Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear ... Compared to a racket with only graphite, Yonex says the resin offers 60% improvement in flexibility and more than a 500% increase in vibration reduction.

The tree-trunk grips of the Boris Becker (4 5/8 inches) and Monica Seles (4 1/2) era are out. Thin is in. For example, according to Prince, the average grip size for racquets bought by ...

The final addition is Stiffer Racquet Face Design, an increase in graphite in the face of to give it more backbone. Smooth, steady and responsive, the Percept 97 is a standout on the baseline.

Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and sneaker tech. For a healthy stretch of 2022, French tennis brand Tecnifibre put a racket in the ... to doubling in size this year.

As with any piece of sporting equipment, determining the best tennis racket for you is personal and depends on several factors: your skill level, your size, and your unique style and preferences.

A tennis racket consists of a lower handle, called a grip, and a frame that contains a tightly wound ... The 2024 Summer Games marks the Olympic return to clay since 1992 Barcelona. What size is an ...

Big racquets have bigger 'sweet spots' but are harder to control. A 'sweet spot' is the area in the middle of the strings which gives the cleanest hit. A mid-size racquet has a hitting area of about ...

This is the way to hold the racquet for the serve, volley, sliced backhand and smash. It is known as the chopper grip, because it is the way you would hold an axe. It allows you to swing the racket ...

Are your days of competitive college tennis behind you and those expensive rackets ... and hang it with the top of the handle facing the ceiling. Shape and size-wise, any racket will do for this DIY.

The tennis world was shocked a couple of weeks ago when Carlos Alcaraz — the golden boy of this generation — hammered his racket into the court in Cincinnati during his shock defeat against ...

How do you increase grip strength? Fitness trainers answer the questions we’ve all been asking. This can often be the cause of what’s stopping us from adding weight to our lifts. For example ...