You laugh at them. You doubt they work. You can’t believe they’d be comfortable. You reluctantly give them a try. You hate them, throw them in the box, and swear you were right. You cool off and give them another try. You realize these are pretty comfortable once you get used to them. You...
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I post a lot on the Tennis Warehouse forums and write up a bunch of equipment reviews. Shoes are particularly hard for me because I have a very blocky, short foot, with a really wide forefoot–a foot type tennis shoe companies certainly don’t cater to. When I find a shoe that I like, I...
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Balance boards are used by racket technicians to measure how “head light” or “head heavy” a racket is. It’s an important measurement for experienced players–a player used to a head heavy racket would not be pleased with a head light racket, and vice versa. Fortunately, you can tweak how head light or head heavy...
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One of the online tennis retailers sent me a pair of Wilson Trance All Court shoes to review. Big props to Tennis Warehouse for trying to get regular players involved with their reviews… I played with them for about 3 weeks, and came up with the following thoughts. I had higher hopes for them,...
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Just installed this string in one of my Magnetic Tours. Was pretty easy to string up, not as easy as some multis though. I haven’t broken these yet, but played 2 doubles matches with them. Initial impressions are “nothing special”. This isn’t especially soft and doesn’t have especially good feel. Durability will be interesting....
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I bought another FMT from a TW board member and it came strung with Klip Venom 17 w/ about one set of use on it. I pretty much abused this string until it was about to snap. Durability for a multi is very good. It has gotten some negative reviews, but I don’t really...
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I recently switched from the Wilson K-Factor 6.1 16×18 to the Fischer Magnetic Tour. I like the K6.1 b/c it’s solid, pretty head light, and I can serve well with it… But my main motivations for moving were these: String eater Heavy during long matches Powerful. Quick-reaction shots could really zip. The Fischer Magnetic...
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So I started a thread over on the TW board about how resident VLOGist Chris Edwards looks like Survivorman a bit… well, funnily enough I met him & William (vid editor extraordinaire) in Cincinnati the very next week at the ATP Masters event. We chatted for a few min and he asked if I...
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