Andy Roddick playtests @WilsonRacquet full lineup of renowned rackets. After a few rounds of feeling out each racket... Andy reveals his OFFICIAL choice. Check out Wilson's incredible line of rackets here: www.wilson.com...
I bought a Shift a month ago. The 315gm. I have Technifibre tfight and TF40, a clash V2, Prince Phantom, and a Rafa Aero. The Shift is now my favourite racquet. The combination of control, feel and spin gives me confidence to hit aggressive shots, and my success rate has improved. I’m a fan.
@AJ-iu6nw surely your opinion is more valid than all the better players than you who like it🤣 You're allowed to say you hate it while still seeing how it suits others you know...
Andy, I ball boyed for you at the Legg Mason (now Citi Open) around 2007. I was a high school kid super nervous but you were a nice guy who even left your sport drink that the ball kids used. It's great following you post tennis.
@@transamination I recently switched from a pure drive to prostaff and yeh it does still have a decent amount of pop and spin. As long as you don't get the 95sq - that thing has zero power.
@@transamination I think generally the prostaff has a higher swingweight than most other non customised racquets. It's actually not very stiff, which is why the power rating is quite low. Stiffer frames create more power.
@@JitziePro staffs are quite stiff though for a control/precision frame (above 65 RA iirc). It was part of their marketing, that's why some of them are called 6.0 and 6.1 (in wilson stiffness rating). Of course this was maybe stiffer when you compare it to the more classical frames, it's soft if you compare it with a Wilson Hammer which was never considered a players frame anyway or of course with modern Pure Drive-likes, but still decent pop for a "players frame".
@@transamination no man... prostaff 315g has no power.. is an ugly racket.. and i tried even with lead tape... RF97 is so much better if you can handle.
NGL I kinda wanted them to offer Andy an RF97 Autograph just for the laughs. I was thinking he'd go ultra but it was surprising that he praised the Clash a bit, considering it's a particular racquet. Had he chosen that one he should have gotten the minions painted one :) And I still very much love my nCode 6.1 95 16x18. I can't use it successfully always, but it's such a nice frame to hit with.
Well, hands can become quite dead with that one for sure! 🤣 Some of my friends and I developed golfer's elbow from using stiff Babolat racquets like the Pure Drive and Strike. The Wilson Shift does seem quite stiff also because of the Ra rating, but its innovative lateral bending tech make it friendlier on the arm.
Agreed. A few years ago I tried it without knowing its specs, I couldn't hit a ball properly because it's so heavy. I've tried it again recently and loved it. I'll demo the new Pure Drive tour. The specs are different but I hope it would be similar to the Roddick version.
Switched to the Shift myself earlier this year, although my game is nothing like Andy's (50+, high 3.5/low 4.0 player, medium swing speed). What has been interesting and challenging to me is that unlike any racket I've previously used, it wants me to take full swings at everything, and gives me more control when I do, and when I remember to do so it has absolutely transformed my backhand (one-hander) from a control dink-and-dunk shot to something I can reliably hit with as much (if not more) topspin as my forehand. Really stands out on both wings with those sharp cross-court angles that I always used to miss, as long as I remember to fully swing. A little less power than the Volkl V8 that I upgraded from and the Head Boom I was demoing at the same time, but the confidence in my shots more than makes up for it.
I got a shift recently and love it. Andy was my favourite when first getting into tennis, so it's cool to see him enjoying the shift as well. Still got it 🙌🙌
Nice! I'd love to see more fresh tennis action like this with Andy Roddick on "Served". Some serve tutorials would be great; I bet those would quickly become the most popular on the channel.
Total ledge - love seeing you hit again and wearing the cap, like the old days! Brilliant, inciteful podcast that gives info no other tennis channel does, and for free. Thanks a lot Andy 🎾🙏👍
wilson shift pro v1 is a beast. earlier i used blx then pro staff RF in the last 15 years but shift elevates your game to another level. Arm friendly spin clearing the net at sufficient height is a banger. 18x20 pattern takes a while to adjust but once you do it is gonna make your opponent bleed. Have been using shift for seven months and have not looked back since then. Trust me this racket is indeed an extension of your arm and you will sense it while playing.
Andy I grew up watching you play and you were my favorite player on tour until you retired. First "good " racket I wanted was the pure drive team plus haha. So cool to see you hitting Wilson's line up and nice choice in the shift. Hope to see you playing an exo or champions tour or even a posted set with it soon. So cool . All the best
What Andy said about the Pro Staff, is exactly how I feel about my Pro Staff RF 97. It's like it has a guidance system, telling you what you did wrong every time you don't hit perfectly. I love it.
I bought the shift a month ago from Wilson. Beautiful racket incredible spin perfect for my aggressive baseline play and I have never felt so confident in my serve and forehand. My backhand may be less consistent than all my other shots but it truly helped with keeping the ball in on those defensive points.
Andy's serve Is still unsurpassed, so powerful and stylish, I keep watching from time to time those 7 aces in a row against Hewitt. I hope some young players can pick up his serve style, it's just the best ever
Good choice Andy! I am a Tecnifibre T-Fight 305 fan but I do love what the Shift has to offer. I think an 18 x 19 string pattern in the Shift would offer even more control.
One of my favourite tennis 🎾 Legends of all time ..👍🏻 🇺🇸 (Andy Roddick) Fantastic Wilson play test...👍🏻 All the rackets look brilliant in design and look..👍🏻 😃 😎 "Wilson Shift" looks perfect 👌🏻 for Andy's game..🎾 First time i've ever heard of A Wilson Shift racket before..👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻 😃 😁 😎
Played competitively as a junior, quit the game but came back in my 20's. The Pure Drive Roddick was the racket that brought me back at the time. Stopped playing for awhile and now coming back in my 40's I am totally in love with the Shift 99. Gives me power, spin and control with margin. Awesome to see Andy also coming back and picking the Shift. Feels like we've come full circle!
Great racket but love the hat. It's really good to be Andy Roddick right now. Great career as a tennis player. Great podcaster and tennis consultant. Keep on shining!
Smart move Wilson bringing Andy on board...amazing ambassador for the game. Gonna have to try the Shift....andI do like the crispy white frame for the summer
Andy its great to see/listen your podcast, but especially hitting some balls! I read some very accurate comments about you being the best tennis personality out there ! And I totally agree ! I reckon your comments are very assertive! Also great sense of humor ! Greeting from 🇨🇱 You should try your new racket with RF 😂
Ive always enjoyed watching Andy play and that’s true even now . Great to see him on any court.! I bought a Pure Drive in 2004 because I was very inspired by Andy. I couldn’t play with it and couldn’t understand it. I traded it to a guy at the court for a Pro Staff 6.0 , played that racket for years.. I’ve never bought another Babolat since. I really want a Pure Aero or a Pure Strike now though. My Wilson Blade is just a little too flexy..
@@ramakrishnamitta7024 well Djokovic was very gracious about it. We all know that Fed was a notorious sore loser of the highest order! After winning once against a teenage Djokovic at the Australisn Open Federer lost the next 4 matches there vs Djokovic taking a grand total of 1 single set out of a possible 12 sets. Also of course Djokovic's last meeting with Alcaraz was an even worse beating at the ATP FINALS but for Alcaraz but I don't think Alcaraz was 5 weeks after knee surgery at the time . Fed was never anywhere near a slam final 5 weeks after he did his knee "running a bath" that's for sure. Getting bagelled off centre court by a clunky servebot was more Fed's speed!
@@huzcer Imagine getting breadsticked by Sinner. And, Novaxx was in full health. The minute he met a top 10 player in Wimbledon, he shit his pants. Novaxx will get humiliated in straight 3 sets in the future Slams. Weak era champion 😂😂
@@ramakrishnamitta7024 nah the real weak era for Djokovic was when Federer could last manage to win any slam match against Djokovic and Federer still aged only 30 😂 then the dream ending years later with the last ever set of pro singles tennis on his record being bagelled off his "favourite" centre court.
This is sick! I would not mind seeing you play games and giving commentary too! Or even commentary on other peoples game that are up and coming or Rec players. 😅
This video got me curious, and I now own Shift 300. I did a demo program with my local tennis shop. After trying out several other rackets, I couldn't let go of the Shift. My wife now hates her Babolat and bought her a Shift as well!!
Can we get a well organised oldies tournament every year? I wanna see Roddick, Federer, Nadal, Djkovic, Murray, all the people that can't play a whole year any more to stay in the rankings but are still fantastic tennis players
Loving the podcasts. Please can you explain when he talked about setting up the racket for how you liked it what did he mean by this? Are we talking, just strings and tensions or is he adding weight to it? Also do you prefer a balanced or head heavy racket?
They meant matching Andy's preferred "specs," which are the grip size, overall mass and swingweight, by selectively adding weight to the stock rackets in key areas until they fall within a certain range for that individual player. If a player likes one particular frame their preferred specs might also restrict the balance point and twist weight of the racket as well, narrowing in on fewer and fewer variables until they land on an idealized setup that will be matched identically whenever they get a full new set of frames. For a playtest like this with a variety of models, they probably just matched the swingweight and grips and gave every frame the same strings and reference tension. All modern rackets are substantially headlight, when players talk about something being relatively "headlight" vs "head-heavy" they're contrasting something that's 9 points headlight with something that's 4 points headlight. No one has used a legitimately head-heavy setup since Moya.
Best marketing Wilson could have done. Imagine creating a new racket - a balanced mix of every racket on Wilson's market, Roddick's signature for new players who knows who Roddick was... That's how it's done.
Very cool the way they shared his racquet selection. I'm surprised he is ok going to a regular length frame, he played pro with a 27.5 inch racquet which is generally better for serving, seems like a big adjustment. Wilson if you are listening it would be awesome if you allowed regular customers to demo your full range of racquets back to back like this.
@@anttitapio4145 yeah for sure, its just that usually youncan't get all the demo's at once since other customers are trying some, you typically end up trying them all over a span of weeks and not back to back on the same day
It normally takes me about 4 or 5 weeks to feel and get used to a different racket, this guy hits 3 balls and knows direct what he is dealing with, must be a pro 🙂
Babolat really pissed this guy off LOL. But obviously this was designed to promote this new frame. Shame Andy didn't hit with the black one which I assume is an RF97?
