Choosing the Right Tennis Racquet

If you are like most tennis players, you already have a tennis racquet and you are on the search for the one that will really optimize your game. You are looking to upgrade your current racquet for several reasons, but my bet would you are either want more power, want more control or want more comfort, or maybe all of the above. Whatever the reasons, you should have some basic knowledege to help make your decision.

If you are like many, you have no idea which tennis racquet is best for you, you simply are motivated by the reviews you read. To further complicate matters, the shear number of available racquets is overwhelming. There are really three major racquet categories you should understand before you purchase your next racquet. Those areas are: power or game improving racquets, in between racquets and control or players racquets.

Let's start with power or game improving racquets. This is the term that they manufacturer actually uses for the power-oriented racquets. Most of the time these models have oversized or super oversized heads, they are light weight, are longer, more stiff, and are head heavy. Often players with a shorter, slower swing that want more power use these racquets.

The next category of racquets are the inbetween models, often referred to as a tweener racquet. These racquets typically appeal to an intermediate to advanced player that is seeks more maneuverability. These racquets tend to be lighter (9.5-11.0 oz) are balanced anywhere from slightly head light to slightly head heavy, have a mid plus head and are extended length.

The last category of racquets is the control or players racquet. These racquets are used by professionals or high level club and college players. They tend to be heavier in weight (11.5 to 13+oz), with smaller heads. They are also thinner, more flexible and balanced head light which retains the maeuverability. These racquets are low power and more control because the people who use these have to ability to provide their own power.

These are the different types of tennis racquets, next time we will look at the different racquet characteristics.