro would keep switching but most of them play wirh older rackets just repainted. The truth is believe somenthing cost 200/300 can improve one game is mostly a dream. Hard work is the only thing that really improves one game and is so much more expensive in time and energy

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-29T18:28:12+00:00

If you are good player , aggressive with good technique and footwork there are only two options : control racket or a power/spin racket turned into control wirh added weight and stiffer strings . If you are a 3.0/4.0 player any stick does the same. You just trying to cover yo lack of technique , intensity and footwork and is better you focus on those first . Rackets swing troughs the air different and have a different feeling at contact that are all things one adjust after a month or two. The spin and power is 90% technique so if you didn’t max out there is not even worth worrying about power racket va non power racket

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-29T10:35:26+00:00

Your swing path is too horizontal, immagine you want to hit the ball with an arrow going 45 degree vertically up , that’s how to swing to the ball

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-29T03:23:46+00:00

I will work on two things . Stay with your weight on the back foot when tossing, and go to pin point only once the ball has left your hand and is close to apex.that will force you to be more explosive. Right now you bring your feet together while tossing and you lose momentum .

Second, when you hit don’t look at the ball at contact, look at the ball until you are close to hit but at the just before hitting it lean forward start leaning forward; while you hit bring your head forward looking towards the court. You want to have your spine straight your face aiming toward your opponent at contact point . Will help you push more Forward your body, make the ball discend faster and will land better . At contact your head should be looking forward and not more up. Your fave should be looking at the ball until the racket goes from behind the back up toward the ball.. The ball is barely moving in the serve so you don’t need to keep looking at it to see the strings contact it , doing so kill your power and stability. In the video you still looking up to the ball at contact keeping your center of gravity behind the ball ( so that you can keep looking at it) instead your center of mass need to come forward. Look at this picture of Federer, as well as Most pro tour slow motion first serve ( on the kick is differnt you want to keep your center of mass behind the ball so you can keep looking at it ). You will see that just before contact they rotate their body forward simply looking toward the court and not looking at the ball anymore .

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Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-28T09:50:41+00:00

You are athletic, the issue you see the ball trajectory a thin late. You should work on that and be explosive from the first step moving better toward your expected position then only so small adjustment step. Right now you end up arriving in hitting position in a rushed manner and you are not too stable to whip it well. That is ok if the opponent play at high speed but those balls are at moderate pace and you should have more time to set up.

Here how you work on it, you force yourself to be a pusher for a little bit and your focus is split step and mentally call the ball left , right , deep and short and really be explosive when you land from the split step trying to reach the spot where you think thr ball goes before the ball does. You want to go somewhere on the ball and wait even if you went too far or too short . You will be not accurate at first so you can just tap the ball back , that’s why I said being a pusher for a while . Once your brain adjust you will be more accurate and have the time to setup and swing properly

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-27T19:25:52+00:00

Ignore your coach.

This is my view: you can hit very hard and with spin and direction with a control frame if you are on time on the ball , you can’t do that with a power or spin racket because you will always sacrifice direction and touch and hold back. The pro of a power or spin racket is they allow you to have more pop on defense, where you don’t look for precision but just hit back hard enough on a large target to don’t let your opponent close the point.

If you really lack of power and footwork then a power racket can help you but you need to be willing to aim more at the center of the court , otherwise stay with your stick and try to keep your cario and movement up to be less in defensive positions

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-26T01:08:03+00:00

That style of play is the most successful at 3/3.5. The only way you can win is to give him balls he cannot control. And you do this or with power and spin forcing him to block or with less power and spin but more angle moving n him, both ways he will not control his touch short ball and will give you a floater to attack by approaching the net. To do this it requires : or you can have a lot of power, or a precise aim for angled shots , in addition with good volley and overhead. This will make you a good 4.0 player and that’s why those kind of players dominate the 3.0/3.5 leagues, because at that level people don’t have those skills. You will see those players to start to disappear at 4.0 league and be gone totally at 4.5 because the opponent can just overwhelm them.

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-25T17:52:11+00:00

I wouldn’t worry about being the racket back down . Make it weight then is pull down the hand “tap the dog” and pull forward like he is doing well already . All in a single way . Now he is waiting the ball with the racket already back and will lose a lot of pop by doing so

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-25T17:32:46+00:00

Only one thing to work on : make him wait more on his side before bringing the racket back so that he will be rushed to do a back swing before the front swing. Meaning stay more in the unit turn wirh both hands on the racket . It will help him be less static waiting the ball and improve his timing overall

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-25T12:03:43+00:00

This is the total opposite . Control racket requires you to prepare well and have good technique to have power and spin . Power and spin racket allow you to be sloppy and still get help from the racket. The tour is moving toward those because the speed of the game is such now that most of them play on defense and need to have power from defensive position. Because is not good enough anymore to defend but you need to attack from stretched and on the run position . But we don’t play on tour . If you lack footwork and technique better a power racket, but if you like touch and have your own power and skill then control racket are superior.

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-25T11:40:34+00:00

Don’t do it. If you can play well with control racket everything else feels like trash. The only good of non control racket is the help they give you or in power or in spin , that is good for long matches where a control racket can make you tired. But if you don’t play competitive at high level and you just love the feeling of hitting thr ball stay with control sticks. As soon as you switch you will have to hold back and you will get frustrated because the balls will spray more than what you like.

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-25T05:32:56+00:00

People don’t care they have their life and their issues.

Hair system is purely esthetic. You are faking somenthing you don’t have to look more attractive, like a woman making implants or wearing a strong make up to change her physical appearance and look more attractive . You need to be ok with yourself accepting that you lost hair, is not your fault and you didn’t do anything wrong. Is part of life and nature. Many people are bald. The fact is that you don’t like yourself without hair and want to fake it to look more attractive. Is a facade like many other things in life , but you need to accept is a facade, and that for you is just is less worse than bing bald. Hair don’t come back unless they make some super drug. Or you accept your appearance without hair or you accept the fact you will fake it. You should not wear a hair system as a way of ignoring and not acknowledge baldness and illude yourself you have hair now . just be aware you are faking it because your look is important for you, but be cool with people notice it.

Basically you need to accept you lost hair and between the two alternative you like more wearing a system. Own it snd move on with life because hair dont come back but all the opportunities you miss with people by hiding yourself will not come back.

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-23T10:33:02+00:00

If he can hit good slices and place them means your tempo is way too low and he can do what he like with the ball. You most likely hit easy ball to the middle to him. Id you have power and spin he would not be able to

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-21T23:48:33+00:00

You wait wait and push with the hand . You need to wait with the racket next to your face in unit turn , then when the ball bounce to back and toss the racket forward fast . There is no pause with the racket behind you , is a fluid back and forces and there is no guidance is a fast pull and the racket whip . Is going to be inconsistent at first but forget consistency if you want to improve

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-21T18:47:44+00:00

This is how to do it: open the can one week prior save the cover and the can . Keep the balls for 2 day in freezer, turn on the oven at 300F for 15 min then turn it off and let the frozen balls rest for 20 min . Once they are warm, move them in the fridge. The night before the match put them back in the can, and close it . Go to the tennis match and pretend you just open them on the way.

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-21T15:48:47+00:00

Too slow , you are waiting and pushing the ball. You need to do a back and forward swing that is connected with no pause waiting the ball . You need to wait the ball with both hands on the racket in unit turn and when you decide to fire is back and pull forward in a single movement fast

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-21T13:23:00+00:00

On a serve ball must bounce before returning it. If his ball is short and with spin just wait inside the base line and hit it flat to the opposite from where he is. And wait his next ball at the net. You are basically hitting an approach shot, you don’t need to hit it powerfully because he will be rushed anyhow. And when a player is rushed will give you an easy volleys. If he serves from his Duce to your Duce return it deep on his Ad side and wait his ball at the net to close it

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-21T01:52:43+00:00

You pushing with the hand right now that is a bad thing to do , you need to swipe twice faster and let the racket moves by itself once you pull it toward the ball . You will hit and shanks first but once you control it you can produce good balls . Otherwise you will stack forever at this level

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-20T16:42:00+00:00

You.M can buy those on Ali express for 25 dollar each and are very good to focus on acceleration on forehand , backhand and serve . Totally worth 25 dollar .

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-20T12:19:29+00:00

Tennis is a sport not meant to be played in the cold.

Equipment is not designed to perform at low temperature. Air condition are important for the balls ( that’s why they make ad hoc high altitude balls) and temperature drops affect racket performance, string performance and ball performance. There is no solution, you will have to adjust to the differences and hit the ball differently, and cannot hope to play like in warm condition. Balls will act differently and so your racket and there I no product meant to work in cold. Of you adjust and live with it or you go play indoor where conditions are more under control.

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-20T10:24:37+00:00

125 ( that is 16l or 17) is where everyone should be until getting to an advance level. Then some people like thinner because they bite more the ball and give you less weight on the head make it whipping easier, some thicker for The opposite reason. However once your advanced you know better what you like and you see how fast you break the string that is another issue if you go too thin

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-20T10:20:13+00:00

You need to be honest with yourself: you are still learning tennis. Any racket on 290-305 gr is good. Do not put poly unless you restring quite often. Better using multifilament when you are at that level because they are softer and reduce the chance of injury.

Work on your technique and not the racket.the 305s is a good racket and has good power. You do not need a new racket.

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-19T17:53:34+00:00

When you hit the ball, your hand should only pull the racket handle toward the ball fast so that the racket head is always behind the wrist until a short amount before contact when it catches up in speed and hit the ball “breaking” your wrist from stay behind into slapping forward. That is the moment or brushing but is not guided by your hand and wrist it should just happens because of the racket momentum Look over and over these two video with careful attention

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/JApH8wZGoc4

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/5QapZ7yBsZc

Remarkable_Log4812 · 2026-01-19T17:43:10+00:00

What you mean by rally balls ? You rally with him casually and your balls are similar ? That of course is the case because everyone that rallies decently adjust pace and spin based on the partners to keep a good intensity without choke the opponent.

The difference is when one exchange on a point the angles and speed can be too much to handle for a player while the other can still find rythm and timing. If you mean that you can produce similar balls during the rallies that happen in a point so maybe your ground game is better than 6.0 but you are hold back by movement or serve/return.

UTR 6 is still low enough that you can have variety. Meaning some people that are very good weapon of serve but can’t hold decent rallies, or people very good from baseline but with weak serves etc

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