Tennis gear buying guide covers racquet selection, string types, and shoe fit with tested recommendations and price-to-performance breakdowns.
A parent does not usually walk into the kids tennis shoes problem expecting it to be hard. The expectation is that you pick a size, pick a color the child tolerates, and pay.
The advice you will hear in nearly every pro shop and forum thread goes like this: beginners should buy a comfortable racquet, and as you improve you graduate to a control racquet. It sounds tidy.
There is a belief that shows up in nearly every forum thread about a new frame: that the latest generation, or the "plus" or "tour" variant sitting next to the standard model on the wall, is a…