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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