Use bluetac for adding weight on specific areas of the racket, its easier to move them around rather than putting the lead straight away. It will give you more accurate achieving the exact spec of one another.
I've never used tungsten tape before nor have I seen it used so it was odd seeing it in a sheet that you tear pieces off. I usually use lead tape and prefer the double-density lead tape so that you don't need the tape to be as long. Does the math support putting the midpoint of the lead tape where the TWU calculator says to if the lead tape is long? I'd guess that the math is a summation function with nonlinear effects of the slices and that you'd want to move the midpoint of the lead a little lower if the piece of tape is long. Your measurements seem to bear that out. I would guess that the TWU calculator is based on adding mass at the points but doesn't factor in the length of the tape. The amount of racquet curvature would have some effect as well as more curvature would decrease the linearity of weight distribution. I bought a set of pro stocks over a decade ago and I still use them today. It is really nice being able to take out a frame where you know it will play like your other frames, assuming similar wear.
Another great vid. I like your technique. This indeed is a craft for OCD types. Speaking of which, I'd have removed the worn overgrips before starting this job since they introduce a needless element of variability; depending on the brand, their weights can vary significantly.
Hi, great video! I am myself a top 100 ranked player in Switzerland and compared to my friends of which some are US College players position 2/3 in a strong D2 team. I play with the Prestige MID Graphene Touch with a 30mm Balance and 340g unstrung weight. I‘m currently testing a couple of rackets and will have to tune them coming my decision. Why did you measure all that data first strung as well as with the over grip? I’d think that a used overgrip holds some additional sweat weight compared to an unused one. Same goes for strings and a thicker string or different string will ultimately change the Balance and weight significantly. Thank you and keep the content going, i really appreciate it.
Yes, I agree. For this job I needed a quick turn around. He had practice later that day so there was just not time to restring and regrip all the rackets. They were all strung with the same string though.
First of all, when you place weight on the area that you were given, you will change the twist weight. The racquet may feel sluggish compared to others because you don’t know where the weight on the other racquets is distributed. The twist weights between the three racquets could be different. When people like Roman Prokes does Novak’s frames, uses other measurements that you are not using to get the weight in the exact place as to keep ALL MEASUREMENTS the same.
Correct. I almost bought a Yonex precision scan to be able to measure twist weight but I couldn’t justify spending that much at this point. With that machine you can even go 1 step further and get the weight of the left and right side of the racket. 2 rackets can have the same twist weigh and one could be evenly balanced left to right and the second racket could weigh a fair amount more on the left side than the right side.
@@simmstennis yea they can. Weird how the manufacturers can screw all that up, but I guess, for most consumers anyway, it typically doesn’t matter. Also, the pros are getting a batch of blanks/hairpins that are more precisely measured from the factory where the hairpins come from. Then, of course, it makes it easier for the customizer to weight the racquets to whatever specs the pro player want.
It takes a fair amount of weight to move the needle a lot on twistweight and there isn't much added here. I think that racquet width is a bigger factor on twistweight compared to small amounts of lead. I think that Novak uses a lot of lead on his frames though.
