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I use the teal Elevate Tour but I love the blue color in new frames but I just don’t love the way they feel. I’m stocking up on the teal ones. Do you customize or add weight to yours???
Mad props Ian for doing a racket review that uses normal language to describe what you feel! I'm sick of reviews that talk about "launch angle" and "plow through." Those terms have really lost their meaning IMO, so appreciate this down to earth review.
Very cool. I've never tried diadem but I've heard good things esp if you compare it to the old wilson prostaffs. I moved to the 97L But for years I was looking for the racket you're describing. I also really was surprised by the new lite rackets. I ended up switching to the 97L and weighing it up. My old wilson ps90 was 363g and my final weight of my 97L is 323g. Really want to give these diadem rackets a try. Did you mention what the headsize is?
So, it's been a LONG time since I've hit with any of the 6.1 frames, but based on memory the weight, balance and swing weight are really similar to the Elevate Tour. The main difference is flexibility....I remember the 6.1 line being more stiff where the Elevate is a little bit more flexy, a little more like a Prestige. Definitely give it a try!
Hello Ian. I have been following the reviews of the Diadem Elevate Tour for some time, but no one has specified the swingweight of the racket, a fact that is super important to me, since I have tried many rackets before and it is essential to give me an idea of how I can play with the racket. By the way, I am one of those who is in favor of making more videos reviewing rackets and strings. It's good to see you back, I love the content you make. Greetings
I've been playing the 305 V2 Elevate for just over a year and now these past 2 weeks the V3 305. To the new one they have added the Kraibon rubber material that has made the racket noticably softer overall (some could say more muted). BUT, it is much more stable on serve returns, super stable at the net and less twisty on slight misshits. It's great the V3. Much better than other 16*20 like the Babolat Pure Strike VS, that gave me shoulder soreness every time.
Are you playing with the Tour version? And how would you say the return of serve feels against a bigger hitter? Another review I saw did not feel very stable to them. I do know grip, footwork, timing, etc. goes into this shot and result, not always the racquets fault on twisting.
@@rodneyalt827 the regular 305 gram version. What I mean by stable, I mean it twists less on slight misshits on returning serves than some other rackets. The Elevate V3 is a very good racket in my opinion. You just need to find the right string setup. The only thing I didn't like was the rubbery paint finish that seems to be the same feel with the new Head speed
So if one has a 475g racket currently, we would know what to choose. 🙂😉 Awesome review, nice, clean and straight to the point. Love their colors, truly epic. Can't wait to get my T-shirts from them Thank you RT for the generous 15% off. Cheers! M
@@REALTENNIS Yea, I did up until recently. I had 2 heavily modified 2019 Babolat Aeros that were up until recently at that weight with a 4.5 grip, close to 520g swing weight and 67 tension. They both got cracked after a couple of years of heavy use. I started convincing myself that it wasn't necessary keeping my super old school ways. Slowly but surely I come down in weight and string tension learning todays forehand swings, that's taken me years now. My torn right shoulder from years ago wasn't tolerating the weight either. I am currently at 350g and 50 tension. The racquets feel like featherweight sticks now; as I find many times that I'm too early with my swings, also thanks to my partial blindness things are to say the least complex. The crazy numbers were my racquets' setting in the old days, that eventually helped in tearing my shoulder muscles while in a serve competition. Oh well, you live and learn and it's been a super challenging and actually enjoyable trip with ET Academy as a great guide.
Would the Lite version suit a stronger 3.5/4.0 woman? Or is the 98 head and “pro staff-like” controlled response still too demanding? I am putting together a demo list for a friend.
Your swing is so compact (abbreviated), that I cannot help but assume that your choice of the Tour is a mistake. That is visible first and foremost in your point game, where you get tight and keep pushing the ball without proper take-back. I sincerely don't think that the Elevate Tour will benefit you most if you maintain that style of play (and I don't see you improve on your technique throughout the many years I've been following your channel(s)). So, please try to swing faster with the Tour (this racket deserves to have her full potential revealed!) or give some more time to testing the 305g version, or even the Lite.
What part of which of my swings is "compact" and "abbreviated"? My game has been criticized thousands of times over the years but I'm pretty sure I've never read that before...
the problem with taking on a racquet sponsor is that you can only review the brand's racquet. Content is kinda boring because I'm not interested in Diadem racquets.
I can review any racquet/brand I want. Frankly, I'm personally not interested in doing it, but if lots of people would like that I could in the future.
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Channel is garbage.
As a high school tennis coach I highly recommend diadem-they have been so good to me and my program. Good to hear they are helping your channel Ian!
I use the teal Elevate Tour but I love the blue color in new frames but I just don’t love the way they feel. I’m stocking up on the teal ones. Do you customize or add weight to yours???
Mad props Ian for doing a racket review that uses normal language to describe what you feel! I'm sick of reviews that talk about "launch angle" and "plow through." Those terms have really lost their meaning IMO, so appreciate this down to earth review.
Glad this was helpful! I've never been a big gear head....I know what I like and haven't spent a lot of time tinkering or messing with things.
Very cool. I've never tried diadem but I've heard good things esp if you compare it to the old wilson prostaffs. I moved to the 97L But for years I was looking for the racket you're describing.
I also really was surprised by the new lite rackets. I ended up switching to the 97L and weighing it up. My old wilson ps90 was 363g and my final weight of my 97L is 323g. Really want to give these diadem rackets a try. Did you mention what the headsize is?
They're all 98". Definitely give them a try!
I played with six one ncode for 15 years and couldn’t find anything similar, is this Raquet in your opinion a good replacement?
Thanks
So, it's been a LONG time since I've hit with any of the 6.1 frames, but based on memory the weight, balance and swing weight are really similar to the Elevate Tour. The main difference is flexibility....I remember the 6.1 line being more stiff where the Elevate is a little bit more flexy, a little more like a Prestige. Definitely give it a try!
Thanks for the thorough review and insights, Ian! How would you say the tour compares to the Dunlop 200/300 Aerogel series if you've hit with those?
Love my elevate tour-I too was a former pro staffer and the elevate tour is the closest thing I’ve found to it.
Yonex is my favorite. Added bonus -- they're not made in China.
They make great frames!
I love my V3 Elevate Tours! They look as good as they feel. They feel as good as they look.
Ya the new aesthetic is fantastic
How’s Diadem’s quality control? I’m hoping it’s better than Wilson’s and on par with Yonex’s.
I've had zero problems/things I've noticed. That said, I don't have an RDC so can't measure differences.
Hello Ian. I have been following the reviews of the Diadem Elevate Tour for some time, but no one has specified the swingweight of the racket, a fact that is super important to me, since I have tried many rackets before and it is essential to give me an idea of how I can play with the racket.
By the way, I am one of those who is in favor of making more videos reviewing rackets and strings. It's good to see you back, I love the content you make. Greetings
my elevate tour v2 was 327 SW with 1.25mm strings
@@cdanarch not a bad number, perfect for customization, thanks for your answer.
Definitely give it a try. I was testing every racket under the sun and the elevate tour really surprised me with how well it played
@@cdanarch Thanks for the info!
Really liking the background music by the way! Reminds me of a simplified Ratatat.
I'll pass that on to the editors!
I know it really doesn't matter, but Diadem had an Elevate Lite in the last version of this racquet.
Wow, you're right....I had no idea!
Great Racket review..👏🏻 👏🏻
The Rackets look beautiful..👍🏻
Nice cool 😎 blue 💙colour..
👍🏻 👍🏻 😃 😁 😎
Ya, I love the new colors
Fascinating racquet review, I may consider switching to this in the future although babolat is king of racquets to me. Great video Ian, God bless you
I just love the colour.
Solid choice in the tour
I enjoy it a lot!
I've been playing the 305 V2 Elevate for just over a year and now these past 2 weeks the V3 305. To the new one they have added the Kraibon rubber material that has made the racket noticably softer overall (some could say more muted). BUT, it is much more stable on serve returns, super stable at the net and less twisty on slight misshits. It's great the V3. Much better than other 16*20 like the Babolat Pure Strike VS, that gave me shoulder soreness every time.
Glad you're enjoying it!
Are you playing with the Tour version? And how would you say the return of serve feels against a bigger hitter? Another review I saw did not feel very stable to them. I do know grip, footwork, timing, etc. goes into this shot and result, not always the racquets fault on twisting.
@@rodneyalt827 the regular 305 gram version. What I mean by stable, I mean it twists less on slight misshits on returning serves than some other rackets. The Elevate V3 is a very good racket in my opinion. You just need to find the right string setup. The only thing I didn't like was the rubbery paint finish that seems to be the same feel with the new Head speed
So if one has a 475g racket currently, we would know what to choose. 🙂😉
Awesome review, nice, clean and straight to the point.
Love their colors, truly epic. Can't wait to get my T-shirts from them
Thank you RT for the generous 15% off.
Cheers!
M
Do you seriously play with a 475g racquet??
@@REALTENNIS Yea, I did up until recently. I had 2 heavily modified 2019 Babolat Aeros that were up until recently at that weight with a 4.5 grip, close to 520g swing weight and 67 tension. They both got cracked after a couple of years of heavy use. I started convincing myself that it wasn't necessary keeping my super old school ways. Slowly but surely I come down in weight and string tension learning todays forehand swings, that's taken me years now. My torn right shoulder from years ago wasn't tolerating the weight either. I am currently at 350g and 50 tension. The racquets feel like featherweight sticks now; as I find many times that I'm too early with my swings, also thanks to my partial blindness things are to say the least complex. The crazy numbers were my racquets' setting in the old days, that eventually helped in tearing my shoulder muscles while in a serve competition. Oh well, you live and learn and it's been a super challenging and actually enjoyable trip with ET Academy as a great guide.
Would the Lite version suit a stronger 3.5/4.0 woman? Or is the 98 head and “pro staff-like” controlled response still too demanding? I am putting together a demo list for a friend.
If you have reasonably good eye-hand coordination, aka not super prone to shank shots, then I love the Elevate Lite for a stronger 3.5/4.0 player!
They seems like they are all great racquets!
They really are, I'm super impressed
for the algo :)
🙏
Your swing is so compact (abbreviated), that I cannot help but assume that your choice of the Tour is a mistake. That is visible first and foremost in your point game, where you get tight and keep pushing the ball without proper take-back. I sincerely don't think that the Elevate Tour will benefit you most if you maintain that style of play (and I don't see you improve on your technique throughout the many years I've been following your channel(s)). So, please try to swing faster with the Tour (this racket deserves to have her full potential revealed!) or give some more time to testing the 305g version, or even the Lite.
You do know he’s a tennis coach right?
@@MrFunkyko
Yup, and not a technical good one.
What part of which of my swings is "compact" and "abbreviated"? My game has been criticized thousands of times over the years but I'm pretty sure I've never read that before...
He is all arms & no unit turn on both fh & bh.
Boring.
the problem with taking on a racquet sponsor is that you can only review the brand's racquet. Content is kinda boring because I'm not interested in Diadem racquets.
But the thing is that he never review racquets
I can review any racquet/brand I want. Frankly, I'm personally not interested in doing it, but if lots of people would like that I could in the future.
He never did racket reviews before. Weird comment
@@MrFunkykonot true. I’ve seen these types of videos before with this brand from him. Seems like a paid sponsorship
@@bmanbusee3812 Yes, I explained in the channel partnership announcement the relationship with them helps pay for the videos on the channel.