If you are suffering with an uncomfortable racquet, what steps can you take before you succumb to buying a new racquet?

As a racquet reviewer, there are few questions that I hate more than “what is the best racquet?” My default answer is “there is none.” But who am I to rob you of that secret knowledge? The best racquet is the Head Extreme Tour and here’s why.

If you aren’t customizing you tennis racquet, you are wasting the $300 you just dropped on a new racquet. There’s an infinite uniqueness in our techniques, your game styles and our physicality on court, so why are we just accepting that the tennis company knows best?

The V8 Blade is the easiest to use Blade to date, but does it sacrifice some of the Blade Magic that earned Wilson so many fans?

The Yonex VCORE Pro 97D. Mouthful of a name. Drop dead gorgeous looks. A true player’s frame. Its a beauty both to play with and to behold. However, there are few players who should really make the switch. Do I recommend it? No. Should you buy it? Absolutely.

For years I hated Head racquets. I thought they were too stiff. Pingy and tinny. They felt disconnected and hollow. And then something changed.

Swingweight is the most important spec. If you asked me to play a match with any racquet, and I had to pick one spec to control, it would certainly be swingweight.

You have no idea how many times I’ve been asked the question “what is the best racquet?” On the surface, the question is quite reasonable. You are about to spend a few hundred dollars, you want the best. But take a second to analyze the question and you will realize it is fucking stupid.

The double stack of Zoom keep me playing on the court, hour after hour, pain free until that 12 month mark.

Grapplesnake Tour Sniper has been my string of choice for the last 2 years. On the surface, it’s just your basic, run of the mill, off-brand poly. But in the racquet, it’s so much more.