I'm soooo out of touch. Haven't played due to injury from futsal.

Been contemplating a new racket though. What's a good pro racket nowadays?

no wonder they call you raja kipas.

racket alone does not win you trophies.

Tomorrow morning. 8am.

aiyooo, every time I come here see lots of "wallet-burning" comments. hahaha, the new BLXPS is soooo tempting.
anyways, after 2 weeks of testing my new (and possibly fake) K95, I gotta say, the stiffness is killing me. Can't really get much power into the ball. My accuracy and serve improved, but my forehands lack spin and power (despite the open 16x18 pattern).

I dunno, the weight and lack of power I can live with (the main reason I got it, want to train my arm a bit), but the stiffness, damnnnnn.

hahaha, wanna burn some more, gonna end up broke this month.    The seller went all quiet, email also don't want to reply. Lucky just got the K95 and not the BLX.

If go sparring with you guys gonna get ayam lol.
I scanned the tag first, then they wanted the number on the hologram. The first reply was 3 days, then now more than a week haven't reply.
Using Gosen OG Sheep Micro at cross and Pro Supex Big Ace Revo at mains, both strung at 55. Is it a bit high?

Hahhahaa   my advice is use as 'heavy' a racket you can, for a match...if you feel tired,pain,ache....may be that racket is too heavy for you.....in the late 80's rackets were heavy BUT slightly more flexible...than rackets these days....nowadays the trend is light but stiff rackets.....
Yhaa I played with N6.1 tour....hmmm it felt 'lighter' and slightly more manoeuvrable but when hitting the ball...it didn't have that plough through....BUT truth be told...I like my rackets a certain way....I like them heavy, with plough through and the dead feeling sensation.... the mass distribution must be ngam ngam if slightly off like the Wilson KPS 88.....I play decent with it....I liked the weight feeling BUT not the weight/mass distribution...

Vobs dun get angry on New Years Eve hehehehe.....but to be honest its no big deal if you are using heavy rackets or not.....I was brought up using wooden tennis rackets and those were easily 14OZ ....thats almost 400g and I was using that when I was 9.....off course if I tried Nadals forehand at that age with that racket may be I would be crippled and handicapped now....but I have liked and learn to have long fluid strokes if I have time to set up, and a heavier racket is normally better in terms of handling a hard ball, if I don't have time to set up, I either try hitting on the rise, slice or blocking the ball back...also even though I like stiff rackets I string pretty low 42-45lbs so there is the balance...yin/yang thing....it is also impossible for me to use the K6.1 tour with poly at 60lbs....I have tried it and no I didn't like it.....wasted RM60 for strings....I cut it out immediately....

If you are comfortable with light rackets, please stick to it. You can try and experiment with heavier rackets, BUT please do not expect a miracle and just give the experiment 5 mins and suddenly go.....not for me....give it 2 months....then play with someone who knows your game, see if they notice anything different about your ball,spin...if they comment something positive...then cool stick with the heavier racket.....if the comment is...your ball more slow...no spin, like susu gantung easy for me to kill....then go back to your original stick....(you may notice you hit swing faster and hit longer,due to your muscles used to the heavier racket)

Hmmmm I am not sure how to explain this to you .......the way I see it in terms of physics.....

This is the theory...hopefully you get my drift......

A Kancil driving at 60MPH collides into another car say a Proton Saga.....
A Rav 4 driving at 60MPH collides into another Proton Saga........
A Ninja King (heavy duty 4 wheel drive) also drives at 60MPH and OMG collides into another Proton Saga.....

Out of all these accidents.....who did the most damage to the Proton Saga? With everything being constant......

That 'plow through' effect to which we're referring is momentum, plain and simple. The racquet striking the ball is what's called an inelastic collision, meaning the two do not rebound in opposite directions. The equation for momentum is denoted as p=mv, or momentum = mass times velocity. Therefor, weight and velocity are the main factors in determining plow through.

That means with less effort your racket does the work for you and you produce more spin and a heavier ball....however the trade off is you must have 'sound' strokes and be able to generate the racket head speed.

Why some of you can generate insane amounts of power WITHOUT looking like you even trying is you have the kinetic chain in place...and you utilizing your big muscles ie legs,core,arms in sequence and with a racket that has plough.....your shots come off faster, heavier and with more spin depending on how you hit the ball....

Please nothing to be envious about leh.....all you need is to put it more time, effort, commitment to your game, and for sure you will improve leaps and bounds......regarding muscle truth be told...the most hardest working muscle I have is my stomach muscle!!! hahahahah....mati leh...Christmas and New Years Eve....all good fun and dessert and drinks.....aiyooo starting to regret x-p

ah, then should have followed my hunch and string the poly at around 52 or something. Maybe a full Gosen bed would be nice. Using crossfire on my APDC right now, forgot the tension, but it feels nice, a bit pocketing effect on the ball. Not enough topspin (for me la, hehe), but I reckon its my racket head speed.
wow, 400g is almost like Sampras' setup. And yeah, after using a heavier racket, your old racket will feel amazing in your hand. Though in my case, I needed to curb my power with the K95, since using the APDC forces me to topspin the ball really hard, Nadal style, or it'll go long. If just normal shot, its not deep enough to my taste.

Thanks for the offer bro, but I find the Youtek series a little too stiff for me.

So I was using the Flexpoint Rad. Anything in the market that is perhaps a little heavier? Perhaps 330gm strung, but not too stiff. I normally play baseline. No Babolats for now, they're so stiff.

Oh, I called a couple of shops,the new Head and Wilson line are arriving around CNY or early February. Apparently no change in RRP for Wilson.

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Added on January 10, 2012, 12:24 pm

Well honestly... I really didn't know why and how I did it. Bah.

Tomic won his first ATP tournament right after changing to Yonex.
: )
Says something??
heheheh.......

I remember another guy was also the same previous. If I recall correctly it was Juan Monaco.

Ya that's true was quote unbelievable too they sold it at 40% off for a bewlyblaunched vcore model.
But not sure how much they selling it now.

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Added on January 15, 2012, 1:29 pmKacang how much for new pro staff??

urs also gaya.... macam muster jugak.....

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Added on January 13, 2012, 10:57 pm

vobs I believe its this shop:
http://www.sportsdirect.com.my/

Verdasco vs Tomic in 1st round??

haha, looks llike ppl are selling off their rackets

if i were to sell one of my youtek prestige midplus, would there be any takers?  

Today plan to balik awal watch AO.
: )

Waaaa vobs so early cny break d??