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Buying my first good quality tennis racquet? HELP!!!!!?
I have been playing tennis with Walmart starter racquets for about 2 1/2 years now. I am a varsity tennis player at my school and so my starter racquets are not cutting it so I decided to finally buy a new "good" one.... Since I am a girl, I was thinking about buying the Volkl Power Bridge 6 Attiva since it is specifically designed for women.... Is it an ok racquet??? Secondly, I need to pick a tension and string.... I have no idea which one to pick ;( I know I would like polyster for now since they are not that expensive...but which string should i use??? any recommendations???? Also should I pick like mid tension??? maybe 55 or something???? Please help and try to answer all of them.... anything would really help.... thanx!
I am 17 yrs. old
height: 5-3
weight: about 130 pounds
Varsity girls tennis
Single player
Consider myself an aggressive baseliner
Had tennis elbow ;(
4 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Racquet:
Head Youtek Radical MidPlus
Babolat Pure Drive GT
Babolat Pure Storm GT
Wilson ProStaff 98
I've never used a Volkl but I'm not sure what "designed for women" is supposed to mean...I'd just go with something a little more mainstream unless you've demoed that racquet and you really like it.
String:
Luxilon Savage Lime
Luxilon Big Banger ALU Rough
Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour
Babolat RPM Blast
Tension:
string between 52 and 59; lower gives you more power and higher more control. 55 is a good mid-range usually. If you look on your racquet there will be a recommended tension printed on it, whichever racquet you choose to buy.
Source(s): competitive junior and high school player - Anonymous5 years ago
There are a lot of good quality tennis racquets for just about everyone, beginners and/or pros. If you're just beginning, go for a decent and low-priced racquet. And then when you get better with your game, then perhaps you can shoot for the more expensive ones. The important thing is learn how to control the ball first. Imagine how good you will be if you learn with a substandard racquet and when you get better, you get yourself a good quality, good priced racquet?
- Harley DriveLv 79 years ago
head youtek extreme team grip 2 , savage 17 main strings FXP cross strings 53 lbs on an electronic machine 58 on an ektelon