Every spin-obsessed baseliner has heard the pitch by now: the Yonex VCORE 98 is "the spin racquet," a frame whose isometric head, Aero Fin grommets, and slippery cross-section will add revolutions to…
Recreational players who track pro gear run into the same wall every time: the tennis racquets on tour are rarely the tennis racquets on the shelf.
There's no such thing as a women's tennis racquet in the engineering sense — no frame is molded differently for women — but there is a real question hiding inside the marketing category, and it's the…
There is a story every competitive player has heard, usually from a stringer, a coach, or a forum thread at midnight: each new generation of a racquet line is a genuine engineering step forward, and…
Somewhere in the last decade, "tennis adds years to your life" hardened from a research finding into a piece of folk wisdom.
Every June, photos of tournament stringing sheets start circulating — pro player string tensions from grass-court warm-ups, clay swings, hard-court Masters events — and every June the same arguments…
If you have played with multifilament long enough to trust it, you already know its ceiling: the comfort you love starts to feel like a lack of control on your biggest swings.
A coach we trade notes with sent over a photo last month: a stringbed of Luxilon ALU Power, 16L, strung at 52 pounds, pulled out of the racquet after eleven days of doubles.
Most players who complain about their wrist have a forearm problem wearing a wrist costume. The joint aches, sure — the discomfort is real and it lands right at the base of the thumb or across the…