It's good that you also included the Head auxetic Extreme MP L!. However, not all tennis players are 14 to 39 years old, playing 2-3 times a week! The review is that it is a slightly lighter racket and plays longer with ease, with no serious disadvantages. Manufacturers largely ignore this segment and there isn't a huge selection of 275-290 gram racquets for women, leaner men, non-tournament-going adults, and others. From the bloggers too!
Thanks for the great video! I recently picked up the MP Lite after watching your review. I’m curious about customization-if I add 10 grams of lead at 3, 9, and 12 o’clock, will that boost the power even more, pushing the power level beyond the 700 range? Since the MP and MP Lite share the same head size and beam width but differ in weight and swingweight, what lead tape setup would you recommend to match the MP Lite to the standard MP but bring the power level down from 700 to around 500?
Thank you. The question is, why would you like to make MP Lite similar to MP regular when you can buy the MP regular in first place. Sometimes the customizations of lighter fames are too complicated. Instead of buying a product that can suit your game immediately you try to modify a lighter racket to match your preferences. It can be done for sure, the problem is always in balance. It's very hard to maintain the same or even head lighter balance with light rackets, because they are balanced more to the head from factory. So if you put 10 grams of lead in the head, you will not only increase the weight and SW of the racket, but also the balance will shift even more to the head. And the racket can become very sluggish and demanding in the long term. You would have to put like 5 g in the head ( 2 - 10 o'clock instead of 3 and 9) and then 5g into the handle. This setup can increase the SW up to 10-13 points let's say. And to maintain the same balance you have to counterweight it with lead in the handle (buttcap). It is some extra work but it can be worth it. Enjoy the process.
Went from a pure aero 2019 to this new racquet. Love the feel and the bag I have with me but that little guy is sitting on the golf course… I want to do a match play before I buy these racquets so the head calibration check on the scale is really bad, I don’t know. If I’ll still stick with this racquet or the Wilson 98 v9. Which of the two would you choose? thanks. ❤️🎾💪🏼✌🏻
I would probably benefit more from the Extreme rackets. It's a racket you can take for a ride anytime and it delivers. I still believe the Wilson Blade V9 is the ultimate 98, but you have to be ready every time to use it to your advantage. And because I'm less and less on the court properly training myself (1,5h a week is not enough), I would go with the Extreme which makes me feel "younger" every time I pick it up.
why is it pinging bro? does your racquet does the same? or is it all new racquet like that? it has pinging sound, like stringy sprungy.. does it really need a damper tho? i mean i tried radical, it's very solid.
Good ears. This is quite typical for Head rackets in the last couple of years. I already heared this sound with the Graphene 360 and Graphene 360+ rackets. Plus the frame feels hollow, little bit "plastic", like a toy. Definitely less solid feel compared to other brands like Yonex, Dunlop, Wilson, Babolat. Somehow the Head frames feel like the "frame wall" is thinner and less filled with graphite. So the graphite feels lite and airy.
I play a very old extreme (youtek IG) I'm searching for a new racket and dont know which one to go, I was thinking about the avocados. What I have now is too much of power which I cannot control anymore, have to string tighter but loosing the feedback/feel of the racket more and more sadly
I can see that. The Extremes went from more solid frames to really powerful spin machines, which some people don't like. But that's how tennis has evolved. Today it is better to have more free power and bigger spin potential than control and precision. More control can be achieved with modern strings so I would not be afraid of upgrading to a new racket. You can tweak the setup quite easily with stiffer poly strings to make it deader.
It's good that you also included the Head auxetic Extreme MP L!. However, not all tennis players are 14 to 39 years old, playing 2-3 times a week! The review is that it is a slightly lighter racket and plays longer with ease, with no serious disadvantages. Manufacturers largely ignore this segment and there isn't a huge selection of 275-290 gram racquets for women, leaner men, non-tournament-going adults, and others. From the bloggers too!
Thanks for the great video! I recently picked up the MP Lite after watching your review. I’m curious about customization-if I add 10 grams of lead at 3, 9, and 12 o’clock, will that boost the power even more, pushing the power level beyond the 700 range?
Since the MP and MP Lite share the same head size and beam width but differ in weight and swingweight, what lead tape setup would you recommend to match the MP Lite to the standard MP but bring the power level down from 700 to around 500?
Thank you. The question is, why would you like to make MP Lite similar to MP regular when you can buy the MP regular in first place. Sometimes the customizations of lighter fames are too complicated. Instead of buying a product that can suit your game immediately you try to modify a lighter racket to match your preferences.
It can be done for sure, the problem is always in balance. It's very hard to maintain the same or even head lighter balance with light rackets, because they are balanced more to the head from factory. So if you put 10 grams of lead in the head, you will not only increase the weight and SW of the racket, but also the balance will shift even more to the head. And the racket can become very sluggish and demanding in the long term. You would have to put like 5 g in the head ( 2 - 10 o'clock instead of 3 and 9) and then 5g into the handle. This setup can increase the SW up to 10-13 points let's say. And to maintain the same balance you have to counterweight it with lead in the handle (buttcap).
It is some extra work but it can be worth it. Enjoy the process.
Is that a new radical in the background??
Nope, there is no new Radical in the background. Couple of Tecnifibre rackets, some Artengo's and Head Speed Pro Stock.
Went from a pure aero 2019 to this new racquet. Love the feel and the bag I have with me but that little guy is sitting on the golf course… I want to do a match play before I buy these racquets so the head calibration check on the scale is really bad, I don’t know. If I’ll still stick with this racquet or the Wilson 98 v9. Which of the two would you choose? thanks. ❤️🎾💪🏼✌🏻
I would probably benefit more from the Extreme rackets. It's a racket you can take for a ride anytime and it delivers. I still believe the Wilson Blade V9 is the ultimate 98, but you have to be ready every time to use it to your advantage. And because I'm less and less on the court properly training myself (1,5h a week is not enough), I would go with the Extreme which makes me feel "younger" every time I pick it up.
why is it pinging bro? does your racquet does the same? or is it all new racquet like that? it has pinging sound, like stringy sprungy.. does it really need a damper tho? i mean i tried radical, it's very solid.
Good ears. This is quite typical for Head rackets in the last couple of years. I already heared this sound with the Graphene 360 and Graphene 360+ rackets. Plus the frame feels hollow, little bit "plastic", like a toy. Definitely less solid feel compared to other brands like Yonex, Dunlop, Wilson, Babolat. Somehow the Head frames feel like the "frame wall" is thinner and less filled with graphite. So the graphite feels lite and airy.
I play a very old extreme (youtek IG)
I'm searching for a new racket and dont know which one to go, I was thinking about the avocados.
What I have now is too much of power which I cannot control anymore, have to string tighter but loosing the feedback/feel of the racket more and more sadly
I can see that. The Extremes went from more solid frames to really powerful spin machines, which some people don't like. But that's how tennis has evolved. Today it is better to have more free power and bigger spin potential than control and precision. More control can be achieved with modern strings so I would not be afraid of upgrading to a new racket. You can tweak the setup quite easily with stiffer poly strings to make it deader.
@@CzechTennisGuy I use voelkl cyclone or weiss cannon ultra cable in my mains and velocity mlt as crosses