I would agree on multis, but Syn Gut? Don't like Syn Gut, played with that crap way too long in my teenage days. I would like to see strings that are coated on the outside to mix the feel and power with the snap back to create spin. Like the Head Velocity MLT.
I think Harry played better with this racket! The oversized head with synthetic strings suits his skill level better than his leaded-up Solinco with poly strings.
@@sebastiandomagala9233but if the dude is pushing 60, his hands are not as strong as they used to be. I am just getting back into tennis. But if tennis is anything like golf, most players purchase the higher skill equipment when most should be in the game improvement. He should probably benefit from a 100 or seniors type of racquet like most adults. I played in high school, but not since. I am going to buy myself a 100
@@chevy4x466 Depends on whether you can Go Back to a clean technique and If you seek improvement. A light Power frame dies not hurt you If you have an odd swing path (or None at all). A control frame teaches you long and beautiful swings. Everything Else will straightly lead to desasterous results.
Once again another manufacturer screws over the oversize category of tennis rackets by giving us another toy weighted oversized racket. Of course no top pros in the current generation are going to use a true oversized (107) racket; there really aren’t any current oversized rackets that are made to play high level tennis. Senior/toy weight is the rule for this category now. Just as Feders move to a larger head sized racket helped his game there are probably a few other pros who could have moved up in rankings if they had used a oversized racket. Fed moving up from 85 to 97 isn’t much different from another pro going from 95 to 107. But sadly today’s current and future pros don’t really have the option to readily try the oversized option. No serious tennis player is going to pickup any of todays 10 ounce and under oversize frames and immediately feel the potential to use it to play serious tennis. Having to add over two ounces of weight to a racket is pushing the limits of racket modification. Would Agassi, Chang, Sabatini, Seles have had the same results if performance oversized rackets were not available during their junior and pro careers? Not to mention tennis histories many other less famous top 20 pros who used oversized rackets like Jay Berger, Kent Carlson, Paul Annacone, Pam Shriver, Gene Mayer etc. To top it off today’s tennis culture and especially its self proclaimed “equipment nerds” have a palpable bias against oversized rackets. A junior player today would not just have a hard time finding a usable oversized racket, he would also have to overcome strong peer pressure to use it. So when people site the fact that no top pros use oversized frames I’d say it’s because it’s become a self fulfilling prophecy. There’s probably a top 50 pro out there who could have been a top 10 pro in a alternate universe where oversized rackets weren’t relegated to the senior market. The only two possible choices today’s players have are the Prince Original Graphite and the Prince Phantom 107. And they still need weight added. Even Harry stringing the Dunlop oversize at 55 #s brings into question his knowledge of oversized rackets. I know today market covets ultra low string tensions. But you can’t treat a 107 like a 100. Something in the low 60 #s is ultra low for a 107. 70#s would have been the norm 30 years ago.
I remember Serena Williams having a racquet bigger than 100. But just a fraction at 102 (or was it 104?) I would call it a senior toy. Holds late beginners back from swinging properly.
Good call on synthetic gut. Need more love for syn gut and multi on this channel
I would agree on multis, but Syn Gut? Don't like Syn Gut, played with that crap way too long in my teenage days.
I would like to see strings that are coated on the outside to mix the feel and power with the snap back to create spin. Like the Head Velocity MLT.
Dunlop was super popular when I was a kid. I wonder what happened that it’s rarely seen on tour now.
Nice review Harry
I think Harry played better with this racket!
The oversized head with synthetic strings suits his skill level better than his leaded-up Solinco with poly strings.
That is no good news for his skill level.
That FX 700 is a typical late beginners senior toy.
@@sebastiandomagala9233 Yes to be honest, the racket is a match for him.
@@sebastiandomagala9233but if the dude is pushing 60, his hands are not as strong as they used to be. I am just getting back into tennis. But if tennis is anything like golf, most players purchase the higher skill equipment when most should be in the game improvement. He should probably benefit from a 100 or seniors type of racquet like most adults. I played in high school, but not since. I am going to buy myself a 100
@@chevy4x466 Depends on whether you can Go Back to a clean technique and If you seek improvement.
A light Power frame dies not hurt you If you have an odd swing path (or None at all).
A control frame teaches you long and beautiful swings. Everything Else will straightly lead to desasterous results.
Once again another manufacturer screws over the oversize category of tennis rackets by giving us another toy weighted oversized racket. Of course no top pros in the current generation are going to use a true oversized (107) racket; there really aren’t any current oversized rackets that are made to play high level tennis. Senior/toy weight is the rule for this category now. Just as Feders move to a larger head sized racket helped his game there are probably a few other pros who could have moved up in rankings if they had used a oversized racket. Fed moving up from 85 to 97 isn’t much different from another pro going from 95 to 107. But sadly today’s current and future pros don’t really have the option to readily try the oversized option. No serious tennis player is going to pickup any of todays 10 ounce and under oversize frames and immediately feel the potential to use it to play serious tennis. Having to add over two ounces of weight to a racket is pushing the limits of racket modification. Would Agassi, Chang, Sabatini, Seles have had the same results if performance oversized rackets were not available during their junior and pro careers? Not to mention tennis histories many other less famous top 20 pros who used oversized rackets like Jay Berger, Kent Carlson, Paul Annacone, Pam Shriver, Gene Mayer etc.
To top it off today’s tennis culture and especially its self proclaimed “equipment nerds” have a palpable bias against oversized rackets. A junior player today would not just have a hard time finding a usable oversized racket, he would also have to overcome strong peer pressure to use it. So when people site the fact that no top pros use oversized frames I’d say it’s because it’s become a self fulfilling prophecy. There’s probably a top 50 pro out there who could have been a top 10 pro in a alternate universe where oversized rackets weren’t relegated to the senior market.
The only two possible choices today’s players have are the Prince Original Graphite and the Prince Phantom 107. And they still need weight added. Even Harry stringing the Dunlop oversize at 55 #s brings into question his knowledge of oversized rackets. I know today market covets ultra low string tensions. But you can’t treat a 107 like a 100. Something in the low 60 #s is ultra low for a 107. 70#s would have been the norm 30 years ago.
I remember Serena Williams having a racquet bigger than 100. But just a fraction at 102 (or was it 104?)
I would call it a senior toy. Holds late beginners back from swinging properly.
It’s too late for beautiful technique at a certain age. But wining ugly is possible.
not interested in this one Harry.