Making minor changes can be hard enough, but making 2 large changes so close together was very trying on my mental state. I'm glad I did, but I wouldn't recommend someone do what I did. During the transition, I would play better than I ever had and worse than I ever had all in the same match! Since I could tell my ceiling potential was higher with the changes, I committed to sticking with them. My game was crud for months, and it wasn't till about a month ago that things really started clicking back together. Starting in July of last year I made the switch to the one hand backhand, and I started the forehand grip change about a month later.
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I feel like the Pure Strike gives me this.except when strung too tight (which for me is anything over 50 lbs with poly strings).įor full disclosure, I used to play with a two hand backhand and I used to have a Hawaiian forehand grip (that's past western!).
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I was specifically looking for a frame that would give me more free power on the serve, yet still be playable and not too stiff on the baseline. My serve is something I have really tried to improve the last two years, and it was one of the reasons I switched racquets. I use all 3 fairly regularly and work up the T and wide on both sides. My serve is a variety of kick, flat, and slice. My net game is "tolerable" in that it's good enough to allow me to come in and finish points if I have to, but I'm not going to beat anyone if I have to force the issue and come in a lot and create from the net. I will attack mid court and short balls and come in when needed, but I hate the net. A lot of my goal when playing is to try to make the other player play badly. I try to work the ball up and back and side to side with a variety of placement, spin, and paced.
Overall, my style is more for consistency and work the point versus playing super aggressive. My grip is usually eastern on drives or continental on slices, but I do sometimes roll it past eastern to almost a semi-western backhand grip on higher bouncing balls to the backhand. On the backhand side, I play a one hand backhand, with a mix of topspin, flatter drives, and slices off that side. I focus more on depth, as my stone hands couldn't hit a soft, short angled forehand if my life depended on it. I'm mostly a baseliner with a strong semi-western grip (almost close to being western) on the forehand side and hit a lot of heavy top spin on that side. I'll report back in a week or so whenever I'm able to try it out on the courts!Ĭlick to expand.I'm not sure how predictive one's style of game would translate over to how well one might like a particular string, setup, or racquet, but I don't mind sharing. Even though the RPM blast rough is a shaped poly, it's not your typical sharp edged poly (more a octagonal / round shape and it has that silicone coating so hopefully my mains will be able to slide easily against it). I'm curious to see how the lower tension and the RPM blast rough does a cross string. However, I've never strung it this low nor as a cross string. Every time I've tried RPM blast rough in the past, I've always felt it was just too muted, stiff, or underpowered. I strung my mains with the ALU Power Soft 16L at 43 lbs, and I put some RPM Blast Rough 17 for the crosses at 41 lbs. The synthetic gut can sometimes get a little springy, so I tried a totally different set up tonight. I usually play with Luxilon ALU Power Soft 16L at around 46 to 48 lbs, and a synthetic gut cross around 50 lbs. Well, all this talk of strings inspired me to string up my Pure Strike 98 16 x 19 tonight with a new experimental set up. The lower tension will help counter the slight loss of power from the thicker string, but the string bed should feel more plush.
You didn't ask me, but if I might add a suggestion.you could try looser tension but try a slightly thicker gauge, say a 16L (if they offer it) or 16 gauge (versus the 17 gauge). If you were dropping from 58 to 55 lbs, for example, I would say that is still in a range where you might notice a difference in the string tension but the playability of the frame and strings might not come "alive" yet. The mid 40s range is low enough with a poly string where you should be able to tell a change in string and frame playability. Sounds like you've tried 48 and 52 lbs, so trying 45 lbs should give you some definitive feedback as what you might prefer. If you're still just trying to figure out tensions on the frame, adjusting by 3 to 4 lbs either direction from your original base tension should be enough of a difference to help you figure out what your preference might be. Click to expand.You didn't ask me, but if I might add a suggestion.you could try looser tension but try a slightly thicker gauge, say a 16L (if they offer it) or 16 gauge (versus the 17 gauge).
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