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Angell Custom TC100 63RA

Continuing the search for my next racket of choice, the latest inclusion in the audition is the Angell Custom TC100, 63RA variant (there is also a 70RA version). The important thing to know about the RA specification on the Angell Custom racket line is that it is for the bare hairpin. Once the pallets, grip […]

Amazing vibration dampener

Years ago I used to play with a vibration dampener that spanned across a few strings, on the basis that its shear size must provide the maximum dampening.  One day I lost it and had to play a match without it.  While it took a while to get used to the change in sound I […]

I’m a woman I must need a light racket?

Perhaps the biggest frustration I see on the tennis court are women playing with these massive, oversize, and super-light rackets.  You know the ones!  Rackets like the Head Titanium Ti.S6 and Wilson K Factor KZero.  Now there is a demographic (aged players that legitimately cannot wield anything more substantial) where these rackets are a very good option, but […]