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Arm-Friendly Tennis Racquets
According to TWU, "If you are looking for comfort, simply choose the racquet with the highest power potential in the location where you hit the ball". This link has more details.
How to choose the most comfortable tennis racket
If you have arm problems (tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, wrist pain, shoulder injury), you should choose a racket that will not exacerbate your existing physical condition.
Hitting location view
Most of us hit the ball in the location shown below. Advance players hit the ball consistently in a small area, ie G. Intermediate players may hit the ball in a wider area (B,D,J,L). Beginners usually hit the ball all over the racket face (A, E, I,M). According to TWU, to get the most comfort and control, you should choose a racket with the highest power potential where you hit the ball. For example, if you hit the ball consistently at G (21,0), choose Becker 11 Special Edition 98 because it has the highest power potential at this location. If you hit the ball consistently at A (25/0), choose Dellta Core 1. If you hit the ball consistently at M(16/0), choose KPro Staff 88 and so on and so forth. If you hit the ball in different locations, then racket choice is more difficult because some rackets are very powerful only at a specific location while other rackets, although not the most powerful at any specific location, their power is distributed among multiple hitting locations.
I prepared the table below based on TWU to help you figure out which racket to choose depending on where you normally hit the ball. I only selected the top 20 rackets with the highest potential power for each hitting location.
Click on this link to do your own hitting location rankings.
The highest power potential is located at M (near the throat). From M, the power potential decreases as you go to A (near the racket tip). However,
maximum shot speed is not determined solely by power potential.
Top 20 most powerful tennis rackets based on hitting location
Power at hitting location 25/0 (A = near racket tip) |
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Wilson kfive ranked below 200th position
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Power at hitting location 23/0 (C) |
Power at hitting location 23/2 (B, D) |
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Wilson kfive ranked below 98th position
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Wilson kfive ranked below 24th position
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Power at hitting location 21/0 (G = sweetspot, center of stringbed) |
Power at hitting location 21/2 (F, H ) 2" from G |
Power at hitting location 21/3 (E, I) 3" from G |
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Power at hitting location 19/0 (K) |
Power at hitting location 19/2 (J, L) |
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Power at hitting location 16/0 (M), near the racket throat |
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Power Hitting zone area
Hitting zone area ≥ 20% power |
Hitting zone area ≥ 30% power |
Top racket(1)
Bottom racket
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Top racket(2)
Bottom racket
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Hitting zone area ≥ 30% power |
Hitting zone area ≥ 40% power |
Top racket(2)
Bottom racket
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Top racket(2)
Bottom racket (19)
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Top 50 tennis rackets with the biggest hitting area by power zones
Hitting zone area ≥ 20% power |
Hitting zone area ≥ 30% power |
Hitting zone area ≥ 40% power |
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